and i also poke with lt. scott baxter from the dubuque police departmet. he sayay a lot ofoftiies it's case specific, as to whether someone should call 911. but if you're not sure -- call 911 -- and at least a dispatcher can give direction. we've got you covered from the th-media newsroom in dubuque...shirley descorbeth... ...kwwl news. the grant county sheriff's office is trying to figure out why the passengers in the truck didn't call 911. they all are under age 21. at this time, authorities say they're investigating if alcohol was involved. the lesson here, however -- is call 911 if help is needed. warmer weather is in store. let me say that again - warmer weather. we're talking 50s. let's go to storm track seven chief meteorologist mark

from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. e the screen for your complete weather information. here is additional forecast with the potential for areas of remains light. the coldest day, of the next seven, is wednesday. thursday into early next week expect above normal temperatures. ighs will be in the 40s and and some 50s thursday through sunday. to get temperatures into the 50s, during this time of year, a gusty wind is most likely needed. thursday and friday wind gusts will be near 35 or 40 mph. the wind and warm temperatures will melt a lot of snow on the ground. we ght not

in continuing coverage. the funeral for supreme court justice antonin scalia will be held saturday. justice scalia's supreme court bench, court chair and the door leading into the marble supreme court courtrtrom is draped ii black wool in mourning. this is a court tradition that dates back to the 19th century. scalia's body will lie in repose athe supreme court on friday. the discussion on how to replace scalia is heating up - and iowa senator chuck grassley will be front and center, as chair of the powerful senate judiciary committe... some are not happy with what they call grassley's "dangergerous plan to obstruct justice -to delay the nominee until after the election. kwwl's kristin rogers was at senator grassley's town hall in

the group "why courts matter iowa" " ttended theemeeting today and memberts say they plan on attending others as well. they directly asked the senator if he planned to follow his duties under th constitution those duties include chairing the sneate confirmation hearings, to approvf or reject reject presient obama's eveetual supreme courr nominee. the senator was asked about his stance several times, and he seemed to give the same answer to everyone. he said i'm taking it one step at a time. the phrase was used again and again, but it wasn''an answer (cg: chuck grassley/ senator) "i'm not holding back playing political games and trying to shark his constitutional responcibility. we asked whether heheould hold a hearing as chhr of the judiciary committee and he said he will take it a step at a time, whatever that means."

see who president obama nominates before he decides what he is going to do. senator graaley has said he hopes we wait for the next president to make the nomination. as far as whether he would hold hearings or support anyone nominated by obama he just said news. we will have more from senator grassley on this topic coming up tonight at 6. april trial date is set for a cy-ride bus driver accused in a deadly hit and run near the iowa state campus. benjamin clague is pleading not guilty to charges of leaving the on april fifth. i-s-u frfrshman emmalee jacobs died in a hit and run in decmeber. she was from urbana. clague entered that written plea yesterday -- on top of that, he's already pleaded not guilty to failing to obey a traffic control device.

man is shot twice. it happened in cedar rapids on the sixth of febuary -- 44-year-old richard smith was r rleased from the hososital for his injuries. investigators say the shooter was a child who thought he was actng in self-defense at the time. a woman is now in critical condition after a deadly fire inside her home. it happened in cedar rapids yesterday. investigators say ronald jacobs died at the scene while his wife karen was taken to the university of iowa hospitals and clinics where has life-threatening injuries and is in critical conditions. police say they weren't able to find any working smoke alarms inside their home. a home is seriously damaged, but no one is hurt after a house fire. the charles city fire department says they were called to a home in e 12 hundred block of f street last night because heavy smoke was coming fromthe home.

