thanks for watchinggot you covovred. this is today in iowa." now on today in iowa... a morning. flooding that could top the 1993 disaster pluu-- buried in e snow. they were out doing their job when they became stuck... and stranded for 20 hours. and number one goes downn a wild celebration in iowa ciiy. hawkeye fans hhe been focused on the football team this week... but are given another reason to smile this morning. i'm jerry gallagher. let's check on your weather now with storm track 7 meteorologist kyle kiel. good morning. good wednesdada morning. we are

the morning hours. the good news, no heavy snowis expected, but there could certainly be some slick spots on the roadways. storm track 7 live doppler radar shows the snow right now st to the west of the viewing area. this will continue to track to the northeast throughout the morning and will be scsctered about.t.so your morning commute will likely be affected. here is the snowfall forecast for today. we will generally see l lss than an inn of snow, with some areas getting around an inch, and slightly higher amounts in a burst of moderate snow. for the most part, the snow will wind down late this morning, with flurries possible this afternoon. road conditions are going downhill in western showing the snowfall throughout on he way. detaill in just a

morning hours. highs today will be in the mididle and upper 20s, but cooler temperatures are on the way. details in just a few minutes. developing overnight: a desperate plea from a govvrnor. he's urging people to stay away from rising water. 13 people have died in missouri since severe weather moved in over the weekend. even though the rain has moved n -- swollen rivers are still rising and won't crest for days. that's why many people were out this is video from arnold, missouri -- which is south of st. louis. two major highwayss coullbe shut downn "it's very clear that missouri amount of rain we received, in some places in excesses of a not only to rise rapidly, bt to go to places they've never been before."

killed were swept away by flood waters ii their cars. many people who helped their neighbors protect their homes this week -- are now trying to save their own. now to a tragedy in eastern iowa. a man has died after being trapped in a grain bin. it happened yesterday in keystone. the benton county sheriff says the man was moving grain into a semi when a wall of corn surrounded him, eventually covering and trappii him. the man was 56.. his name has not been released. this is the second tragic accident in a grain bin this month. from central iowa died after becoming trapped. a a ity is planning a major overhaul of the police force. today, we expect to hear about those changes coming in chicago. yesterday, officer jason van dyke pleaded not guilty for the deadly ssoting of laquan mcdonald. van dyke is charged with murder. mayor rahm emanuel is expected to make an announcement today that requres tasers for eery a duuuque county native -- one of six americans killed earlier this month

to rest latet today. detective oseph lemm as killed in a suicide-bombing in a village last week. he was a member of the n-y-p-d -- and the u-s air national guard. he had also been deploye three times... twwce to afghanistan and once to iraq. this morning, we're learning about a close call -- not long after that hioric nuclear reement between the u-s and iran. an american aircraft carrier came within 15- hundred yards of an iranian rocket saturday. the u-s-s harry-s- truman was crossing ax the mouth of the persian gulff. just as iranii forces were doing a live- fire exercise. the u-s says the ship never crossed into their water. the u-s also says the iranians did not appppar to be targgting specific ships -- but called their actions "unnecessarily provocative and unsafe." decision 2016 coverage: each candidate wants momenttm going into 2016 -- just a month from the iowa caucuses.

republican frontrunner is changi his strategy going into the new year. donald trump has a new tactic and a new target. he says he will start spending $2 million a week on campaign ads. "so i'm going to be doing big ads in ia, nh, sc and they're going to e very substantial and i think they're very well done, i've seen the first 2 or 3 of them, i've very proud of them." sommexperts worry this may be the wrong move. "it's also a little bit risky. what if they look conventional? i mean - why? if it ain't broke, don't fix it! the notion that donald trump woulul start runningg a conventional campaign should concern him a little bit." a new rasmussen poll shows trump and clinton in a toss up if the election were today. that maybe why he's now attacking hillary clinton through her husband.. former president bill clinton... calling him the sexist one. meanwhilesenator marco rubio picked up an endorsement in key primary state

