manage to do so late this afternoon and evening, but until then we will have a few flurries and snow showers with highs in the low to mid teens. the heaviest snow will fall tonight and to our south, but i'll have more details in a few minutes. today, a big school is forced to evacute because of a bomb threat. it happened at iowa city west high school. kwwl's kristin rogers was at the high school, she joins us live complex, which is where the students were taken during the threat. that's right and when we first got on scene this morning over at west high school. it looked like a normal day. the parking lot was full of cars, see police cars lining the parking lot, let's take a look

video we shot earlier. multiple k9's can be seen coming in and out off the school. outside it was very quiet, that's because all of the students were taken to the university of iowa athletic complex. lines of parents can be seen waiting to pick up their kids, there were also buses taking kids back to the school to meet parents there. i'm working to learn more information as this story develops, one student told me she doesn't know what's going on, and she remembers a gun threat at the school earlier this year. certainly a scary situation for all involved. we've got you covered live in iowa city, kristin rogers...kwwl news. stay with us for updates on our website kwwl dot come and right here. new at noon: the cedar falls city council denies a rezoning request for a well-known veteran.

the city to rezone land so they could build a home for him -- which would be controlled by an i- pad. morris -- lost portions of all four limbs -- in an explosion in afghanistan four years ago. the council says the area they wanted rezoned to residential is far removed from city services. we also heard there were concerns this would set a precedent -- which some were uncomfortable with -- especially since there were other options morris and his wife had with the current landowners -- without having to come before the city. two weeks from today waterloo voters will decide whether to build a career center. tonight there's a town hall meeting for voters to learn more about the plan. it will be at the waterloo center for the arts starting at seven tonight. if you cant make it tonight, that vote comes a day after the iowa caucuses. we're just 13 days away. republican presidential hopeful carly fiorina is in eastern iowa today campaigning. kwwl's amanda gilbert is back from waverly where fiorina

carly fiorina was at wartburg college this morning.... education was a big focus in fiorina's speech..... but one eastern iowa man stole son's education during the question and answer section. "there's a school that is getting closed down next year.... serves abouot a hundred kids... anyone of those kids don't have anywhere else to go.. because they all have mental disabilities... my son included..." i caught up with phillip afterwards.... he says in waverly... he just found out a public school will be taking over his son's private school... and he doesn't know what that means for the future of his son's education. here's the beginning of fiorina's response. "sir i really appreciate you asking that question and im very sorry. this is why... this is why... the story you just told is why we have

phillip says presidential candidates need to talk more about mental health and mental health education. a saying fiorina repeated throughout her speech was we have to take our future back... we've got you covered... live in the newsroom... amanda gilbert...kwwl news. fiorina has a number of stops today. she'll also be in des moines, mount vernon and maquoketa. donald trump has multiple stops in iowa today. he's promising a major announcement and special guest during an afternoon rally in we'll have to see who that is later today. on the democratic side, hillary clinton in a tight battle with bernie sanders. a big crowd turned out for her i promise you this, i will never nominee, we carry it in the fall, that iowa will be part of the future not doing a u-turn to the past."

in iowa this week -- including in vinton and iowa city on thursday. one thing college basketball teams are learning when you come to iowa: it's tough at the top. first uni beat nubmer one ranked north carolina. then, iowa took down michigan state -- also ranked first. so what about iowa state -- hosting the new number one team oklahoma. fantastic game last night in ames. iowa state up three late -- but oklahoma would tie it on this tree. on the next possession it's monte morris -- with the huge shot -- cyclones up 2. they hit their free throws -- and the cyclones got it done. another number one team goes down in the state of iowa. iowa state wins 82-77. iowa now has its highest ranking in 15 years. the hawks jumped seven spots in the a-p poll and are now ranked ninth in the country.

