just a few minutes. a senior u-s official says the notorious isis terrorist knoo as "jihadi john" was directly targeted in a u-s airstrike in syria late last night... however, his fate remains unclear.... n-b-c's keir simns reports onon the latest from london... his voice is infamous... jihadi john - real name mohammed emwazi - was the front man for a string of isis killings. "coalition forces conducted an emwazi..." w reports - nono yet confirmed by the pentagon - says

drone overnight. an activist group from the isis stronghold of raqqa reporting 'the death of jihadi john in (a) drone strike'. american aidorker peter kassig - who became known as abdul-rahman while a hostage graduate, turned gang member. freed hostages describe him as sadistic... one of 4 british isis guards they called the beatles... jihadi john was the leader. an early recruit to isis... theeihadist group whose reachh now extends from syria and northern iraq to north africa... the strike targeting jihadi john - comes shortly after he latest isis attack in lebanon where at least 43 people died last night in a double suicide bombing. "jihadi john's family all now british prime minister just

spoke, calling jihadi john isis' u.s. it was an act of self- defense. back to you." u-s army colonal stve warren is now saying he's quote "reasonably certain" that the strike killed announcement yet... the topic of isis has reached the deccion 20-16 campaign trail... in an iowa campaign stop last night -- donald trump gave a glimpse into his strategy to fight isis. the billionaire said people don't believe he has a plan. hh gave his critics a blueprint.... "isis is making a tremendous amount of money because they have certain oil caps, right? they have certain areas of oil that they took away. they have trump also spent a lot of time -- criticizing the man challenging him most in the polls, ben carson.

him, trump kept calling carson "pathological," while questioning the doctor's life story.... and the intelligence of anyone believing carson's recent claims... "how stupid are the people of iowa, how stupid are the people of the country to believe this crap?" that remark was in response to carson's book claim that he attempted to stab a friend during his adolescence... fellow g-o-p rival chris christie is in eastern iiwa toddy. as the new jersey governor hosted a town hall meeting in cedar falls this morning. christie spokeabout imigration reform and said buding a two thousand mile wall isn't the answer. hh says he wantsssecure the border and use technology like drones to monitor action there. christie answered a number of other questions, but didn't miss a beat when attacking his opponent, hiary clinton. "how can she say that what they'veeone the last ven nuclear deal as a success. you can tell why i can't wait to

the black hawk county appearance was christie's first since july... christie is also making appearances in johnston and nevada today... while carly iorina continues to visit western iowa. the democratic presidential candidates are preparing for their next debate which will be here in iowa.... we're down to three candidates...hillary clinton, bernie sanders, and martin o'malley. it's being held at drake university in des moines tomorrow night. with the first in the nation caucuses coming up in february -- the iowa democratic party says this will be a good chance for iowans to hear from the candidates directly. the debate coming at a time when clinton has reportedly secured the public support of half of the party's delegates -- giving her a wide advantage. the university of iowa has a new minimum wage -- matching what johnson county did. the school raised it to 8-20 an hour -- which is what the county did on november first. the university says it wants to remain competitive in recruiting and retaining student employees.

two more times -- before settling at 10-10 an hour in 2017. cities in the county can opt out --- and several have. hundreds of people pack a room to share their thoughts on the proposed bakken pipeline. the plan is for an underground pipeline to stretch 3-hundred-46 miles across 18 iowa counties. the project intends to pump crude oil from fields in north dakota to a pipeline terminal in illinois. it's up to the iowa utilities bobord to approve the project... could be cleaned up at all." the oil is going to come out of the ground we might as well transport it the safest way possible." a decision could be madd as early as the end of this ar. continuing coverage... teachers are organizing another search for a missing teenager... moe sed was last seen on october 222. sed is currently a student at

volunteers are meeting tomorrow morning at ten at the embarc office in waterloo. his teachers say this search will concentrate on parks and trais. we're takingnga look at how the number of shots fired cases across iowa compare. des moines is three times the size of waterloo... but when it comes to shots fired calls -- des moones has had nine times the amount that waterloo has had. the number in waterloo as of october first -- 106 checking in with other cities in eastern iowa-- cedar rapids police have had 87 calls for shots fired this year where dubuque has had 30. coming up... a big weekend in store at kinnick... the latest from the gridiron -- and the mat -- on the way... and... a report to help you protect your information when it comes to your travel itinerary... here's a look at the "you're watching kwwl. we've got you covered, with ally forecast. "you're watching kwwl. we've got you covered, with ally crutcher and meteorologist kyle kiel. thisis the kwwl news at

