we've got you covered live in dar rapids, kristin rogers ...kwwl news. nicolas leurken's will be sentenced on january 8th first degree murder holds a mandatory life sentence in iowa. let's go to storm track seven meteorologist eileen loan now for your first forecast. & our temps are already above normal.. we are mostly in the lowwto mid 50s already as we head into the afternoon. southerly winds are helping out at 5 to 15 mph, which is where they should stay this afternoon. we will stay pretty clear today will also stay a warmer than normal with highs in e low to mid 50s over most of the area. we keep the southerly winds tomorrow, but strong winds and some storms are forecast for you in a few minutes. did gunfire cause a car crash -

wateteoo police are investigating following after a car crashed in waterloo yesterday. it happened near courtland and vinton. police say the car was shot while it was in motion. noarrests have been made and policecedid not have a description of any suspects. continuing coverage this afternoon... a shooting outside of an iowa nightclub leves one person dead and at least three others injured. this is the latest in three separate homicide cases in the des moines area this weekend. reid chandler has more on what happened and how members of the "we hear arguing, and then we hear a car alarm go off for a within ear-shht of evolution nightclub on north-west sixth drive... he was taking his dogs out early sunday morning when he heard the sounds of the metro's third homicide this weeeend. "so i called 1-1 and said, 'you

might want to get here, like, now - shots fired.'" deputies from the polk county sheriff's office foundd 20-year-old dashwan smith outside the club suffering a gunshot wound... smith later died from his injuries in a nearby hospitalal ththee more victimmthen turned up in area hospitals with gunshot wounds...police aren't releasing was several hundred people in and around the club during this incident, and we're asking anyone that were herehis morning or knows anything related to this incident please contact the polk county sheriff's office or polk county crimestoppers." - sgt. brandon bracelin - polk county sheriff's department several hundred sets of eyes who potentially saw the street." "the shoototng at evolution nightccb becomes the second caused the local mothers against violence group to speak out." - reid chandler, reporting "when will it end? you know, it's frustrating to wake up and get on facebook or get calls in the middle of the night, saying, you know, 'we lost another life around here.' another mother has

williams - founder, mothers against violence calvetta she's at a loss for answers. "we want to make that clear, there's consequences to your person's in the ground. all families invwlved - just shaered lives." - calvetta williams - -founder, mothers agaginst violencee shattered lives and scattered witnesses as authorities piece together who fired a gun, and where they are. neighbors say this homicide reinforces their concerns about the safety of the area... and they're also worried it's damaging their property value. the president of the university of missouri system announced this morning that he is resignnng. the announcement by president tim wolfe comes after months of student and faculty protests, primarily over race relations. as wolfe announced his resignation to the university's governing

board, students on campus gathered for a protest. angry and frustration had built after a number of racists incidents on campus and the university president's response which some callillfully inadequate. the incidents include a swastika drawn on a dorm wall and racial slurs shouted at students. " the motivation for making this anger towards others and that is why we are here today." wolfe encouraged all those involved to use his resignation to heal and start talking again. meanwhile -- thefocus on an

following a mumps outbreak on campus -- the university of iowa is offering a free, third dose of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine. the university's medical director says they want students to get the vaacine now beforrthey leave for thanksgiving break. the director says students under 25 who live in close quarters and who participate in activities are most likely to get mumps. a half marathon is in te books -- and a runner wantsspolice to have his medal. that runner fell about a half a mile from the finish line in georgia. a police officer saw what happened and then stepp@d in... "i felt the need to help him ffish this race so bad i wouud have carried him if i needed to. it was a connection and experience the officer says he'll never forget. now that act of kindness has taken to sociallmedia -- with thousands of people liking the pictures they've seen. customers inside an ihop say they heard a series of booms, then the power went out. they couldn't believe what they saw once they stepped outside. a sinkhole swallowed about 15 cars.

