to combat what he calls an the coalition targeting the terror organization.. continuing to to train and arm syrian and iraqi rebels.. the president also reiterated a call from stronger gun laws.. a key he says to saving lives.. nats memorial as the nation mourns tag ---) there is a city wide memorial to the victims scheduled for this evening. i'm jay gray in san bernardino, ca... now back to you. meanwhile: the president of liberty university is urging students to arm themselves in light of the mass shootings in california. the president made the comments during the school's weekly convocation. later in his speech, he encouraged students to get a conceal carry permit... concealed-carry permits, then we could end those muslims before they walked in and kill...

when asked to clarify the statements, he said he wasn't talking about all muslims, just those who perpetuate attacks. two people were killed in a small plane crash in san bernardino county, california yesterday. this video shows the jet on fire on the runway. the plane was taxiing down the runway when flames started coming out of its engine. the plane then caught fire and exploded. firefighters on the scene quickly put out the flames... the crash is under investigation. let's go to storm track seven meteorologist eileen loan now for your first forecast. temperatures are slow to warm up today, but they are still above and are gusting higher at times and will continue through the afternoon. the clouds are starting to break up, but will and then a few more may track in from the west. with the early clouds and more degrees, but we will still be a good 10 degrees above average today. we

week. i'll have that forecast for you in a few minutes. police are investigating a shooting that left one man injured. cedar rapids police were called to kirkwood court southwest at 7 police are investigating a shooting that left one man injured. cedar rapids police were called to kirkwood court southwest at 7 o'clock last night. police found a man with a gunshot wound. he was taken to the hospital. his injuries are not believed to be life threatening. no arrests have been made. two iowa hunters are recovering after separate deer hunting accidents. the d-n-r says travis myers -- from dundee -- was wounded in the shoulder sunday morning. he was hunting northeast of backbone state park. it appears the slug was fired by another hunter in an 11-member party. a man was also wounded yesterday near winfield. right now...almost 100 eastern iowans

are speaking out against governer branstad's proposal to privatize medicaid management..... four national health insurance companies were chosen to manage iowa's 4.2 billion dollar medicaid program.... this group says the move to have these companies manage medicaid by january 1st is too fast. "you don't make a decision to buy a house that fast. you don't is... it's a life commitment to us... i mean this is what keeps us alive..." this group came together through social media.... many of them met for the first time today.... the governer does say this change will cut costs and improve health care outcomes. now to decision 20- 16: republican presidential candidate-- carly fiorina will be in eastern iowa this afternoon. fiorina holding a town hall

at the v-g-m group inc. theater in waterloo. the event is at 2:30. then she'll be speaking at the hotel at kirkwood in cedar rapids at 6. both events are opened to the public. and-- democratic front runner-- hillary clinton returns to eastern iowa this week. the former secretary of state will be in waterloo for a town hall meeting this wednesday. it'll take place at the five sullivan brothers convention center-- at 12:45. the event is free and open to the public. clinton will tour cedar valley tech- works before the town hall. today flags are being lowered in honor of what happened 74 years ago today. just before eight o'clock on a sunday morning in pearl harbor -- about 400 japanense warplanes attacked. about 24-hundred americans were killed and another 12-hundred wounded. after the attack on pearl harbor, the u-s entered world war two. in iowa, governor branstad is ordering all flags be lowered until five tonight as a sign of respect. now to continuing coverage out of chicago:

investigating chicago's police department. attorney general loretta lynch announcing the move today, saying the federal probe will look at whether chicago police have engaged in a pattern or practice of violating people's civil rights. the investigation comes at the request of a number of state, local, and community leaders. and after a preliminary review... "our goal in this investigation as in all of our pattern-or- practice investigations is not to focus on individuals, but to including training, policy guidance and equipment to be more effective, to partner with civilians and to strengthen public safety." now this will be broader than the federal investigation already underway. that's looking into the deadly police shooting of laquan mcdonald. dashcam video showing an officer shooting him 16 times sparked protests and cost the head of the police department his job.

he says he feared for his life the iowa hawkeyes will ring in the new year -- out west. for the first time in 25 years, iowa will play in the rose bowl. and if you're looking to attend the big game--- expect to pay are listed anywhere from five hundred to five thousand dollars. new years day--iowa will play stanford on new year's day... " the rose bowl is the granddaddy of them all, you think about the rose bowl you think about tradition, you about this opportunity." the hawks play stanford at four in the afternoon on new years day. coach ferentz says he'll give his team some time off this week before they get back to work. tight at 5 and 6 we'll have more on how to get a ticket rose bowl ticket to cheer on the hawkeyes coming up... don't get duped by online bargains... you just might be buying a counterfeit. and prices are continuing to drop at