"candidates i think as we get down the stretch here, some of them get a little desperate and a little nasty in thiir attacks and that's fine, we're oing to continue to campaign on what i'm going to do when i'm president." rubio also defended his voting record in the senate. the republican field shrank. former new york governor george pataki dropped out.. he had less than one percent of republican voters in the latest olls. i'm edward lawrence in washington, now back to you. some of the candidates are wrapping up the new year campaiging in iowa. chris christie will be in waterloo today. bernie sanders in southeastern iowa and marco rubio is supposed to be in pella. yeserday, senator rubio was in waterloo for a town hall meeting. he talked about a lot of things -- outlined his plan. well the first thing we're going country. the second is we're going to fix the tax code in a to have the same tax code as the big companies d d. a flat rate of no more than 25 percent. in the most recent monmouth

cruz and donald trump. the snow and ice forced many campaigns events to be canceled on nday. but not this ne. martin o'malley made it to a leadership forum in tama -- and it went on as planned -- even though only one other person showed. o'malley said the voter in the picture came to the evevet beccse he hasn't made up his mind yet about who he'll support. o'malley and the voter talked about a range of topics, from the syrian refugee crisis to reducing crime in the us. the snow is keeping street crews very busy. in dubuque -- they're working 12-hour shifts cleaning the streets. they're using a lot of resources to get the job done. pounds of salt...i think last night i wenn through 27-ththsand pounds." more snow is on the way. storm track seven meteorologist kyle kiel has the forecast for us coming up. they were supposed to be delivering the news -- not

a new mexico couple has been rescued aater spendiig 20-hours in a car buried in snow. they were out delivering newspapers when their car went into a ditch during a snowstorm. with wind gusts topping 60 miles an hour -- rescue crews could not pinpoint where they were. volunteers came out with bulldozers and tractors -- but had to be careful. they din't want to drive over a car. "i kicked aahole in the windshield after having them move back out of the way and got a hole kicked through the windshield and ty and i were able to lift them up out through the hole in the windshield." they were treated at the hospital -- and say they'll start delivering the paper again... once they get a new car. video shows a thief inside a church. a woman had her purse stolen as she was praying in a church in florida. the 84-year-old woman was sitting in the baak row -- a mananwalks in... scanned the room... before appearing to leave.

surveillance video... the thief returns and takes the purse. what a night t iowa city. a few weeks after michigan state knocked off an unbeaten iowa football team, the hawkeyes look to return the favor in basketbbll. ioioa hosting theeumber one ranked spartans to start big ten play. the hawks played very well -- but sometimes to beat the number one team in the country -- you need to have good fortune on your player aacidentally knncks the ball into the basket for iowa. second half now -- iowa on the run. peter jok spotting up in the far corner. he knocks down a three. he hit two in a row to help iowa build a 19-point lead. the spartans would cut into that lead, , ut some big plala down the stretch by senior point guard mike gesell wouls seal it. gesell had a career high 25 points and iowa takes down the top rand spartans 83-70. it was quite the scene at carver -- similar to what we saw in

last month when uni took down number one north carolinn. this was iowa's first win over the tion's number r e team since 1999 -- when the hawks knocked off uconn. iowa is now 10 and 3 -- and one and oh in the big ten. it doesn't get much easier. next, they head to purdue -- that comes just a day after the grandaddy of 'em all -- the rose bowl. we're just two daus away from the iowa football team playing its first rose bowl in 25 years. kww's zach grant is in pasadena and tells us -- the hawks say the iowa hawkeyes have been able to have their share of they are down here for purpose leshuhu daniels "ya k kow we know kf told us coming down here that were on a were gonna go out and were gonna enjoy it but at the end of the day we gotta make sure were ready to go win the sit at 11-2 and opop at nearly a touchdown favorite but the hawkeyes think they match up pretty well with the pac 12hamp ausin blythe center:"i think we matchup well against anybody

ball we expect a fight on friday." and they makes it easier for the hawks to game plan desmond king: "it makes it better r or us puts us in a better position to be ready for it because once we get to playing those guys and they try to run the ball 2un the the ball run the ball we know whats gonna happen just like our offense does in practice everyday." and they tell us the game isnt won on friday... bu in the practiceays leading up to the game. jordan canzeri running back:: "win during the week and put ourselves in a good position because if we play our best football we give ourselves the chane to beat anybody so that's& what we need to focus on what we can cononrol." and it helps having a quarterback who turns into joe cool in pressure situations c.j. beathard quarterback: "that's a big part of being a quarterback s trying totostay positive and strong because guys look to you because if your panicking and freaking out then other guys well start to

