enjoy your d d.we are following breaking news this morning: major deelopments overnight as police investigate the paris attacks. plus -- he had no family to speak of... but more than one thousand people -- including complete strangers -- showed up at his funeral. a heartwarming tributeteto share with you... and turning heartbreak into a new beginning. a jilted bride-to- be finds a colorful way to cope. i'm jerry gallagher... let's check on your weather now with storm track 7 meteorologist eileen loan. good morning. howers contiiue to track through the viewing area, but will become more scattered

this morning. that line had some very s srong winds, but we are back to 25 to 30 mph, which is still up there... gusts will drop back to around those levels today. we have alady seen our highs... we were around 60 when got here at 1:30 this morning... we will continue to be steady or dropping today. scattered showers will continue today and into the evening before we start to dry out. southerll winds will bee 10-20 mph gusting higher today and temps will continue to drop. breaking news overnight: two suspects in the paris terror attacksare dead. there were killed in a plice raid. police carried out a large operaaion in a paris suburb - - where they believed the suspected

mastermind of the attack was hiding. officers stormed a building. tere was a lot of gunfire. witnesses also heaad several explosions. two ooficers were hurt. again, killed. earlier, president obama called out u-s should reject syrian refugees... who some fear couud be terrorists. tracie potts has the latest overnight developments. this overnight raid in the paris suburb of saint denis led two two terrorists killed -- oe a woman wiih a suicide bomb... two arrested and at last report... one or two still holed up inside. the target: abdelhamid abaaoud - believed to be the mastermind behind last friday's attacks. traveling overseas, president obama praised france's airstrikes - urged russia to focus on isis and blasted republicans for jecting syrian refugees that some fear could be terrorists. "they've been playing on fear in order to try to score political points or to advance their campaigns. and it's

irresponsible. when candidates say, we wouldn't admit three- year-old orphans -- that's political posturing." "sure let the five year old orphan in. yes it is of course it is. cause the five year old orphan is no threat." on cappol hill... intelligence briefings are focusing on how to verify 10-thousand refugees the administration wants to let in next year. screening takes up to two years. n consultation with others certifif that each individual is not a risk or terrorist threat." "it's going to be a very very clean syrian who is going to get in here." another challenge: cracking ncypted communcations terrorists are using. "if this is the new norr we've got our work cut out for us." france's president will be here in washington tuesday to talk about the investigation into these attacks... and about the isue

that's awn so much riticism here on capitol hill - how the u-s an its allies should be going after isis. i'm tracie potts in washington, now back to you. a potential threat forces police o clear out aaoccer stadium in germany. this is just the latest scare to grip europe after friday's attacks. authorities say they believed someone planned to set off during a match. no explosives were found and no arrests were made. two flights leaving the u-s for paris are forced to make emergency landings -- after anonymous threats. both air france planes landed safely -- one in salt lake city, the other in nova scotia. a number of meetings today will focus on national security. the homeland security srcretary will given an update on cybersecurity efforts. and on capitol hhll, the house foreign affairs committee will have a hearing on the rise of radicalism and terrorist sanctuaries and how it will affect the u-s. now to thth race for the white house. the republican field is a bit smaller this morning. governor bobby jindal dropped out of the race.

his campaign struggled in iowa and around the country. as he wrapped up a news conference, he left with ths paring shot about donald trump. it's not goona be trump. i've made my views clear about donald nominee. we can't have hillary i've made views my clear on him. i think it's gonna be somebody else. jindal said his campaign spent much of its time focusing on policy papers.. which didn't excite voters in what he calls a "crazy, unprereictable" election season. decision 2015 coverage now. you can watch a debate for waterloo mayor this weekend right here on kwwl. the runoff election between quentin hart and tim hurley is december first. they came to the kwwl studios tuesday for a special, one-hour edition of the steele report. it's presented by kwwl and the waterloo cedar falls courier, , with courier reporter, tim jamison, joining ron to ask questions. the debate airs sunday morning right after meet the press. serious charges against a man accused of trying to kill an

