and continue to fall as we go throughout the next several days. i'll have details on that in your storm track seven day forecast coming up in just a few minutes. the weather and limited visibility has been causing some problems on the roadways so far today... this was the scene just off of u.s. route 218 near 58 in cedar falls this morning... where a car spun off the road and one person being treated for minor injuries... our reporter on the scene was told that a nearly identical accident happened in the same spot several months ago... decision 2016... bernie sanders is among the many candidates in iowa this week with the caucus day just about 3 weeks away. sanders is kicking off a four day campaign swing today... ahead of his events, he sat down with kwwl's ron steele for a one-on-one interview. though he trails clinton in iowa right now, he still expects to

"my guess is when we began, 80 to 85 per cent of the people so, if you question is, do i think we can win, yes, i do think we people out, get a large voter turnout, and that is what we are working to do." sanders says his plans call for a tax on wall street speculation...saying it's time for wall street to help the middle class of this country. sanders will be in cedar rapids, waverly, and toledo today... we'll have more from the interview with senator sanders on an upcoming edition of the steele report... republican candidate ted cruz also in iowa today... his bus tour across the state made several more stops yesterday -- including in humboldt. senator cruz will be in decorah today --and waukon, strawberry point, oelwein, new hampton and waverly tomorrow. we've been asking repeatedly for

down, 1-on-1 interview with him during his campaign. so far, we've been told he doesn't have time. kentucky senator and republican presidential hopeful rand paul celebrates his brithday in iowa... happy birthday to you! paul celebrating the day with supporters at a bar in des moines. he's only seeing minimal support in the polls... but -- paul says his campaign is getting traction. paul also says many voters are yet to settle on a candidate despite the caucuses being only 3-weeks away. rand paul wasn't the only candidate enjoying an iowa bar last night... like you still have a choice.. go to your caucus february first former maryland governor martin o'malley entertained a packed house at karl's place in des moines. o'malley is likely singing the blues. last week he failed to file the number of signatures needed to appear on ohio's

a big surprise for some eastern iowans -- a former president drops in as they're eating lunch... bill clinton in eastern iowa yesterday to campaign for his wife hillary. he stopped by new-bo city market in cedar rapids for lunch and to answer some questions from business owners, workers, and customers. president clinton speaking about everything from nutrition -- to gun control. the former president also spoke at two campaign events -- one in cedar rapids and this one in dubuque. about 500 people showing up to hotel julien clinton drew on his experience not only as a president, but as hillary's husband--saying he's seen her get things done long before she held any office. but it was an interruption that provided the most memorable moment of the night. my phone's ringing...i'll have to call hillary back and explain why i can't take it." clinton stuck around for about 30 minutes after he was done talking, connecting with many in the crowd and taking plenty of selfies...

been released this morning... as businesses added close to 300- thousand jjobs across the country last month. that's higher than what experts predicted. the unemployment rate stands at five- percent. the government also says businesses added 50-thousand more jobs in october and november than they thought. meanwhile... the biggest powerball jackpot in history continues to grow... the 500 million dollar jackpot on wednesday was not won... and now saturday's jackpot has climbed t0 800 million dollars... the biggest ever. the odds of matching the winning numbers are very slim - about one in 300 million... remember saturday - you can watch the drawing here on kwwl... a man in eastern iowa is reunited with a special, personalized possession... thanks to a bit of help from the cedar falls police... kwwl's amanda gilbert joins us live in the newsroom....she witnessed this happy reunion that happened earlier this

today i witnessed a great ending to a tough story i shared earlier this week..... a little more than a month ago... someone stole a rare-motorized bike off of brett garbes's front porch... brett dealt with stomach cancer and a clogged artery... he says he can't ride a normal bike and doesn't have a money for a car right now.... this bike was the only way he could get around... today someone called cedar falls police saying they recognized the bike at dollar general after watching our news story.... i was there when brett first saw his bike again.... he said he was shocked that it was all in one piece and the motor was still working. this bike was worth at least one thousand one hundred dollars... brett said this bike is not only we've got you covered... live in the newsroom... amanda gilbert.....kwwl news. thank you amanda -- a timely find there... coming up... an inspiring teen is grappling the odds to excel in a sport she loves...

