with storm track 7 meteorologist eileen loan. good morning. we have a few snow showers taking over in the k[wl viewing area this morning. and temps are dropping toward the freezing mark. so far, no o large areas of travel headaches in our viewig area this mooning, though the falling temps may create a few slick spots. the iowa dot cameras show mainly wet roads, but be aware of isolated patches that start to freeze this morning. the winds are southerly at 5 to 15 mph and will be mainly from the southwest with the snow showewes cocoinuing into tonight. we have

already seen our highs, but may we have breaking news this morning. more than a thousand people are without power in waterloo. at this point, we're not sure exactly what caused the power outage, but we will let youuknow as soon as we learn more information. decision 20-15 coverage now... today's run-off election in waterloo will determine the city's next leader. it's been one extra month of campaigning for these two candidates. both think this is an important time for the city and hope people get out and vote today. tim hurley says this election hinges on two things...vvter rnout and wherer those votes from the other candidate land. hurley says he is experienced...having spent three terms in that mayors seat. while quentin hart says he has experience...spepedin g eights years on the council, six of those years as mayor pro tem. both say it's important to get out, vote, and let your voices be heard. voters in cedar falls will take the polls toote for the next

the two candidates in this race are jim brown and incumbent mayor jon crews mayor crews is technically no longer in the race after dropping out, but he ii still on the ballot. there's also a third candidate -- a write in, whos been making a push for votes this past month. dave halterman ran on the regular ballot in the first election, but didn't make the rroff. e says when hehelearned crews write-in... "letting the people speak, thats the key, not this transition anoited mayor, letting the voters choose, that's what i'm all about as for jim brown, he says he's just trying to keep the message positive... 'it was a bit of a surprise that jon retired, but i needeeto get the vote out and keep my message consistent" important note for voters -- precincts are the same today-- so make sure to go to your regular polling place. breakingovernight... us-a

pentagon may send more troops to syria to fight isis. a senior defense official told the paper the pentagon will consider deploying more special operations troops if the pilot project there shows sign of progress. last month, the pentagon announced 50 commandos will be sent to northern syria to advise forces fighting isis. this comes as a committee will hold a hearing in washington later today. the house armed services committee will speak on military and political strategies for defeating isis in iraq and syria. they'll discuss how the current strategy in fighting isis will impact bothhregions goingng forwawad. and that leads us decision 2016 coverage as we're just two months away from the iowa caucuses. and publican presidential candidate ted cruzzis making his rounds through eastern iowa. he touched on the hot topic of syrian refugees while speaking at a town hall in coralville yesterday. cruz says he's encouraged by the many governors saying no to syrian refugees...iicluding govenor branstad, who said he does not want syrian refugees coming to iowa... "they outta be re-settled in the

countries and we should not be bringing in individuals we don't know if they're terrorist." he also spoke on a number of topics including education and nuclear weapons. meanwhile, g-o-p contender jeb bush will be in eastern iowa this morning.. after stopping in goose lake last night. during his time on stage.. bush touched on some big political issues right now... including fighting isis and the syrian refugege crisis. bush will head to dubuque and waterloo before wrapping up his visit in newton. governor johnkasich was also in iowa campaigning. yesterday, he helel a town hall in ames.s. now, he was one of four g-o-p candidates that requested equal airtime over the holiday weekend. ads for kasich, mike huckabee, lindsey graham and jim gilmore could be ssen during everr commerical break during prime time hours here on kwwl. the four were able to receive equal airtime as donald trump, who was on "saturday night live" for over 12 minutes. the same ads wwe aired on 17

affiliate stations in iowa, new hampshire, and south carolina. george pataki also requested equal time, but turned down nbc's offer. meantime, democratic presidential candidate bernie sanders just had hernia surgery. a sanders campaign spokesperson says he doesn't believe the demands of the campaign trail caused the medical conditio. he's expected to rrsume his senate and campaign duties today. the state department has publicly released about 78-hundred pages of hillary clinton's emails. this is the largest release to date of the documents from the former secretary of state's personal email account. they say it's part of the court- ordered disclosure and goal to produce 66-percent oflinton's emails by novemberer30th. no details about any of the messages have been released. the former cop charged with killing a teenager in chicago is ououof jail, after posting bail. andrew spencer tells us protests have continued, as the mayor moves to create a new task force.