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i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. tracker is showing the gusty weekend, we will notice the wind die down, and it will turn to clouds will be on the increase on sunday ahead of our next

brings us the chance for rain. here's the current wind speeds. these winds are still breezy out of the northwest from ten to twenty miles per hour. gusts have been upwards of 30 miles per hour at times, so it's not as windy as yesterday, but still pretty breeze. here are the current temperatures. we are sitting in the lower to middle 40s. but it is feeling more like the 30s when you factor in that gusty wind. overall, these are typical temperatures we should see for middle november standards. here's the storm track 7 live weather network cameras here across eastern iowa. all offour cameras are showing no shortage of sunshine. it's just a really nice day with mostly sunny skies across easternowa, and really throughout the entire state. high pressure is to our south, that pessy low pressure is to our northeast. we are left with breezy and sunny conditions. the high pressure will move to our east as we got throughout the overnight hours and into saturday. thht will bring our wind in from the south, and really warm our temperatures up as we head into the weekend. temperatures will warm into the

50s. here's a look at future track for thh rest of this afternoon. nothhng but sunshine, overall a very nice november afternoon. here's the forecast for the rest of this afternoon. we will have a mostly sunny sky with temperatures in the uppet 40s to right around 50 degrees. it will also be breezy with winds 10 to 20 miles per hour out of the northwest. we pick up future track this evening and take it overnight into the day on saturday. not muh change. we will see a mostly cleaea sky and cool tempeetures. tomorrow will be sunny once again with some warmer temperatures. it won't be as breezy, so if you have any outdoor plans, you will be fine. here's the storm track 7 forecast for tonight. we will have tempmpratures in the upper 20s to right around 30 degrees, so overall it's a pretty seasonable november night. winds die down from five to ten miles per hour and switch to o he south. here's the storm track 7 day forecast. we'll see another sunny day on saturday. clouds increase on sunday and we see several chances for rain as we head into the next work week. so as we head into the

some viewers are calling this the strangest final round of wheel seasonable novemmer night. winds die down from five to ten miles per hour and switch to the south. here's the storm track 7 day forecast. we'll see another sunny day on saturday. clouds increase on sunday and we see several chances for rain as we head into the next work week. so as we head into the weekend, get out and enjoy it. some viewers are calling this the strangest final round of wheel

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left some viewers confused. mama believe she lost the last round on purpose -- so a fellow veteran could win... veterans week on wheel of fortune continues tonight right after the kwwl news at six. coming up.... grapple on theeridiron less than 24 hours away... what to look for before, during and after the historic event... and following the wrestli action -- another big hawkeye football game... watching out for ticket fraad is also on the way... you're watching kwwl. we've got you covered in bernard, bennett, hudson and all of eastern iowa

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and the city's hotel availability reflects that... as the convention and visitors bureau has told us all area hotees have been sold out for weeks.... festivities kick off with tomorrow's grapple on the gridiron... more than 32- thousand 500 tickets have been sold for the tdoor wrestlinnmatch....butt there are still tickets left on the hawkeye sports website... this will be the first time ever two ncaa wrestling teams....iowa and oklahoma state...will compete in a division one football stadium... their goal is to set a new attendance record... if you plan on attending just this event.... the university says you should park at iowa city west high school... theeatch begins atat11 a-m... a few hours later the undefeated hawkeyes football team takes on minnesota in kinnick.. now if you plan on going to the westling match and have football tickets...you can park in the football lots... because the game is sold out -- the ticket office is warning fans to

look out for counterfeit tickets.... meanwhile: veterans are walking the game ball for tomorrow's big game -- from minneapolis all the way to iowa city. they rolled through the waterloo area yesterday. they're walking for an important cause... "i think theeain idea behinn thatatkill themselves every day. so being part of that was really cool because we're not here raising money or raising anything except for awareness." today they walk from brandon to hiawatha. they're set to arrive in iowa city righhbefore the o'clock kickoff tomorrow night... as the hawks try to make it 10-and-0 on the season... the u-n-i panthers are back on the road tomorrow -- facing off against missouri state for a 2 p-m kickoff. the iowa state cyclones face yet another tough opponent when they host undefeated oklahoma state at 2-30 tomorrow in ames... coming up.... how one heroic eastern iow woman leaps into action in the face of a shark

attack... you're watching k- w-w-l... we'll be right back... jeb bush: we do not have to be the world's policeman. we have to beethe world's leader. who's going to take care of the christians that are being eliminated in the middle east? who's going to take care of israel and support them - our greatest allllin the middle easas the united states has the capability of doing this, and it's in our economic and national security interest that we do it. i will be that kind of president

