i'm shannonnow on today in iowa: a decision about guns in one eastern iowa city. plus -- more criticism this morning from his own party after his comments about muslims. so what if donald trump is their nominee -- republicans are being asked if they would still support him. and they're called porch pirates. taking christmas gifts from outside the front door. one case this morninggis very unusual -- because of who was arrested -- and who they were stealing from. i'm jerry gallagher... let's check on your weathh now with storm track 7 meteorologist eileen loan. good morning. good wednesday morning. we are starting off with temperatures well

temperatures are in the 30s across eastern iowa, with warmer temperatures off to the southwest in parts of central iowa. a look at satellite and radar shows no rain, but we are seeing just aa few scattering of clouds. we'll continue with that trend throughout the day, but overall it will be mostly sunny. however, more clouds are on deck for the rest of the week. we are trackingga system that will stay north of us, but give us those extra clouds as we go into tonight and tomorrow. visibility rigt now is being reduced d a few miles in our northeastern counties. this is along a weak frontal boundary. the fog will dissipe pretty quickly leaving for a mostly sunny sky today. here is the storm track 7 forecast for

we will have highs in the upper tomorrow. details on ttat and a outop story this morning: a in one eastern iowa city. buildings. last night, a big crowd came out to a city council meeting where the issue was talked about. somm wanted to keep guns out of all city buildings -- even if against the idea. "gun free zones benefit only "the big thing that we have to remember is that we're employers and our staff needs to feed comfortable and we need to take into conssderation how they feels about this as well" 17 people spoke at the meeting last night. 15 were against the idea. two supported it. after they talked about it, the city decided it would not draw up a resolution for a gun-free zonee decision 2016 coverage -- and

donald trump's comments. he wants to ban muslims from coming into the u-s for now. critics are piling onon- here and abroad. tracie potts has reaction from washington. "it is time for donald trump to withdraw from the race." and he's a republican! partyy leaders conddmn trump's muslim travel ban -- but they're careful not to completely abandon the front runner: "i'm going to support whoever the republican nominee is and i'm going to stand up for what i believe in as i d d that." "well, i'm certainly going to support the republican nominee for president, i think that wouldn't surprise anyone." " you can't turn you back on your nominee." "whoever gets the nomination the party is going to support." ted cruz condemned the plan but steered clear of bad mouthing trump: "a lot of our friends here have encouraged me to criticize and attack donald trump, i'm not interested in doing so." but the party's already taking a hit. hillary clinton's tying in other candidates: "their language may be more veiled than trump's but their ias are not so different." " any republican who's too fearful of the rereblican base ttadmit it has

serving as president either." there's no shortage of critis: "that kind of crap isnot going to work in the united states of america." "condeming all muslims is a shocking new low for him." "i've never thought that loud, obnoxious and simple-minded solutions to really complex problems are the kind of qualities we want in a president." but trump's not backing down. international headlines this morning are scathing: "dangerous demagogue... useful idiit... unaccepttle... betraying ameeca." there's a push to ban him from the u- k. trump doesn't seem fazed - and neiher do his supporters. i'm tracie potts in washington, now back to you. anyone who's been in iraq or syria -- and wants to come to the u-s -- could soon have to take an extra the house ooerwhelmingly approved a bill tightening the visa waiver program. here's how it works. right now, people from 38 countries are allowed to be in the u-s for up to

this new bill requires visas for anyone who's been in iraq or syria in the past five years. exceptions are made for government visits and military service. investigatorrbelieve one of the shooters in the deadly california attack might have plotted another attack three years ago. they believe he scrapped the plan after a round of terror-related arrests. many of the officers who were called to last week's attack are now talking publicly about it. they say they never thought they would go through something like more wounded. it immediately hit home that this is not a training drill and at that point we just wanted to stop any threat towards any human life at that point." many have been called heroes for their actionn. first, he found graffiti on his business. a nazi symbol with the words go home. now, a fire leaves heavy damage -- and polii are investigating. the fire happened at a coffee house owned by a somali man in north