got out okay - but the home had serious fire and water damage. new at five... university of iowa police are looking for a man accused of video taping a student in the police responded to burge hall last night around 10-30... a student told them she contfrontededa guy filming her... and when officer investigated - he found a man hiding in a bathroom stall. the officer says he fought with the alleged peeping tom - and then he ran away... if you have any information, contact police. those on campus say they'll be chaning mechanical locks on shower doors at burge hall. an eastern iowa english teacher - facinncharges accused of stealing prescription drugs from the nurses office. doug wilkinson - a high school english teacher in cedar falls - faces multiple charges of theft and unlawful possession of prescription drugs. criminal complaints say he was caught on surveillance video

a cabinent in the nurse's office at holmes junior high. he's also charged with filing a false report with police. the cedar fallss chool district tells us they're dealing with this as a personell issue. the united states military may see fewer injuries in years to come -- and it's all thanks a new project at the university of iowa. the biomedical engineering and physiologyyprograms at tt university developed a virtual soldier program. staff use two virtual soldiers -- santos and sofia -- to track the chances of someone getting hurt during certain activities. (karim abdede-malek/biomedical enenineering professor) "today what we have is really not even five percent of what i think can better understanding of physiology, computational issues, putting all of this together." the program uses human models wearing special suits that show researchers what they individually can or cannot do. coming up... george w bush hits

time since he's left the white house. and... the war against isis is taking a toll on the terrorist group's budget... find out what perks fighters will be losing. that's coming up in just a few minutes. here's a live look at the storm track 7 live doppler radar. chief meteorologiit mark schnackenberg has your full forecast next. "you're watching kwwl. we've got you covered. with ron scnackenberg. ts is the kwwl

--------- --------- --------- --------- "now your storm track 7 forecast on kwwl." from the kwwl stormtrack here is additional forecast sky remains cloudy tonight with the potential for reas of light. the coldest day, of the next seven, is wednesday. thursday into early next week expect above normal temperatures. highs will be in the 40s and and some 50s thursday through sunday. to get temperatures into the 50s, during this time of year, a gusty wind is most likely needed. thursday and friday wind gusts will be near 35 or 400 mph. the wind and warm temperatures will melt a lot of snow on the ground. we might not

by the end of the weekend. the sky remains cloudy tonight with the potential for areas of fog to form. some of it could be locally dense and linger into wednesday since the wind remains light. the codest day, of the next seven, is tednesday. thursday into early next week expect abobo normal temperatures. highs will be in the 40s and and some 50s thursday through sunday. to get temperatures into the 50s, during this time of year, a gusty wind is most likely eeded. thursday and friday wind gusts will be near 35 or 40 mph. the wind and warm temperatures will melt a lot of snow on the ground. we might not have much snow left, if any, by the end of the weekend. the sky remains cloudy tonight with the potential for areas of fog to form. some of it could be locally dense and linger into wednesday since the wind remains light. the coldest day, of the nnxt seven, is wednesday. thursday into early next week expect above normal temperatures. highs will be in the 40s and and sme 50s

temperatures iio the 50s, during this time of year, a gusty wind is most likely needed. thursday and friday wind gusts will be near 35 or 40 mph. the ind and warm temperatures will melt a lot of snow on the ground. we might not have much snow left, if any, by the end of the weekend. wind gusts will be near 35 er 40 mph. the wind and warm temperatures will melt a lot of

not have much snow left, if any, by the end of the weekend. there's one problem about the video... we'll fill you in. find out why some oil producing nations will be slowing down their production of the fossil fuel. you're watching kwwl. we've got you covered in amana, --------- ---------

iraqi officials say the three were freed by the iraqi intelligence service -- all three seem to be in good health. they were handed over the united states embassy in baghdad today... in january the three were kidnapped from a "suspicious apartment" iraqi and western officials say they suspect ene of two powerful shiite militias was behind the kidnapping. four oil producing foreign nations are agreeing to freeze production to help stablize the

