now on today in iowa... standing together against a pipeline. iowans join the call -- as protests take place nationwide. plus... driving too fast with a load too heavy -- a cement truck tips over on the road. and -- social media pos without a job and a town without its leader. here's a live look at our good morning it's 6 a-m -- today is . good morning, i'm ally crutcher. and i'm jerry gallagher.

widespread as yesterday morning. we still have mainly clear skies and temperatures are in the mid to upper 30s across most of the viewing area. winds are light to 10 mph from a northerly direction but will turn to the southeast and become gusty this afternoon. we should warm into the upper 50s to mid 60s this afternoon as well.... one more really nice day after this before things change. i'll have the details in a few minutes. northerly direction but will turn to the southeast and become well.... one more really nice our top story this morning -- protests around the country, including here in iowa, over the dakota access oil pipeline. the pipeline would cross through much of iowa -- though much of the debate -- has been focused on a section of land in north dakota.

around the country yesterday -- around 70 people at this one in dubuque. they stood in front of a u-s bank. an organization called food and water watch named u-s bank one of 38 banks helping contribute money to the pipeline project. u-s bank did not comment. (adria hogan, dubuque) "i'm out here today because we can't stay silent when so many of our brothers and sisters over in the dakotas, their land is being threatened, and their burial ground and their water resources are being threatened. reid binion takes a look at some of the other protests around the country. "water is sacred! "water is life!" the heartland tuesday... ...protesting in support of the standing rock sioux tribe... ...and against the construction of the controversial dakota access pipeline. "i do this because i want clean drinking water for my future generations..." plans for finishing the pipeline include tunneling under a lake and river that the standing rock tribe relies on for drinking water. the concern is that digging under those water sources will create a risk of

presidential candidate bernie thousands across the country opposing the project. "we are not going to allow a pipeline to endanger the clean water that millions of people depend upon." the companies behind the dakota access pipeline insist that the risks are low. "pipelines do leak. it's rare. i think the chances of this pipeline leaking is extremely remote..." those same companies -- slamming the army corps of engineers' monday decision to halt further construction on and around the lake... and taking their case to court. e needs to discuss the issue further with the standing rock tribe... ...and that it hasn't decided yet whether to grant an easement for continued construction. i'm reid binion. the company building the pipline is asking a federal judge for permission to go around the government and keep construction a kwwl follow-up. blood everywhere. that's how

continues. 27-year-old eddie hicks on trial accused of murdering his girlfriend. police say he stabbed her more than 100 times at her home in dubuque last year. according to our coverage partners at the dubuque telegraph herald -- an officer testified hicks told officers to kill him. the defense arguing he was confused and making odd statements. 15-thousand dollars in damage to a garage following a fire in dubuque. crews responding to the area of 22nd street and windsor ave. yesterday's fire -- no word on what caused it. passed over for a promotion - the claim worth nearly two-million dollars. the city of west des moines agreeing to a settlement with a sergeant -- two days after chief shaun ladue resigned. she was one of three woman who sued last year --claiming they were unfairly passed over for promotions. the two other officers already 'in my 32 years, morale is kind of, its hard to explain, and i think you make your own morale.

of the team, and thats what were gonna do.' the sergeant has been with the department for 17 years. a horrific story. a 14-year-old is fighting for his life after being locked inside of a basement for two years. he was found inside an alabama home sunday with little food or water. he's now in critical condition in the hospital. authorities say when he was brought in, he only weighed 55-pounds. representatives with the alabama department of human resources say they never received any reports about the child. police arrested his adopted parents. families of those killed in the shootings at sandy hook are appealing a judge's ruling. the families want to hold remington responsible in a wrongful death

dead.. a judge dismissed their case -- but "i'm bringing this appeal to help avoid the next mass shooting. using these weapons and to help prevent more families from the horrors that we have experienced." lawyers filed papers asking the supreme court to hear their appeal. water still unsafe -- the state of emergency continues. a year ago -- the mayor of flint, michigan declared a state of emergency. that was set to expirei we still cannot drink oura wter without a filter, and that's a huge issue federal and state governments have vowed to restore the drinking water system and continue helping the peopel of flint. a cement truck trying to get through an intersection before the light changed -- and turns too fast for its load.

