donald trump on the left. hillary clinton on the right. with 1400 watching here... and millions more on commission on presidential debates 09-16 the goal of these debates is to day. but will they stick to science professor :20-:24 need to do all the mudslinging. trump aides say he wants to bring up clinton's record on libya.. syria.. iran... benghazi.. he's invited sean smith's mother. smith died in the benghazi attack. nats ad :34-:38 this is the america that i knw clinton's airing this new ad today in 7 swing states. aides say she'll go positive tonight.. and be ready to address wikileaks emails. former trump rival marco rubio says those leaked emails can't be trusted. are not partisan people, have told us this is the work of a foreign intelligence agency." and despite trump saying the system's rigged against him, this morning, his campaign manager she adds... trump wants to talk about his new ethics

tonight: billionaires meg whitman and mark cuban for in las vegas - back to you. something we've been hearing a about this week -- election rigging. that's something iowa senator joni ernst was asked about during a republican rally in sioux city. she did talk about the coverage leading up to the presidential election... coming out right now with that access or that same level of scrutiny as what we are on

sh country -- and not for trump. states are now asking the federal government for help with voting system cybersecurity. 20-states have reported attempted hacks surrounding state election systems. donald trump claims there's large scale voter fraud happening. those in charge of the elections say -- that's just not true. we checked up on how they make sure your vote counts here in eastern iowa. we're told -- if someone votes absentee, their name is flagged as voting absentee on election day. after election day-- people who voted in iowa are then compared those in other counties and states to make sure no one has voted twice... "all across iowa we make it what they can get away with, i don't know why you would do that because you're risking a felony just trying to attempt to vote absentee and at the polls, you're gonna get caught." we're also told they keep track of deaths-- and constantly check obituaries to make sure no votes are coming from people who have

another gorgeous day outside-- let's go to storm track seven meteorologist rachael peart now for your first forecast. our second cold front of the week is approaching from the north today. it will be a partly sunny day, with temperatures above average for another day. highs will be in the mid 60s to near 70. a few sprinkles are possible but it will be mainly dry all week is approaching from the north today. it will be a partly sunny day, with temperatures above average for another day. highs will be in the mid 60s to near 70. a few sprinkles are possible but it will be mainly

rapids high school teacher -- accused of having a sexual relationship with one of her students -- wants her trial moved out of linn county. mary beth haglin wants a change of venue because of all the publicity. it's unclear when the court will rule on haglin's request. she's pleaded not guilty to a charge se authorities say she had a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old boy who went to washington high school. her trial is set to begin november 14th. we now know the name of a seven- year-old boy, seriously injured after he's hit by a pickup. leighton pullin didn't look ways before crossing the street last night in waterloo he was hit on west 11th street intersection. the boy's mother told police her son was going to play at a

the truck after it happened and tried helping the boy. they tell us the young boy suffered severe head trauma and is in critical condition. stay with kwwl and kwwl dot com for any updates. a leak of anhydrous ammonia along the nebraska-iowa border kills a farmer. 50 people had to leave their homes after the leak from a pipeline. investigators are still looking into what caused it -- as many families wait for the "all-clear" to go back off a boat ramp and into the water. d-n-r crews working for more than an hour to pull everything out of the water at george wyth state park in waterloo. diving crews secured a tow line to the truck, and the entire thing is pulled back up the ramp and on to dry land... "they were working to get it hooked up to pull it out and finally after a couple of hours they did, so kind of an exciting day." the driver of the truck was

we've learned just hours before a man allegedly stabbed two people -- police spoke to the suspect. adam jacobsen is charged with two counts of attempted murder. police say he stabbed jeffery miller and denice bennett multiple times in cedar falls. they suffered serious injuries --but police believe they are stable. police believe he chose the victims randomly -- leaving others to wonder what would have happened im leaving november the 4th...i have to. i told james. see i all of a sudden the reality is, they could kill any of us..for no reason at all. in april and may of this year, jacobsen allegedly posted several facebook messages mentioning killing and mental illness. one saying quote "im craving murder." a man accused of staging his girlfriend's death as a suicide -- now faces homicide charges.