this video is out of mississippi -- where investigators are trying to figure out what happened. they've had a lot of rain in that part of the state... s that's one thing they're looking at. so far, no reports of anyone being injured. coming up... al roker is at it again--- he's attempting a new record with nationwide weather reports. and today he'll be in our neck of the ods.. details next-- and, it's beginning to look a lot like winter in one part of the

we'll be right back with your storm track seven forecast. forty years ago it was a pretty active weather day... at least 9 evansdale, dewar and dunkerton. a strong system will

this coming wednesday... that will bring the potential for heavy rainfall and some strong "you're watching kwwl. we've got you covered, with ally news at noon" "now your storm track 7 forecast on kwwl." from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. see the screen for your complete weather information. here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team: plenty of sunshine in store for us over the next c cuple of days,,but we have a strong system that will track weather network cameras are pretty calm... not much going on and temperatures are into the low to mid 50s in our viewing area and across the in today and tomorrow. and we are keeping the mostly clee skies... not much going on in the entire midwest, really, as we continue to see high pressure slowly tracking through the area. a strong low is winding itself up to our west and will track our way over by tomorrow night and rain and storms to the e egion for wednesday... and a lot of wind, especially on thursday. it will stay mild until then... highs in the 50s and 60s in the midwest today and tomorrow with some cooling in north dakota tomorrow. we will have highs back in the low to mid 50s today with sunshine and southerly winds. lows tonight will

drop into the low to mid 30s and we will be in the mid to upper 50s for tuesdawith more sun and southerly winds. tha system will ttck through on veterans day bringing showers and storms and wind to the state. some storms will be strong and some will have locally heavy rainfall through wednesday night. rain tracks out early thursday, but winds will be strongest then... and we may have faaing temps that day. breezy conditions continue into friday with warmer temps for the weekend. we may nono want it... but at 30s and we will be in the mid to upper 50s for tuesday with more sun and southerly winds. that system m ill track thrrugh on veterans day bringing showers and storms and wind to the state. some storms will be strong and some will have locally heavy rainfall through wednesday night. rain tracks out early thursday, but winds will be s srongest then... and may have fallng temps that day. breezy conditions continue into friday with warmer

we may not want it... but at least one state needs snow right now. that's california -- which has been dealing with a serious drought. and check this out -- seven inches of snow falling yesterday. ski resorts are opening earlier than they've been able to in years. for the irst time in almost a decade -- "since 2004, we have not had an opening day here we've that this year with top to bottom skiing all opening weekenlong and that was from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m."

while skiers and snowboarders were excited -- drivers were dealing with some slick conditions. it's round 2 for al roker. the today show weatherman is going for another world record title. it's called rokerthon two. al plans to set the fastest time ever for reporting the weather from all 50 states -- going coast-to- coast and everyryhere else in a week. he started in hawaii on friday. tonight he'll be in dubuque -- on the riverwalk giving us the forecast join us tonight at ten -- to see him ere on kwwl. coming up.... how starbucks' plain red holiday cups have left some people with a not- so-merry feeling. and, an option for your turkey day meals that's right from ia vendors d farmers. you're watching kwwl. we've got you covered in decorah, alta vista, toledo and all of eastern iowa a sign of the upcoming holiday do you think when you are president you'll be paid as much

as if you were a aan-male... this is one of the jobs where they have to pay you the same. but there are so many examples where that doesnsn happen. i'm going to do everything i can to make sure every woman in every job gets paid the same... ...as the men who are doing that job. i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. i don't know how you did it? what? riding our bikes across the state? getting my masters? no! paying off your house early! oh! that was easy! awhile back we talked with veridian credit ununn and they got us into a 10 and done loan! refinancing lowered our rate and closing costs were only $200! yeah, it was really easy! and we saved enough money to take this trip to europe! veridian's been great, helping g with all of our f fances!

