audio outcue: "brian mooar, nbc news, washington." apple says it has already been working with the government in this case ... but says the new technology the government wants is just too dangerous to create. heat waaaave! warmer temps are on the way - storm track seven chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg is speaking the truth. from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. see the screen here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team: high temperatures through early next week are expected to at night will result in a lot of snow melt through the weekend. thursday

to 40-45 mph. the wind is lighter saturday before it increases again sunday. a spotty shower is possible saturday night otherwise dry weather is ahead through early next week. as the snow melts with warmer weather, it means some drivers are traveling faster -- giving them less time to respond to those pot holes. kwwl's macleod hageman has returned from driving around today. mac what are drivers saying?

potholes than people throughout the cedar valley. luckily for drivers -- waterloo and cedar falls crews are working to ensure drivers have a smooth and safe travel throughout the area. waterloo streets department started filling potholes today -- and will have several crews working from now until spring. drivers say the warmer weather has them traveling faster -- "i think one of the worst things steering wheel really tight. it's kind of rought, because everytime you take those same trips, you know you're going to have to change your route, or you have to remember on this one turn, look out." and right now -- priorities for cedar falls crews include clearing intake gates at intersections to avoid standing water. if there any bad potholes in your neighborhood -- you can call your public works deparmtment -- and report them. we've got you covered live in waterloo road crews were tied up

with a pretty big sink hole. a water main broke on river road between commercial street and ansborough avenue this morning - that water caused a big sink hole, which crews had to use truck loads of dirt to fill. waterloo water works say they think a fire hydrant may have been knocked over by a car - but they're not exactly sure what in continuing coverage... university of iowa students say a man, accused of video- taping women showering in a residence hall, was likely familiar with the building. 23-year-old robert hightower was arrested yesterday - he's not a student or staff member, but he's accused of peeping on women in the shower at burge hall. hightower is accused of committing the crime in burge hall monday night -- but some students tell us they saw him in (alexis wynn/student) "on sunday i was taking the trash bumped into each other, and he

some of the students we talked to say hightower made them feel uneasy. the university says the locks to the womens restrooms at burge hall have been changed. a 76-year-old woman dies two days after a fire at her home. cedar rapids police say karen jacobs died late tuesday night... she was taken to the university of iowa hospitals and clinics on monday after the fire in her home. her husband, rondald, died at scene on monday. police say the fire started on the couch in their home - firefighters say there can't find any working smoke alarms in their home. crews are working to celan up a fuel spill that flowed downstream into the coralville reservoir. the iowa dnr says a semi owned by cryotech de-icing technology rolled monday along interstae 380 just south of cedar rapids and leaked about 36 hundred gallons of de-icing

spilled and is flowing downstream into the coralville reservoir. the de-icer is bright green and can discolor the water. the dnr is monitoring the clean up at the site... a local sheriff's department gets a new k-9 deputy in the months after their k-9 unexpectedly dies. the winneshiek county sheriff's department's new dog is named k9 mccoy... last november, the department had to put down their former deputy -- k9 ricky he was diagnosed with a brain tumor. the money to buy k-9 mccoy came from betty mccoy - here mccoy is honoring her at her grave... betty was a waterloo woman who heard about ricky and donated the money for a new service dog - she died in january after a four-year- battle with cancer. in her memory the winneshiek county sheriff named the deputy after her. there may soon be some changes coming for drivers and cyclist in iowa. a bill was just approved by an iowa senate committee which effects how drivers will be able to pass

the road. kwwl's kristin rogers spent some time at a local bike shop in cedar rapids today, kristin what do they think about this? they told me it's a good thing. one of the owners of goldfinch cyclery said he thinks this bill will make the state better and get more people on bikes. the approved bill would require drivers passing cyclist in the vehicle. they must pass to the left in an adjacent lane or on the opposite side of the road. then, drivers must wait until they have safely cleared the cyclist before they get back over to the right. the owner at goldfinch cyclery (cg: thaddeus walters/ owner at goldfinch cyclery) "i the roads just being close to

the bill would not apply to cars passing cyclist who are in a designated bike lane like the ones you see here, but for cyclist in other areas on the roadways, this is according to the bill if it is passed into law and that law is broken, it can be punished with a one-hundred dollar fine. we've got you covered live in cedar rapids, kristin rogers...kwwl news. the bill now leaves committee and is up for debate on the senate floor. coming up... must've been bad - find out what someone in this the pontiff's plane as it was landing in mexico city. that's coming up in just a few minutes. here's a live look at the storm track 7 live doppler radar. chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg has your full "you're watching kwwl. we've got you covered. with ron news at five."