thankfully, no one got hurt. dry, warm weather continues to fuel wildfires in the southeast. fires burning in tennessee, the carolinas. strong winds expected tomorrow -- which could push the fires near communities. humidity also expected to drop -- making fighting the fires more difficult. decades after he died defending our country -- an iowa hero's remains are identified. marine corps private first class wilbur mattern, of oelwein battle in 1943 --but his remains were not recovered until just recently. he will be buried with full military honors monday at arlington national cemetary. continuing coverage -- as the white house transitions to new leadership -- today -- the outgoing and incoming vice presidents meet for lunch. joe biden will welcome mike pence today at the vice president's official residence at the naval observatory. pence spent tuesday in transition meetings at trump tower. his wife karen is expected to attend the lunch as well.

biden will be there. former democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton will make her first public appearance tonight since giving her consession speech last week. tonight, she'll be honored by the children's defense fund in washington, d-c, where she once worked as a young staff attorney. president-elect donald trump is going to have to make some tough decisions about his businesses the trump international hotel in washington just opened. but the historic post office turned five-star property may prove to be a conflict-of- interest for trump. fo e questions if trump holds press conferences on the property... or if visiting diplomats decide to stay at the hotel. trump said he plans to transfer his business empire to his children during his presidency. speaker of the house paul ryan will remain in his leadership role for a second term. house republicans unanimously nominated ryan. in january, ryan will be subjected to a formal vote on the house floor to officially retain his gavel for the new congress. with a republican majority in the house, ryan is expected to

after a social media post about donald trump. on election, matt harrigan -- who ran a cybersecurity company in california -- posted on social media that he planned to kill the president elect. when a friend warned him that he might get a visit from federal authorities -- he said -- bring it secret service. harrigan has apologized and deleted his facebook account. the company's board of directors said it doesn't condone comments like th this morning, a mayor is no longer on the job after she seemed to endorse a racist comment about the first lady. this is what happened. after the election, a west virginia non-profit director posted this on facebook. she said it will be refreshing to have a classy, dignified first lady in the white house. she said i'm tired of seeing an ape in heels. the mayor of clay, west virginia then responded -- saying -- you just made my day.

now on leave from her job at a non- profit. the mayor apologized -- saying her comment wasn't meant to be white house. new this morning -- expanding services to help more people. a waterloo nonprofit is trying to get a grant so they can help kwwl's amanda gilbert joins us live in waterloo to tell us how the nonprofit is helping people stay warm more than just give people items they need. they recently applied for a grant from the waterloo community foundation of northeast iowa... they try to help people out in all kinds of ways -- giving out supplies people need. as you can see from this video of one of their ungarage sales.. the organization has a lot of clothing and other items for people. but they're trying to get grant

bus cards. really cold it gets kind of hard then the taxis are kind of expensive, so we'll be able to expand in other areas to help people to things they wouldn't be able to do otherwise." right now... eye of the needle still has a lot of winter clothes available if you need them. if you need anything. they're located right next to live in waterloo, amanda gilbert, news 7 kwwl. typically --- the organization wouldn't be able to have an ungarage sale in november, like they did yesterday. the warmer weather helped them out. its coming up -- the cities you may be able to score the best deals on for your 2017 vacations. plus -- we're learning

and -- a thanksgiving tradition - we're getting a sneak peak at the floats for this "you're watching kwwl, we've got you covered! with jerry gallagher, ally crutcher and meteorologist eileen loan.

meteorologist eileen loan now for your forecast forecast. from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. see the screen for your complete stormtrack 7 weather team: some areas of fog again this morning... although not as widespread, we can still weather network cameras. we will end up mostly sunny again today and we stay mild today and tomorrow before things change on friday. we are starting the day warm.... in the mid 30s to low 40s over much of above average. winds are morning but will become southeast and gusty by this afternoon. we are still dry for the next day or so, but a pretty strong system will track in by tomorrow night bringing a lot of highs today across the region will be in the 50s to 70s again, but much cooler air is tracking in behind the will stay mild today.. highs in the upper 50s to mid 60s mid 40s to around 50 (higher than our normal highs) and we stay warm for thursday with highs in the mid 50s to low 70s as the system tracks in. winds will become even stronger toward the evening. windy with falling temperatures on friday. we could see some showers, but the

back to highs in the mid 40s by monday and tuesday. down... highs today across the region will be in the 50s to 70s again, but much cooler air is tracking in behind the front... only the mid 30s in western dakotas tomorrow. we will stay mild today.. highs in the upper 50s to mid 60s with gusty southeast winds. winds wi only in the mid 40s to around 50 (higher than our normal highs) and we stay warm for thursday with highs in the mid 50s to low 70s as the system tracks in. winds will become even stronger toward the evening. windy with falling temperatures on friday. we could see some showers, but the main thing will be the wind and

