about isis. but there is one commander in chief and he says 10 thousand syrian refugees will come in and thousands of u-s ground troops will not go to syria to fight isis i'm steve handelsman, nbc news, washington. we're now hearing from some eastern iowans in the heart of ththse terrorist attacks. trevor luebe is a junior at iowawa state university studying in france for the semester. he was in the stadium watching the soccer game when he heard the explosions. he says people didn't really know what was going on, so they started cheering. soon after those explosions, word started spreading about a terrorist attack. "it's just weird that that would happen. i you know come from cedar rapids, nothing really just like hard to comprehend." luebebsays it took him a couple hours to finally get ahold of

parents to tell them he was ok. in light of the paris attacks, governors across the nation are coming out against brining syrian refugees into the country... governor branstad says it's a quote dangerous and delicate situation... and he thinks it's a federal issue, but e's ordering all state agencies to halt any work on syrian refugee resettlements in iowa... and says "the federal government should not resettle any syrain refugees in iowa." mama teams honored the paris victims in a moment of silence during games yesterday... and it was what one fan said during the moment of silence at lambeau that upset packer's quarterback aaron rodgers... i must admit though, i was very disappointed with whoever thth fan was who made a comment that was really inappropiate during the moment of silence. it's that kind of prejuducial idealogy that i think puts us in

the fan rodgers was refering to yelleddomething disparaging about muslim people while the entire stadium was silently reflecting about the tragedy in paris. a rainy morning - and another rainy day is expected tomorrow. let's go to storm track seven chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg - he's tracking rain. from the kwwl stormtrack rain becomes scattered and light tuesday night through wednesday. some locations could see up to two inches of rain through wednesday evening. thursday turns mostly sunny before more clouds roll back in thursday night. there is a chance of rain friday to mix and possibly change over

to light snow friday evening/night. little to no accumulation is expected at this point. we will continue to track this situation. a man is dead after a stabbing at an eastern iowa motel. it all happened this morning, at the ced-rel motel in cedar rapids. police arresting and charging this man michael lehman -- with first degree murder. kwwl's kristin rogers was in the courtroom this morning when lehman made his initial appearance, kristin what can you tell us? the court appearance coming just ten hours after authorities were called to the scene... lehman was arrested in his

take a look here...authorities were called to the motel justbefore 12:30 this morning. they found 23 year old jimmy-john lint on the floor of one of thth rooms suffering from multiple stab wounds he was taken to the hospital and later died of his injuries... authorities quickll arrested micheal l lehman who is being charged with first degree murder for the stabbing. murder at $750,000 and another $250,000 csh on parole violation. according to the iowa sex offender registry website lehman has been convicted of third degree sexual abuse twice in the past once in johnson county and another time in clayton county... we've got you covered live in micheal lehman is being held at the linn cocoty jail. he will have a preliminary hearing in court

in continug coverage... a man is taken to the hospptal after a stand-off with police... waterloo police blocked off ridgeway avenue -- because a man was threatening to hurt himself on nearby sheridan. they were able to negotiate with the man and took him to the hospital. according to the officer we spoke with, the man was not threatening to hurt anyone else. state health officials are encouraging you to get your flu shot -- after two men die from the flu... the two central iowa men were between 41 and 60 years old... the cdc says iowa, oregon, and rhode island currently have the highest influenza activity... each year, 300 thousand iowans get the flu each year and an average of one thousand die each year from flu complications including pneumonia. a sleeping family escapes a fire... after their neighbors knock on their door and wake th up... the fire happened at a duplex in the 900- block of center place in dubuque... ine people from

kw-wl's shirley descorbeth is live near the scene. shirley...how are the families? as you can imimgine, the families are visibly shaken by all of this... but it could've been worse...it was a nenehbor who knocked on their doors...and woke them up. the house." dan gessner sprang into action...when he noticed asleep this morning, and then i'm pounding on the one on the left, noise try to see if there's anything else i can help p th." all nine people who live in the two units made it out safely...but are overcome with emotion as firefighters try to saveheir home.

they had to fight the fire from the outside because detetemine any loss damage, but as of right now there is are missing from one of the units. meanwhile...gessner, who alerted everyone of the fire...says this could've ended a difffrent way. "everyone was passed out sleeping...so i mean, this thing could've gotten a lot worse." american red cross was on scene helping the families affected by the fire.... i spoke to one of the guys who lives in one of the units...and he says they don't know where to go...or what they're going to do next. we've got you covered live in dubuque...shirley descorbeth... ...kwwl news. at this point -- fire investigators say they're still trying to determine the cause of coming up... a semi causes damage after crashing into the side oa business.

calling for a forum with the university of iowa's new president - in his first two weeks on the job. here's a live look at the storm track 7 live doppler radar. chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg has your full forecast next. "you'u'e watching kwwl. we've got you covered. with ron