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personal information at risk without even realizing it. mark barger explains... millions of americans will ttke a flight somewhere this holiday season... and they'll each have boarding passes... traditional paper ones.... or ones sent to mobile devices. "the barcodes on airplane boarding passes might not look ...information that security expert brian krebs revealed in his blog post... can be easily hacked. "someone could theoretically get access to a plane ticket if it was left behind somewhere, someone dropped their physical posted to social media. thousanns of people use the hashtag "boarding pass" in their posts abbut trips. but anyone who gets access to that image can go to a simple barcode reader website and scan it. "they could find out someone's name, theiei frequent flyer number and the record locator for that flight" potentially change seats or even cancel trips. "it's a sobering reminder that you want to be really careful

definitely don't want to upload a photo of your plane ticket to facebook or instagram" because posting those two tickets to paradise might keep you from getting there. mark barger,,nbc news. getting there. mark barger, nbc news. the best way to protect yoyor paper boarding pass is taking it home and shred it. or at least rip it up before throwing it away in the terminal.... coming up on kwwl, the mister food test kitchen.... an easy soup that is as comforting as it is tasty... but first, a look at your latest numbers from wall street and the farm markets. you know, this is the time of year as the days get shorter and

when it's only natural to crrve thinking, "who has time to make soup?" well with today's shortcut recipe you can have a hot and hearty soup on the table in minutes. let me show you. we and-half in a soup pot. once that comes to a boil, we slowly then lots of shredded cheddar cheese, and a bit of black can hearty this up a bit, maybe adding some frozen peas or broccoli . really whtever pinch of cheese and a few

scalliis and grab aaspoon. soup" so you can have this on hand all winter long. i'm howard say . "ooh it's so good!!" "yoore watching kwwl, we've got you covered. this issthe news at noon." now on the kwwl news at noon. when a shark attacks her relative...a woman fromiowa potatoes (that's our shortcut), then lots of shredded cheddar cheese, and a bit of black pepper. we'll let that simmer shortcut recipe you can have a some chicken broth with half- potatoes (that's our shortcut), then lots of shredded cheddar thicken up. and if you want you can veggies you'd like. talk about easy. maybe top it off with a go online and get the recipe for what we call, "cheesy potato in the mr. food test kitchen, where today we're looking for a "more comforting" way for you to say . "ooh it's so good!!" "you're watching kwwl, we've gg you covered. this is the

relative...a woman from iowa jumps in to help... her story is on te way... also... a new report suggests a sharp rise in the number of children diagnosed with autism... and... the case of a police lieutenant who staged his own murder gets ore bizarre with new findings... welcome back to the news at noon.. i'm ally crutcher let's go to ststrm track seven meteorologist kyle kiel now for your first forecast. today, but we're still feeling the breeze as you step outside this afternoon. the wind is out of the northwest from 10 to 20 miles per hour, with gusts higher than the area. the wind is likely making it feel just a bit clouds across the area. so we will see lots of

sunshine across the area. here's so we will see lots of sunshine across the area. here's the storm track 7 live weather network showing the pleasant conditions this afternoon. lots of sunshine. how's the weekend shappng up? we'll have that forecast coming up in just a few minutes. we'll have that forecast coming up in just a few minuts. the private life of the former illinois police lieutenant who took his own life continues to unravel. investigators now say they found military grade equipmet they said was for the man's explorer program -- for eens... the discovery raises troubling

new questions about what the mysterious lieutenant was up to... phil rogers has more... in the basement of a community cenener in fox overwhelmed..."" this ws the headquarters of gliniewicz's explorer post... packed with military equipment investigators say he never should have hd... ballistic helmets... hundreds upon hundreds oftems...supplied by the litary... in the belief they were sending it to fox lake police... not to gliniewicz and his police explorers "we believe gliniewicz was thing... here amid the explorer and fatigues even manuals on swat tactics and sniper training "the olice department doesn't even have this equipment, many police partments ddn't have this." village administrator anne marrin had become suspicious... and confronted gliniewicz the day before he faked his wn mujder... "i finally went to gliniewicz that

inventory. i want your invoices, investigators say they made another disturbing discovery here in the explorer post. it came when they searched the area, with drug sniffing dogs "and it did indicate in two or three locations the presence of narcotics. we did not find any so at one time or another there were narcotics down here" authorities saytheir frauds might ave been commimited. but one thing, they say, is clear and troubling. that the explorers were being trained momoe like soldiers, than police "essentially the kids were being trained to kill on command. and boy scounts intended them to be" authorities want to know how the lieutenant had so much hardware for so long....and how much fraud was involved in getting it...