earlier this month. his girlfriend's body, 53-year-old linda kline, was found at her home in bridgeport township, wisconsin --just outside of prairie du chien. the la crosse tribute is now reporting kline's sister called 911 after mcdaniel found linda hanging from a bird feeder in the backyard. but kline had defensive wounds on her hands and arms. mcdaniel is currently in jail on a 500-thousand dollar bond. another deadly officer- involved shooting -- this one in michigan. officers responding to a report of man being held at gunpoint by another man. officers say they found nothing at the home but as they left -- claim a man came from the street and fired multiple shots at them. an officer fired back, hitting the suspect. she didn't see it coming -- but surveillance video inside the grocery store shows the terrifying moments. the video shows a man -- trying to take a child out of her mom's grocery cart. the girl's mother says he did not ask permission -- speaking only to the child and never to her. the man... who did not have a

"i wanted people to be aware from happening because it gave me chills just thinking that this could have happened to my child and it may happen to someone else. i definitely want him to get caught." houston police are investigating it as an attempted abduction. coming up... a driver has a scary surprise --slither on by-- while he's driving. and, tis the season to pull out the crock pots -- but before you do a know about. and when you see news - or if you have pictures or video to share... you can do that by going to our page on facebook. you can also "like" our page to we'll be right back with your

it's not uncommon for autistic kids to flap their hands. i'm a republican, but this election is so much bigger than party. my son max can't live in trump world. so i'm crossing party lines and voting for hillary. i don't always agree with her, but she's reasonable. and she's smart. she can work with people to solve problems. i want to be able to tell my kids that i did the right thing when it really mattered.

crutcher and meteorologist rachael peart. this is the kwwl news at noon" "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: our second cold front of the week is approaching from the north today. it will be a partly sunny day, with temperare average for another day. highs will be in the mid 60s to near 70. a few sprinkles are possible but it will be mainly dry all day. the cold front will track through late tonight into early on thursday morning. it is a dry front but, like today, there could be a few sprinkles. this front will cool us down about 10 for highs thursday and we'll stay cool again on friday. temperatures will begin to warm a bit on saturday and sunday. our next chance of showers

continue into wednesday. our second cold front of the week is approaching from the north today. it will be a partly will be in the mid 60s to possible but it will be mainly dry all day. the cold front will there could be a few sprinkles. this front will cool us down temperatures will begin to warm a bit on saturday and sunday. our next chance of showers

like it will continue into wednesday. our second cold front of the week is approaching from the north today. it will be a partly another day. highs will be in the mid 60s to near 70. a few sprinkles are possible but it will be mainly dry all day. the cold front will track through late tonight into early on thursday morning. it is a dry front but, like today, there could be a few sprinkles. this front will cool us down about 10 for highs thursday and we'll our second cold front of the week is approaching from the north today. it will be a partly sunny day, with temperatures above average for another day. highs will be in the mid 60s to near 70. a few sn through late tonight into early on thursday morning. it is a dry front but, like today, there could be thursday and we'll stay cool again on friday. temperatures will begin to warm a bit this weekend. our second cold front of the week is approaching from the north today. it will be a partly sunny day, with temperatures above average for another day. highs will be in the mid 60s to near 70. a few sprinkles are possible but it will be mainly dry all day. the cold front will track through late tonight into early on thursday morning. it is this front will cool us down

a bit on saturday and sunday. our next tune in tonight to kwwl-- we will be broadcasting a special one-hour debate between senator charles grassley and patty judge. at 7-o'clock. the debate will be held on the campus of morningside college in sioux city. our very own-- kwwl anchor amanda goodman will be on the panel -- have any questions for the candiates you can send those to news- at- kwwl- dot- com a programming note-- if you are wanting to watch blindspot -- you can watch it on seven-point-one. it will air at one- oh-seven in the morning after last call with carson daly. coming up.... one musician is inspired by cats to make some music that's the first of its kind. and, a toddler's school picture makes

you're watching kwwl. we've got you covered in toledo, west union, washburn and all of eastern iowa i'm chuck grassley, and i approve this message. my dad raised thirteen children, was married for nearly seventy years and fought for our country in world war ii.