elkader woman. brandon thoma has been charged with attempted murder. investigators say he drove from pela to elkader -- attacked a woman in a home last week. the victim was found by her husband when he got home from work. thoma was arrested in wisconsin. this morning, one person is recoveng after a stabbing in a waterloo parking lot. popoice say mark kelly stabbee the victim ininthe arm in the casey's parking lot on la porte road. police later arrested kelly after he tried to run away from the scene. he's charged with first degree robbery. alarming new research this of women are raped during their first year of college -- when they're unconscious or unaware because drugs and alcol. the ststdy of 500 freehmen found those who had been rape victims before college were more likely to be assaulted again. experts say sexual assault education needs to begin earlier -- and prevention efforts should not be limited to college campuses. it could take more than 100-

thousand dollars to fix the damage caused by cemetery vandals. dozens of grave sites were damaged in west texas. the gate to the emetery might have been rammed -- and the church believes some kind of machinery was used to knock over the headstones. "i've never seen anything like this and i cannot believe hat people are so godless that they do not even let the dead rest in peace." there are some unmarked this is a very moving tribute -- for a veteran who passed away. the 80-year-old u-s marine corps veteran did not have any family to make funeral arrangements. so, e company handling the services posted his story on their facebook page and asked the public to help them give him a properal funeral. the response was overwhelming. more than 1- thousand people -- from fellow veterans to complete strangers -- showed up

eastern iowa refighters noww have a new way to use theirir heads to investigate. the cedar falls fire department is getting three new helmet cameras. the fire chief says the cameras will help investigate and analyze fires. this is one the only cameras that actually will sustain heats they've gone over that threshold just to make sure that they are safe and protetced and they can be submerged up to 33 feet deep in water." here's a look at a helmet camera in action during a rececet fire in ohio -- we showed you yesterday on today in iowa. the cedar falls fire department hopes to start wearing the helmet cameras in january. right now, moror than 300 people without power in linn county. we don't know what caused the outage. we do know high winds caused all kinds of power probllms in another state.

thousands of people are in the dark in memphis. one tree toppled onto a home -- falling right through the roof. no one was hurt. highghwinds are alsooto blame for one death in seattle. a strong wind storm bashed the northwest... sending waves onto the shore... creating flooding... and knocking down trees and power lines. at least one person was killed wwn a tree hit a car. a bus driver was also hurt when a city bus was hit by another tree. the future looks much brighter for some old buildings in dubuque. the city council approved more than one million dollars in ttx abatements. that will help convert buildings like the sacred heart school and holy ghost convent to senior living facilities. "it is a sign of the times. different ways than they used to." a senior living facility is also being planned ear the church of the nativity, and another one as part of the applewood senior apartments. in all, about 200 units would be added in the city. we're a month away from the

movie... and as fans get ready, we know the force will be with auction-goers. a "star wars" toy collection is going on the auction block. the toys include original "star wars" action figures from 19-77 in the original packaging. it also features a rare luke skywalker with a "doublbl telescoping" lightsaber. only 20 of those are still around. the most expensive items are expected to sell for at least 25- thousand dollars each. tickets to saturday's final home game at kinnick aren't that pricey... there are thousands of tickets left as iowa tries to keep its perfect record intact. the 10-and-oh hawkeyes st purdue after knocking off minnesota on saturday. about eight thousand tickets remain for this weekend's game. "we've always been in the top 25 in attendance and we'll do that again our numbers, that was one of our goalss but right now it's just let's fill kinnick stadium, let's fill the house for our seniors and go out in fashion." iowa would clinch a spot in the big 10 chamionship game with a win against purdue.

weetill have a lot to get to this morning: including a goal on the ice that has many fans asking to see it plus -- 2016 is still a month and a half away... so why are we talking about tax time this morning? because taxpayers have an incentive to start early. stormtrack7 live doppler radar will continue to show areas of showers todody. but we wiil also be breezy with steadily falling temperatures. where does that lead? i'll have

here is additional forecast information weather

team: scattered showers, breezy with falling temm today lead tt sunny and windy conditions tomorrow with some rain and snow tracking through on friday. tuesday's rainfall totals ranged from a quarter of an inch to an n nch in most of the area, although some didn't get much at all. we still have some showers tracking through this morning and will keep the chance all

