me a chance, get oo know me, lets sit down and talk, i think that's been one of the more frusterating things is there's some people i've reached out to that haven't even been willing to even sit down, and that's to me it's unprofessional." that was kwwl's kristin rogers... that protest from the regents meeting she refered to was calling for members of the regents board, not harreld, to resign... protest sounds some students and faculty members were upset with how the regents board hired harreld -- and called for the members of the ten person board to quit... continuing our team seven coverage... prqtests against president harreld followed him into his

first day, as well.. some students and teachers even calling for him to resign - on his first day. kwwl's nikki newbrough followed students during these protests earlier today.. she's live in our newsroom... n nkki? yes,,hundreds of people gathered to share their disgust. they were chanting "resign" and "bruce harreld has got to go." hundreds of people gathered around the noon hours at the pentacrest on campus. they then moved inside jessup hall to outside of bruce herrald's office...although it was unclear if he was even inside. protesters i spoke with say the search for president herrald was flawed, underhanded and illegal. they say the regents diddt listen to the students and staff. one professor told me if herrald knew about this flawed search, shame on him. "or if he wasn't he shouldn't want to work with these peopte that have malipulated the facts and the trutut with the so called open search." john logsdon says he actually spoke to bruce herrald today and

he says they shook hands and bruce herrald indicated the protestor didn't have all the information reguarding his resume. we've got you covered live in the newsroom nikki newbrough kwwl news. proossor logsdon says he will continue to push back and fight this hire. harreld is taking over for sally mason who served as the president of the university for eigt years.. she was no stranger to controversy in her time at the school... in her last year students protested against mason after a daily iowan article insinuated she though fully getting rid of sex nature." but they don't have a zero tollerance policy against rapists... actually we do no you don't we'll we're working hard to try and elimnate violence against women... following this protest, mason implemented a six- point plan to combat sexual assault on campus... mason is also credited with on- campus recovery from the 2008

floods... which caused a billion dollars in damage to more than 20 campus buildings... gorgeous weather for a november day... let's go to storm track seven chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg - he says we might break records... from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. seeeethe screen for your complete weather information. here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team: the sky remains clear tonight until late. some areas of fog are possible after 4 am until about 9 am. once the fog thins out, low-mid 70s. wednesday will be another warm day with sunshine forecast for late thursday afternoon into friday morning. more than half of a high

students took the day off today... some 200 kids in the monticellio school district didn't show up because of a potential gun threat. kw-wl's shirley descorbeth is live on the scene with the latest information. shirley...tell us what you know. early is morning monticello police received an anonymous text message shortly after the start of school day saying a student would bring a gun to monticello high school. the police couldn't gather more information because the person immediately opted out of the conversation. the district posted on their website they didn't anticipate danger to any of the students but they did take the threat seriously. because of the threat ore than today...that was more than 200 kids. "given the current state of we were able to inform parents

we did so." now the school normally doesn't have police on school grounds, but they did today. the superintendent added if this situation was a prank and someone knows it...he'd appreciate it if anyone would come forward. we've got you covered live in monticello, shirley descorbeth...kwwl news. ...kwwl news. some students from the elemantary and middle schools also missed classes today because of the threat. the day will be excused for the high school students that missed class. in continuing coverage... a man now faces charged tied to a september car crash that killed a woman. 18-year-old shye johnston from reinbeck faces charges related to a crash where he crossed the center line southwest of hudson... he crashed into a car driven by 34- year-old holly pardine, from

lincoln... she suffered severe head injuries and later died in the hospital. a man injured in a farming accident is expected to be out of the hospital by next week. 46-year-old gary kluesner was working on a tractor in rural farley on friday afternoon when he was injured... he was airlifted to iowa city for his injuries, but is now showing signs of improoement. his family members tell us people have stepped in to help kluesner's harvest while he's in the hospital. decision 2016 coverage now... a relatively unknown democratic candidate is dropping out of the race for president... harvard professor lawrence lessig announced to his supporters that his campaign has come to an end... his campaign never got off the ground compared to major players like clinton and sanders... lessig claims the democrats won't let him be a candidate -- and saiys after the dnc change debate rules, he can no longer pursue the nomination for president.

an election day preview... what you need to know before you cast your local ballot tomorrow... andnd.. what policic say was wrrg with a woman who broke into a zoo and was bitten by a tiger.. that's coming up in just a few minutes. here's a live look at the storm track 7 live doppler radar. chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg has your full forecast next. and when you see news - or if you have pictures or video to share... you c do that by going to our page on facebook. you caaalso "like" our page to steele, amanda goodman and chief --------- --------- ---------- 7 weather team. see the screen until late. some areas of fog are possible after 4 am until

out, the rmostly sunny and warm. hihih and this time a gusty south wind. the next chance of rain is forecast for late thursday afternoon into friday mornjng.