ten and travels to rutgers thursday night. coming up -- savings rise for airlines as oil prices fall. but does that mean lower ticket prices? and, tomorrow a unique sight in the sky, but you might have to get

we'll be right back with your storm track seven forecast. light snow is tracking in this though. i'll have more coming got you covered, with ally crutcher and meteorologist eileen loan. this is the kwwl "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: light snow will track into the area this afternoon with warmer temperatures for the rest of the week. snow is to our west where have the clouds tracking in first on

slow down heating, but we have managed to get above zero! (bad sensor in cedar rapids)... temps are in the upper teens around shenandoah and lamoni... everybody is much warmer than yesterday. the snow to the west is actually helping out a bit... but it is heading to the east and will bring at least some snow showers to the area, if not a brief period of moderate snow to our south. the low will track through southern missouri and northern arkansas but will still throw snow our way. we will end up with a trace to 2" with the heaviest south of interstate 80. the light snow will begin to track in late this afternoon, but we could have flurries beforehand. highs aim for the low to mid teens. temps won't drop much tonight with the snow tracking through. it will be mainly done

the morning, although flurries will continue through wednesday. highs on wednesday will be in the low to mid 20s and we will keep those through the week. a few snow showers are possible thursday night but a more organized system will track through sunday and

starting tomorrow, you'll get a special treat -- check out five planets together in the sky just before dawn. mercury, venus, saturn, mars and jupiter will all be visible for about 45 minutes before sunrise. experts say it's the first time in more than ten years all five will appear together. it should last for about a month. coming up an iowa girl is born with half a heart but has a whole lot of

and -- playing catch up. if your job keeps you from getting a lot of sleep during the week, can make your health. you're watching kwwl. we've got you covered in greene, decorah, tripoli and all of eastern iowa half a heart, but full of love. here's the truth -- some have proposed to cut social security for the elderly and disabled vets. i disagree. in fact, not only should we not cut benefits -- we should expand them. my plan for social security increases benefits and cost of living adjustments and raises minimum payments for low-income seniors. it will ensure that all seniors

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doctors said there was a slim chance she'd survive much longer than five days... now she's 8 years old. kwwl's amanda gilbert has the story. liv: "so my heart looks like this in real life... it's just half." left heart syndrome.... which means the left side of her heart is missing... other half and god has.i have this half and god has the other half. yep that's right. when she was just 5 days old... olivia had her first of three open heart surgeries... mom "she was wisked away... i barely even got to look at her. you know with my boys they were put right now my chest right away... and not with live..." after that first surgery... she had a stroke..... mom "what they do is they leave the chest open for a few the left hand... she how it doesnt' work as good as the left hand." and things haven't been easy for liv since then.. for her to turn her arm so like carrying a lunch tray.. tieing her shoes. " right now a heart transplant is not the option.... to hope that there's not going

be rejection... it's just basically a whole new can of worms. a whole new ball game... so the longer we can have her heart.. the better." right now there's no cure.,... "which of curse crushes us." but liv... her familiy... and friends have stayed strong.. "you know every day is a gift... yeah... it really is." "i couldnt do it without my friends and family." "mmmm mwah" it you would like to learn more about the photo shoot... visit

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to co-author the path to citizenship bill. he threatened to vote against it. and then voted for it. he supported his own dream act and then he abandoned it. marco rubio. just another washington politician you can't trust. jeb bush. he's a leader, so you always know where he stands. right to rise usa is responsible for the content of this message. this morning -- because you couldn't tweet anyway. twitter says its social media platform went down for a couple of hours. the company says the mobile app was partially functioning but the service was not at all available on desktop computers. the messaging service has since been fully restored to twitter's 320 million active users. one airline is flying higher last year.... thanks to plunging oil prices. delta says it saved more than five billion dollars on fuel last year. and it believes those savings could continue this year. the airline expects to keep another 3 billion dollars in 20-16. there's been some pressure on

cut ticket prices. some low-cost carriers already have. playing catch-up on sleep on the weekend might cut the risk of developing diabates. a new study shows young men with four nights of little sleep -- are at a greater risk of getting diabetes. but...getting just two consecutive nights of nine hours or more... returned the risk to normal levels. coming up on kwwl, the mister food test kitchen.... this dish is found in restaurants all over the country, but with our homemade version, you won't have to travel past your front door to get it. first, a look at the latest

today we've got a dish that's making a huge comeback since start by saut\ing some diced onions in a little butter just those can be fresh ones that we cut up and par-boil, or we or freezer case. now we add salt and pepper and gently give it a mix. and now for the star of that can be thick-cut from the crispy on the edges. and don't think this is just for breakfast, because it's just as welcome for dinner, with or without an egg. so why not go

routine. i'm howard in the mr. "new-old fashioned way" for you to say . "ooh it's so good!!" "you're watching kwwl, we've got you covered. this is the news at noon." now on the kwwl news at noon. two kids weren't being very holy onions in a little butter just ones that we cut up and par-boil, or we can cut up a few leftover baked and pepper and gently give it a mix. and now for the star of beef. and that can be thick-cut from the deli or from leftovers. we the edges. and don't think this is just for breakfast, because it's just as welcome for dinner, online and get our recipe for, "homemade hash," so you can add food test kitchen, where today we found a "new-old fashioned way" for you to say . "ooh it's so good!!"

