united states... take a listen to what he said while speaking in south carolina. (cg: donald trump/ presidential candidate) "donald j trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states." kwwl's kristin rogers sat down with a local man who is muslim kristin what does he think about all of this? he defended his faith, and he called trump's comments laughable. he says the main belief in islam is to seek peace and those doing otherwise, are not truly muslim. a crowd cheered on trump as he expressed his new plan (cg: donald trump/ and complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states." but for joe aossey "me and my army buddies".... it's laughable, as he is both a muslim and a veteran who served as an army engineer in the fifties. (joe aossey/ muslim & veteran) "trump can question my patriotism okay, and i can laugh at him." a wall in the aossey home displays maps of lebonnon, the country the families ancestors came from...

(cg: kristin rogers) "he was born in cedar rapids and he was proud to serve his country." (cg: joe aossey/ muslim & veteran) "this is my country, okay, i was born here, the idea of defense was a big idea after world war 2 and so you know it's part of my job." as trump suggest banning muslims from entering the u.s. (cg: donald trump) "yes we have to look at mosque, we have no choice, we have to see what's happening because something is happening in there." aossey isn't too worried about it. (joe aossey) "it don't really upset me because i think the guy's a bafoon!" he says terroist can claim islam, but true muslims are for peace. (joe aossey) "i can call myself anything i want , you can call yourself anything you want got ya? but does that make you what you are saying? actions speak louder than

he also told me there are more than 1 billion muslims in the world, and isis does not represent the islam faith. he says people who put muslims down, should do their homework... we've got you covered in cedar donald trump has received a lot of backlash since his comments with many candidates from his own party speaking out against his plan including carly fiorina, ben carson and lindsey graham to name a few. meanwhile -- we catch up with democratic frontrunnner hillary clinton as she campaigns in waterloo -- and addresses donald trump's comments. a wanted man is on the run from the u-s marshals in eastern iowa. the marshals were conducting an investigation in waterloo when officers were involved in a traffic stop tuesday morning. that's when one of the task

officers discharged a weapon. the driver of the vehicle left the scene and hasn't been caught. the waterloo police is still waiting on autopsy results after a body was pulled from the cedar river. the unidentified body was found sunday morning near gilbertville by a trapper. officials say the body was taken to ankeny and the autopsy was scheduled for tuesday. as of wednesday morning, additional tests are being performed. the police department and sheriff's office, with the help from the fire department would also be searching the river on wednesday. it's estimated, 23 million americans have had their packages stolen before they could even get to them. it's happening all over the nation, so-called "porch pirates" are stealing your holiday gifts right from your front door. kwwl's lauren moss spent the day with a local mail carrier , she

on cyber monday- but you're not alone, if you're still waiting for that gift you bought on cyber monday. "it's that time of the year.." and cards this holiday season. "it picked up ever since cyber monday- the packages have double. he hopes each delivery.. (nat) stays on your porch...and not in the hands of theives. you think about it all the time. "now this is happening all over surveillance cameras, it seems as if someone is always watching. here's video surveillance from all over- showing porch pirates..stealing boxes right off the front porch. so how do you protect your gifts? "if you are not goint to be door or they will have someone like their next door neighbor come over and pick them up or a lot of them will have us leave a up.

matters into your own hands. "you can track everything along the way every step that something gets tracked and you know where your item is. that way, you plan your delivery service- so your gifts.. end up right where there are supposed to. i spoke with waterloo police and cedar falls police..both departments, have not had any cases of holiday packages being stolen yet..but they say it's something to look out for, the closer we get to christmas. we've got you covered, lauren moss ...kwwl news. experts also reccomend sending packages to work...or to have a neighbor watch out for them. an investigation on a stabbing is underway here in eastern iowa... it happened in the 500 block of locust in waterloo before 1:30 this morning... police say one person was stabbed. she is expected to survive.

