we need to make some changes. are fed the excuse that common-sense reforms like background checks might not have stopped the last massacre. or the one before that. or the one i reject that thinking." the president says his intentions are not to take away people's freedom -- but to simply make and president obama's announcement, along with the rash of tragedies, have meant business is soaring for people selling guns. this is video from this weekend's gun show at the cattle congress here in waterloo. record attendance at the event. but there has been some confusion--what is the process and

kwwl's brad hanson learning more about that process today--brad joins us live now from the t-h media newsroom in dubuque with more. i spoke with a local gun shop owner who says his business has also been picked up recently. but he also said there can be quite a bit of confusion among first time buyers about what the process actually is. there's no doubt things have been a bit busy at the gun (ken freiburger, the gun depot owner) "the sales have been real heavy, and a lot of need for a gun in their house." but freiburger says there can be quite a bit confusion around what the current laws: to buy a handgun, you have to be 21, and you have to get either a conceal and carry permit or permit to acquire--both of those done through your local sheriff's office. then you have to show the seller a valid driver's license with a

you have to be 18-years old, have a valid driver's license with picture, and be able to (brad hanson, @bhansonkwwl) "a law change back in 2011 meant the dubuque county conceal/carry applications then. now, 5 years later, a lot of them being renewed--more than 500 applications since the beginning of december. they've reason, whether the law or recent tragedies, they say the process is extremely thorough." 500 applications siice the beginning of december. they've also seen more than 100 purchase recent tragedies, they say the freiburger says works. "with the background check or the permit, it keeps the guns out of the felons hands. he can't come in here and buy a gun. nope, it works." as for freiburger's reaction to

agrees that there should be accountability on dealers conducting background checks. he also told me he believes an annual class for gun owners, similar to a safety meeting, would go a long way in making a difference. we've got you covered live from the t-h media newsroom in dubuque, brad hanson, kwwl news a number of people reacting to president obama's actions today -- including republican presidential candidate marco "when i walk into the oval office, the first thing i'm going to do is repeal every orders." clapping

responding to the president's actions senator chuck grassley saying, quote history has taught us that simply focusing on limiting access to guns does not lead to drops in gun crimes. maryland, illinois, california and even washington, d.c...have some of the nation's strictest gun laws yet they have some of the highest numbers of gun- related crimes in the country." meanwhile democratic congressman dave loebsack backs president obama's plans saying "as a native iowan, i was raised with an appreciation for iowa's hunting traditions and am a strong supporter of our second amendment rights. i believe that improving our background check system can help to address the safety of our communities while also protecting those seconddmendment rights." a chance of some light snow moving in -- 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: the

through wednesday morning then light snow begins in the afternoon. it gets a bit sloppy with rain/snow chances through during the weekend. light snow develops wednesday afternoon and continues into the night. snow accumulations will be near 1". a light wintry mix early afternoon. thursday night light snow gets mixed in at times.the weather remains quiet through wednesday morning then light snow begins in the afternoon. it gets a bit sloppy with rain/snow chances light snow develops wednesday afternoon and continues into the night. snow accumulations will be near 1". a rain by noon and continue as remains quiet through wednesday morning then light snow begins through the rest of the week afternoon and continues into the morning will transition to light rain by noon and continue as light rain in the afternoon. thursday night light snow gets mixed in at times. police release the name of the

dubuque police say the boy is two- year-old jeremiah horsley. at last check -- he is in stable condition at the university of iowa hospitals and clinics. he was shot in the 900 block of main street on sunday nht. no arrests have been made at this time in the ongoiig investigation. a 28-year-old man convicted of murder is sentenced to 55 years in prison. roderick ward jr., of waterloo, convicted of second degree murder in the 2014 death of 27-year-old gary wilson. authorities say the two were friends -- and ward was drunk when he shot wilson in the shotgun. a man is killed after accidentally shooting himself while trying to euthanize a bull. auththrities responding to a farm in the 13- hundred block of 155th avenue -- just east of dundee. they say randall kelchen was climbing the gate out of the barnyard --when the shotgun went off --

the incident remains under investigation by the delaware county sheriff's office. authorities arrest a man after they say y e fired a rifle at a group of people in a drive-by shooting. it happened in the 600 block of a person in the group shot back -- striking the driver's pickup truck several times. one bullet shot from the driver did hit a home in the area, but nobody was injured in the the pickup, 23-year-old tony brunker. no others suspects are wanted at this s ime. one local community is reflecting on the loss of a teen -- recently found dead. 17-year-old tanner wymer was in a canoe with his girlfriend's dad, 51-ear-old michael felton, when the canoe capsized it happened in the coralville resevoir, near the neighborhood of twin view heights on sunday. kwwl's kristin rogers speaking with those close to tanner. she has the story tonight.