we'll be right back with your storm track seven forecast. while slow to break up, the clouds are tracking to the east. we have clearing tomorrow afternoon. i'll have more coming up. "you're watching kwwl. we've got you covered, with ally crutcher and meteorologist eileen loan. this is the kwwl "now your storm track 7 forecast on kwwl." sb 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: partly sunny skies and a stray shower possible in the next couple of days, but it will stay warm, too. stormtrack7 live weather network will show the clouds

afternoon, but they will be slow to do so. temps are in the upper 30s to mid 40s this afternoon with a few low 50s in the southwestern part of the state. winds have picked up from the south and will be mainly 5 to 15 mph gusting higher into the evening. the clouds are slow to track out of the area, but a weak trough will track in and help push those clouds out... but will itself provide some higher clouds for the day. a weak low will then track into the region for tuesday afternoon and bring a few showers to the state. the moisture is coming from the west.... where they are seeing quite a bit of wind and rain... although much of the rain will be squeezed out

rockies. our amounts will depend on how much moisture is left and how much can actually make it to the ground. we will stay mild... highs will stay in the 30s to 50s in the midwest today and tomorrow, with even more low 60s to our south. the fog sticks around this morning, but should try to burn off this afternoon. highs will depend on when that happens, but should make it into the

time lapse photography can find the beauty in a foggy weather forecast. take a look at fog rolling in to blanket the windy city. a dedese fog advisory in effect this morning for parts of four states, included the the city of chicago. the fog dropped visibility to a quarter-mile or les over the area. in some locations visibility dropped to near zero. temperatures below freezing created icy, slippery conditions on on roadways, overpasses, sidewalks and pavement. coming up.... it was a sea of red in one city-- and it was all for a good cause we'll tell you how rapper 2 chainz -- is spreading the love this holiday season. you're watching kwwl. we've got you covered in decorah, gilbertville, vinton and all of

rapper 2 chainz it's been her fight for twenty years. something is wrong with our healthcare system and it needs to be fixed. then, it was about health reform and getting eight million kids covered. now, it's about stopping republicans from repealing obamacare, and taking on insurance companies to bring down drug prices. i'm not going to let any family be deprived of healthcare. i'm not going to let the republicans rip up obamacare and throw it away.

helped spread a little holiday cheer to a needy family in his home state. a mother and disabled veteran are having trouble making ends meet. the rapper heard about what she's going through, and paid her a visit over the weekend. but he didn't come alone: the year. thousands of people dressed as santa claus ran in australia this ekend --all for a good cause.. proceeds from the santa fun run went to a charity that helps children who are disadvantaged, sick or have special needs... organizers were hoping to raise more than 3 hundred 40 thousand dollars this year. presidential politics are getting "ugly." but some might argue ----not as ugly as these sweaters! some of the presidential candidates are selling ugly

senator ted cruz has this one for 65 dollars. that's him and the white house printed on it. ben carson has a more traditional - bucks. and hillary clinton selling this holida sweater with her logo for 60 dollars. coming up.... buyers beware-- how some of your online bargains... might be counterfeit. details next and tis the season to smile at the gas pump because prices are continuing to drop and when you see news - or if you have pictures or video to share... you can do that by going to our page on facebook. you can also "like" our page to stay up to date on breaking news and weather information.

about a stocked gift card. stockpile-dot-com is selling gift cards for shares of stock. the gift cards come in denominations ranging from $25 to $100... and can be bought online or at several retailers like kmart. once purchased, the receiver logs onto stockpile-dot-com and signs up for an account to redeem the purchased amount for a fraction of the stock. the stockpile co- founder says gift cards for shares of apple, facebook and google seem to be the most

and-- more savings at the pump. gas prices fell another four cents last week. the national average is at 2-10 a gallon. experts say prices could've dropped even lower had the e-p-a not revised its ethanol sales requirement. gas buddy says the lowest prices it could find in iowa today are in ankeny at 1-71 a gallon. don't get duped by online bargains... you just might be buying a counterfeit. people are searching for the lowest prices and highest values as they make their purchases this holiday season. but counterfeiters are also doing some searching for peopleleto take advantage of. a new study says almost a quarter of people have bought a product online that turned out to be fake. coming up on kwwl, the mister food test kitchen.... howie shows us a secret ingredient to add to bite-sized pastries. but first, a look at your latest

old favorite that we came up with almost 30 years ago. and whether you serve it for chanukah, christmas or just because, these bite-sized buttery, rich rugelach always disappear fast. to make them, all we do is cut a good amount of butter with some flour. and can do it with a pastry cutter like this, or with a couple of knives. once it's crumbly, we add our secret ingredient.some softened vanilla ice cream. that gives the dough a rich vanilla flavor. once it comes together, we pop it in the fridge firm up. now after spspinkling the counter with a cinnamon, walnut sugar mixture, we cut the dough into chunks and roll out one piece at a time and top it with some chocolate chips.

