good evening everyone, i'm amanda goodman. just two days away from the rose bowl game now and hawkeye fans are starting to pour into california. joining us now live from the rose bowl is ron steele. how's it going out there ron? hawkeyes didn't praatice today -- a little walkthrough tomorrow - so we turn our attention to the arrival oo hawkeye fans, a great event happening over in downtown losangeles -- ii's the hawkeye huddle. 20-thousand fans showing up for the

kwwl's brad hanson spending part of the day at the hawweye huddle with thousands of black and gold clad fans. the los angeles convention center today turned into a mecca of sorts for iowa fans. thhawkeye huddle held in easily one of the biggest rooms nats let's go hawks, let's go the eye can see. thousands of iowa fans fill this humongous space, making it look like iowa city on game day. (mark ryan, waterloo) "fantastic, as we walked up the stair, and just to see a full sea of black and gold, it was just an unreal scene." (dale janssen, ackley)"oh, it's unreal. i never thought it would be like this. the people, i bet there's 100,000 hawkeye fans out here. it's a great atmosphere. steele, dubuque)"it seems like half of iowa decided to leave and explore california. so it's

people came to support them. i'm people you can fit in here." him, tom arnold." (tom arnold, actor, comedian) "it's just been the one consistent thing in my life, and nobody could ever take that away you can do a lot of things tt me, but you can't take that away from me." arnold also impressed with the turnout, though not surprised. "i knew the se bowl people are lucky to have us. because the college football fansnsere are about 10 percent as good as the iowa fans, and that is a fact. we are real fans." nats let's go hawks! let's go hawks! alumnmn association officials

20 thousand fans were at the huddle today. certainly bodes well for the game on friday. back to you in pasadena ron. thanks brad -- a great event over ttere -- we'll also have more on the hawkeyes coming up in sports. i'll send it back to you now amanda.. and gain just twooays away from the game -- so be sure to follow all

rest of the week,. cold weather is in store for eastern wa - let's go to storm track seven chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg now who's tracking it all. from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. see the screen here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team: quiet weather is expected through the first week of 2016. yes it will be colder, but not bad for january with snow on the ground. high temperatures thursday will be the coldest, in the teens. high temperatures gradually warm to near 30 by tuesday and wednesday next week. heading out new year's eve?...partly cloudy and a temperature near 10 at midnight...wind around 5-10 mph. quiet weather is expected through the fir week of 201 yes it wille colder, but not d for january with snow on the ground. high temperatures thursday will be the coldest, in the teens. high temperatures

to residents....to clear your fire hydrants! most roads in eastern iowa are now clear, but a lot of the snow from the roads is now packed around hydrrts.. making a potentially dangerous situation for fire fighters if there's an emergency. kwwls olivia mancino talking to fire fighters tonight... she joins us live firefighters in watereroo and cedar falls put this request out every year... most people are required to shovel their sidewalks after a big storm, but hydranns often come as an rescue truck today to see just how bad this problem is. a major snow fall can be stressful for everyone... especially for fire fightets. "we have some hydrants that t it." "right now im in rescue truck 540 looking for firehydrants neighborhoods in cedar falls to look for buried hydrants didn't take long to find multitile hydrants packed in with snow. it took these two taken away from fighting an

"time is critical, fire can grow in matter of minutes, so if w w have to spend a minute finding the hydrant cearing out aaound it it add to the fire growth" theres a few important tips residents should know about clearing these hydrants-- "these guys say its easier to dig out the fire hydrants when the snow is fresh rather than frozen..it makes the job easier for you and easier for them" and when digging out the hyrants -- pay special "we want to make sure these ports are open so our fire hoses can connect to them if they need them" its a small extra step when shoveling sidewalks and driveways... but can make a world of difference in time of emergency. those fire fighters i spent time with say of course if you have trouble shovelininyour hydrant out-- cacal their department and they will happily shovel them out for

