2015 came and went in las vegas. stay tuned to find out who took their shots at other candidates to grab that elusive spotlight. ""you're watching kwwl, we've got you covered. this is the news at ten." good evening everyone, i'm ron steele. and i'm amanda goodman. thanks for joining us. university of iowa president bruce harreld is apologizing for a comment he made at a recent staff council meeting... harreld apparently said teachers who aren't prepared, should be shot. one staff member spoke up about the comment. kwwl's kristin rogers has the story. university librarian lisa gardinier spoke up after she heard president bruce harreld say teachers who do not have their she calls what he said "horrifying and unacceptable.." in an email reply with gardinier, harreld initially replied " i likely will never be able to live to your expectations, but i will try." the response was not good enough for gardinier who called president harreld out for not addressing why she wrote him in the first place.

saying it was an "unfortunate and off the cuff remark," and he does not support gun violence in any way. he went on to say he has used the comment before many apoligized... i spoke with lisa gardinier on the phone... she said she believes harreld's comment wasn't made seriously, but said it's not something to joke about... (cg: kristin rogers) "it's not just a staff member that was unhappy with the presidents comment but students aren't happy about it either." (cg: roseina britton/ student) "i'm studying counceling education and supervison so soon i'll be standing in front of students and teaching myself so you know that wasn't very encouraging for me." others agree... (cg: olivia ginther/ student) "gun violence is a very serious issue and so jokes about it shouldn't nessisarily be taken lightly." the student did tell me they appreciate the presidents apology and feel like it was we did reach out to

didn't have room in his schedule to meet with us... we were only able to show you snippets of the email conversation between gardinier and president harreld, we will post the full exchange on our website, kwwl.com. could rain be coming back into eastern iowa? let's go to storm track seven meteorologist denice pelster now who's tracking it all. from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. see the screen for your complete weather information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team: cloudy skies have stuck with warnings remain in effect for area rivers. while some rivers are falling, others are expected to crest in the next day or two. a strong low pressure system located out to our west is bringing snow totals forecast for tonight into tomorrow. more details ahead. cloudy skies have stuck with eastern iowa all day but luckily area rivers. while some rivers located out to

over 7 inches to portions of into iowa, we will stay on the cloudy skies have stuck with eastern iowa all day but luckily area rivers. while some rivers -- the fight against isis -- and the role of muslims in america dominated the discussion during the gop presidential debates. 13 republicans -- separated into two debates -- laid out their plans in the first meeting since terror attacks shook paris and san bernardino. mary moloney has the highlights the republican candidates for president told voters they are tough on terror. (rand paul/(r) presidential candidate): "we defeat terrorism candidate): "america has been betrayed." (ted cruz/(r) presidential candidate): "america is at war." they also set their sights on donald trump -- hoping candidate): "we defeat terrorism candidate): "america is at war." they also set their sights on donald trump -- hoping presidential candidate): "donald is great at

candidate): "i am the most solid candidate up here." four other presidential hopefuls -- polling poorly -- debated earlier in the night. and talked about trump's proposal to ban muslims from entering the country. (george pataki/(r) presidential candidate): "it is un-american, it is unconstitutional and it is wrong." (lindsey graham/(r) presidential candidate): "you may think this makes us safe, trump has done the one single thing you cannot do. declare war dancing." (rick santorum/(r) presidential candidate): "donald trump's proposal was not the right proposal." (rick santorum/(r) presidential candidate): "but the reality is presidential candidate): "we have an enemy that is out to kill us and we have a government we can trust." i'm mary moloney reporting. this is the last republican debate of 2015. the next one will be in january. students, faculty, staff and family members of emma-lee jacobs are still in shock after the 18 year

killed while walking on campus monday morning...while they all hope for justice...police say the circumstances surrounding the hit and run crash aren't helping them get very far in the investigation... (nats of crosswalk) what was once just a busy crosswalk navigating students and faculty at iowa state university...has turned into a sobering memorial... "i prayed our father and ave maria." around 7 a-m monday morning... in the intersection of lincoln way and ash avenue...police say 18 year old i-s-u student emma-lee jacobs was suffering from injuries consistent with being struck by a car and died at a local hospital the driver fled the scene..."we really believe that at some point someone saw something and they will come forward and help us with the investigation" many say the intersection has a reputation for complaints. (13:05:12- 13:05:20) i would say that 4-5 block stretch is the main area in town where get complaints about vehicle