he finally called senator grassley's office. they got dad his medals.

a man was driving home from work... when a snake comes out of the

popped its head out from under the hood and tried to come in the window. he also says this video doesn't even show the entire snake. music for cats-- universal music releases the first ever major label deal for music aimed at animals rather than humans. this unique collection of released last friday. the composer got the idea when he went to a cat cafe to play some music-- he paid attention to how music affected the cats. the recreated the sounds he heard from them -- like purring... "many of the cat owners have experience of the cats and their cat owners"

now this 3-year-old may be the most fashionable kid in her preschool class.... check out her choice of outfit on picture day! the photo was posted on reddit by her dad, who says he just couldn't say no to his daughter's choice of outfit. he also says he's probably responsible for her heroic fashion sense... apparently the family is g comic book conventions. coming up.... how facebook wants to help you with your social life. and, check your crock pots-- before throwing in all your chili fixings. we have an important recall to tell you about. this is kwwl-- we'll be right

cookers are being recalled... they could catch fire and shock people. the recall involves "3 squares" rice and slow cookers. there have been a few reports or problems -- including a cooker

shock injury has been reported. if you have one, stop using it and contact 3 squares to get a free replacement cooker. millions of people who collect social security will see a small increase of their monthly benefits next year. by law, the cost- of-living adjustment is calculated using a government measure of consumer prices... and the increase will be small because inflation is low. it's going up just point-three percent. the average monthly social security check is a bit more than 12- hundred-dollars -- that translates to i four-dollars. a company has developed an app that makes your wine collection smarter. it's designed for someone whose a step above the casual wine drinker -- someone with a big enough collection to forget details. like what year should you drink the bottle? how expensive was it? the app pairs with a cap printed on a 3-d printer. it has an intel processing chip, bluetooth and an l-e-d light... "you put the cap on top, press the button, place it on there,

this for a special occasion? or how much did you pay for it? that kind of stuff ." of course, this isn't for the casual wine buyer. the team says their customer is the wine nerd, not quite a collector. coming up on kwwl, the mister food test kitchen.... say good bye to boring dinners and hello to an easy way to impress your famin numbers from wall street and the when it comes to making dinner, do you

do you find yourself making the same

and over again. if you do, you're not alone. that's why today i wanna share with ya a fun way to make chicken that is super easy, and about " thick. ya want to make sure you cover them with a sheet of plastic before pounding 'em so your kitchen doesn't get splattered. we spread each breast with a mixture we made by combining peppers. now we roll these up jelly roll-style and secure them with a toothpick. to take these over toothpick. to take these over the top, we coat it's troubling.

just for being pregnant. and blum tried to defund planned parenthood, even though women depend on it for critical care, like cancer screenings. i was diagnosed with breast cancer, and i know it was early detection that made a difference. it's not a political issue. it's about caring about all of our people here in this country.

deliberations begin today for a big time basketball player in a 21-million- dollar civil suit -- filed by an ex- a woman will do anything to get her husband's life insurance money. find out what she plots out that and, what will apple come outh welcome back to kwwl news at noon.. i'm ally crutcher it's beginning to look a lot like fall outside-- as the leaves on trees turn colors. let's go to storm track seven meteorologist rachael peart now

from the north today. it will be a partly sunny day, with temperatures above average for another day. highs will be in the mid 60s to near 70. a few sprinkles are possible but it will be mainly dry all day. our second cold front of the week is approaching from the north today. it will be a partly sunny day, with temperatures above average for another day. highs will be in the mid 60s to near 70. a few sprinkles are possible for the final time. the third and final presidential debate of the election season is tonight. g-o-p nominee donald trump will face off against democratic nominee hillary clinton at the university of nevada, las vegas.... since the last debate 10-days ago, several women have accused donald trump of sexual harrasment. wikileaks has released what it says are incriminating emails from hillary clinton.