they will be glad to help you out. weve got you covered live in waterloo oliva mancino kwwl news also an interesting fact -- many people wonder if the water gets frozen in fire hydrants but there actually is no water in hydrants, the water comes from under ground. continuing coverage on the grain bin death. police release the name of the man who died. 39-year-old eric reasland was working with a farm owner in clarke coconty to gettcorn out of tte bin when he became trapped. he was there for roughly three hours before rescue crews reached him. he latedied in the hospital. this is the second grain bin-related death in iowa this month. bill cosby is at home tonight, released on bail -- after he was arrested and charged with sexual assault. cosby was fingerprinted and had his mug shot taken near philadelphia after his arraignment. the comedian is charged with aggravated indecent assault. montgomery county prosecutors said in 2004 the 78 year old gave pills and wwne to a former temple

sexually assaulting her. he is out on one million dollars bail. in new york today.... an emotional tribute to a dubuque county native who was a hero in the streets of new york, and on the battlefields of afghanistan. in one moving moment, his four- year-old son.. gaae his father one final salute. here's nbc's harry smith. the streets of mid-town manhattan came to a standstill today for the funeral of new york police detective joseph stood in silent tribute for a cop his colleagues called superman. lemm was on patrol with five other americans in afghanistan. when they were attacked by a suicide bomber december 21st. it was lemm''third deployyent totoafghanistan with the air national guard. yes he was a cop and a reservist. for whom duty meant everything. two years ago local news cameras were there when he susuprised his faaly at a restaurant coming home early

deployment. lemm was a big country kid from nebraska. who thrived as cop in some of theroughest sections of the bronx. his little boy ryan idolized him. and high on he shoulders of a new york city police officer today the four year old saluted his pop. taps plays a salute he held and held. ring the funeraj police commissioner bill bratton said thii.. sot bill brrtton nypd commissioner 11;44;57 today we say farewell to a hero of our time and a hero for all ages. a patriot, who centered his life, on proteccing others. 11;45;09 that sure sounds like super man to us. hs nbc news new york 45-year old lemm was a 15-year veteran of the n-y- p-d who served two tours in afghanisttn and one in iraq.

coming up on kwwl...the caucuses are reeping up so presidential candidates are putting in sooe extraratime in iowa -- one candidate said president obama isn't doing enough and our road to the rose bowl coverage continuestonight -- the hawks are gearing up to play in an enenironment likk none track 7 live doppler radar....storm track seven's chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg has your full forecast, coming up... and when you se news - or i you have pictures or video to share... y y can do that by going to our page stay up to date on breaking news and weather information. "you're watching kwwl. we've

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quiet weather is expected through the first week of 2016. yes it ill be colddr, but not bad for january with snow on the gradually warm to near 30 by tuesday and wednesday next week. heading out new year's evee..partly clouuy and a temperature near 10 at midnight...wind around 5-10 mph. quiet weather is expected through the first week of 2016. yes it will be colder, but not bad for january with snow on the ground. high temperatures thursday will be the coldest, in the teens. high temperatures gradually warm to near 30 by tuesday and wednesday next week. heading out new year's eve?...partly cloudy and a temperature near 10 at midnight...wind around 5-10

through the fifist week of 2016. yes it will be colder, but not bad for january with snow on the ground. high temperatures thursday wll be the coldest, in the teens. high temperatures gradually warm to near 30 by tuesday and wednesday next week. heading out new year's eve?...partly cloudy and a temperature near 10 at midnight...wind around 5-10 mph.quiet weather is expected through the first week of 2016. yes it will be colder, but not bad for january with snow on the ground. high temperatures thursday will be the cocodest, in the teens. high temperatures gradually warm to near 30 by tuesday and wednesday next week. heading out new year's eve?...partly cloudy and a temperature near 10 at midnight...wind around 5-10 mph.quiet weather is expected through the first week of 2016. yes it will be colder, but not bad for januaryywith snow on thh ground. high temperatures thursday will be the coldest, in the teens. high temperatures gradually warm to near 30 by