"even today there was an old lady who didn't see me at the crosswalk and i'm glad i watched." sophomore student collin still, crosses the intersection every day and did so minutes before emma-lee..."i had a final at 7:30 and crossed the intersection at 6:40 so about 20 minutes earlier and as i left it was pitch dark and you could hardly see anything and it was pouring rain." conditions that are making it hard for police when viewing surveillance cameras..."our video footage it is still dark out there are street lights in the area but you get reflections off the street lights that make everything really blurry a simple phrase written in chalk at the foot of the memorial says once a cyclone, always a cyclone, proving that as finals week continues on, so does the memory of emma-lee jacobs "she was at the beginning of her adult life and who knows what she would have received

investigators could use your help finding the car and driver that hit jacobs. contact story county crime stoppers with any information at 515- 382-7577.... and in cedar falls police say a 10- year-old boy was hit by a car this morning. it happened at 20th and college streets. according to police, the boy stepped off the curb into traffic while he was walking towards the bus. police tell kwwl the boy was taken to a hospital, but his injuries are not life-threatening. hawkeye fans will be out in full force

new years day in the rose bowl. of course, it's not quite the easy trip that iowa fans had going to indy just a couple weeks ago. kwwl's brad hanson joins us live now from the t-h media newsroom in dubuque. and brad, that lengthy trip to california means local travel agents have been busy. they sure have been--you're talking airfare, accomodation in california and of course tickets to the game. but i talked to one agent today who's been up to the task. angie harter has been hard at work, making sure people don't miss a very special trip. (angie harter, travel consultant) "the rose bowl. 25 years. it's been pretty special for the local people." travel headquarters put together a package for the package was announced that sunday, the phone was ringing off the hook. we had about 100 emails to send

prosepective clients, and it was anywhere from 3100 to 4200 dollars. "we've had some pretty remarkable fans, that really cost wasn't the issue. yes, they were more than willing, so the packages sold out because of that." (brad hanson, @bhansonkwwl) "in all, travel headquarters sold about 50 packages to the rose bowl. that's 50 local people heading to pasadena. they say they people, the people going are even more excited to be going." chad lueken was among the throngs of people that took over indianapolis for the big ten championship. he's hoping for similar results in pasadena. (chad lueken, rose bowl bound) "it was just amazing there. it was black and gold, whoever lined it up. it was just great." and for fans like john richey, it's a special chance to cheer on what's been a very special team. (john richey, rose bowl

thing for me is that i've been a ever since. this is the first opportunity for me that i can justify, or financially make it to that type of bowl game, so that's really exciting for me." and of course, there's so much more to this trip than just the game--a number of people telling me today they're really looking well. we've got you covered live from the t-h media newsroom in dubuque, brad hanson, kwwl news. university officials say they had more than 54 thousand requests for tickets on the last day they took

coming up on kwwl...one woman's christmas joy was ripped from after grinches came and stole her christmas lights. and - a reporters live shot on a robbery doesn't go quite as planned. here's a live look at the storm track track seven's chief meteorologist mark forecast, coming up... 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 "you're watching kwwl. we've got you covered. with ron steele, amanda goodman, chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg and sports with rick coleman. this is the kwwl

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.

here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team: a strong low pressure system will be tracking through the midwest tonight. while snow is falling on the cold side of this low, we will remain on the warm side. the best chance of rain will be late tonight into tomorrow. any rain will be scattered in nature and little accumulation is expected. our counties north of hwy 20 have the best chance to see any of this precipitation. a warm front will also be lifting north and that will keep our lows tonight above freezing. winds will pick up from the southeast as the low tracks northeast. a cloudy, windy day is expected for

reached in the morning and temperatures will gradually fall when the cold front tracks through. a few showers, even a few snowflakes, will be possible wednesday but no accumulation is expected. temperatures will cool down for the rest of the week with our next chance of moisture tracking in monday. a strong low pressure system will be tracking through the midwest the best chance of rain will be late tonight into tomorrow. any rain will be scattered in nature and little accumulation is expected. our counties north of hwy 20 have the best chance to see any of this precipitation. a winds will pick up from the southeast as the low tracks northeast. a cloudy, windy day is expected for wednesday. highs will be reached in the morning and temperatures will gradually fall when the cold front tracks through. a few showers, even a

wednesday but no accumulation is expected. temperatures will cool down for the rest of the week with our next chance of moisture tracking in monday. a strong low pressure system will be tracking through the midwest the best chance of rain will be late tonight into tomorrow. any rain will be scattered in nature and little accumulation is expected. our counties north of hwy 20 have the best chance to see any of this precipitation. a winds will pick up from the southeast as the low tracks northeast. a cloudy, windy day is expected for wednesday. highs will be reached in the morning and temperatures will gradually fall when the cold front tracks through. a few showers, even a few snowflakes, will be possible wednesday but no accumulation is expected. temperatures will cool down for the rest of the week with our