officer jason van dyke walked d supporters. they escorted hihi past the reporters waiting outside. van dyke made bail... ...hours after a judge set his bond at one- and-a-half-million dollars. van dyke faces a first-degree murder charge in the killii of laquan donald during a confrontation with police in october 2014. since the dash cam video was released to the public last week, protests have been steady reality in chicago. those demonstrations have remained mostly peaceful, as chicago mayor rahm emanuel is now calling for the creation of a task force on police accountability. his office says it will review the kinds of oversight police officers get & and how/the city trains them. city's handling of the shooting. protesters question why e video was kept from the public for

charge only came after a judge i'm andrew spencer, reporting the next hearing forrhe officer will be held on december 18th. the suspect in friday's deadly shooting inside a planned parenthood clinic made his first appearance in court. robert ear is charged with first-degree murder and will stay in jail with no bond. dear is accused of opening fire inside the planned parenthood clinic and holding a homrs-long standoff with police. threee people, including one police officer, were killed and nine others were injured. so far, investigators have not released a motive behind the shooting. police are investigating a fe to one of their own vehicles. fire crewssn fort dodge ound

the weekend. the inside of the car was destroyed and ow needs to be replaed. police say people may not like the speed units, but they help slow dodo traffic... "we still have people that ask for the car in their neighborhoods, we feel that it does slow down traffic, there's people that do not care for them, but it's real easy to avoid gettng a citationnfrom the speed car, it's slow down." the fort dodge police department does own a second unnt which is still in ervice. aside from promoting safety -- the units are budgeted to bring in 100-thousand dollars a year. a virginia mother whose house caught fire this weekend says her young son is the one responsible. the mother says her four-year-old was playing in another room of the home when he got a lighter and lit the mattress on fire. five children and two adulls got out ok, but the mother says they lost everything... "like, i never thought anything like this could happen to my family." the red cross is helping the family.

thth 200 employees will be let go from one of their plants. a john deere plant in moline, illinois will be making cuts due the location. the layoffs are effecttve february 15th. iowa state introduced matt campbell as the school's new head football coach. campbell comes to the cyclones after a stint at tolldo. he said he's admired the energy and atmosphere on iowa state's campus since he first came here to coach against iowa state a couple of years ago. halso said hi main goal is to bring greatness to isu... players in a posiiion to win those football games." coach campbell will be looking to improve an iowa stte team thaa won three games this season. you won't find it on any studio tour, or anywhere near the walk of fame. like the artifacts inside, it's being sold off or destroyed piece by piece. jacob rascon takes us to one of hollywood's favorite locations, where glamour meets grime. they say one person'strash... [natural sound car crushed gopro]

it's also aaiving. nathan adlen creative shot "we hang onto things like this, just cause it's so oddball." 26 acres in the heart of los angeles. a field of dreams - for anyone with a clunker. and - for hollywood. [sound up music video dynamite] the backdrop for hundreds of commercials and music videos... [usher and other music video sound up] tv shows...d movies. [the hangover sound up] [jaws sound up] nathan adlen "without a doubt the coolest thing here is thehe shark from jaws - junkyard jaws - also known as bruce the junk - and gems - there's like a jeep from the 1967 arab- israeliar. or and a 1940s ice cream truck (fact check this!). are more than a cool job. for nathan, it's personal. nathan adlen "yea, i mean, this yard, i it's been in the family since 1961. and now, nathan has decided to move... and sell everything. nathan adlen "it kind of leaves

and, the treasure. dolly standup jacob inside bus: "take this double decker bus from britain... on display here for thirty years...and now" [sound rip apart bus gopro shot] just more... scrap. [sound rip apart bus gopro shot] enrique mulleys has worked at the yard for nearly 40 years. enrique mulleys paraphrase sound: "it's sad to see it but treasure hunters need not despair. this superstar junkyard. is now the mother of all yard sales.. jacob rascon, nbc news, los angeles it's coming up on today in iowa -- the food served on planes might get a bad rap. but a new survey finds it can still be helthy. we'll fill you in coming up. problem. santa will nap with you.