week. heading out new year's eve?...partly cloudy and a temperature near 10 at midnight...wind around 5-10 mph.quiet weather is expected ground. high temperatures thursday will be the coldest, in the teens. high temperatures gradually warm to near 30 by tuesday and wednesday next week. heading out new year's e?...partly cloudy and a temperature near 10 at midnight...wind around 5-10 mph.quiet weather ii expected through the first week of 2016. yes it will be colder, but not bad for january with snow on the ground. high temperatures thursday wwl be the coldest, in the teens. high temperatures gradually warm to near 30 by tuesday and wednesday next week. heading out new ar's eve?...partly cloudd and a temperaturrnear 10 at midnight...wind around 5-10

through the first week of 2016. yes it wil be colder, ut not thursday will be the coldest, in the teens. high temperatures their way through iowa - one claimed he's going to pull off, "one of the great pootical upsett in the history of the united states."

he's been struggling in the polls in iowa, but hopes to makee a last--onth surge. republican presidential hopeful chris christie was in waterloo today. christie said president obama isn't doing enough.... and that the country needs a @eader with attacks in paris... and the shootings in san bernardinoo. "what san bernadino showed us is this, if a center for the place in america is a target for terrorists." chistie also focused on two other big topics. one was drdr addiction....he shared a story about a friend he lost to addiction... and said pro-life means more than just the 9

he also says there needs to be morr transparency t t how colleges bill students for tuition... marco rubio hopscotching across iowa today...having three town halls and meeting voters. he promised a more aggressive war againint terror grouu such as isis.. even when questioned about america's responsibility for civilian casualies in war zones. and he vowed to not only keep the guantanno military priion open.. but to continue sending new terror suspects there for interrogation. bernie sanders says his campaign is gaining momentum.. and ready to spring, what he calls, "one of the greret political psets in the story of the united states." sanders making that claim during a packed town hall earlier this afternoon in iowa.. where the caucuses will take place in a little re than a mmth. sanders says his progressive agenda.. and the big crowds he's seeing on the campaign trail.. are generating enthusiastic support. s/ sen. bernie sanders / (d) from around this state who agree with what we are talking about i back om nevada, we areremaking up a lot of ground there, i think we can win in nevada.

you know what? we are on a path to victory in pulling off one of the great political upsets in the history of the united states. sanders is the only major political caadidate holding polititcal vents thursday. he'll be hosting a new year's eve party at a downtown des moines hotel. coming up next...ur road to the rose bowl covera continues as "now, kwwl sports, presented by your local toyota dealer." announcer:r:ne candidate tough enough to take on ththbully... jeb bush: donald, you're not going to be able

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and it's safe to sayykirk ferentz and the hawkeyes are anxiously awaiting kickoff. let's head back out to ron steele --who's live outside the rose bowl. that's right amanda -- we're less than two days away from the big game and while it's quiet here now -- this place will be packed on friday -- an environment the hawks haven't yet quite seen. on - this iowaateam has some big game experience winning key games in madison and lincoln - and of course that

game - but of course nobody on this team's been in an atmosphere quite like this one - david shaw has been here twice before - it's the first for kirk ferentz as a head coach - factor - in part due to his previous 2 trips to the orange bowl. "we didn't handle that trip very well as a program. when we went back in '09, our approach was much better." and like those two trips - the hawkeyes will have a lot of support behind thee with estimates of 50 - 60-thousand iowa fans possibly packing the rose bowl come gametime - we anticipate a really enthusiastic following here. our

historically. we'll witness this on friday as well. and while fact will be irrelevant when his gusta or the british open or concentrate on what the task is." so w wve got just 2 days to go - there's no doubt this hawkeye team feels like they're ready - ron - i'll send it back to you at the rose bowl -- ok- thanks mark --

and volunteers are putting the final touches on floats -- for the 127th rose parade that's before the big game. the hawkeye float has approximately 4- thousand ffwers. the float is 35 feet long and 18 feet wide. the rose bowl parade will held news years day starting at ten a

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