now on the kwwl news at noon. two kids weren't being very holy at church. they allegedly robbed the pastor during the service. and, a massive drug bust inside a home with a baby and, quite the catch!!- a california fishmerman hooked a shark! welcome back to the news at noon.. i'm jerry gallagher, ally is off we're continuing to follow breaking news this afternoon: two girls have died in a fire house fire -- east of prairie du chien. the crawford county sheriff's department says it happened last night in wauzeka, wisconsin. this picture is from our coverage partners at t-h media. a deputy and neighbors tried to get into the home, but could not because of the flames and smoke. after firefighters put out the fire -- the bodies of two girls -- a 12-year-old and a 15-year-old were

their names have not been released. the sheriff's department says they were the only ones inside the home at the time. the state fire marshal is investigating. we will have more on this story at 5 and 6. time now to talk about the weather... and we are seeing... or feeling some improvements, at least a little. storm track seven meteorologist eileen loan is mostly still in the single digits, but we have a few teens in the south (and a bad number in cedar rapids.. unless a bird is sitting on the sensor). wind chills are still dipping below zero with light southeast winds. we have clouds tracking in and some snow to the west having a hard time overcoming the dry air sitting over us. it will manage to do so late this afternoon and evening, but until

tonight and to our south, but a tragic story out of memphis. trying to get warm. the flames spread throughout an entire building "he was just standing too close, trying to get warm and got too he said he needed some water, that's all i heard him saying." the man is in critical condition this afternoon. the search continues for 12 marines on board two helicopters that collided off the hawaiian coast. yesterday, search and rescue crews found three empty life rafts from the helicopters unfortunately, the coast guard says there are no signs any of the us involved. this is a nightmare want to do, but we want the families out there to know that we are doing everything that we can." the marines were doing a

training mission when the two helicopters crashed into each another mid-air. a rare catch off the coast of southern california. a man hooked a great white shark. the shark eventually broke free and swam away. experts say warmer winter waters, caused by el nino, most likely drew the shark closer to the beach. authorities find 51 meth labs inside a home -- a home that also had a baby inside. it happened in alabama. deputies say they are seeing more meth labs there. the homeowners could face up to 20 another distrubing story this afternoon a woman faces dunk driving charges following a crash...injuring the six children in her car. it happened in pennsylvania. police say the woman crashed her car into a concrete barrier. the children, ages six to 13,

not wearing seatbelts. police say the woman's license was suspended at the time over a previous dui. now a kwwl follow-up. a crisis team is on hand today in the southeast webster school district following the deaths of three students. the children and their mother died in a house fire over the weekend. investigators believe it was caused by a space heater. today's the first day of class since the fire.... we miss them very much. we can't explain a loss like that students have already been making posters with messages like "it's ok to cry" and "we'll miss you" the posters will go to the children's father, who was at work at the time of the fire. now to another follow-up: we're now learning the name of the police officer that was punched at a cedar rapids laundromat. cedar rapids police say the officer was randy vest 33-year-old nathan brocks

it happened at the soapy waters laundromat in cedar rapids. police say the officer was speaking with brocks when he punched him -- knocking him unconcious. you can hear some of the incident on the police scanner "i'm out at soapy waters." (man screams) "215 can you start to soapy waters?" "code 2 ambulance for an officer." other officers tased brocks before taking him into custody, because they say he fought back. the officer's name has not been receiving some backlash after telling his muslim employees they can't take extra breaks to pray. during normal day time working hours, three of a muslim's daily prayers could interfere with production time. the c-e-o of ariens is wisconsin made it clear that no one is losing their job, but the company could not afford to stop work to accommodate muslim rituals. after announcing the policy change, only a quarter of the company's muslim employees showed up to "we respect the fact that they