statements with who they invite to the presidential debate. mark cuban will be a guest of hillary clinton -- just like he was during the first debate. clinton has also invited another well-known billionaire to attend the debate -- meg whitman, the c-e-o of hewlett- packard. whitman is a longtime republican, who ran for governor of california. one of donald trump's guests -- president obama's half brother. malik obama is an american citizen who lives in washington, dc, when he's not in kenya. he supports trump's campaign for president and is clinton. malik is three years older than president obama. an iowa trump supporter's signs are stolen -- and he has the video to prove it. dennis van arkel says vandals have egged his home in des moines... and stolen his trump yard signs more than half a dozen times. that's why he set up these surveillance cameras.. since then... the cameras have kept the vandals going against the main thing we hold very dear and that's the

says vandals set fire to his yard signs. hazmat crews are called in to clean- up after a campaign bus. officers with a georgia police department say a bus was illegally dumping its sewage into the storm drain. you can see the bus has pictures of hillary clinton her running mate tim kaine. a washington woman is behind bars after detailing multipl life insurance money.-- one of which involved having her husband shot on halloween night children. joe mchale reports. there was little to see during martie soderberg's first the only glimps of emotion came when the 39-year-old appeared to disagree with the prosecutor. soderberg plead "not how soderberg ended up here - we documents...on the morning of

with on facebook. the two hadn't seen each other since high school. during that conversation...soderbe rg said she was in a bad marriage...even admitting that and quote "wanted him gone" so she could collect 300-thousand dollars from his life insurance policy. according to documents...soderberg offered two plans to kill her husband. the first - shoot him on ... soderberg's friend left and contacted police...who provided him with a recording device ... which takes us to day to talk about the murder plot. this conversation soderberg told her friend...who was still wearing a wire....that she found a friend who would sell him a

up in the hands of soderberg...who was arrested after her friend told police he believed she would follow through with her plan to kill her husband. the woman is in jail on a one million n-b-a star derrick rose waiting to learn his fate in a 21-million- dollar civil suit -- filed by an ex- girlfriend. he and two others are accused of sexually abusing her. rose and his friends have denied the allegations. jury deliberations begin today. a building that went up before the civil war in dubuque could come down. the stone home has mostly been gutted and would have cost around 200-thousand dollars to renovate. it will cost up to 36-thousand dollars to break down the

council decided not to extend a conservation district by one block that could popular walking trail in one eastern iowa city. elkader's riverwalk was heavily damaged after two floods came through the city. now a large chunk of their popular riverwalk -- which usually sees hundreds of people on it every day -- is missing. but the city is in the process "we still have to get official fema approval. they have reviewed our projects and told us what would be eligible, and for this part of the path, along with another damaged section downstream, will cost nearly one hundred thousand dollars to fix. the city is hoping to secure fema money to fix it, but says the trip of a lifetime. the fourth and final eastern iowa honor flight of the year out of cedar rapids. they spent yesterday seeing memorials in the nation's capital. they went to the world war two

ceremony at the tomb of the unknown soldier. they returned home late last night. brewing up business. the owner of one iowa coffee shop has a unique story. em's coffee shop is named after its owner... emilea hillman. she was born with a rare birth defect where the two sides of her brain don't connect. she runs and owns a successful business in independence with the help of her family. she started the business years ago... not because she likes coffee... but because she likes meeting peo inspiration? to a lot of people, yes." many politicians and leaders from all over iowa and the us have met with emily to hear about her success. former president clinton stopped by just last week. coming up ... a scam alert! if you have recieved a call about someone threatening to shut off your power-- you're not

they spent yesterday seeing national cemetery -- where they were involved in a wreath-laying a scam alert! if you have recieved a call about someone threatening to shut off your power-- inspiration? to a lot of people, inspiration? to a lot of people, lifetime. the fourth and final eastern business. the owner of one iowa coffee inspiration? to a lot of people, yes." many politicians and leaders

your storm track seven day "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: our second cold front of the week is approaching from the north today. it will be a partly sunny day, with temperatures above average for another day. highs will be in the mid 60s to dry all day. the cold front will track through late tonight into there could be a few sprinkles. this front will cool us down temperatures will begin to warm a bit on saturday and s tracks in on tuesday and looks like it will continue into wednesday. our second cold front of the week is approaching from the north today. it will be a partly sunny day, with temperatures above average for another day. highs will be in the mid 60s to near 70. a few sprinkles are possible but it will be mainly dry all day. the cold front will track through late tonight into early on thursday morning. it is a dry front but, like today, there could be a few sprinkles. this front will cool