winter break was not a normal day for solon students, because tanner was not a great kid, a great athlete, you think can't he be able to you know make it or obviously that didn't happen." instead they spent their evening at a vigil, remembering a life cut too short. (cg: nathan wear/ solon principal) "i know he was looking at studying and trying to decide on which college he would go to ann obviously his family was excited about those prospects for after high school." we're told tanner was admired by those who knew him, it was easy to see as an estiimated 300 people showed up for a vigil on monday night. (cg: kristin rogers) "i'm told tanner was quite the athlete." he was on the football team, track team, and a state qualifier in wrestling. (cg: brent sands/ tanner's football coach) " he as a great student, great (cg:: nathan wear) "i just remeber his resilioncy he was always tought, always giving 110% and he just tried to make home

(cg: brent sands) "i think unfortunetely a lot of times we don't take time out to look at people and recognizeehose qualitiee, celebrate those qualities, so now looking back you kind of wish you had taken some of those opportunities.." we're told a visitation and funeral are expected to be sometime this weekend. meanwhile -- tanner's dad made this statement today.... as a boasting parent i can tell you that he was going to do amazing things in this world. in the process, he would have touched the hearts of many and made even more smile and laugh. of course this was an immense tragedy for our family and friends but also for those future lives that will not have the opportunity to know, love, and be touched by

decision 2016 -- presidential frontrunners donald trump and hillary clinton continuing to campaign -- seemingly against one another -- even though neither has yet to win their respective party's nomination. kristen welker sits down with hillary clinton digging in..again refusing to engage personal jabs. today during her first network interview of 2016 - matthews: matthews q: is it sexism? is "-i will not respond to this! i will not respond to his, you know, personal attacks. (laughing over each other)" clinton's campaign recently overshadowed by a barrage of attacks by trump - who has criticized her husbaa for his sexual transgressions...just as president clinton returned to the trail for the first time monday. "he can say whatever he wants to say -- but im going to keep but donald trump is showing no signs of letting up : ", it's fair game. when they attack me, im going to attack them." in an interview with msnbc's morning joe trump told joe scarborough and mika brzezinski he's

accused him of sexism. trump: "when she said that, i said, well, your husband's now campaigning, it's open season.. now iffe wasn't campaigning, maybe it would be different and if he weren't a past president expect clinton to fire back at the republican frontruvner any time soon. "everybody who has taken on donald trump has learned that he will hit back and hit back hard. and so i think there is a lesson that hillary clinton has learned." meaahile trump was also on defense over his new campaign ad which shows migrants and indicates they're crossing the southern border...when in reality it's the moroccan border: trump: it was really just footage. and frankly all it shows is people running across a border. and as far as i'm concerned, when you look at it, the united states is becoming a dumping ground, and that's -- it was just a couple f seconds. meanwhile -- clinton spent time campaigning in western iowa today -- while trump held a rally in

coming up on kwwl... the powerball jackpot conitnuing to rise -- as people hope to get lucucy. plus.. another wrinkle in the troubled career of johnny manziel -- also possibly known as "billy." here's a live look at the storm track 7 live doppler radar....storm track seven's chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg has yor full 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 stay up to date on breaking news and weather information. "you're watching kwwl. e've got you covered. with ron steele, amanda goodman, chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg and sports with rick coleman.

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"now your storm track 7 forecast on kwwl." from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. see the screen for your complete weather information. here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team: the weaaer remains qqiet through wednesday morning then light snow begins in the afternoon. it gets a bit sloppy with rain/snow chances through develops wednesday afternoo and continues into the night. snow accumulations will be near 1". a light wintry mix transition to light rain by noon and continue as light rain in the afternoon. thursday night ligh snow gets mixed in at times.the weather remains quiet through wednesday momoning then light snow beginss in the afternoon. it gets a bit sloppy with rain/snow chances

followed by the coldest air of night. snow accumulations will be near 1". a light wintry mix early thursday morning will transition to light rain by noon and continue as light rain in the afternoon. thursday night light snow gets mixed in at times.the weather remains quiet through wednesday morning then ght snow begins in the afternoon. it g gts a bit sloppy with rain/snow chances through the rest of the week followed by the coldest air of the season during the weekend. light snow develops wednesday afternoon and continuessinto the night. snow accumulations will be near 1". a light wintry mix early thursday light rain in the afternoon. thursday night light snow gets mixed in at times.the weather remains quiet through wednesday morning then light snow begins in the afternnn. it gets a bii sloppy with rain/snow chances through the rest of the week followed by the coldest air of the season during the weekend. light snow develops wednesday afternoon and continues into the night. snow rain by noon and continine as light rain in the afternoon. thursday night light snow gets mixed in at times.the weather remains quiet through wednesday morning then light snow begins in the afternoon. it gets a bit of the seassn during the weekend. light snow develops wednesday afternoon and