--------- --------- forecast on kwwl." be 10-20 degrees above normal. the warmest day will be friday with some locations in the mid 50s. warm weather

freezing temperatures at night will result in a lot of snow melt through the weekend. thursday and friday are windy with gusts to 40-45 mph. the wind is lighter saturday before it increases again sunday. a spotty shower is possible saturday night otherwise dry weather is ahead through early next week. high temperatures through early next week are expected to be 10-20 degrees above normal. the warmest day will be friday with some locations in the mid 50s. warm weather

freezing temperatures at night will result in a lot of snow melt through the weekend. thursday and friday are windy with gusts to 40-45 mph. the wind is lighter saturday before it increases again sunday. a spotty shower is possible saturday night otherwise dry weather is ahead through early next week. high temperatures through early next week are expected to be 10-20 degrees above normal. the warmest day will be friday with some locations in the mid 50s. warm weather during

freezing temperatures at night will result in a lot of snow melt through the weekend. thursday and friday are windy with gusts to 40-45 mph. the wind is lighter saturday before it increases again sunday. a spotty shower is possible saturday night otherwise dry coming up... pope francis scolds a crowd during his trip to mexico - what is he saying and why is he saying it. then - amazing color photographs

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through mexico... here he is shaking hands in morelia mexico - look closely and you

the pontif's arm... not letting go and pulling him down - he loses his footing and falls on top of a child in a wheelchair. the pope recovers, stands back up and you can see he is visibly upset... he's saying "don't be selfish, don't be selfish." the pope takes a couple steps back -- while officials come over to tell the crowds not to clump together. before he landed in mexico city - the pope's plane was hit by a laserbeam... laser strikes on planes happen when people shoot a beam from a handheld laser into the sky - and it can cause serious vision problems for the pilot. today crew on the pope's plane say they noticed a laser beam as they were touching down on friday... no one on the plane was hurt because the pilot was able to safely land the plane. president obama will not be attending justice antonin scalia's funeral... the white house says the presdients will pay his respects on friday as scalia's body lies in repose at the great hall of the supreme court building. vice president biden will,

attend scalia's funeral. four of the last seven funerals for a supreme court justice have had either a president or vide president in attendance. the duchess of cambridge is guest editing the huffington post - trying to remove the stigmas attached to medical issues. kate middleton said today that she and prince william would not hesitate to seek help if they thought their children needed it. her comments come during a start of a campaign called 'young minds matter', which raises awareness around mental health and children. the duchess sat down with children and mental health campaigners and spent the day working with the huffington post staff from a temporary newsroom set up in her home. astronaut scott kelly is almost done with his yearlong stay aboard the international space station... but before he goes...he's sharing some amazing views of the world. check out these photos kelly posted tuesday on his twitter page. the pictures show a snow-covered region... green and blue seas... even a snow-covered region... green

sands and a yellow kelly comes back to earth next month. still to come on the k-w-w-l news at five... testosterone therpy claims it will help older men get the spark from their youth back - but does it work? and... we're launching satellites at kwwl... a closer look as our satellite dishes are --------- ---------

back - you're probably familiar with advertisments about testerosterone therapy... until now - there wasn't much proof about whether the therapy worked as advertised - erika edwards reports. "i have low testosterone.. testosterone treatment address men hoping to regain an old spark.. "with less energy, moodiness and a low sex drive.. i had to to counter so-called "low t" has soared over the past decade... without much

(sot: harry fisch, md - weill "the issue of whether 800 older men ... finds a year of replacement therapy can (sot: peter snyder, md - trial only apply to men who are over 65 and decrease naturally as men age... leading to a loss in energy... men's health experts say hormone therapy is not the only solution.. (sot: harry fisch, md - weill cornell medical college / new "always try to lose weight, exercise, get better sleep, and naturally." researchers found no negative side effects in this trial... but the food and drug administration previously warned testosterone therapy may increase the risk for heart attacks and stroke. upcoming studies will look at the possible effects on bone health... brain function... anemia... as well as heart disease. erika edwards, nbc news.

disease. erika edwards, nbc news. this study looked at gel formulations... but researchers say it's possible testosterone injections and patches could have the same effect -- but a study would need to confrim that. here's a live look at the waterloo skycam. storm track seven meteoroligst mark schnackenberg has a final look at your weather next. we'll --------- ---------

we don't just serve any fish sandwich at culver's. we serve wild-caught, north atlantic cod. this cod grows in water that is cold, clean and pristine, full of flavorful nutrients, and that comes through in the fish. this is the way we ship it to your restaurants. it's not pre-breaded. so not only do we use the highest quality cod, but we still hand-batter it the old-fashioned way. that's remarkable. and we think we get the best fish filet sandwich because of that.

"welcome to delicious!" you may have spotted a crane outside of the kwwl station today. that's because phase one of building remodeling is underway. a crane lifting all the satellite antennas from the roof many that have been up there for several decades part of phase one is exterior

the original building the building was built in 1914 as the overland hanson building... a car dealership storm track seven chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg has

breaking news tonight. a stunning new poll. a shake-up in the race for president as ted cruz moves ahead of donald trump. plus, cruz dares trump to sue him in a big fight boils over. apple versus the fbi. the tech giant ordered to help the feds break into the san bernardino killer's iphone, still locked months after the attack. why apple says your privacy is at stake. testosterone boost for minat

millions who take meds to help with libido, energy and body. a major study reveals how well they work. what's really in your food. turns out that parmesan cheese at the grocery store might not be what you think it is. what you should know. and the power couple who hit the jackpot, half a billion times over. "nightly news" begins right now. from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this the "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. good evening. a surprising development in the race for president leads our news tonight. a brand new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll shows donald trump has slipped from the top spot nationally falling behind ted cruz among republican primary voters. our poll has cruz now ahead at 28% with trump at 26 and marco rubio rounding out the top three at 17%. trump's tumble from the top spot comes as he and cruz trade