in custody and do not have a description of the suspect at this time. an in-home daycare provider caught on hidden video abusing children is sentenced. christina williamson was sentenced to five years in prison. on tuesday, she faced the victims families. kwwl's nikki newbrough is live in our newsroom. nikki there's video that shows this woman abusing those babies...i've seen a lot of video in my time as a journalist...and this video by far, was the hardest to watch the video shows daycare provider, 29-year-old christina williamson abusing babies. it's very difficult to watch, but as a mother i felt i needed to see it. williamson shown here abusing babies in her home. shown stepping on a baby...even throwing the baby around like a rag doll. the judge even saying he had kids and watching the video tape was quote "just sickening" the video

willamson's husband...we don't know why he set up cameras in the first place. williamson looked visabily upset in court and apologized. "she was afraid of you and i didn't see it. now i see it and choices. these families entrusted me with their children." the attorney for williamson asked for probation, but the judge felt she needed to be punished...she was sentence to five years in prison. the families were able to give victim impact statements. one of the mothers said quote "she was afraid of oyu and i didn't see it. now i see it and it breaks we've got you covered live in the newsroom nikki newbrough kwwl news. doctors says the babies are not showing physical signs of abuse. an iowa high school girls basketball coach made his first appearance in front of a judge wednesday morning. gerald johnson was charged tuesday with sexual exploitation

commit sexual abuse. johnson worked at roosevelt high school in des moines. today in court, the judge ordered johnson to be held in jail on a seven- thousand dollars cash bond and ordered a no- contact order with minors. decision 2016... democratic presidential frontrunner hillary clinton campaigns in waterloo -- speaking out against donald trump's remarks about banning muslims' entry into the united states. kwwl's macleod hageman catches up with former secretary of state -- and shares her reaction. mac? hillary clinton alligns donald's trumps suggestion -- with the goal of isis -- criticizing all (nats as hillary clinton arrives...) standing-room only as nearly 400 hillary clinton supporters fill a room at the 5 secretary of state -- first discussing industry growth in the area -- then focussing on recent terror attacks. "this is a fight we have to win, and i intend to do everything i can because it is a fight against a brutal enemy who twists a religion, islam, to justify mass

questions about child care, health care, renewable energy, and even discussed republican frontrunner, donald trump." "he does traffic in prejudice and paranoa. it's not only shameful. it's dangerous." hillary clinton says trump's plan to stop all muslims entry -- makes no sense. "that runs counter with what i and others who have been in the sutation room, making hard choices, know we have to do." even though other republican candidates have spoken out against trump's remarks -- clinton says their words about muslims share an extreme ideology -- that targets an entire religion. "some of the other republicans say these comments have gone too far, but the truth is a lot of them

hillary clinton urges americans not to stereotype all muslims as jihadists. rather than rejecting muslims -- the former secretary of state calls for collaboration here at home and overseas. we've got you covered -- macleod hageman -- kwwl news. thanks mac. after visting techworks and the five sullivan brothers convention center in waterloo today -- hillary clinton campagned in urbandale. the city of new hampton may be closer to getting a new mayor. you may remember, 80-year- old duane devine was elected mayor, but resigned after he admitted he didn't know the responsibilities. current mayor robert martin wants to retire and move closer to family. the city clerk says the council is planning to set a special election. she says a couple of people have indicated they are interested in the

coming up on kwwl, hundreds of eastern iowa students, faculty and community members receive letters written by the author of harry potter. and - cyclone fans have already begun camping out for the big "now your storm track 7 mostly sunny today with a few high clouds passing through heart disease. asthma. diabetes. 7 out of 10 americans take prescription drugs. but in the last 7 years drugs prices have doubled. hillary's going to take on the drug companies. require medicare to negotiate lower drug prices. let people buy their prescription drugs from countries like canada at half the price. and cap monthly prescription costs for every american. the drug companies have been over charging long enough. it's time to fight back.

this afternoon. we'll have a wsw wind 5-15 mph with highs back in the upper 40s to around 50. partly cloudy skies expected tonight with a warm night expected. lows will be in of the week with highs in the lower to middle 50s. friday will remain dry, before the chance for rain returns saturday afternoon and lasts through the weekend. there is a slight chance for a wintry mix with this system especially late sunday night and monday. precipitation type will be dependent on track of system and will continue to

with a few high clouds passing through this afternoon. we'll have a wsw wind 5-15 mph with highs back in the upper 40s to around 50. partly cloudy skies expected tonight with a warm night expected. lows will be in the upper 30s and low 40s. thursday will be windy at times, but it will be the warmest day of the week with highs in the lower to middle 50s. friday will remain dry, before the chance for rain returns saturday afternoon and lasts through the weekend. there is a slight chance for a wintry mix with this system especially late sunday night and monday. precipitation type will be dependent on track of system and will continue to be monitored. mostly sunny today with a few high clouds passing through this afternoon. we'll have a wsw wind 5-15 mph with highs back in the upper 40s to around 50. partly cloudy skies be in the upper 30s and low 40s. thursday will be windy at times, but it will be the warmest