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he rain becomes scattered and light tuesday night through wednesday. some locations ccld see up to two inches of rain through wednesday evening. thursday urns mostly sunny before more clouds roll back in thursday night. there is a chance of rain friday to mix and possibly change over to light snow friday evening/night. little to no

point. we will continue to track this s ituation. scscttered showers tonight become widespread tuesday with isolated storms mixed in. the rain becomes scattered and light tuesday night through wednesday. some locations could see up to two inches of rain through wednesday evening. thursday turns mostly sunny before more clouds roll ack in thursday night. there is a chance of rain friday to mix and possibly change over o light snow friday evening/night. little to no

point. we will continue to track this situation. scattered showers tonight become widespread tuesday with isolated storms mixed in. the rain becomes scattered and light tuesday night through wednesday. some locations could see up to two inches of rain through wednesday evening. thursday turns mostly sunny before more clouds roll back in thursday night. there is a chance of rain friday to mix and possibly change over to light snow friday evening/night. little to no

point. we will continue to track this situation. scattered showers tonight become widespread tuesday with isolated storms mixed in. before more clouds rolol back in to mix and possibly change over coming up... what a law enforcement report says about how police handled this year's riots in baltimore.& what students and staff say they want from the university of iowa's new president... you're watching kwwl. we've got you covered in tripoli, denver, --------- --------- --------- i owe about $68,000. i owe $44,000 in student loans.

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voice their concerns towards university of iowa's new president - - bruce harreld. today - - the newly formed - iowans defending our public universities coalition had a press conference demanding a public forum with president harreld. kwwl's jessica hartman was a a the press cocoference and joins us with the latests. the coliation - - which is made up of students, staff, and faculty - - believes newly appointed president harreld owes the university community answers. they feel he has been vague and evasive in addressing concerns about funding cuts and

the recent sxual assaults on campus. as part of their effort get harreld's attention - - they will be having a campus community assembly tomorrow night. special guests at the assembly - - two men who were influential in the recent protests on the campus of the iversity of missouri - - that resulted in the system president stepping down. jeanette gabieral "the have successfully pushed for the resignation of their president, who came out of the privat deaf to the issues of the university ininthe same way w w believe mr. harreld is tone deaf to our concerns." the university released this statement in response: "in coming weeks, president harreld has meetings scheduled with members of the black ststdent advisory committee, the student advisory committee on sexual misconduct and the student philanthropy group. at this point he is doing more listening than talking." the commununty assemblyywill be

allen hall on campus. we've got you covered live in newsroom -- jessica hartman kwwl news. the coalition did exchange emails with president harreld about a public forum. in the exchange - - harrled asked for a specifc topic to be determined before he would agree to a public forum still to come on the k-w-w-l news at five... a new report out tonight -- find out what baltimore police did wrong during the riots earlier this year? and... taco bell making a big claim about the future of thee od that's going on their --------- ---------

black lives matter protestors take to the streets in minnesota after a black man is fatally shot... hundreds came out to protest 4- year-old jamar clark's death... minneapolis police say they were called because clark had assaulted someone. police say he wouldn't let paramedics help that victim - and a struggle ensued... ending with police shooting clark. the bureau of criminal investigation is looking into clark's death. baltimore police bombed their handling of the protests and riots after freddie gray died in policee custody - that's according to a report from a law enforcement

the police executive research forum released a repo today saying that baltimore officers didn't prepare for the riots -- and officers lacked proper training and equipment to deal with the aggresive crowds that formed in the sprin gafter gray died from a spinal injury he suffered while in police custody. no one is hurt after a semi crashes into a business... it happened this morning in dyersville at faust millwork and cabinetry... the owner of the business says she got a call this morning saying a semi rolled across the street into her business.. she says insurance will he pay for the damages, but it will still costst thousands of dollars to fix. an eastern iowa man is given the maximum sentence for killing another driver while he was under the influence of drugs. joshua dunt of raymond plead guilty today to killing warren van wie. he collided head on with warren van wie's car last october. van wie had to be cut out of his car --

hospital. toxicology reports show dunt was under the influence of xanax and other prescription drugs he'll spend 25 years in prison. fast food restaurant taco bell making a big claim - that they'll be the first fast food restaurant to fully switch to cage free eggs. by the end of next year, the chain says it will serve exclusively cage free egs... taco bell isn't the first national fast food chain to announce the switch, but the company says it'll be the first to accompish the goal. the eggs will be certified as cage- frr by the american humane association. here's a live look at the hawkeye community college skycam. storm track seven meteorooigst nark schnackenberg has a final lookokat your weatherer next. we'll be right back --------- --------- ---------

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breaking news tonight. the face of evil behind the massacre in paris. the manhunt for the master mind and terror raids across europe after an eighth attacker who escaped. and as the french president tells this country, we are at war, isis warns of an attack on american soil. counter-terrorism units stepping up security as authorities warn terrorists are going dark. why it is becoming so much harder to track them.