a report from the consumer electronics show on this year's strangest new devices... we are tracking fog, rain, snow and cold. details coming up. we'll be right back with your storm noon" "now your storm track 7 forecast on kwwl." from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. see the screen for your complete weather

stormtrack 7 weather team: until this evening. visibility afternoon. low pressure will track to our southeast, spreading rain across the area rainfall will stay under a quarter of an inch. as the low tracks to the northeast, colder air will be pulled into the system and we will see more snow mixing in during the afternoon. winds will turn to the north and temperatures will begin to fall. and they will continue to fall through all of saturday. there will be a very slight rebound in temps on sunday, but it will stay cold and breezy conditions will make it feel even colder. wind chills on sunday could be 15 to 25 below zero, especially early in the day. we will stay cold for the first half of the week until temperature start working back toward normal by the end of the

areas of fog will continue this afternoon. low pressure will track to our southeast, spreading rain across the area this afternoon, transitioning to snow showers as temperatures cool down. accumulation of the snow will be light, with a dusting to about a half an inch across eastern iowa. additional rainfall will stay under a quarter of an inch. as the low tracks to the northeast, colder air will be pulled into the system and we will see more snow mixing in during the afternoon. winds will turn to the north and temperatures will begin to fall. and they will continue to fall through all of saturday. there will be a very slight rebound in temps on sunday, but it will stay cold and breezy conditions will make it feel even colder. wind chills on sunday could be 15 to 25 below zero, especially early in the day. we will stay cold for the first half of the week until temperature start working back toward normal by the end of the week. areas of fog will continue this

track to our southeast, spreading rain across the area this afternoon, transitioning to snow showers as temperatures cool down. accumulation of the snow will be light, with a dusting to about a half an inch across eastern iowa. additional rainfall will stay under a quarter of an inch. as the low tracks to the northeast, colder air will be pulled into the system and we will see more snow mixing in during the afternoon. winds will turn to the north and temperatures will begin to fall. and they will continue to fall through all of saturday. there will be a very slight rebound in temps on sunday, but it will stay cold and breezy conditions will make it feel even colder. wind chills on sunday could be 15 to 25 below zero, especially early in the day. we will stay cold for the first half of the week until temperature start working back

dusting to about a half an inch across eastern iowa. additional rainfall will stay under a quarter of an inch. as the low tracks to the will see more snow mixing in during the afternoon. winds will turn to the north and temperatures will begin to fall. and they will continue to fall through all of saturday. there will be a very slight rebound in temps on sunday, but it will stay cold and breezy conditions will make it feel even colder. wind chills on sunday could be 15 to 25 below zero, especially early in the day. we will stay cold for the first half of the week until temperature start working back toward normal by the end of the week. coming up.... an apartment fire lights up the night

coming up.... an apartment fire lights up the night in a midwestern city... plus... more intensity in a donut shop of all places -- when a pregnant clerk is held at gunpoint... you're watching kwwl. we've got you covered in littleton, robins,

firefighters battling the blaze of a massive apartment fire early this morning... this huge fire ignited in kansas city today... where firefighters completely evacuated the building. a perimeter had to be set up around it in case of a collapse as flaming pieces of the building fell to the ground... there are reports of at least one injury -- an investigation is continuing today... an eight months pregnant donut shop employee and two customers were held up at gunpoint last night in california...

after the suspect orders the customers to get on the floor... demands the clerk to give him money from the register... the suspect then calmly put his gun away and walked out of the store... money in hand... thankfully no one was injured in the robbery... police are still looking for the suspect. coming up.... examining the weirdest gadgets of 2016 at a big tech convention happening this week... here's another look outside on a very foggy and damp day with our stormtrack seven live weather network throughout eastern iowa... plenty more on what to expect

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there on the market... and its you who decides if the gadget is any good... and in some cases this week... you might think these companies creations... mark barger takes us to this c-e-s offers up smart cars... smart appliances... even smart sports equipment... but om-signal delivers... the smart bra. "built into the fabric of the

there's a step sensor" the "om-bra" collects that data and sends it to an app on your smart phone. skechers meanwhile... is sending entertainment... to your feet. "essentially our game kicks is a memory matching game for kids" with 65-thousand combinations... you'll likely never get the same game twice. and you can get a one of a kind look for your digits with you skip the salon and maybe head for the slopes... the "smart ski airbag vest" detects changes in movement and inflates to cushion impact "if you're accident prone and also have a lot of money and also like to go skiing... this if you're over the selfie stick... the new toy-like "pic" offers flexibility in capturing photos and video. and if you can't afford a go pro... you can sacrifice some style points with the low- budget sounds... a device that clips