tracking in monday. a strong low pressure system will be tracking through the midwest the best chance of rain will be late tonight into tomorrow. any rain will be scattered in nature and little accumulation is expected. our counties north of hwy 20 have the best chance to see any of this precipitation. a winds will pick up from the southeast as the low tracks northeast. a cloudy, windy day is expected for wednesday. highs will be reached in the morning and temperatures will gradually fall turn when the bank employee tells him the robber is on the other side of the

popular christmas light display across the united states- but they are also catching the attention of theives here in eastern iowa. for 75-year-old marilyn walther, christmas lights have always reminded her of her late someone stole that from her..right out of her front yard kwwl's lauren moss spoke with the waterloo woman and she was

lights. this waterloo home is filled with christmas cheer. year to show it...marilyn decorate her home. "i had a set of the green and red ones on the house and then at the doorway i had the blue and white snowflakes and everybody commented, they were beautiful.." but come sundown, those lights won't be shining... someone stole them from her front yard. "i was so upset i cried and cried and i couldn't do anything all different.. it's a different set of lights and they were just fantastic" marilyn says she likes christmas lights because they remind her of her late husband.. did..i'll never be able to do it like he did but i at least thought this was a rememberance of him." but her lights are now gone.. "every place is sold out of them.. and sadly, marilyn says it's going to stay that way this

" i'm just sick about it...'i'm not putting anything else up this year. this is christmas you should be able to put up what you want to. and some good news...marilyn's house will be decorated for christmas this year. after airing this story in the five and six, many viewers emailed and called us asking how they could donate lights to marilyn. we're happy to say that waterloo police informed us an anonymous person donated christmas lights to her. the lights are the same as the ones that were stolen. a reporter experienced what could be the most unusual live shot ever. adam sallet of kimt in mason city was in rochester for a bank robbery. as the anchor sends it over to him, that's when things got strange. take a look.

rochester. the alleged robber walked by the bank during a live shot. the manager tells the screen.there was a robbery in rochester. the alleged robber walked by the bank during a live shot. the manager tells the reporter that's him. the reporter jumps off the screen. they eventually went back to adam later in the show and he informed everyone, the robber was taken into custody. coming up next... we hit the high school hardwood for a top ten match-up tonight -- highlights of jesup and dike-new hartford coming up -- plus -- the iowa state

blow just days before their big four showdown paris: there's a lot to do on a dairy farm. nobody's gonna do it for you. you have to get out there and do it yourself. bernie sanders is a well-known friend of family farms. bernie cannot be bought out by big money. bernie's opinion cannot be purchased. it's time for our next president to get in there, roll up his sleeves, take off the gloves, and take on wall street, take on big business, take on big money,

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that starting shooting guard naz mitrou-long will be shutting it down for the rest of the season -- mitrou-long -- who had surgery in april on his left hip -- had been experiencing discomfort -- and decided to sit out the rest of the year --

medical redshirt in the hopes of -- the senior was averaging 12 points a game in the cyclones' first 8 contests this season -- fifth ranked iowa state will take on uni on saturday in the big four classic in des moines -- good high school match-up tonight -- jesup, 5th ranked in 1-a at dike-new hartford -- number 5 in 2-a -- wolverines down two in the first half -- connor blough from downtown -- puts them up one -- he had 13 in the game -- jesup responds with ethan wyant -- they'd lead 28 to 27 at the half -- second half -- nice spin move by the j- hawks tyler lienau -- he led everyone with 16 -- jesup by two -- d-nh finishes it out strong -- though -- royce weber from the arc -- drills the trey for a 37, 36 edge -- minutes later -- weber again -- takes contact -- hits the three -- finishes a 4 point play -- class 5-a girls tonight -- number 11 cedar falls hosting dubuque hempstead --

kiana barney finishes with the bucket for a quick 2 point edge -- hempstead responding with the longball -- as a holly bitter knocks down the trey -- mustangs up one -- but cedar falls is too much down the stretch -- cynthia wolf hits the turn- around in the lane -- minutes later -- running again -- that's emma gerdes with the finish -- tigers roll in the end 42, 24 -- on to the gridiron -- where uni's deiondre hall picked up another big honor -- just days after his final game -- hall was named a stats-first team all-american today after racking up 82 tackles, a missouri valley high six interceptions and a pair of touchdowns -- hall was already previously named the valley's defensive player of the year -- iowa's desmond king grabbed another award as well -- today he was named to the first team all-american squad by the sporting news -- making it the 7th different all- american honor for the hawkeye senior this season --

record with 8 interceptions this season and last week won the jim thorpe award as the top defensive back in the country --

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