until late. some areas of fog are possible after 4 am until about 9 am. once the fog thins out, the rest of the day will be mostly sunny and warm. high temperatures will reach the low-mid 70s. wednesday will be another warm day with sunsine and this time a gusty south wind. the next chance of rain is forecast for late thursday afternoon into friday morning. the sky remains clear tonight until late. some areas of fog are possible after 4 am until about 9 am. once the fog thins out,

mostly sunny and warm. high temperatures will reach the low-mid 70s. wednesday will be another warm day with sunshine and this time a gusty south wind. the next chance of rain is orecast for late thursday afternoon into friday morning. the sky remains clear tonight until late. some areas of ffg are possible after 4 am until about 9 am. once the fog thins out, the rest of the day will be mostly sunny and warm. high temperatures will reach the low-mid 70s. wednesday will be

sunshine and this time a gusty south wind. the`next chance of rain is forecast for late thursday afternoon into friday morning. the sky remains clear tonight ununl late. some areas of fog are possible after 4 am until about 9 am. once the fog thins out, afternoon into friday morning. coming up... a lot of local elections on deck tomorrow -- what you need to

before you head to the polls... then -- even though we're just out of the halloweekend... now the retail "christtas creep" is s in full effect... you're watching kwwl. we've got you covered in urbana, vitnon, garrison and all of eastern iowa --------- ---------

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its that time of year again - - time to get out and vote. the fields are packed with candidates in several mayoral elections . . .officiaas say they are expecting an above average turn out. kwwl's jessica hartman speaking with election poll offcials about what are expecting from this year's voters. that's right . . . i spoke with two veteran election poll officials today. they tell me, on average, each of their locations handles about 300 voters during an election like this. but with five candidates in waterloo and three in cedar falls. . . they election poll official patty -- says the many new faces in the violence that has erupted in waterloo over the last few years. is somebody going to come in that is going to try and really help get waterloo back in

district's cultural & scientific facilities levy were also out today doing some last minute canvasing. depending on where you live polls will be opening at either seven a-m or noon and all polls ere or when you can vote - - you can contact your local county auditor. we've got you covered live in waterloo. . . jessca hartman kwwl news the mayoral race in waterloo and cedar falls requires a candidate to win with a simple majority. if that does not happen there will be a run off election the first of december. still to come on the k-w-w-l news at five... what comes with the budget bill that presiient obama signed today..

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russian plane that crashed over egypt. all 224 peoplpl on board the

died when the plane crashed in egypt's sinai peninsula on sautrday... investigators do know that the plane fell very quickly, that it broke apart in mid air and that the pilots didn't issue any mayday call. a woman ishospitalized after drunkely breaking into the henry doorly zoo in omaha to pet the tiger -- which in turn bit her hand... 33-year-old jacqueline edie was apparently drunk yesterday morning when she broke into the zoo to pet the tiger... those with the zoo think aa 18- year-old malayan tiger named mai was the one who bit her... edie was cited for trespassing. a semi driver is okay, ut several of the hogs he was hauling died... after the trailer on hiss tractor rolls over a guard rail... it happened in grant county wisconsin this morning... the sheriff's department says richard kipp from fort atkinson was hauling a trailer loaded with 150 hogs... when he tried to negotiate a

sharp curve and his trailer went over a guard rail... some of the pigs got loose and needed to be corralled... some others died in the crash. kipp wasn't hurt, but he was cited for driving too fast. the president signs a bipartisan two-year budget bill today... the bill hit his desk last week... it prevents a national default... which would've come tuesday, which was ththdeadline by which the u-s would've defaulted on financial agreements. the president says the budget deal puts the governement is a positive step... and will avaoid former president jimmy carter is cancelling plans to go to nepal -- to stay in the us and build homes for habitat for humanity instead... carter is in memphis tennessee, helping build a home today... the 91-year-old was cleared to travel to nepal by doctors who were treating his cancerous brain tumors, but his trip was called off because of "safety concerns"

naturally time to start thinking about holiday shoppping. major retailers across the nation are already offering up holiday sales -- holiday- specific sections are already hitting stores like target, walmart and toys- r-us... though it may em early, it's for good reason... retailers stand to make a killing during holiday shopping seasons... "there's 630 billion dollars on the line that retailers large and small have to figure out how to attract their customers the best way possible." that said, i think many of us can agree, that it's okay to hold off on holiday shopping until at least black friday... still to come on the k-w-w-l news at five... why you should set your rake down, and leave the leaves on the lawn... --------- --------- ---------

coming up tonight at six... kids are getting rid of their halloween candy... for a good cause,

and a little bit of oney. too lazy to rake your leaves? scientists say that's just fine. the national wildlife federation says leaving the leaves as they lie is good for wildlife... the nwf suggests leaving the dead leaves for butterflies, salamanders, chipmunks, toads, turtles and earth worms... if you want to rake, they suggest you compost the materal to form a natural mulch that suppresses weeds and fertilizes the soil. storm track seven chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg

tonight, a growing air disaster mystery. what caused a passenger jet to suddenly fall out of the sky, killing everyone on board? was it terrorism or a tric accident and could a previous crash hold the clue to solving what happened. commanding lead. ourrand new poll numbers out tonight showin ben carson surging nationally. the highest for any gop candidate all year. and also, our nbc news exclusive.