the value of the fossil fuel dropped sharply over the last 13 months - which has had a negative effect on financial markets. qatar, saudi arabia, russia and venezuela are agreeing to slow production to january eleventh levels... decision 2016... donald trump is fueling speculation that justice antonin scalia did not die from natural causes. trump spoke with conservative commentator michchel savage yesterday during a broadcast of :the savage nation" - savage asked trump if he'd heard the possiblity that justice scalia was murdered -- and trump responded quote "it's a horrible t tpic - but they say they found a pillow on his face... which is a pretty unusual place to find a pillow." a judge determined scalia died from natural causes. a campaign ad for marco rubio getting some backlash - because of the location it shows... it's morning again in america... problem is - that beautiful skyline is

it's actually vancouver -- in canada. the gaffe was first picked up by buzzfeed.. when asked for comment - the rubio campaign says quote "we're not going to make canada an issue in this election." jeb bush is hoping his big brother can do something that millions of campaign donations can't. george w. bush - the 43rd president is joining jeb on the campaign trail ahead of the south carolina primaries on saturday. bush 43 is popular among republican voters -- and jeb hopes the familial appeal will ramp up his voter turnout. barbara bush is also heading back on the campaign trail to help stump for her son. the popular former first@lady will attend campaign events in south carolina on thursday and friday. still to come on the k-w-w-l news at five... isis says they're having budget issues - what perks are getting cut for the terrorist fighters. and... a human chain of rescuerss help a woman trapped in her home after it's destroyed by a tornado.

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samuri sword during rehearsal yesterday... the 33-year-old actor was rushed to a toko hosptial afther he was hit with the 28-inch long weapon. police are searching for more details surrounding the incident - and an austopy is scheduled for kashino. hundreds of thousands more potentially deadly airbags are getting recalled. general motors is announcing that 200 thousand saab and saturn cars in the u-s and canada are getting recalled to remove potentially defective takata airbag inflators. worldwide, about 50 million takata inflators are under recall... at least ten people have died and 139 have been injured due to problem. a chain of rescuers help get a woman out of her tornado damaged home. here's the video - the florida woman was put on a stretcher... you can see debris all around her... workers slowlypass the from the home. at least 11 homesi n the area were damaged by a tornado and

terrorist group tt islamic state iss suffering from budget issues... cutting salaries across the board... the extremistgroup once bragged about minting their own cash are low on fundss.. airstrikes annother measures have drastically hit their budget - costing them millions. the group is even cutting perks for fighters - so no more free engergy drinks and snickers bars. former united nation's secretary general boutros boutros ghani dies at 93-years-old. boutros-ghani, an egyption diplomat, served the u-n in the 1990s. he stepped into the post in 1992 at a time of dramatic world changes, with the collapse of the soviet union and the end of the cold war. the united states blocked his renewal in the post in 1996 because of tension with the u-s administration, making him the only u-n secretary- general to serve a single term. he had been admitted to the hospital after suffering a broken pelvi. we'll be right back. ---------

--the zika virus - a scary disease that can cause serious birth defects when a pregnant woman gets it. at six - hear from a woman who was infected with the disease while she was on spring break. storm track seven chief meteorologist mark schnackknberg has a final look at your forecast. thanks for watching the kwwl news at five "nbc" nightly news" is next. we want remind you, we're "always on" with news and weather when you want it, on kwwl-dot-com. and we've got you

breaking news tonight.t. slamming trtrp. president obama comes out swinging late today. a harsh attack on the gop front-runner and firing bac in a blockbuster battle over the supreme court. buried and blown away by record snow and a ferocious tornado outbreak. a massive storm stretching over 1,00 miles.

the grim sleeper trial in los angeles after a decade-long cold case mystery. how a bite of pizza may have caught an infamous murderer. slashing t`e price of prescripti drugs by as much as 95%. howweople are going around their insurance companies and saving big money. and the fur is flying. the competition is fierce and we're behind the scenes as the best on four legs compete for best in show. "nightly news" begins right now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. good evening. as he laid out the ground today for a major battle with senate republicans over a supreme court nominaon, president obama also waded deep into the race for president at a news conference late this afternoon taking on donald trump and other republican candidates saying being president is a serious job. it's not hosting a reality show.