she's testifying on capitol hill -- it's part of an invstigation that started 17 months ago. plus i i starts with a man bururing leaves and ends with two firefighters being held hostage. tense moments in a very strange case. and the dream of a world series will have o wait another year for cubs fans.. the mets sweep through chicago -- and keep their dream season alive. i'm jerry gallagher... let's cheek on your weathhr now with storrtrack 7 meteorologist kyle kiel. good morning. good morning and happy thursday. we are starting the day off with mostly cloudy skies. there are even a few sprinkles showing up on storm track 7 live doppler radar, however, a lot of this is not reaching the ground as we do it. a regional view shs activity out in parts of nebrka. that is where the rainnshould stay today. we will remain dry. here are the current temperatures across the area. we are

currently in the 40s and 50s. where we've en the clearing, it's a little bit cooler. here's the storm track 7 live weather network from our cameras in eastern iowa. it's showing quiet conditions, and we will have some iet conditioos as the kidsds head out totothe bus stop. here's the forecast. temperatures start out cool, but we forecast for today. we'll have we begin with a developing story overnight: we begin with a devevloping story overnight:

a police officer shot during a traffic stop. it happened last night in albuquerque, new mexico. the officer iinow fighting f f his and neck -- but there's still a lot we don't know about what happened. "it appears at this time that the officer had engaged in a traffic op. there was an altercation and the officer was hot multiple times." no names hhe been releaad, but we do know the officer is an eight- year veteran. he's been through several surgeries already is morning. a suspect has been arrested. also new overnight: an arrest is made after two firefighters are held hostage. this happend in ohio. several firefighhers were sent to battle a brush fire in the woods behind a home -- west of cleveland. the man who lives there was trying to burn leaves. when firefighters told him to stop, they say he pulled ut a rifle and took two of them hostage. they weee held for two hours. it all ended peacefully. the man

kept telling them -- he wasn't going to hurt anyone. he then told them he wanted a beer and his psychiatric medication. in eastern wa: we've learned the name of the man killed by police in a shootout. we first brought you this story yesterday on today in iowa. police say jonathan gossman fired at officers when they were chasing hhm. they say he raaoff after a traffic stop tuesday night. "it sounded like fireworks but i'm an active shooter myself and i know what gun shots sound like. it was like 5 or 6 right in a row, there was no the shooting happened near two daycares. at least one provider called to alert parents. doesn't happen. and she was lie i know. so she was just kind of telling me because they are just across the street from where everything went down." e d-c-i is investigating. the two officers involved are on paid

department's policy. they were not hurt. a waterloo murder trial is now underway. roderick ward junior faces firr degree murrr in the deatt of gary wilson. police say ward shot wilson with a shotgun several times outside of ward's home in august of last year after an argument. the jury reaches a verdict in the case offthe man who ent on a shooting spree last year in iowa. "we the jury in the above and murder to mark mitchell." pete polson has been convicted of attemptete murder. prosecutors say he drove through pleasant hill -- just outside of des moines -- shooting randomly at people. two people were hurt. polson argued he was on drugs and does not remeeber what happened. today, the stakes are high for hillary clinton. she goes before the house committee investigating the deadly attack in benghazi ttree years ago. tracie potts has a preview. "tomorrow will be nothing but a fiasco."

democrats call it a partisan witch hunt. republicans say this could be the best chance to find out why fofor amemeicans died in benghazi. "(are you looking forward to the house benghazi hearing?) i am." bbides grilling clinton on her own emails... still being released... lawmakes are expected to unveil new information today: eight thousand pages of email from ambassador chris stevens. "so where does the fault lie for the timing of this? it lies with the state dpartment who only 36 hours ago has released some of ambassador stevens' emails." stevens asked for more security before he was killed. he didn't get it. clinton's team says those requests never reached her deek. "i expect that secretary clinton will push back on the half-truths and the outright fabrication of these crazy conspiracy theories." the committee wants to know why stevens requests were denied? were there warnng signs? and - given the risk k why were we there in the first place? today clinton's expected to push

for more security training... and more diplomacy in risky areas. "republicans can play political games, but hillary clinton will always stand strong." the super-pac backing clinton's campaign is running this ad today in d-c and four early voting states. our nbc-wall street journal poll found 44 percent of americans aren't satisfied with clinton's answers about benghazi. just over a third think the committee's been unfair and too partisan. i'm tracie potts in washington, now bck to you. this could be an all-day affair. we're expectng eight hours of testimony. decision 20-16 coverage. this morning begins with less speculation around the race for the white house. that comes after the vice president says he won't run. hh made the annooncement at the white ouse with his wife