we're talking about theennual hohoday cups at starbucks. this year they're plain red -- without the christmas ornaments the chain used in the past. a former pastor is calling the chain out -- saying "starbucks hates jesus." starbucks says the cups are meant to encncurage customees to tell christmas stories in their own way. the macy's thanksgiving day parade celebrates 89 years this year. we'll see four new ballons at this year's event: annry birds' red, dino, ice age's scrat and his acorn, and ronald

mcdonald. you can watch the parade on thanksgiving day right here on kwwl. and thanksgiving is just 17 days away. before the big dinner is served -- we're getting a better sensef where our food is coming from the new pioneer food co-op in coralville hosted a holiday sasale fair over the weeend -- bringing many vendors and farmers into the store... "it should be iowa made and tradition to shop locally for thanksgiving." a lot of farmers and vendors tell us they see a spike in sales this time of yeaa. a similiar event is planned at the cedar rapids new-pi location next week. we have more information on our website at kwwl dot com. coming up.... how one man's honeymoon turns scary! and, why givivig gift carddcould be even more popular this holiday season. this is kwwl-- we'l be right back. and we're working for you on air of

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making them a consumer-friendly gift option this holiday season. that's according to a report released today by bankrate dot com. it found half of the gift cards surveyed now offer the ability to add a security code... up from 35 percent last year. that can help protect the balance on a lost or stolen gift card. the study also found just four percent of store- specific gift cards chchrge purchase fees. it's not a big increase, but any bump at the pump catches our attention these days. that's because gas prices have fallen for 19 weeks. but they've now increased about a penny over the past two. crude oil costs are up -- so refiners are raising wholesale prices. here's a silver lining -- no spike in gas prices is expected unless oil costs go up dramatically. and there's this: the average price is 70 cents lower than last year. coming up on kwwl, the mister

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some people call it .sos. well, i can honestly say, before now, i've never made it, even though i've eaten it lots of times. and although it's not a trendy recipe, when we finit on the menuut a diner or a truckkstop, we can count on some good eatin'. so, let me show you howeasy it is to make. the first thing we do is soak a couple jars of sliced dried beef (that we've cut in strips) in a bowl of warm water. and if

you're not familiar with dried while that soaks, 7e stir some seasoned flour into a bit of melted butter and cook ittuntil it comes together. once it does, we add some milk and a splash or two of in the beef that we've drained and let it simmer until it thickns up. and we can serve this over anything from simple white toast to homemade biscuits. top it off with an egg, and you've got a down home breakfast or . breakfast for dinner that's comfort at its best. i do pe you'll go online after the news and get the recipe for our, "creamed chipped beef," so ou can bring back a classic that's soon be a new favorite. i'm howard in the mr. food test kitchen, where today we found a "you're watching kwwl, we've got you covered. this is the

this is one of the jobs where they have to pay you the same. but there are so many examples where that doesn't happen. i'm going to do evererhing i can to make sure every woman in every job gets paid the same... ...as the men who are doing that job.

and i approve this message. now on he kwwl news at noon. a cheerleader says she was cut from the squad because of her curly hair. the story coming up plus, a man on his honeymoon takes ends up getting the scare of his life! and, deer accidents continue this fall -- what truck driversare saying about the ongoing problem this season. welcome back to the news at on.. i'm ally crutcher let's go to storm track seven meteorologist eileen loan now for your first frecast. our temps are already above normal.. we are mostly in the loto mid 50s aaeady as we head into the afternoon. southerly winds are helping out

at 5 to 15 mph, which is where they should stay this afternoon. we will stay pretty clear today with high pressure still tracking through the regiin. we will also stay a warmer than normal with highs ininthe low to mid 50s over most of the area. tomorrow, but strong winds and some storms are headed our way for the middle of the week. i'll have that forecast for you in a few minutes. this fall --you're being urged to watch out for deer. a few car-deer crashes happened over the weeked -- including one near the intersection of east donald street and north elk-run road in black hahak county. we spoke with people at a truck stop in evansdale. they say they've seen a lot of deer in eastern iowa. many of them dead on the side of the roadn it's a reminder to stay focused "just got to be lookingway ahead, but at night; you know, i really don't have to drive, i

now. tell you the truth, i wouldn't even be out here." if you know you're about to hit a deer ----don't swerve to avoid it. a man on his honeymoon in south africa goes cage- diving with sharks... and ends up getting the scare of his life. the man came face to face with a grgrt white shark anddescaped to tell the tale without a scratch. the shark smashed into the cage at super speed... its teeth just missing his arm. the man immediately lunged to the surface... clearly in shock at what just happened. this was at a popular tourist destination known for its large numbers of great white sharks. one investigator says they're "90 percent sure" the noise hearr in the last second of a cockpit recording was because of a bomb.