decision we're not making an employment decision for them" ariens said the policy will begin to be enforced on the 25th of this month. all affected employees will have to make their final decision meantime-- the dalai lama is heading to the u-s today for a health check-up in minnesota. tibet's spiritual leader will visit the mayo clinic for his yearly check-up. the 80-year-old said he had a minor problem in his eye but was not ill otherwise. he added that it was a routine check-up and that he'll also meet with scientists in wisconsin during his trip. an atlanta pastor says two children snuck into his church after sunday service and stole money and his car. and he says one of the suspects could be as young as 11- years-old. craig lucie reports ... we've blurred their faces since they are juveniles, ministry) "the little one was saying come on let's go and the

walks out of frame, the younger one talks to reverend hebrew mcdonald in his office. (rev. hebrew mcdonald/salvation word of life ministry) "the little one come back and talk to us. he was the decoy. they are little career criminals. they have done this before. they came with every intention of stealing and robbing something." (christine mcdonald, wife) "i'm thinking he may have been hiding reverend mcdonald's wife says that something they word of life ministry in southeast atlanta. (christine mcdonald, wife) "he took the wallet out and took all the money out and the car keys total of six-and-a-half minutes. after they got the keys out of which car lights lit up, and then they were gone." that car is a 2011 white hyundai equus with a georgia handicap tag - d-p-5-9-q-a (rev. hebrew mcdonald/salvation word of life ministry) "it is totally mind boggling. how these kids looked like one was maybe 11, the other one was maybe 14, 15. it is just disheartening that this is what our youth is coming

the reverend says someone from his church spotted the suspects in his car shortly after the theft. the all-white race for hollywood's golden boy prompts a discourse over diversity, and now a boycott. director spike lee announced on his instagram feed he will boycott this year's academy awards. saying he "cannot support" the "lily white" oscars, after a second year of acting nominations going to only white actors. actress jada pinkett smith is also boycotting, posting a video on "begging for acknowledgment, or even asking, diminishes dignity and diminishes power. and we are a dignified people and we are powerful. and let's not forget it." the president of the academy

a statement saying...the racial make-up of voters who decide awards -- needs to change. t was-- "it's the real thing"-- in 19-69. in 19-79-- it was "have a coke and a smile." and in 2009-- it was "open happiness." now coke has a new phrase today --coca-cola rolled out its new ad campaign with a new slogan. "taste the feeling" is the soft coca- cola... and market its other coke- branded products such as diet coke and coke zero. the company is hoping the new slogan will help it overcome declining sales and profits.... and concerns about the health effects of its sugary drinks. and with coke break out the kernels, salt, and butter it's national popcorn day according to the national popcorn board -- yes, that's a thing, americans eat 13 billion quarts of popped popcon each year, coming up ...

the debate are gaining a lot of attention-- and stormtrack seven meteorologist will be back with your storm track seven day

"now your storm track she's always stood strong... ...to get the job done. hillary clinton. she stood up to china... ...and spoke out on women's rights... ...went toe to toe with russia on human rights. the drug and insurance companies spent millions against her... ...but hillary didn't quit until eight million children got health care. i've never been called a quitter

she's got what it takes to do the toughest job in the world. i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. 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: light snow will track into the area this afternoon with warmer temperatures for the rest of the week. snow is to our west where some areas have already seen 1 to 2", but it is hitting the drier air sitting over us. we have the clouds tracking in first on our stormtrack7 live weather network cameras and that may slow down heating, but we have managed to get

rapids)... temps are in the upper teens around shenandoah and lamoni... everybody is much warmer than yesterday. the snow to the west is actually helping out a bit... but it is heading to the east and will bring at least some snow showers to the area, if not a brief period of moderate snow to our south. the low will track through southern missouri and northern arkansas but will still throw snow our way. we will end up with a trace to 2" with the heaviest south of interstate 80. the light snow will begin to track in late this afternoon, but we could have flurries beforehand. highs aim for the low to mid teens. temps won't drop much tonight with the snow tracking through. it will be mainly done by 3 or 4 in the morning, although flurries will continue through wednesday. highs on wednesday will be in the low to mid 20s and we will keep those through the week. a few snow showers are possible thursday night but a more