temperatures. highs will only be in the upper 30s on saturday with the winds continuing. we drop to around 20 for sunday morning.... and back to highs in the mid 40s by monday and tuesday. left in 2016 -- but - if you're experts are predicting which cities will have the best deals. according to travelzoo -- the

new zealand... paris... peru... and the united kingdom. more hotel openings make d-c and florida a good bet -- and a strong dollar could make traveling abroad more affordable. jetblue is having a sale right now -- some one-way fares are listed as low as 34-dollars each way. the tickets are good for monday through thursday and saturday travel between december first and march ninth. there are severab within the window. the sale ends late tonight. need a gift for an apple fan? apple's latest product is a photo book... and it goes on sale today. it's titled "designed by apple in california"... and shows the company's past 20 years of product design. as with most of apple's products... they're not cheap. it comes in two sizes -- the small -- still costs nearly 2-hundred

of nike's self-lacing sneakers just found out those are not going to be cheap. the cost -- 720- dollars! select users of the nike plus app will get early access to buy the december, from decking the halls to crazy glue's fun house -- an early look at the floats for this year's macy's thanksgiving day parade. in just more than a week -- in just more than a week -- your kid's life is already in motion.

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city for the annual macy's thanksgiving day parade. this is the 90th anniversary of the parade. karen lee shows us some of the new floats -- and a little bit of history about the parade. tangible magic. "it's amazing!" "seeing all the colorful colors and all the artwork." new floats this year are the aloha spirit featuring a working waterfall, the girls scouts' building a better world, deck the halls and krazy expensive. "we always talk about the parade as being our gift to new york and to the

the day before the parade-- is no easy feat. all of these 3-story, 24- foot wide, 30 to 40 feet long floats have to come apart and collapse 1/2 feet tall and they've got to go through the lincoln tunnel." "at a time when there are political protests dominating the streets right now, organizers say what we need at least for a moment is to see balloons and, of course, these very happy characters to give a different perspective." "we are going to move forward with the in 90 years-- the parade was only canceled for three years during world war 2. it marched on assassination. "the kennedy family reached out to macy's and said please make sure that the parade goes on because the country needs it, and to do so reminds everybody just how

thanksgiving morning -- right here on kwwl. time now is xxx. coming up -- renovations on the capitol wrap up just in time for

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eileen loan is back with another check of your storm track seven forecast. areas of fog this morning then mostly sunny and mild again today with highs in the upper 50s to mid 60s. warmer tomorrow but winds picking up even more by evening. windy with three years, 60 million dollars -- finally -- renovations to the u-s capitol dome are complete. this is a live look at the outside of the capitol behind us now -- let's take a look at what the inside looks lile. the dome had become badly corroded since it was last restored during the dwight eisenhower administration. workers removed hazardous materials, upgraded electrical and mechanical systems and used 12-hundred gallons of paint on the rotunda

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iowa -- arrest made in a murder investigation officers wont forget. plus -- donald trump is still trying to figure out who he wants in his cabinet -- as some push back and -- iowans who depend on hel their assisted living complex -- have 30 days to find new help. it's a story that's new this and i'm jerry gallagher. storm track seven meteorologist eileen loan is here now with your storm track seven forecast. eileen on camera some fog again this morning, but not as widespread as yesterday morning.

and temperatures are in the mid to upper 30s across most of the viewing area. winds are light to 10 mph from a northerly direction but will turn to the the upper 50s to mid 60s this afternoon as well.... one more really nice day this afternoon as well.... one more really nice day after this following the murder of a two- year-old boy with connections to iowa. chicago's police superintendent announcing 41- year-old kamel harris has been arrested in the death of kyrian knox. the suspect was already in an illinois jail on unrelated charges. knox's mother told police she had left her son in harris's care.

"throughout every police officer's career, we're all witness to things that most people shouldn't see once in a lifetime, let alone on a regular memory, and last year on labor day weekend, two-year-old kyrian knox became one of those memories harris is charged with first-degree murder. those who knew a 19-year-old girl have a simple message after she was shot to death. they want the people who know something to step out of the shadow friends and family say talasa wright was a smart -- friendly young woman who loved her family deeply. she was shot to death in a car friday night in waterloo. her loved ones came together where it happened -- at the "come out cowards. you need to come out and turn yourself beautiful person. she was going to school