that's the latest as the investigation continues into a russian plane crash in egypt. in russia, the bells f st. petersburg cathedral tolled 224 times - one for each victim of the disaster. rescue crews are digging through the mud -- searching for victims after o dams collappd at an iron n oreemine. it happened in brazil. 28 people are missing -- 13 are mine workers. the cause of the disaster is still being investigated. two train derailments in two days in wisconsin. on saturday, a b- n-s-f trail carrying ethanol derailed in western wisconsin -- near alma. about 18- thousand gallons llked into theemississippi. no one was hurt, but two we do believe that burlington lot more traffic, ah, so we've been planning, we knew this would probably happen at some time. b-n-s-f says it had ped the

would reopen is morning. this morning another train derailed but this one is closer to home. a train carrying coal derailed this morning in southern iowa. b-n-s-f says it happened just after 8 this morning. the train hit a road grader at a a rural ossing about five miles east of new london. 21 cars and two locomotives derailed the person operating the road grader was injured, but bnsf says their injuries are not life threateninig. a "deplorable crime." that's what the pope is calling a recent leak of vatican documents. the vatican arrested two people last week suspected of leaking documents to the authors of two new books. the books ddict a vatican plagued by mismanagement, greed and corruption. they also show the pope facing resistance to his reform agenda.. the pope has been credite for changing peoples' viewsson climate change. capitalizing on that -- thousands of environmentalists and religious groups marched from the colosseum in rome to saint peter's square to highlight the upcoming u-n climate csange conference in paris... "i think theeore important

many roods are leading to his holiness, he has really changed the dialogue around the world on climate change." the conference starts o november 30th. a pregnant woman is expected to delivv conjoined twins today. the twin boys share two of their most vital organs-- their heart and liver. the mom-to-be says she is ready for the delivery. when asked if she will try to have the boys separated... she says that isis't her prioritt righh now. "for right now, we just want them to be healthy. so down the road, if that is able, then yes." this is the first delivery of conjoined twins at the georgia hospital. a texas woman says her daughter was kicked off her cheerleading squad because her hair is too curly and she refused to straighten it. but the cheerleading

organization says that's not the whole story. foti kallergis spoke to the girl and her mother about wat something 11-yer-old makayla fallow has got down pat. of it was curly, half offit was -- her strength and confidence. here she is years ago, a cheerleader with a big bow and smile. ( jenny fallow / makayla's mother ) "...and just afew weeks ago was the first time i had heard anything about a special hairstyle." makayla's mother says she did flips when the powers that be at woodlands elite cheer... ( kevin tonner / woodlands elit cheer ) "wh you come intotohis sport, you understaad that there's makeup to it and there's hair to it." makayla was told to straighten her hair into a high hair is not good enough, 'cause she's not like other girls." ...3o fallow sent an email and took a meeng. ( jenny fallow / makayla's mother ) ) it would destroy her kevin tonner said he was willing to compromise in that meeting and keep makayla on the team. ( kevin tonner / woodlands elite cheer ) "we were tryingngo wasn't... she wasn't up for that compromise and happy medium. she

was very defensive." fallow says she shouldn't have to compromise%her daughter's natural beauty and ( kevin tonner / woodlands elite cheer ) "it wasnsnt about hair. it was about we don't want this negativity on our team." fallow was asked respectfully to llve. coming up ... today show weather man-- al roker will be stopping in our neck of the woods -- where he will e and how you can and when you see news - or if yoyo have pictures or video to share... you can do that by going to our page on facebook. you can also "like" our page to and stormtrack seven meteologist will be back with your storm trac seven day forecast wwn we returr...