pressure situations you have to stay calm and set a gooddexample and keep your composure. in los angeles i'm zach grant kwwl news. zach, ron steele, mark woodley --- and others -- are in california right now. they're getting ready for our road to the rose bowl special -- which you can see tonight at 6:30. we still have a lot to get to this morning: including another sign the bird flu fears are -- at least -- fading a little in iowa. plus the effort to save a stranded seal. it's been keeping drivers on theii toes i i one state. we are tracking snow showers through the area. details on

from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weher team: welcome back i am meteorologist kyle kiel in for eileen loan. threat tracker shows the cance for snow shows this morning, this will create some slick spots for your morning commute sosothat is whyy threat tracker is in the yellow. tomorrow, we'll see a little bit

sunshine with partly cloudy skies, but it will be cold. these cold the day on friday. as far as the snowfall totals, they will be light. most areas will see less than an inch of snow, with isolated areas getting an inch, maybe an inch and a half with the moderate bursts of snow. storm track 7 live doppler radar

viewing area. this is all tracking off to the northeast through ioa with a quick moving system. by lunchtime, the snow ll be ending but this will impact the morning commute. as far as road conditions go, the roads are becoming partially to fully snow covered where the snow is falling. this is also creating areas of reduced visibility acrss the

iowa. so use caution as you head out for your wednesday morning commute. here's a look at the storm track 7 live weather r etwork camerasasacross eastern ioww. right now road conditions look good with some temperatures below freezing. we slowly falling overnight. here to middle 20s. here's the middle ann upper 20s, but cooler viewing area, with a few tonight. highs today will be in teens to lower 20s with a light the kwwl viewing area, with a this afternoon. otherwise, we cloudy sky, but temperatures than average temperatures weekend. still to come this morning: why did the elephant seal cross the road? it's not the beginning of a joke

a strange sight has wildlife workers scrambling to help the animal. you're watching kwwl. we've got you covered in sherrill, cascade, la porte city and all of eastern iowa a ban on live bird exhibitioos

agriculture. the ban has been in place since the bird flu outbreak last year. all live bird exhibitions at the iowa state faar were canceled beccse of it. iowa has not had a new case of the bird flu in six months -- ware asking everyone to maintain a sharp surveillance... more aware of the disease. more than 31- million birds were euthanized in iowa during the outbreak year. wiwilife experts find a new home

swimming near a highway. they don't know why the seal endeddup thhre -- near a oad in northernn california -- but it's possibly to use a kayak to try to drive the seal back toward the bay yesterday. it's coming up on today in iowa -- how to keep people motivated to routine... to keep seniors active. for many of us -- when it comes

motivated. for seniors -- that can be very true. dianne gallagher shows us one class that helps keep seniors moving and grooving! "to me this is fun this is not about each other" for nearly 40 years, bobbie elzey has taught fitness classes like this one... aimed at helping seniors stay active inside... and outside the gym. "...you're working on your on your stamina. some of bobbie's students who struggle with health issues have found the workouts especially beneficial.

andndso it helps e to manage my high blood pressure. it stays i was diagnosed with a lymphoma this spring and i had a surgery aroud the chemotheraay. and i was really success is keeping it simple, and changing up the routine. "when they first come in it's like oh i don't think i can get this, and it's like yes you can. i'm st going to be calling out thh it also keeps her students motivated! "i would say find something fun, get off your butt and come out and dd something." for ttday's health minute, i'm dianne gallagher today in iowa continues in a moment with the forecast fro

kyle kiel is back with anforecast. storm track 7 live doppler radar isis showing the snow traraing through parts of the kwwl viewing area. this will cover the roads pretty quickly co the roads will be slick for your morning commute. use extra caution. here's the storm track 7 day forecast. fter today's snow, we have no chance for snow in be cold as we ring in the new year of 2016. our next hour of today in iowa ii up