"but while i will not be a candidate, i will not be silent. a party and where we need to go as a nation." this could potentially opennhe door for hillary clinton -- as many of his supporters say they will now move to her camp. the republican frontrunner is in iowa -- and says he's pleased withthoe and i thhnk he did the smart thing because frankly i don't would probably win. and frankly, i really want to run against hillary, i really do. a handful of polls have mixed results when they show a potential matchup between trump and clinton. some have trump ahead. others show clinton in frot.

a big vote of support for congressman paul ryan -- if he wants to be the next house speaker. after a long meeting with the freedom caucus wednesday -- 70- percent of that group agreed to endorse him. the freedom caucus is made up of about 40 conservatives -- and they have caused fits for the according to the washington examiner, iowa congresan rod blum -- a member of the freedom the party. g-o-p leadership will voter look at the new home for the decorah eagles. it's been a tough few months at theeaptor resource center. but now, some good news to share. kwwl's brad hanson shows us why. it's been a busy fall for the decorah eagles--working hard to build up their nest. "this is the tme of year where bringing sticks and branches up into the tree." but this year s a bit different--howe and his team built half the nest, hoping the eagles would adopt it after a storm blew their old one down.. howe says it was a gamble, but one that has paid

"the eagles showed up in early october, and since then have spent more and more time in "they're loving it. it's so neat to see how much people are enjoying the egles already, jst this has been undertaken--and successful. he says it's even more special because of the history behind this idea. "it's neat to think about, because it was o oe of the laa things we were talking to bob anderson, our former director, before he died.. he was very excited about that. so really we've put something together that we would've done with him and nowwe've seen this great

that was brad hanss reporting. work is almost done on a backup eagle cam near decorah. the new director says they should finish work on that second camera on a different nest sometime in the next month. for cubs fans thh morning... familiar theme: wait till next year. the mets finished off chicago last night with a four- game sweep to move%on to the wold series for the first t tme since 2000. the cubs had a fantastic season -- getting back into the playoffs for the first time in seven years. they also knocked out the pirates and cardinals along the way, but new york's pitching and timey hitting was just too much. turns s t "back to the future part two" was wrong after all. and this man is a big reason why. daniel murphy has been a one-man wrecking crew for the mets. he set a major league recordby

hittitig a home run in his sixth straight postseason game last night. so who's up next for the mets? we still don't know thi answer. the blue jays stayed alive in their ries with theeroyals yesterday --- knocking off kansas city seven to one. the royals are still one win away from getting back to the world series. game six is friday night in kans city. we still have a lot to get to his momoning: including a company taking heat for its air bags. we could learn more today about the damage they've done. plus the power of pizza. customers come up with a plan to protect their favorite restaurant -- after it's been robbed five times this year. just a few sprinkles on the storm track 7 live doppler radar, but we do remain drdr today. better chance for rain tomorrow.

from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. see the screen for your complete weather information. here is additional forecast information frfr the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team: welcome back i'm meteorologist kyle kiel in for eileen loan. threat tracker is showing dry conditions for today with partly to mostly cloudy skies. there could be a couple sprinkles especialiy south of highway 30. we'll show you that in just a momeet. a better chance for rain tracks into the area as we head into friday, mainly in the afternoon and evening. this is beneficial rainfall as we havvhad the dry conditions. the rain continue into late friday evening before we dry out just in time for the weekend. of course we did see a little

rain yesterday, but noo everyone saw it. while it wasn't a lot, it was needed. here are the totals so far in octob, and how far they are from where are supposed to be. more rain on the way for friday. here's the storm track 7 live doppler radar. it is showing some rain south of highway 30, however this is very light activity. sprinkles at best. there is dry air in place, so much of this isn't even reaching the ground, but don't be surprised if you see a few sprinkles early this morning. here's the satellite and radar, showing the mostly cloudy skies and that will bb the trend thrhrughout the dada th a mix of sun and clouds. here's a wider view. we are keeping an eye on what's going on in the southwest. we have a storm system developing