the man who o ulled off ann elaborate escape from a new york state prison earlier this year has pleaded guilty to charges connected to the jailbreak. david sweat pleaded guily today to two counts of escape and one count of promoting prison contraband. he'll be sentenced in february. now -- sweat is already serving a life setence without parole on a murder conviction. his accomplice- richard matt- was shot and killed while on the run. a new report today suggests a startling rise in the number of childen diagnosed with autism... the national ceter for health statistics now ays one in 45 kids has been diagnosed. that's a sharp increase from the last estimate of one in 8. researchers say they're changing how they ask parents about their children's developmental delays. over the years -- the definition of what conditions fall under the autism spectrum has broadened... "what it suggests is, we're asking questions better. and that people are aware oo the diagnosis and using that label and perhaps this is a label or diagnosis that's being used instead of other diagnoses that

may have been used in the past." experts suggeststtalking to your child's doctor if you have concerns.... here in the midwest -- shark attacks aren't something we're used to hearing about. and we're muu less likely tt know what to do in the event of one.... but one eastern iowa woman is being called a hero because she didn't hesitate in the face of one of the ocean's most deadly creatures. kwwl's brad hanson has her story.... this is not the family photo holly petersen was hoping for two years." petersen's neices excited to go to the bach--but wary of the not going to go in the water, but i'll still pick up seashells." so petersen did what she could to calm her her neices down. "we told her that there were no sharks in florida to calm her down." a decision she would came up and jill fell." that's because jill kruse, petersen's relative,

would be bitten by a shark at the beach--right in front of them. "she went d dwn to grab her calf, but i thought she was falling because of the wave. a.d she said she yelled out for me, she said, holly save me." petersen still not sure what had happened. "so i saii just stand up, and just when i was finishing that sentence, the tail came up and whipped her in the face, and she pushed it away. and i was like, you know, just everrthing freaeaing..that's shark! and then i saw blood pool around her, so i went and grabbed her arm. and you know, you're running back to the shore, but ct feels like you're running in place." petersen frantically yelling for help, still trying to come to grips with what had just happened. "when they're writing everything down, they were saying it's a 6 to 7 inch hanging off of her leg." her friend taken away in

confronted with a camera--a reporter, calling her a hero. "i don't feel like anyone else in my position would do anything fferently. i mean, she had sheer terror in her eyes, so the only thing that was going through my head was, i gotta get out of there. so you don't really have anytime to think about it." petersen still has issues with the word hero, but knows that her actions certainly played a role in saving one woman's of thank you's. i mean, what is there to say. you know, @bhansonkwwl) "petersee tells me her in-law is now back at home in colorado, resting up. her neices, she says, are a bit traumatized, and probably won't go near water for a while.

the same problem. we've got u covered, brad hanson, kwwl news." the family didn't have health insurance at the time of the attack, so they started a go fund me for as much more on this story on our website -- k-w-w-l dot com. coming up ... a car wash manager has the scare of his life when he got stuck on a huge rotating brush... and stormtrack seven meteorologist kyle kiel wiil be back with your storm track seven day

"now your storm track 7 forecast on kwwl." for your complete weather

information. team:welcome back i'm meteorologist kyle kiel. happy friday. ttreat tracker is showwng the gusty wind continuing throughout the afternoon hours. it will die down a bit tonight. this weekend, we will notice the wind die down, and it will turn to the south, allowing temperature to warm up. wewewill see lots of sunshhe on saturday. the clouds will be on the increase on sunday ahead of our next storm system that brings us the chance for rain. here's the current wind speeds. these winds are still breezy out of the northwest from ten to twenty miles per hour. gusts have been upwards of 30 miles per hour at times, so it's not as windy as yesterday, but still pretty breeze. here are the current temperatures. we are sitting in the lower to middle 40s. but it is feeling more like the 30s when you factor in that gusty wind. overall, thse are typical temperatres we should see for middle november standards.