investigators have the area taped off as they look for clues. now it's up to a ajudge to decide what happens to a 14-year-old in eastern iowa. the teen pleaded guilty to shooting and killing another teen. 15-year-old aaron richardsds was shot and killed in september inin he was 15. robert humbles pleaded guilty. he's 14. humbles pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter, reckless use of a firearm and going armed with intent. authorities say the shooting happened after two rival groups met up follwing threatening texts and facebook messages. "yes." "aaron?" "yes." "and di he die after being shot?" "yes." at first, he was charged with murder but after a plea agreement -- he's now charged as a youthful offender. he's being held in the linn county juvenile detention center. a judge will decide his fate. after he turns 18 -- he'll return to adult ccurt and prison

two people -- including a woman from iowa. the plane went down in a field. the medical examiner says dawn harl, from des moines, and a man from missouri died. the n-t-s-b says it's not sure yet what happened -- if the plane was trying to land or was just passing through. the longngarm of the law doesn't have to reach far to find someone trying to steal christmas. video shows a woman stealing ght from her neighbor's front steps. it happened in florida. t trns out the thief -- is the wife of a police officer. the victim -- a fellow officer and his wife. the packages were christmas gifts for their children. "herers the word. we're watching the porch pirates. the we're going to put you in jail and you'll spend christmas in our jail. you won't need any presents." the packages were returned

the woman is facing bbrglary chchrges. as iowa gets ready for the rose bowl, a big honor for the coach. kirk ferentz receives a national coach of the year award. he won the woody hayes award -- given by the touchdown club of columbus. that group says few outside of iowa city expected the hawkeyes to raise much of a fuss this year -- but at the end of the regular season, they were one of onll two undefeated teams in the country and on their way to a big ten championship game. now, they're on their way to a rose bowl and this is one way to celebrate. 43-hundred yellow roses from hy-veeare now at the university of iowa in honor of the hawkeyes incredible season. we asked hy-vee -- and they told us there was nothing significant about the number of roses -- 43-hundred, but theewanted to do something to congratulate the team. they also said -- so far -- there are no plans in the works to deliver red roses if they win. milder weather, little to no snow... this is not what the christmas

the holiday spirit is still in the air. it's also on t tracks in eassrn iowa. kwwl's brad hanson was in marquette when the holiday train nats train sounds the familiar blast of the with an unfamaliar sight--neon lighting up the night. the holiday train making a stop in marquette--to the are aglow in the shadow of this festive train, a bigger purpose is being served. a check for 55 hundred dollars presented to the clayton county food shelf...part of the more than 10.6 million dollars raised during the train's 17 years. (melissa murray, manager, community affairs) "the whole essence of the holiday train is to deliver the message of hunger issues that exist all across north america, but particularly a aong our network." and after the check was put away, the concert began. nats music playing but for most of the kids, this night was about one thing. "seeing santa." ""nta" "seeing santa." "santa. seeing santa" also a special night for the parents that brought them. (amy holst and amy hammerssand, parentt) "well,

season. agreed, lot of magic. it's neat." and as santa leaves the stage, there's ust one more thing to say... "merry christmas!" "merry christmas!" to all, and to all a good night. during their stops, they ask people to bring food to donate to charities. they've collected more than three and a half million pounds of food over the 17 years the train has been around. we still have a lot to get to this morning: including a chance to celebrate christmas -- and buy yourself more space at the same time. a christmas tree trend taking off. plus -- a crystal clear contest.

forecast on kwwl." from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. see the screen for your complete weather information. hehee is additioiol forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team: welcome back i'm meteorologist kyle kiel in for eileen loan. we've got a nice wednesday in store for us in the weather department. aside from a few passing clouds we will have

continue with the warmer than average trend with highs in the upper 40s to lower 50s. even warmer tomorrow a a the wind speed picks up a bit. temperatures will be in the lower tomiddle 50s. there could be 60s in partrt of the state. but, we will see an increase in clouds for both thursday and friday. we start you off this morning with a look at the temperatures from our weather trackers across eastern iowa. overall, these temperatures are running about 15 degrees above the average. average