selfie sticks at a location at a park or something, you could say its not a selfie stick its a clippie thing!" consumers will decide... if it's a big thing. mark barger, nbc news. coming up on kwwl, the mister food test kitchen.... a rockin and rollin treat to help celebrate elvis's birthday... but first, a look at your latest numbers from wall street and the farm markets. can you believe that today the king of rock 'n' roll would have birthday cake, we decided to create "birthday cookies" that bring together

is combine some softened butter, a good amount of peanut butter and that can be brown sugar. once it's smooth, we add in a couple eggs and a dry ingredients, you know.flour, baking soda and salt along with - get this - a package of "banana cream" in mini chocolate chips and some dried banana slices to

about these is you can make them bite-sized or jumbo . the king of rock 'n' roll that is. you can't miss with all of elvis' favorites wrapped up into one melt-in-your-mouth cookie. the recipe for what we call, "elvis' birthday cookies," is online now along with an entire collection of elvis-inspired recipes that i know you're going to love. i'm howard, with kelly, cookie that will have you saying . i'm all shook up.or as we say ."ooh it's so good!!" "you're watching kwwl, we've got you covered. this is the

wrestling through barriers to become an inspiration... plus... the latest on the presidential race entering the homestretch for the iowa caucuses... and -- an unsual -- and sexual -- law is introduced in one midwestern state... welcome back to the news at noon.. i'm ally crutcher let's go right back to storm track seven meteorologist kyle kiel for a bit of a dreary look dense fog advisory across all of eastern

visibility has been less than a reports of a couple accidents, so be careful as you head out this afternoon for any plans. storm track 7 live weather network cameras show the dense fog across the entire area. our temperatures shows that we do have some rain tracking into the area from the colder air will be wrapping around this low pressure, and that will lead to the rain mixing with and changing over to snow. let's track it out with future track. starting early change to snow over the next couple of hours. as we go throughout the evening the snow will wind down as the low could be just a few snow showers early tomorrow morning. total snow accumulation will be less than a half an inch. tomorrow we will see the temperatures fall throughout the day with gusty northwest winds up to 20 miles per hour. that means temperatures will be falling, and continue to fall as we go throughout the next several days. i'll have details on that in your storm track seven day forecast coming

more decision 20- 16 coverage today... fall as we go throughout the next several days. i'll have details on that in your storm track seven day forecast coming up in just a few minutes. more decision 20- 16 coverage today... as donald trump's campaign gives out 20-thousand tickets in vermont. the problem -- the place that hosted his event only holds 14-hundred people. less than a month from the iowa caucuses, all the candidates want to make a last minute splash. edward lawrence has the latest on the campaign trail. democratic rivals, donald trump went on defense against some protesters at a vermont rally "get em out of here, get em out, bernie sanders campaign headquarters the republican frontrunner says he would love

against sanders who trails hillary clinton on the democratic side. "that would be a dream come true. but i have my mind set on hillary." former president bill clinton, on the campaign trail for his wife, refused to engage trump making an issue of his past transgressions. "i have no interest in getting involved in their politics..." "i disagree with the republican front-runner mr. trump. you see, i think america is great." trump and senator john mccain questioned the eligibility of his closest competitor for president. "it's no surprise. everybody knows that john mccain is going to endorse marco rubio." the

survives the attacks, accusations, and heckling will be february 1st. the iowa caucus will be first, then the new hampshire primary eight supporters will be highly coveted by the other candidates. in washington, edward lawrence, nbc news. as we said earlier, a handful of presidential candidates will be in eastern iowa today.... including ted cruz, bernie sanders, and martin o'malley... the governor of maine is under fire after making a controversial remark about out- of-state drug dealers. these are guys that are named d-money, smoothie, shifty. these type of guys that come from back home. incidentally, half the time they impregnate a young, white girl before they leave he made the comments during a town hall meeting while talking

how he'd tackle drug abuse. an unusual bill is in the missouri house legislation after a scandal involving a former speaker of the house and an intern... the proposal states that sex would now be included in the definition of a "gift" between lawmakers and lobbyists. but lobbyists would have to report it... "if you're an elected official having a relationship with a lobbyist to that degree, i think that they should know. a citizen should know if that's going on." unlike other "gifts" lobbyists are required to report, sex would not be one the lobbyist would have to add a monetary value to. meanwhile... commissioners in one kansas county are considering a policy that would require county employees to speak only english when doing county business the only exception is if they're dealing with someone who can't speak fluent english...or unless they're on break.