stay cool again on friday. temperatures will begin to warm a bit on saturday and sunday. our next chance of showers tracks in on tuesday and looks like it will continue into wednesday. our second cold front of the week is approaching from the north today. it will be a partly sunny day, with temperatures above average for another day. highs will be in the mid 60s to near 70. a few sprinkles are possible but it will be mainly dry all day. the cold front will track through late tonight into early on thursday morning. it is but, like today, there could be a few sprinkles. this front will cool us down about 10 for highs thursday and we'll stay cool again on friday. temperatures will begin to warm a bit this weekend. our second cold front of the week is approaching from the north today. it will be a partly sunny day, with temperatures above average for another day. highs will be in the mid 60s to near 70. a few sprinkles are possible but it will be mainly dry all day. the cold front will track through late tonight into early on thursday morning. it is

a few sprinkles. this front will cool us down about 10 for highs thursday and we'll stay cool again on friday. temperatures will begin to warm a bit this weekend. our second cold front of the their minds -- people are discussing how to prepare for future floods. represenatives from the iowa flood center and the national weather service meeting at the cedar rapids library. they talked about technology that's available to predict flooding. they say knowlege is a helpful tool when it comes to predictions -- for example -- recently with the flooding in independence. "our models were lower than what the crest ended up being and in the process we are talking with emergency management up there and they saw

he says prediction models take some time to put together, to be as accurate as possible. coming up ... it's trending on social media-- "billy bush made me do it" find out what people are blaming

a scam is back again -- a caller falsely claiming to represent alliant energy, threatening to shut off

in dubuque recently received one of those calls. a man telling them if an outstanding bill wasn't paid not be negligent in doing that. and we would've had some kind of notice that we're about to get shut off...he kinda jumbled his words and didn't know what to say and then hung up on me." she challenged the caller -- and did not pay. she knew -- that's not how alliant they'll first send a past due notice in the mail. facebook is introducing new features that could help you plan your next night out. the recommendations tool will let you ask your friends' advice on places to go. the tool will automatically turn suggestions into links and place them on a map embedded in your post. that will make it possible to find things to do and then make your plans all in one app. for it to work-- the restaurant or any other service must have a presence on

launch new mac computers... just in time for the holidays... at an event on october 27th. the move has been expected seeing as just last month apple released - a new major update to the mac operating system... but has yet to introduce any new computer models sporting the software. apple has declined to comment.

an interview with anderson cooper, who knew that her defense of her husband would inspire a new hashtag. cnn's jeanne moos has tweets. on snl... (nats) but in real life melania didn't just stand by her man... husband on... (melania trump/ donald trump's wife) "..lead on like correspondent) "but nobody had to egg on the internet. born." # billy bush made me do the second #billybushmademedoit." or "ryan lochte just

you know how trump is tweeted "now we know who's rigging this election! supporter cher got into the act..."how can trump stand up 2 putin, if he couldn't stand up 2billy bush." this 4 year old puggle bushwhacked...john oliver's show did a segment... (nats) now they can add the (jeanne moos / cnn national (nats) with a 59-year old boy? blame it on the 33-year old. though the donald sure seems to be the alpha...

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

>> jj: [gasping] >> marlena: we've got decreased sounds on the left. >> gabi: jj, everything's okay. help is coming, okay? i'm right here. >> marlena: honey, honey, i know it's painful to breathe, okay? i'm gonna see if i can get you some help with that. >> gabi: marlena, what--what's happening? >> marlena: i think the bullet collapsed his lung. he's got an air pocket in there. i'll see what i can do about that. okay. he's gonna be okay, right? he's gonna be all right? >> marlena: honey, i'm doing what i can. >> gabi: i'm here. i'm right here. >> adrienne: kayla, have you seen that brother of mine? >> kayla: um, actually, i was just about to call you, adrienne. um...look. i don't want you to freak out, but, um, orpheus planted a bomb at the pub. luckily, my mother was able to get out of the building. um, but he took john