here's the storm track 7 live weather network cameras here across eastern iooa. all of our cameras are showing no shortage of sunshine. it's just a really nice day with mostly sunny skies across eastern iowa, and really throughout the entire state. high pressure is to our south, that pesky low pressure is to ur pressure is to our northeast. we are left with breezy and sunny conditions. the high pressure will move to our east as we got throughout the overnight hours and into saturday. that will bring our wind in from the south, and really warm our temperatures up as we head into the weekend. temperatures will warm into the 50s. here's a look at future track for the rest of this afternoon. nothing but sunshine, overall a very nice november

afternoon. here's the forecast for the rest of this afternoon. we will have a mostly sunny sky with temperatures in the upper 40s to right arouud 50 degrees. t will also be breezy with winds 10 to 20 miles per hour out of the northwest. we pick up future track this evening and take it overnight into the day on saturday. not much change. we will see a mostly clear sky and cool temperatures. tomorrow will be sunny once again with some warmer temperatures. it won't be as breezy, so if you have any outdoor plans, you will be fine. here's the storm track 7 forecast for tonight. we will have temperatures in the upper 20s to right around 30 degrees, so overall it's a pretty $& seasonable novvmber night. winds die down from five to ten miles per hour and switch to

the south. here's the storm track 7 day forecct. we'll see another sunny day on saturday. clouds increase on sunday and we see several chances for rain as we head into coming up ... a car wassmanager has a scare -- and then a laugh -- following an accident on the job... you're watching kwwl.

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at the isle casino. the dish is called steak oscar, and here's what goes into the dish for ingredients: - 1 tablespoon chalet onions - 1 teaspoon garlic - 3 ouncee of jumbo crara lump - 1 teaspoon butter - enough breadcrumbs to balance the butter also visit otis and henry's steakhouse at the isle capri waterloo for a brand new, revamped steak menu. the new, delicious menu makes its big debut beginning next wednesday, november 18. the menu is completely new from top to bottom, so be sure to plan a deccent night on e town to experience the new offerings! today, isle casino waterloo chef d'cuisine pete shaner joining ally at the news at noon to preparra brand new steak offering from otis and henry's

the dish is called steak ocar, and here's what goes into the dish for ingredients: - 1 tablespoon chalet onions - 1 teaspoon garlic - 3 ounces of jumbo crab lump - 1 teaspoon butter - enough breadcrumbs to balance the butter also visit otis and henry'ss steakhouse at the isle capri waterloo for a brand new, revamped steak menu. the new, delicious menu makes its big debut beginning next wednesday, november 18. the menu is completely new from top to bottom, so be sure to plan a decadent night on the town to experience the new offerings! today, isle casino waterloo chef d'cuisine pete shaner joining ally at the news at noon to prepare a brand new steak

at the isle casino. the dish is called steak oscar, and here's what goes into the dish for ingredients: - 1 tablespoon chalet onions - 1 teaspoon garlic - 3 ounces of jumbo crab lump - 1 teaspoon butter - enough breadcrumbs to balance the buttee also visit otis a ad henry's steakhouse at the isle capri waterloo for a brand new, revamped steak menu. the new, delicious menu makes its big debut beginning next

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chef d'cuisine plife when he got stuck on a huge afternoon... it happened... at the car wash whoa whoa this happened to you. the brush caught the hose and josh hood with it. it took him for a terrifying spin that lasted for less than 30 seconds wrapped around him, hog tying him to the rotating brush. round and round he went, the hose spooling out as he spun but never running out so at least he wasn't squeezed as if by a pythh. finally the brush spit him out on the ground. he told the web site "right this minute" that neither little road rash on my knees i laughed about it immediately after now we've seen fictional characters rapped in a car wass... glen rock car wash. i'm stuck in your carwash! what? and we've seen real characters intentionally run themselves thru car washes. for instance on a tricycle... at the car wash even braving the brushes. and this radio dj rode through on the hood to raise money for charity... whoa whoa

getting squirted and brushed and slapped. but no one it was scary. i was in the military and that was scarier than anything i'' been through in the military. i thought i was gonna hit steel poles around it clean, but he says he still took a shower that night. instead of taking a spin to the car washsh this car wash took josh for a spin. jeanne moos cnn the carwash as i was spinning. you'd think after being spin scrubbed, josh would be squeaky cleannbut he says h h it was scary. i was in the gonna hit steel poles around it as i was spining. you'd think after being spin scrubbed, josh would be squeaky cleaea but he says he e still took a shower that night. instead of taking a spin to the car wash, this car wash took joss for a spin.. jeanne moos cnn the carwash

for rain as we head into the next work week. so as we head into the weekend, get out and enjoy it. that will do it for us here at noon. our next newscast is tonight at five.

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