would be punished -- and commissioners say the purpose is to streamline the workplace. a driven teenager decides she doesn't want to graduate high school early -- because she wants to wrestle... it's a tough sport for anyone, but this teen has an added challenge - she can't see her opponents.... todd gibson has more. liana mutia just can't understand what the big fuss is. male's sport is very unusual,.. but even more amazing,.. year that the eye's started to get, i really couldn't hide it anymore sight since her sophomore year but that hasn't stopped her from competing. judo is her primary sport but liana wanted a new challenge,.. wrestling provided that. her parent's at first,.. were skeptical. "i mean it's a boys game so i in practice and in matches,.. her opponent is

keep contact with her. that's the only "advantage" liana is is equal. "she's a good being visually impaired... ( "i mean it's less scary not knowing what they look like anyway." not that that would matter to a someone as fearless as liana. she's done quite well in her first year of varsity wrestling... four wins against six losses. "a good record for a girl and a blind girl to be in there." but to liana,.. the wins and losses are not what's from my eye sight i guess. it liana is thankful for her teammates who look out for her and help her get around. and if she had a wish. "i'd like to see what they look contact,.. competing in a sport foreign to most girls. coming up ...

very rare sight... and after this quick break -- stormtrack seven meteorologist kyle kiel will be back with your storm track seven day forecast and some chilling temps when we return...

cordes: most nurses are tough. they're problem-solvers. they like making things better. people don't have access to healthcare because they just can't afford it. bernie sanders understands how pharmaceutical companies and major medical companies are ripping us off. bernie tells the truth, and he's been consistent. he understands that the system is rigged, and he's the only one who can bring real change. i'm bernie sanders, and i approve this message. here is additional forecast meteorologist kyle kiel. a dense fog advisory continues continue this afternoon. low pressure will track to our southeast, spreading rain across the area this afternoon, transitioning to snow showers as temperatures dusting to about a half an inch of an inch. as the low tracks to the northeast, colder air will be pulled into the system and we will see more snow mixing in during the afternoon. winds will through all of saturday. there will be a very slight rebound in temps on sunday, but it will stay cold and breezy conditions will make it feel even colder. wind chills on sunday could be

week. areas of fog will continue this afternoon. low pressure will track to our southeast, spreading rain across the area this afternoon, transitioning to snow showers as temperatures cool down. accumulation of the snow will be light, with a rainfall will stay under a quarter of an inch. as the low tracks to the will see more snow mixing in during the afternoon. winds will turn to the north and will be a very slight rebound in temps on sunday, but it will stay cold and breezy conditions will make it feel even colder. wind chills on sunday could be we will stay cold for the first half of the week until temperature start working back toward normal by the end of the week. areas of fog will continue this spreading rain across the area this afternoon, transitioning to snow showers as temperatures cool down. accumulation of the snow will be light, with a quarter of an inch. as the low tracks to the will see more snow mixing in during the afternoon. winds will turn to the north and temperatures will begin to fall. and they will continue to fall stay cold and breezy conditions will make it feel even colder. wind chills on sunday could be half of the week until temperature start working back toward normal by the end of the

toward normal by the end of the track to our southeast, spreading rain across the area this afternoon, transitioning to snow showers as temperatures cool down. accumulation of the snow will be light, with a quarter of an inch. as the low tracks to the northeast, colder air will be turn to the north and will be a very slight rebound in temps on sunday, but it will 15 to 25 below zero, especially temperature start working back this afternoon. low pressure will track to our southeast, spreading rain across the area this afternoon, transitioning to snow showers as temperatures cool down. accumulation of the across eastern iowa. additional rainfall will stay under a northeast, colder air will be pulled into the system and we will see more snow mixing in during the afternoon. winds will and they will continue to fall through all of saturday. there

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this afternoon, then we get really cold as you can see from the storm track 7 day forecast. that will do it for us here at noon. our next newscast is tonight at five.

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