accumulations will be ner 1". a light wintry mix early thursday morning will transitton to light rain by noon and continue as remains quiet through wednesday morning then light snow begins in the afternoon. it gets a bit sloppy with rain/snow chances through the rest of the ek followed by the coldest aar of the season during the weekend. light snow develops wednesday afternoon and continues into the night. snow accumulations will be near 1". a light wintry mix early thursday morning will transition to light rain by noon and ntinue as light rain in the afternoon. thursday night light snow gets mixed in at times.the weather sloppy with rain/snow chances through the rest of the week fllowed by the coldest air of the season dring the weekend. light snow develops wednesday afternoon and continues into the night. snow accumulations will be near 1". a light wintry mix early thursday morning will transition to light thursday night light snow gets mixeddin at times.the weather remains quiet through wednesday morning then light snow begins in the afternoon. it gets a bit sloppy with rain/snow chances through the rest of the week followed by the coldest air of the season during the weekend. light snow develops

continues into the night. snow accumulations will be near 1". a light wintry mix early thursday morning will transition to light rain by noon and continue as light rain in theeafternoon. thursday ight light snow gets mixed in at times. coming up on kwwl... a first for saturday night live -- as one popular fighter is set to host the show later this month. the p pwerball jac on average, it t tes three hundred americans working for a solid year, to make as much money as one top ceo. it's called the wage gap.

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making her the first ever mixed martial artist a female fighter to host the show. rousey is cominin off the first loss of ehr career -- after being knocked out by holly holm in november. the johnny manziel saga takes another weird turn following reports of him partying in las vegas over the weekend. according to multiple sources -- manziel wore a blonde wig and a fake mustache to disguise himself while gambling and partying. he was also allegedly wearing sunglasses and introducing himself as "billy". manziel did not play in the brown's final game sunday after being diagnosed with a concussion. the iowa hawkeyes looking to improve to 3-0 in confernece play taking on nebraska. coming up next... and a big high school rivarly going on tonight as waterloo east hosts waterloo west zach grant

by your locbasketball team has had spectacular start to the big ten ason. first knocking off top ranked michigan state then a come from behind victory over purdue. tonight they look to go 3-0 vs nebraska. the 19th ranked hawks hosting the husker at home things didnt start ll... tai webster with the drive and the bucket... hawks in an early 10-0 hole. iowa started to come back jarrod

three spaaa-loosh... makes it 12-7. later peter jok hhs that for a quick relase.... iowa up two check out the array of moves from dam woodbury... pump fake into the spin move and off the glass for and-one.. hawks lead 31-22 at the half. second half now more from off an inbounds play mike gesell at the top of the key.... drains it gesell had a double double 22 scorers with 25 a nd the hawkeyes win 77-66 there first 3-0 conference start since 2002- 03 the womens basketball team is having quite a season themselve lisa bluders squad is currently ranked 25 in the nation and recently beat rutgers to improve to 12-2. iowa has won 4 in a row and 7 of there last 8 with the lone loss to iowa state. they now travle to ann arbor to take on a michigan squad lisa bluder says is sneaky good. "so they make me nervous they

big ten on their team. theyre young their a team that i thought might be down but boy are they scoring this year." the hawkeyes travel to michigan on thursday high school basketball action for ya waterloo east taking on cross town rival waterloo west at east gym tonight. early oo check out the no-look pass from jacee clark... absolutly filthy 4-0 trojans. west doing it on defense gabe pepin with the steal and slams it home....student section check out their expression.. .wahaks up9 east fighting back though isaiah wade pump fake gets the defender in the air.... drains it... east has fought back to take a 16-15 lead. later check out how dep this three ifrom javan lanier.... i think he shot that one from the weses gym...

nice drive from carlton todd taking the ball around the world there for the lay- in.... and east goes on to win in this one and west of waterloo - hudson taking on aplington- parkersburg. we pick this one up at the second half with aplington up 33-28. austin rot having a big me taking it coast-to-coast here... pirates down 38-43 a-p dominated in the second half... a two from keaton hempten puts a-p up 62-50 late shots just not falling for hudson but they're not giving up quite yet. a big three from roth getting hings going. he'll finish with a game high of 34 points... but first another three from the otherside putting the pirates down just four with 6.5 seconds remaining. despite the last effort by hudson...

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