system will track through sunday and monday. as you know, the cold weather we've had can be disruptive. with that in mind -- if you're in charge of closing your organization, business or church group on the kwwl closing list -- you need an i-d information. we don't do that for you. if you don't have an i-d and password yet, do it now -- because it can

a few days to have everything approved. don't wait until the last minute! go to our website, kwwl dot com for the full instructions coming up ... senator bernie sanders is gaining a lot of attention online for the looks he gave hillary clinton during sunday night's debate. here's the truth -- some have proposed to cut social security for the elderly and disabled vets. i disagree. in fact, not only should we not cut benefits -- we should expand them. my plan for social security increases benefits and cost of living adjustments and raises minimum payments for low-income seniors. it will ensure that all seniors can retire with dignity and respect.

the catholic worker house in waterloo has housing for homeless men and

children. they can only support a handful of people. that's why the catholic worker house is trying to purchase another place they can turn into a men's shelter. they're asking for 45,000 dollars in donations. "the beds are full the couches are full, so if someone comes in and it's really life threatening cold we'll put them on the floor if they're alright with that," said paul henson,

henson was homeless himself. this place helped him turn his life around, and now he works there. on january 22, they are holding a fundraiser at the knights of columbus. this will be a dinner and a dance, and money raised from this event will go towards a new shelter. st. francis of assisi catholic worker house, waterloo is hosting a "need more room at the inn" fundraiser on friday, january 22nd. join us at the knights of

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to stop obamacare expansion in his state? and which governor laid out a tough plan to destroy isis months before the paris attacks? jeb bush. right to rise usa is responsible for the content of this message. nation. senator bernie sanders gave hillary clinton quite a look during this weekend's democratic presidential debate. but as jeanne moos reports, sanders is a man of many facial you can't deny it,

"to get the affordable care act passed." your reactions to hillary were written all over your face. in your headshaking, went viral while clinton was clinton/(d) presidential candidate) "senator sanders called him weak, disappointing." it was variously described as the evil eye, side eye, the stink eye. ("seinfeld") "i see this guy over at the pizza box is giving me the stink eye." someone tweeted that sanders "is like your grandpa who yells and makes funny faces at the dinner table." at one point he exhaled like a horse. (hillary clinton/(d) presidential candidate) "he voted for what we call the charleston loophole (blows out)." blowback to the infamous al gore sigh. (gore and bush) "(sigh) that's what a governor gets to do. there's differences (sigh)." (jeanne moos/cnn correspondent) "but you know who sanders' faces reminded people of ... and bernie, you're probably not trump with those faces" tweeted one progressive. (jeb bush/(r)

"he gets his foreign policy experience from the shows." though the donald is more dismissive. and more candidate) "but he's a chaos candidate." the diehard capitalist and the democratic socialist share the wealth when it comes to facial expressions. (jeanne moos/cnn correspondent) "but when cnn fact checked what hillary was saying while hillary was saying was judged to be mostly true." (hillary clinton/(d) presidential candidate) "he voted to let guns go onto amtrak. guns go into national parks." the fact checking didn't stop hillary detractors from enjoying the sweet smell of stink eye...."exactly bernie...we feel this same way when hillary speaks." jeanne moos c-n-n new

check this out -- frozen clothes in minneapolis. one man started it, then neighbors joined in the fun people say they put their clothes in washing machine, then took them outside. it only took a couple of minutes -- they've been dealing with the same temperatures we have. "i just think it's a fun thing know, we can make our pants stay up. (laughs). " the man says he got the original idea from his brother and has been doing it as "self-amusement" for a few years. still cold with a chance of light snow this afternoon and tonight. trace to 2" with the heaviest south of interstate 80. highs will warm into the low to mid 20s for the rest of the week and we may have a few flurries

sunday and monday. that will do it for us here at noon. our next newscast is tonight at five.

[dramatic music] >> maggie: victor? what happened? >> victor: nothing. >> maggie: honey, you're shaking. tell me. >> victor: you know, i can't believe i'd have to dredge this up again. why is it that all of the family that i love keep dying and the ones that i-- >> maggie: so this is about your family? >> victor: my brother deimos. he's here in salem. he was right here in this house. i had to introduce him to philip as if he were family. >> philip: uncle deimos, there's nothing i can do about the serum right now.