the lower to middle 50s. friday will remain dry, before the chance for rain returns saturday afternoon and lasts through the weekend. there is a slight chance for a wintry mix with this system especially late sunday night and monday. precipitation type will be dependent on track of system and will continue to be monitored. mostly sunny today with a few high clouds passing through this afternoon. we'll have a wsw wind 5-15 mph with highs back in the upper 40s to around 50. partly cloudy skies expected tonight with a warm night expected. lows will be in the upper 30s and low 40s. thursday will be windy at times, but it will be the before the chance for rain returns saturday afternoon and lasts through the weekend. there is a slight chance for a wintry mix with this system especially late sunday night and monday. precipitation type will be dependent on track of system and will continue to be monitored. mostly sunny today

through this afternoon. we'll have a wsw wind 5-15 mph with students... faculty... and community members received letters from author jk rowling. the letters were a response to fans asking her to speak at the school. kwwl's hillary maglin has the full story. five hundred jk rowling fans stopped by the iowa memorial union on the university of iowas campus to pick up their semi-personalized letters that soyer/university of iowa student) "dear hannah, thank you very much indeed for your letter. unfortunately i receive so many letters and i'm not able to reply to each one personally as much as i would like to." the letters were rowlings way of respectfully declining a request made by hundreds of fans for the writer to speak on campus. the campaign to bring

last year by the schools lecture committee. (sit. cg: alex hylka/lecture committee member) "here in iowa city, you know, there's a very know, we kind of saw this states only official city of literature... so rowlings fans in the city are not giving up on a lecture from her just yet. (sot. cg: hillary maglin) "after people pick up their letters, they're asked to film a short video to be sent to jk rowling, again asking her to come to the university." that could take years... but they're ready to wait to see the student) "it could be ten years weve got you covered in iowa city... hillary maglin... kwwl news. back here just to listen to her speak." weve got you covered in iowa city... hillary maglin... kwwl news. though the letters were all

the fan it was for and included rowlings signature. cyclones fans camping out in front of hilton coliseum to get the best seats in the house for the cy- hawks game. the iowa hawekeys have a big conference dual with rutgers tomorrow will hear for coach tom brands... zach grant is next with sports "now, kwwl sports."

it to the elite eight of the fcs playoffs but this weekend they have drawn the north dakota state bison. the bison have won the last 4

foe for the panthers. uni lost at the fargo dome back in week five falling 31-28. now both teams have changed quite a bit since then mainly for the panthers its they have setteled with aaron bailey at quarterback... coach mark farley says hes simply looking at this game as this particular team and find a way to win so this week as the week progresses will have to find out what the concerns are and make sure we have the plan to overcame them." panthers and the bison kickoff saturday morning 11 am from fargo. iowa state hosts iowa in basketball tomorrow and cyclone fans really want to see a win over the iowa hawkeyes tomorrow night at hilton ... and they're willing to wait for the best seats in the house. these students aren't

"roughing" it outside of hilton this week ... but they aren't sleeping in comfy beds, either. by camping out they assure themselves the best seats for tomorrow's night's cy-hawk game. fans say its always worth it to camp out for the cyclones ... but the "it makes it alot more fun that and not have to huddle in the tent together but it makes it hawks and cyclones face off tomorrow at 6:30 from hilton coliseum the iowa hawkeyes wrestling team is undefeated so far this season sitting at 7-0, but tomorrow the second ranked hawkeyes welcome in 11th ranked rutgers. this is already the second big ten conference dual of the young season for the hawkeyes now coach tom brands tells us that these early season matchups could have impacts on ncaa but also big ten seeds and really every weekend so thats something that we talk about and thats why you got to be ready to go because every match counts." the no. 2 ranked hawkeyes host no. 11 ranked rutgers at carver

the uni volleyball team's season ended a few days ago when the lost to marquette in the first round of the ncaa tournament losing three sets to two. the panthers finished off the season 19-15 with only three seniors they return nearly the lot to look forward too.

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for lynn's family, the big stress is paying four hundred dollars a month in medical and drug costs for aidan. for other families it's higher deductibles, premiums and co-pays that keep adding up. that's why we've got to crack down on price gouging, cap out-of-pocket costs, and fast track approval of less expensive generic drugs. because we've got to get health care costs under control for lynn's family and for yours.