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"now your storm track 7 forecast on kwwl." from the kwwl stormtraa 7 weather tetem. see the screen for your complete weather information. here is additional forecast informtion from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team: while some of us had sleet and freezing rain, most of us saw mainly rain.we had a half an inch in waterloo with lighter

south. the heaviest reports are to the north, but it includes the sleet and freezing rain that fell in the morning. we will end up with mainly snow showers today and tonight as the low tracks to the northehest. as that occurs, we see temps falling.. we have probably seen our highs early this morning, but should be able to rebound somewhat this afternoon. roads are still partially covered to the west, but we have mainly wet roads here.

weather network cameras will show the wet roads and eventually ome snow showers today. as temps cool, we are seeing more of the freezing mark met, so some roads may start to get slippery this morning. much colder to thth west where some reported 9" of snow! winds are southerly at 5 to 15 mph and will be from the southwest for much of the day. the low is tracking almost to the north right now and will

showers tracking into o or area through the day and into the night as that next lobe rotates around. as the low most only seeing a trace to an it's coming uu on today in iowa.... a winter sport like no other. skates on ice, a giant stone -- and one town taaing it very seriously. plus... baby's first picture with santa is a milestone. and there's a reason why these parents -- and thousands of others ---ill never fooet this one... you're watching kwwl.

for travelers wanting to make healthier choices, a new survey ranks airlines on the best in-flight food. virgin america wins the top spot with the "healthiest" choices in the sky, followed by delta and jetblue. each airli@ne was assigned a health score based on ten criteria, including alth and calorie levels of

individual snacks... and cooperation in providing nutritional information. gas prices are still falling nationwide. triple-a says the national average for a gallon of regular unleaded gas is two dollars, four cents. that's down more than 25-percent from a year ago the cheapest gas in he country is at a sam's clud in lafayette, indiana, where a gallon of regular is just a dollar-39. it's an olympic winter sport many don't quite understand... but in one town, the sport of "curling" is very serious business. that's because a town in scotland is where a good portion of the granite curling stones are produced. the town is home to the world's majorsupplier of a qare type of micro- granite, which is used make we have set this up, we made it and we see our item. curling stone is running up and down the ic, absolutely brilliant. more than two- thirds of all curlinggstones come frfrm this tiny volcanic island.

through his first picture th santa... but it turned out to be t te cutest photo shoot ever! the boy dozed off while in line with his parents to see saint nick. instead of waking the boy up, santa told them to let him sleep--and improvised by pretending to be asleep as well. the photo has been liked and shared more than 500-thousand times online. it's the u-s auto industry is in good cheer as they are on pace to break the yearly car sales record.

auto industry sales are on track to break the record set back in 2000- when 17.4 million vehicles were sold in the u-s..that year. kwwl's jessica hartman tells us have you noticed more new cars on the road? tim godfrey "business has been really good from start to -a huge push from manufactutus and

means great deals for buyers. "right noo new cars are a great deal, for people with low interest rates and big incentives. manufactures are trying to keep those plants moving and the only way they can keep moving is to have peopleeome look aa their product." hartman "the biggest thing buyers at witham are looking for millennials this millennial says it was just time to retire her college car. caitlin egleston "winter time is coming up and mymycar wasn't veryry sturdy, definitely just needed it." dealers tell us you can expect manufacturers to roll out some good holiday deals, in order to continue their push to break the

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eileen loan is back with another check offour storm trtrck seven with flurries tomorrow. snow totals an inch or less with dry it's and coming up on today in iowa.

let you&know when the's highbeinggcharged in the shooting and killing a teenager. plus... who would do this to a dog? one oman did... and now she's facingngcharges. and we'll introduce you to one man's incredible weight- loss journey. cameras capture a big moment from this winner. that story comingup. good morning, i'm ally crutcher. jerry has the day off. storm track seven meteorologist eileen loan is here now with your storm trac seven forecass. we have a few snow showers