roll them up (starting from the wide end) before baking them off. what we end up with is an old world pastry that looks and tastes bakery fancy, but was so easy to make. i do hope you'll go online and get the recipe for our, "chocolate chip rugelach," so you can share these with your family and friends. i'm howard in the mr. food test kitchen, where today we found a "secret shortcut way" that'll have everyone saying . "ooh t's so good!!

air force base. plus, how a man is caught setting a

welcome back to the news at noon.. i'm ally crutcher let's go to storm track seven meteorologist eileen loan now for your first forecast. temperatures are slow to warm up today, but they are still above normal as we head into the afternoon. winds are south at 5 to 15 mph and are gusting higher at times and will continue through the afternoon. the clouds are starting to break up, but will till be a couple of hours more may track in from the west. with the early clouds and the ones that will track in later, we will only climb a few stay warmer than normal all week. i'll have that forecast for you in a few minutes. the good news -- everbody's ok. the bad news is, there's a lot of damage after n s- u-v crashes

the bad news is, there's a lot of damage after an s- u-v crashes into a yard in dubuque. it happened friday night on stetmore street. police say james brown led them around the block twice -- before "he didn't make the curb here when he come around, wiped out my fence and ended up upside down underneath the tree." brown has been charged with new details --following a thanksgiving arson. nicholas kollasch was charged on -- but he wasnt arrested until this week. sources say -- following his confession -- kollash tried to harm himself and was taken to the hospital for a medical evaluation. kwwl's jessica hartman catches up with the person -- most affected by the fire. an early morning fire - - the result of an altercation between the alleged arsonist and it didn't look very good. so i got out of the car pretty - kollasch left and stock thought it was done. not expecting the stranger to come back and set fire to three cars and a garage.

and done at that. but came back fire to this van, nicholas pointed him out to police wo were still on scene." "and that's when i saw him walking down the sidewalk. right there by that tree over there. i just looked at him like "he looked at me and was ike, oh what happened here? was there believe it that i am looking at this person right now." in cedar falls. . .jessica

stock says he thought two of his most sentimential guitars were lost in the fire -- along with more those items in kollasch's home. des moinns police idennify the man killed during a home invasion this weekend. police say 31- year-old travi williams died after a fight with two people who lived at the home. investigatatrs believe theean broke into the home before the incident. an autopsy is scheduled and charges are pending. police arrest a driver in texas after he crashed his truuk into a house... nearly missing a person inside. the truck plowed through a brick wall... stopping just inches from a man sitting on a living room couch. police believe the driver was drunk and speeding when he crashed. a small plane is forced to make an unusual landing. in palm springs, california -- the plane was having landing gear problems. the pilot then had to make a belly landng. firefighters were there just in case. no one was hurt -- but the plane had to be hosed down after sparks

scary moments for holiday shoppers. someone mstakes broken glass for shots fired. the mall in riverside, california was locked down temporarily as police investigated. this is what happened. three people broke into a jewelry store. they smashed a displayycase -- and the sound of that -- led to a panic. shoppers thought they heard shots being fired. police are still looking for the suspects. not a pleasant wake up call for these hotel guests-- a car comes right through the lobby. the car busted through the doors -- ramming into the front desk and hitting a wall before & finally coming to a stop. it happened in connecticut. incredibll no one was hhrt... the building shook. and i heard... the woman behind the desk was pretty upset, of course." the driver got out of his car and tried to run, but did not get far. he told police he fell asleep behind the wheel. a traffjc stop in seattle this week takes an unexpected turn.. when the driver allegedly tried

snort cocaine right in front of the officer. the 73-year-old man was initially pulled over when he drove by the officer without his lights on. the officer was going to give the man a warning because he had a clean driving record -- until he "are you kidding? you're about traffic op, with a police officer right behind you? i just don't understand." "i don't understand either." the driver tried to claim he had vitamins -- but later admitted it was cocaine. he was arrested for drug possession. and -- authorities are searching for three people aaer clevelandd police say they robbed and pistol-whipped a priest! according to police --the 61- year-old priest was approached by three armed men as he walking to his car after leavinna church saturday night. he experienced hand and face injuries in the attack but refused medical attention. similar incidents were reported by

reports of an active-shooter make for tense moments at an air force base in new mexico. authorities initiated a lockdown after someone said they thought they heard gunshots near a building on the base. ofoficials lifted the lockdown a short time later -- saying security personnel found no threat. it was reported the scare was sparked by the popping of heavy- duty bubble wrap. officials say repprting the loud bangs was the right thing to do. this holiday season if you're looking for ways to save some money ... you may want to consider switching to a new set of lights. l-e-d lights are becommg the standard for christmas decorations... verses traditional lights. compared to a string of incandescent mini lights, l-e-d holiday lights use about 70 percent less electricity... and even better the lights have a llng shelf life d don't individually burn out. and the cost savings are considerable. three strings of regular mini lights use 40 watts each for 150 hours costing you about $3.20. three strings of l- e-d lights use 5 watts each for 150 hours costing

