i'm jerry gallagher... let's check on your weather now with storm track 7 meteorologist eileen loan. good morning. patchy dense fog this morning with haze in other areas... here is a look at the iowa dot cameras in the area. we have ear skies right now, but more clouds are acking in. temperatures are in the upper 20s to mid 30s, so there is the potential for some slippery surfaces this morning, eepecially in areas that have the thicker fog. winds are light to 10 mph from the south ad will pick up a bit more todaa. clouds will track through the area all day, too, and we may have a stray shower this afternoon, although most of us will stay

mild, too, with highs in the mid 40s to around 50 this afternoon. the mild weather continues the rest of the week. i'll have that forecast in a w minutes. our top story this mornnng: donald trump calls for a shutdown on muslims coming into the u-s. he's not backing down. in fact, overnight... he urged supporters to throw racial profiling out the window... in favor of nattnal security. as tracie potts tells us this morning -- his idea is drawing heat... from both sides of the aisle. onboard the uss yorktown overnight donald trump doubled down on his idea of closing our border entirely to muslims "they have no respect`for life so we have to do something." "don't worry about profiling. i promise i will defend yououfrom profiling." muslim leaders call it reckless and un- american. "donald trump sounds more like the eader of a lynch mob han a great nation

hillaa clinton: "declaring war on islam or demonizing muslims americans...plays right into the hands of terrorists." bernie sanders: trump wants us to "hate all musliis" martin o'malley called him a "fascist demagogue." even republicans are distancing themselves: "saying we're not going to let a single muslim into this coconty is a dannrous over reaction." "no that - that is not my policy." "...goes against everything we stand for and believe in." jeh johnson - who oversees customs andndborder patrrl: "weeust not force merican muslims to run and hide and retreat to the shadows." legal scholars question whether it's even legal to close our borders to certain people based solely on religion. is trump's rhetoric having an impact? cnn's latest poll still has him in the lead, but a monmnmth university poll has s ed cruz leading by 5. i'm tracie potts in washington, now back to you. speaking of that poll -- for the

time, senator ted cruz leads in iowa. the monmouth university poll of likely republican caucugoers in iowa shows cruz with 24-percent -- five points ahead of dooald trump. dr. ben carson was first in this same poll two months ago... but as his stock has fallen -- cruz has picked up steam. it's very encouraging. we've got a long way to go. bu it's in that poll -- about one in five said congressman steve king's endorsement of cruz recently makes them more likely to support the texas senator. continuing coverage this morning: an autopsy is set for later today -- after a body y as found in the cedar river. a trapper discovered the body sunday morning near gilbertville. at this point, authorities are not releasing more details, so we don't know who this was. investiggors are waiiing for the

determine a cause of death. they say they don't suspect foul play. a man who shot a dubuque police officer has been sentenced again. eddie chest - and his son were convicted of armed robbery and attempted murder in the shooting of lieutenant scott baxter in 2009. his attorney said the only reason chest accepted a ppa deal l as because the two sentences were supposed to be served at the same time. the prosecution argued they were meant to be served back-to-back. ultimately... the judge ruled... and had this s o say. "youuere on parole at the time appropriate." the judge told chese he can appeal his sentence within thirty days. a school bus driver is serious troubl this morning -- accused of being on drugs behind the wheel. the bus she was driving rolled over yesterday. it happened in colorado. eight students were on the bus when it went off the road, tipped and

blocking the highway. five students and the driver were taken to the hospital. two students were seriously hurt. emergency crews are forced to dealwith an emerency inside their own ambulance. there waaa fire inside an ambulance in waterloo. crews pushed the ambulance out of the base garage to keep the fire from spreading. firefighters were able to put it out. ten days before the new star wars movie -- and this looks like something built just for the film. but it's real. the new navy stealth destroyer mamae its debut in maine. crowds gathered to see the ship, which is 610 feet long. it's the largest advanced destroyer ever built for the navy. the st -- about t -point-3 billln dollars. the hull and unusual pyramid- shaped deck are designed to make the ship look much smaller on radar. one city becomes the center of a tree tussle -- and the battle is over what it call it this time of year. brian