forecast on kfrom the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. seethe screen for your complete weather information. here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team: plenty of sunshine in store for us over the next couple of days, but we have a strong system that will track through the midwest on wednesday. right now, our stormtrack7 live weather network cameras are pretty calm... not much going on and temperaturr are into tte low to mid 50s in our viewing area and across the state. southerly winds will help keep that warmer air streaming in today and tomorrow. and we are keeping the mostly clear skies... not much going on in the ntire mimiest, really, as we continuee to see high pressure slowly tracking through the area. a strong low is winding itself up to our west and will track our way over the next couple of days. this will bring some clouds our way by toorrow night and rain and storms to the region for wednesday... and a lot of wind, especially on thursday. it will stay mild until then... highs in the 50s and 60s in the

midwest today and tomorrow with soso coollg in north dakota tomorrow. we will have highs back in the low to mid 50s today with sunshine and southerly winds. lows tonight will drop into the low to mid 30s and we will be in the mid to upper 50s for tuesday with more sun and southerly winds. that system will track through on veterans day bringing showers and storms and wind to the state. some storms will be strong and some will have locally heavy rainfall through wednesday night. rain tracks out early thursday, but winds willl be strononest then... and we may have falling

conditions continue into friday with warmer temps for the weekend. taking america by storm.. with rokerthon two! nbc's al roker plans to set the fastest time ever for reporting the weather from all 50 states going coast-to-coost and everywhere else in betweeen in just one week. al says they're using any means

monumental "rokerthon" task... tonight roker will be stopping day three of rokerthon began at 530 with an energetic ccowd dlene al: "look t that, a sea > coming down over the pass, the one thing we didn't prepare for happened, a flat tire, 80 we jumped into action, and trying to save our tire, our > the tire was a goner, but the kelley family, ownerrof schobers garage in st. regis saved the day sot/al: water tempw about 40- degees...wow! > just outside of missoula we met up with r secret weapon... sot/al:"bobo, how are you?..." air rokkthon, and the net jets team... sot/al: "powered by netjets rokerthon taking america by storm." > then we jumped west, to portland,and the lan su chinese city of portland..." little girl: delanee al: delaney! i love that name. al: los angeles. dropping back to. > we were running behind, and hungry in sacramento, when the

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tonight roker will be in dubuque -- on the riverwalk giving us the forecast for iowa... join us tonight at ten -- to see him here on kwwl. u can also hee out to the riverwalk around 9:30 to give him a warm welcome to iowa. coming up ... police call in an alligator hunter to help capture a gator outside a shopping center. you're watching kwwl.

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trying to get a leg up -- or a tail up ----on the holiday season. a 12-foot alligator showed up outside a shopping center in texas. ryan korsgard tells us who watch this! alligator hunter chrisly kroboth and an officer try to tie up this giant, 12 and

but he wanted nothing of it. "we tried to do a front catch with him where you hold jaws and hands to fit around his mouth." saturday morning. there was a big creek...behind a strip ceceter on 59 nene williams attempts on how to catch him. finally, we thought we had him wore out enough to put two did not work." the alligator is so big that they nick-named it godzilla. once its snout was all wrapped up, and his legs tied up, it took a fork lift from the home depot nearby to load him up. "he still had some fight in him. obviously, he just did a couple swats of his tail, no death roll or anything like that. so we were all able to get off safely then he was able to swat me with the tail." "keep in mind all of this was playing out, back behind this

shopping center, as people out him by the jaws and get him taped safely." now godzilla is loaded up into a pick-up. she says he will be taken to an alligator farm in el campo where he will live out his life. this dental assistant by day is glad to still have her life. "are you crazy? everyone always thihiks that. i don't think so. i just love the animals." the woman works for gator grabbers and says this is one of the largest gators she's ever wrangled. "godzilla" was taken to a nearby sanctuary and is no longer a

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nice oday and tomorrow before a strong system tracks in for wednesday. this will night with breezy conditions wednesday, windy conditions thursday along with falling temperatures for the end of the week. that will do it for us here at

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