the retail costs of l-e-d lights might be a little more up front but the long term savings are sure to brighten your holidays. a new jersey town has become the center of a fight over a tree. the mayor wants to call it a christmas tree. but one councilwoman insists it should be called a holiday tree. brian conybeare explains ... the borough of roselle park, new jersey, is the latest (mayor carl hokanson/(d) roselle park, nj) when you tell me holiday" (charlene storey/(d) roselle park council) "i disagree strongly. i don't councilwoman charlene storey and mayor call hokanson ...both democrats...cannot agree on what to call this tree. (mayor carl hokanson/(d) roselle park, nj) council voted to officially rename the annual "holiday" tree storey submitted her resignation, citing separation of church and state plus an "i think that if you are using municipal funds you have to be careful." but saturday storey rescinded her resignation and

to chair a new diversity "we'll get different backgunds l a little crazy. (hailey ortis/roselle park resident) "it looks exactly like a (brian conybeare/reporting) roselle park, nj) "yeah its completely silly" (brian conybeare/reporting) "there are already some lights councilwoman storey says she won't be here. she will however be on that new diversity committee to try and determine what this ceremony should be callele next year. the drama was all caused by a misunderstanding coming up ... the rainy country of ireland is experiencing some serious flooding and when you see news - or if

have pictururs or video to share... you can do that by going to our page on facebook. you can also "like" our page to stay up to date on breaking news and weather information. and stormtrack seven meteorologist will be back with your storm track seven day

"now your storm track 7 forecast on kwwl." from the kwwl stormtrack 7 ather team. see the screen for your complete weather information. here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team: partly unny skies and a stray shower possible in the next couple of days, but it will stay warm, too. stormtrack7 live weather network will

afternoon, but theyywill be slow to do so. temps are in the upper 30s to mid 40s this afternoon with a few low 50s in the southwestern part of the state. winds have picked up from the south and will be mainly 5 to 15 mph gusting higher into the evening. the clouds are slow to track out of the area, but a weak trough will track in and help push those clouds out... but will itself provide some higher clouds for the day. a weak low will then track into the region for tuesday afrnoon and bring a few showers to the state. the moiiture is cominn from the west.... where they are seeing quite a bit of wind and rain... although much of the rain will be squeezed out over the rockies. our amounts will depend on how much moisture is left and how much can actually make it to the ground. we will stay mild... highs wilstay in the 30s to 50s in the midwest today and tomorrow, with even

og sticks around this morning, but should try to burn off this afternoon. highs will depend on when that happens, but should make it into the mid to upper 40s over most of the viewing area today. lows tonight drop into thee low to mid 30s... well above the mid teens average... and we stay mild tomorrow as a few showers track through in the afternoon. we dry out for wednesday nd thursdayy with another round of rain possible friday afternoon through the weekend. highs will be in the upper 40s to low 50s for the week with cooler weather tracking back in by

the skies have cleared, but they're still dealing with serious flooding in ireland communities have started to count the cost of "storm desmond". the clean-up has begun but many areas areestill underwater. people said the damage was not only bad, the timing of the imagined. i thought it was a flood but it was like a in one city, a man navigated the streets in a kayak.

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attacked by a squiuirel that got into their garage. as sharon chin reports, the battle with the animal sent them natsot: "we were on the ground and we were back up and he was open door. (richard williams, attacked by squirrel): "alllof the sudden he bloody fast. (richard williams, attacked by squirrel): "he was really vicious. he was clawing and scratching and i was trying to get him off. and i finnlly, tore his head, arms and legs, smashing screaming." (norma williams, attacked by it." (richard williams, atacked by squirrel): "and then he jumped her. i was able to grrb him by the tail, threw him on the garage floor and he seemed his breath and he collapsed over the hood of h h car." a neighbor rushed the husband and wife to the hospital. both got dozens of shots, including vaccines for rabies and tetanus.

suspected of attacking five others in n o weeks, including a teacher and student at pleasant valley elementary. blue." it could be that the squirrel has been fed and it's days ago near the hot spots on vineyard road and (inaudible) avenue, but we didn' see any

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unvvling of thihi year's holiday decorations with military families last week president obama called on some of her favorite fashion designers to dress the white house for the holidays. more than 68- thousand tourists are expected to visit the white house this holiday season partly sunny this afternoon. a few shoors may track through on tuesday afternoon with a better chance

the weekend. highs will stay mild this week before cooling a bit on sunday. that will do it for us here at noon. our next newscast is tonight at five.

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