the borough of roselle park, new jersey, is the latest battleground in what some call 'the war on christmas'. "people are being offended because we are using the word christmas. well i fee offended when you ell me holiday" "i disagree strongly. i don't think i've ever seen anybody say that you can't say merry christmas" councilwoman charlene storey and mayor callhokanson ...both democrats...cannot agree on what to call this tree. "its been n he holiday tree for 20 years" "i decided to change it to a christmas tree " this week the borough council voted to officially rename the annual "holiday" tree lighting ceremony in thths park a "ccristmas" tree lighting. so councilwoman storey submitted her resignation, citing separation of church and state plus an increasingly diverse community. "i think that if you are using municipal funds you have to be careful." but saturdd storey rescinded her resignation and agreed to chair a new diversity committee. "we'll get different backgrounds from different people, different ethnic groups to sit doo." residents though say its all a

"it looks exactly like a christmas tree but i guess you can call it whatever you want." "do u think its silly to fight over this kind of stuff?" "yeah its completely silly" the tree will be lit on friday, but the councilwoman says she won't be there. she says she hopes the nee diversity committee will decide what to call the same ceremony next year. two christmas trees won't end up where they should be this month -- because of a real- life grinch. surveillance video shows a man stealing two trees from a supermarket parking lot in ohio -- the day after thanksgiving. and these weren't just any christmas trees: they were e eing sold by aaboy scout troop. police are hoping someone will be able to identify the suspect from the video. fans of the black and gold are seeing red right now -- very exexited about the trip to the rose bowl but many are still thinking about the trip to indianapolis morgan ottier tells us how an iowa

to oneef the players.. rushing for almost a thousand yards this season.. "jordan canzeri" is also making an impact on one iowa family that they they'll remember long after the hawkeye running back moves on from iowa city. "he's become a dear family friend of ours since august of 2014 when our son in june of 2014, eric and anna ertz's son, jackson, was 12 years old... and diagnosed with leukemia. 47 days later... jackson died. "his cancer came on quick, strong and the poor kid.. he didn't have a chance." when jackson started his treatment at the university of iowa children's hospital.. he hoped to meet one of iowa's football players. and it happened. "jordan ade one of jacksons very last adventures for him so, it was wonderful." jackson passed away two days later. but the family's relationship with "canzeri" is everlasting. "he's just been with us, probably, since that very first visit." the ertz's gave "canzeri" a bracelet, it says, "i'm with

since day one and he never takes it offf" so the couplpl made a sign to hold up during the big ten championship game. it says, "i'm with jordan." "it's the best thing that we can do for him." "jackson was a hawkeye fan and i thought, how are we ever going to go to a game again knowing that jackson was in iowa city, that he passed away in iowa city. just didn't know f i wassoing to get that magic back." they say "canzeri" brought the joy back into iowa football, for them. "he's reminded us that there is still good in our lives and he's been a godsend, for sure." "we're going to cheer on all the hawkeyes but jordan, we're kind of biased, he's our man." eric and anna also brought some good news with them to indianapolis. they're 15 weeks pregnant and asked

with them naming the baby jordan. he said yes. we ststll have a lot to get to this morning: including america's new wine taster. it might be tough to get him to tell plus a company known for its low prices is going to court over viewing area this morning, with others only seeing light fog. clouu track in later this morning and we may

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information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team: stray showers may trrk through later today and into the evening, but we will stay mild for the next few days. stormtrack7 live weather network cameras may have a bit of fog on them this morning. temps are a little cooler than yesterday morning.. in the upper 20s to mid 30s over much of the area... it is warmer to the west, where they

pretty light wind this morning, but southerly winds will take over for the day. the clouds to the west will track our way and may keep some of that moisture that is falling in the dakotas and nebraska.... but maybe not. it will be pretty spotty here as the weak low tracks through. another system will track our way for late will mainly see breezy and warm conditions. we

60s today and tomorrow in tt midwest... ww will be in the mid 40s to around 50 this afternoon that stray shower tracks through. winds will turn to the west and we will drop back to the low to mid 30s tonight as the stray shower tracks out have the warmest day heading our chance of rain to the state, but strength of the orm. it's coming up on today in iowa.... the cyclones are nearing the top of the polls. we'll have highlights of their game from last night -- as they plus -- what could be the picture of the e y this morninin.