temperatures across the viewing area are similar. we've got the lowest temperature around the freezing mark this morning, otherwise we have lower to middle 40s and we will be warming up quickly across the area with lots of sunshine in store. temperatures across the midwest are mild. we are a bit warmer to the east where the clouds have stuck around throughout the overnight hours. but either way, it's still quitt a mild start to wednesday across 7 satellite and radar shows jususa few clouds out and about. that will

a trenddwe see througugout the day, otherwise it will be mostly sunny. a wider view shows more clouds to our west. we have a low pressure system that will l tay to our north over the next 24 hours, but that will aid in bringing a few more clouds the entire midwest. storm track throughout the day, otherwise it few more clouds in. the pacific shows a mostly sunny skytoday. see even more clouds trk to increase as s e head into the weekend. here's your storm track 7 40s to low 50s with a up tomorrow and gets highs back depends on the exact track of side of seafood. thousands of bright yellow cans of coffee are wasasing ashore in florida -- and people have been rushing to pick them up. the guard officials says a ship, on its way to puerto rico, lost 25 containers filled with coffee.

n what else pepeple who live still to come this morning: it was the choice of a new generation, but that generation did not last long. however -- the company coud bring back this specific soft drink. plus the elves would love these trees -- but they're not for kids and adults. u're watching kkwl. we've got you covered in winthrop, farmersburg, solon and

this morning -- good news, the number of americans with no debt is growing -- but so is the numberof people who say they'll nev get out. a study from credit cards dot com finds 21 percent believe they'll die with debt. on the flip side, the study found 22 percent of americans say they don't have any debt at all. that's up from 14 percent last year. a throwback from the 90s is about to make a comeback. crystal pepsi -- remember that?

thousands of fans a six-pack of the transparent pop. the contest will happen tomorrow and friday through the pepsi pass app. crystal pepsi debuted in 19-92 but was pulled off the market about two years later. it wasn't out there long, but has a loyal following. it can be the little things in life that matter -- even when you celebrbrte a big holidd like christmas. these tiny christmas trees are a big hit in canada. about two-feet tall and decorated with one red ornamet, on them. "i wanna put on...like flowers." "i think any size tree, it as you have something that represents christmas and the feeling that i presents." most still prefer the traditional tree, but don't mind if others use different types... as long as they symbolize the meaning of christmas. which is all about giving -- something the salvation army is doing to help

the organization's gym in waterloo is stacked with toys r all ages. . toys were donated from people in the community, toys for tots, and walmart's fill the truck toy drive. we spoke to a mother of 5 who says she is grateful. thankful because i just moved to to be a little short so this is to tell you guys thank you so much. families also got food and a scarf for each child. the salvation army is also raising money to help those in need through the red kettle campaign. and we're teaming up once again with them. we're ringing bells -- and also having a friendly competition to see who can raise the most money through our metal in the kettle competition. i was in cedar rapids over the weeks aa. this week, it's ron's turn in dubuque. and i'll be in coralville on the 19th. we alsohave kettles online -- which you cc donate to anytime. you can find that information on your website at kwwl-dot-com. the time is

us -- it's time to put away any concerns about allergies right? not so fast. a look at the triggers and symptoms of allergies this time

many timesas an issue when the weather is warmer, but adam mccoy explains winter allergies can alsleave you itchy and sneezy. it's winter. time to think about yoor.. allergies? dr. kathleen sheerin says absolutely. springtime when all of the outside and people are miserable. the culprits are not your typical tree pollens, says sheerin, but indoor allergens like dust tes and pet dander. if you spend more time inside, then you're going to have more exposure to your pets during the winter season. but fear not. regardless of the trigger, the symptoms and the treatments are still the same. you can have itchy eyes, itchy throat, itchy nose, a lot of allergic salute. runny sneezy, congestion , and those are the basic allergy symptoms.

covering-up is the best plan. covers on the mattress, pillow, boxspring, are available online, in all of the linen type stores, water also helps. for pet allllgies. keep pets off the furniture, and wash them often. and as always, there are medications that can help. i'm adam mccoy. can we expect more winter-like weather the rest of the week? storm track seven meteorologist kyle kiel has the foreeast next.

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