stormtrack7 live weather network cameras will show wet and dry periods throughout the day today. we have seen our highs... temperatures are steady and falling this morning with much cooler air to the west... a good 15 to 20 degrees colder than the start yesterday in the west. south winds will be 10- gusts to 25 mph much of the day with the winds turning to the west tonight. the low is s still churning away around kansas city and will keep the showers heading our way today,

to the north and drag a cold front through the region tomorrow. windy conditions will help pull down cold air for the end of the week and throroh the weekend. the warmer temps to the east will retreat farther to the east tomorrow#and we will see more and more f those 30s taking over the midwest. our temps have already been higher and windy and cold for thursday with saturdaa. it's still to come this morning: big

it's a race that really has no winners... plus a colorful way to get over the wedding blues -- and this woman is actually thanking her finance who broke off the engagement. you're watching kwwl. we've got you covered in hawkeye, wadena, hiawatha and all of eastern iowa

away... butseason early. ackson hewitt has a new year-end tax planner service. it estimates your taxes and refunds. as part of the service, clients might quality for a year-end refundddvance of up tt 250 dollars... avaiiable today. don't blink or you will miss the incredible sleight of hand on the ice. an incredible goal last night in the n-h-l. the penguins hosting minnesota. watch one skater -- lose his defender -- then -- go right between his own legs for the goal. what a shot. unfortunately, the game isn't

only about the great goals. this is also part of it. a big dust up between anaheim and nashville. it's also a tooth- knocker. look closely and you can see a tooth flying. those guys spent some time in the penalty box. racing fans see a different side of the chase for the cup. nascar drivers -- with help from celebrities -- tuned up their driving skills innhe tonight ssw five hundred. jeff gordon and jimmy fallon, kevin harvick and justin bieber were all involved. the real action goes down this sunday in florida -- a ace you can see right here on kwwl. now to a proposal that did not end with a walk down the aisle. instead it ended with the bride to be destroying her dress. kilee was engaged for two years before her fiancetexted her and called itoff.

decided to have some fun. she and her bridesmaids destroyed their dresses during a "i definitely want to tell him thank you for sparing me anything heartackes down the road, and thank you for letting me go so i can find rue happiness, you know." she wants others -- who've been through the same thing -- to see still to come this morning -- merchandise tied to movies is nothing new. but we might need another galaxy toto handle everything connected to one film. that story next.

new movie next month -- the wave of tie ins continnes to build. yesterday, the star wars video game "battlefront" hit store its just part of a galaxy of star wars product connections. the appetite%for "star wars the force awakens" blasted first day advanceeicket sales r rcords.. star waffle makers.

"time will tell whether some of these efforts go too far." merchandise tied to major movies is nothing new...... but villanova marketing professor raymond taylor says the scale of tie ins to star wars' newest chapter may be. "i really do b blieve it's unprecedented. it's going into an extremely wide range of more than 500 star wars items in stores.... target says it has more than 600. whether it's duracell batteries... or cover girl make up.... even droid decorated bottles of coffee mate. companies pay license fees for that official star wars connection... harboring a new hope for star wars' halo effect. "you like one property nd you give the second property the benefit of the doubt." but movie tie ins don't always connect.....back in 2009, james bond popsicles got an icy reception in england. "they just didn't sell very well. there should be some logical connection." disney paid 4 billion dollars to acquire star wars' parent compmny,

lucasfilm ltd. 3 years ago. a hefefy price tag.....but between licensing revenues, upcoming theme park attractions and the on-going movie series itself....the cost may prove a bargain. "i tink it's going to be the best investment they've ever made." a marketing force awakened. mark barger, nbc news. some estimates have sales of 'star wars'-related merchandise topping two billion dollars over just the last four months of this year. today in iowa continues in a moment with the forecast from

check of your storm forecast. showers continue today with breezy conditions and falling temps. sunny, windyy and colder

thursday with a chance of rain and snow on friday. much colder beginning of next week. it's and coming up on today in iowa. firefighters are investigating after a house explodes leaving some injured. plus... some colleges across the country are reconsiddring how they run their study abroad programs. we'll tell you why and how some eastern iowa colleges are responding in our next hour of today in iowa. ally crutcher joins us next.