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the retaiier knback its taxes. puerto rico is short on cash -- so wants to raise taxes on companies making more than 2-point-75 billion dollars. walmart doesn't want to pay -- so it's suing. the company says it would have to pay almost 92- percent of its net income in puerto rico in taxes. that's about three times what walmart pays, on average, in taxes anywhere else. music lovers listen up: apple could change the way we listen tooit on our smartphones. mary moloney tells us what the company could get rid of on the next generation of iphones. the latest iphone is 7.1 millimeters thick. so if the next iphone is going to get any slimmer -- it's going to have to cut. that may mean getting rid of the audio jack. so how will you listen to music? bluetooth could be an option. but if you don'n'want to fork

headphones -- a two dollar adapter is on the market. it will connect your existing headset to the iphone charging port. but -- you can't listen while you charge. if the rumor is true -- it's not the first time apple has made seemingly drastic changes. in 1998 -- apple launched the imac without a floppy disk drive. a decade ,ater in 2008 -- apple got rid of the disk drive on the macbook air. and this year -- the newest macbook eliminated the standard usb port -- opting for the new smaller and faster usb c port. of ccurse the super secretive company has yetetto comment -- so we'll just have to wait until apple is ready to unveil its latest creation. for consumer watch -- i'm mary moloney in some cities in iowa -- gas pricece are dropping again -- and they might not be done falling. the price of oil fell five percent monday to just below 38 dollarss a barrel. that's the second lowest level we've seen in six years. just a year-and- a-half ago, oil was selling at nearly 108 dollars a barrel. the drop comes as major oil-producing countries decided not to cut their output, despite

masasive supply glut. at least two dozen college students are recovering this morning. they got sick after eating at a chipotle restaurara. several members of the boston college men's basketball team are among those who got sick. the school sent out an alert to students -- and the restaurant has been closed for now. the c-d-c says 52 people in nine states were affected by an -e- coli outbreak linked to chipotle restaurants. the iowa stae mens basketball team kieps climbing the polls. now up to number two in thee country in the coaches poll. number four in the a-p poll. last night, the cyclones hosted buffalo. passing well early -- jameel mckay gets the slam. a it later -- georgee niang knocking down the three. iowa state would finish strong -- pulling away for the 84, 63 win. the cyclones ht iowa on thursday night. last night, the hawkeyes hosted

up. anthony clemmons gets the slam. wa is ahead d rly six -- nothing. big night for jarred uthoff -- gives it off to clemmons -- but gets it back for the strong finish. he woold have 27 in the game. hawkeyes roll 90 to 56. some wines taste better with age... but no matter how long this bottle sits... i don't think people will be lining up to take a drink. an elk was seen holding a bottle of wine in its mouth. this video is out of colorado. the animal picked through a recycling bin on the curb. it chose aared wine -- perhaps to go with the white snow. the time now is and it's time forormore peopll to start moving... getting a workout... especially people in one age group. and they may not think it's necessary at their age -- but new research says otherwise. that story next.

the road. alessandra martinez explains why more milleeials need to gg off the couch ...and start moving! if you don't work out further on, it's harder to burn nearly 5,000 volunteers between 18 & 30 years-old on a treadmill, and pushed them to their maximum exertion to tetet their endurance. ey were followed with annual check ups over the the less time people spent on the treadmill in your twenties, their risk of dying now increase by 21%. heart disease risk is up 20%. one of the most effective waysor people in their 20s to stay motivated to work out is to join a group, and keep each other accountable. "they tend to stay because it's a group. it's a team longer aad they don't just drop those resolutions." bates believes what you put in your body is just as

"the 20s age group, they end to eat out a lot. cut out a little bit of that, and then you help. winter time is coming around, so it's an even better time to join a gym." if a gy membership is too expensive, bates suggests doing free workout videos online at home. will it be a good day for a walk? today iowa continues in a moment with the forecast from storm track seven meteorologist

check of forecast. a few showers may track through late this afternoon and evening, mostly in the upper 40s, although we should get into the 50s on thursday. a storm system weeken ally crutcher joins us for today

three years ago this month -- hunters found their bodies. this morning, the latest on the investigation in the deaths of lyric and elizabeth. plus... a republican presidential candidate makes a campaign stop in eastern iowa. a one-on-one interview with the candidate coming up... and a reporter is being flooded wiwih internet glory after her over- the-top live report. good morning, i'm ally crutcher.