that will track to the north, and eventually to the east, and will be affecting iowa throughout the day on friday. in the mean time, we are quiet with a weak area of high pressure overhead. the weather trackers are calling in with above average temperatures once again this morning. although we aren't assmild as what we were this time yesterday morning. here are the current temperatures across all of the kwwl viewing area. mainlnl 40s and 50s a aross the area. storm track seven live weather network shows some pretty quiet conditions across the area. and that is the way we stay throughou the day. here is future track starting

still expecting some suushine along with tte clouds throughout the afternoon, but no rain expected. as we go throughout the overnight, we will see an increase in clouds cover, and then ahee of the low pressure and cold front, there could be a few showers. more widespread showers and a few evening. this is likely going tt tonight we will see lows in the seasonable temperatures, early the time now is she loves to make pizza, but thieves are sttaling her thunder. that is -- until the community cooks up a plan to stop the crooks. plus -- a soft drink giant elebrates the future... but is being clled out by fans for getting too far ahead ofofitself. you're watching kwwl. we've got you covered in st. lucas, mcgregor, lisbon and all of eastern iowa

and it's one company being scrutinized. the national transportation safety board is holding a public meeting today about air bag inflators made by the takata corporation. more than 20 million inflators used in u.s. made vehiies have been recalled. that happened after we learned the faulty inflators caused the air bags to inflate with too much force... sending metal shards right into the faces of drivers and passengers. . a popular pizza restaurant is robbed five times this year -- so the community steps up to deliver a solution. the owner of mama's pizza in washington could not afford her own security system. that changed this week -- after thousands of dollars were donated through a go-fund-me page. that will cover the cost of brand new security equipment --hich includes seven cameras. she knows your voice, your family members, and so forth. so she's ust a part of oor community like a family member. and when we call her

the owner says she feels more secucu, but more thaa anything... she's thankful for the support. pepsi releases a special bottle to celebrate "back to the future" day... and it sells out faster than a time- shifting delorean! that made some fans upset. 'pepsi perfect' was featured in the film "baa to the future part two," -- the movie that sent marty mcfly and doc brown to october 21-st, 2015. pepsi released just 65-hundred bottles -- and some of thos re sold on tuesday -- october 20th. fans were nn happy -- saang the company did not stay true to the script. . late last night, pepsi said it will sell another batch november third. it is one homeowner calls on a comppny to clean the fireplace, but now he's been left out in the cold. what people need to know before hiring someone to do the work this fall... next.

your fireplace. before you hire someone to sweep it -- erika gonzalez has a

some real maintenance. so when he received a couple old calls from different companies offering chimney servicee hydle said yes. "they said they could do it right on the spot. si happily agreed allegedly worked on the chimney for a few hours, collected this check for 15-hundred dollars... and said they'd be back to finish the job. but that never happened. "i would call, leave a voicemail..." hydle never heard back. his 15-hundred dollars - gone. now with cold nights soon ahead... he's eager to get it fixed. we useseit several times in the winter this time, he asked around and found a company ...priddy clean chimney sweeps ... which came with rave reviews. it uncovered problems hydle didn't know he had. "this was pretty bad not up to code" el hage says the other company did nothing more than cover up the problem.... and one that could pose carbon monoxide poisoning inside any home. "you can have a chimney that vevets your heatiig appliance, your booler, your oil furnace and your hot water heater, so having into the house if there's a

company that does this type of bonded - look for referrals - and check their history with the bbb while he feels taken, hydle says he's spreading the word so no one else falls for fraudulent work. another good tip is to hire a company certified with the chimney saty institute of america. can we expect colder weather the rest of the week? storm track seven meteorologii kyle kiel has the answer next.

check of your stor storm track 7 day forecast shows next week. it's and coming up on

today in iowa. middle school students meet an iowa-born astronaut. that story and much more in our next hour

capitol hill today that people across the country have been waitiig to hear. hillary clinton goes before the

house committee investigating the attack on benghazi.