she had a lot of potiential ahead of her. to see that her life was cut so short, it really upsets you." her family tells kwwl she was a terrific student who graduated from waterloo east. no arrests have been made in the case. people with questions about an officer-involved shooting tak council meeting. cedar rapids police say jerime mitchell got into a fight with officer lucas jones during a traffic stop a few weeks ago. that's when officer jones shot mitchell. some want the dash cam video released -- but the linn county attorney's office says releasing it too early could affect the investigation. dozens come together to remember a man kileld by police. the minneapolis officers involved in the shooting of jamar clark were cleared of any wrongdoing. but

to remember him -- marching near the police department -- and releasing balloons into the sky. authorities say a california deputy shot and killed a suspect. witnesses say shots were fired after the suspect argued with a woman in a parking lot. when deputies responded "we just saw one of the police officers was hurt bleeding from his head. i think he might have fell back or there was a scuffle or something so." the sheriff's office says no officers were shot in the incident. flights will take off again this morning at an airport -- after a a southwest airlines employee was ambushed at the will rogers airport in oklahoma city. the shooter was later found dead. police believe the attack was planned. they say the shooter apparently knew the victim's routine. "i wanted to extend our sympathies to the southwest employee that lost his life and to the southwest family and to the airport community. it was a big loss for us." this morning, police are looking into a motive. yesterday, many flights were

five students are stabbed at a high school. it happened in utah. according to authorities, all five victims were male. conditions range from fair to critical, however the city says all five are expected to survive. police took a 16- year-old into custody but have not released a motive. an assistant principal is facing charges after she got sick eating a cookie laced with marijuana. florida investigators say she got the cookie from her daughter because she wanted to both she and the daughter "it's out of character for this woman that everyone is shocked and of course it's disturbing. but given what we know at this time we have to take action." she's currently on paid leave at the school. a kwwl follow-up. pulling together to support officers -- following a viral video of a woman harasing a cedar rapids officer. we got the popo wearing a

whacked in des moines eventually -- the woman was kicked out of the coffee shop for trespassing. since the incident last week -- people have been giving money to the coffee shop, so officers can enjoy free coffee. customers that dropped off money, some people mailed some money in and just simply said hey next time a police man or woman, sombody in uniform comes in, please buy them coffee on me." thosuand dollars -- and at two dollars a cup -- that's about 5-hundred cups of coffee. the man convicted of shooting an iowa police officer will not have his case heard by the iowa supreme court. eddie chest - and his son were convicted in the shooting of dubuque lieutenant scott baxter -- a shooting that happened several years ago. his attorney says the only reason chest accepted a plea deal is because

same time. the prosecution argued they were meant to be served back-to-back. chest did win his first two appeals but not this most recent time, so two 25-year sentences -- to be served back to back -- will stand. the trial for a police officer accused of assault will now start in january. waterloo lieutenant corbin payne pleaded not guilty to a misdemeanor assault charge. police reports show payne accused a delivery driver of speeding and cutting him off. payne is then accused of fol man's car, and then pulling the man out and allegedly choking him. payne was off- duty at the time. the black hawk county sheriff's department has handled the case. right now -- where thousands of people marched through streets of greece to protest his visit. they held signs reading "unwanted!" "we welcome refugees, but not obama." in the group are refugees from afghanistan and syria who are blaming the u-s government for the wars in their home countries. soldiers find a large

they found it as the iraqi army continues to push its way into soldiers found homemade rockets and mortars. isis has been making bombs out of scrap metal. president-elect donald trump -- pushing back on twitter overnight -- saying his transition is not in turmoil. earlier this hour he tweeted -- saying everything is going smoothly -- and he's been speaking to forgeign leaders. tracie potts also tells us about the transition taking place on president elect donald trump. din o that only he knows finalists for his cabinet mr. trump calls it a very organized process.

"you have governor christie and his team moving out, others rodgers is out, in what sources call a "stalin- esque purge" of people associated with former transition leader chris christie. son-in-law jared vice president-to-be vice president joe biden. "this elect new leaders today. house democrats put their elections off. minority leader nancy pelosi's expected we need to move forward." the co and there's still pushback on steve bannon's appointment as chief strategist at the white house. democrats want him out. i'm tracie potts in washington, now back to you. next month the electoral college will affirm trump's presidency -- and one of iowa's electors says he's being threatened.

electors in the state. he says he's received calls and messages demanding he vote for someone else. whitmer is a "faithless elector" - meaning he has the option to change his vote but says he'll still be voting anyone else. and that would be perfectly legal, and that vote would register as an electoral vote. but i feeel that would be throwing my vote away, and so i'm not going to do that." electors have never changed an election's results. a timeout from the army corps of engineers. it's delaying construction of the dakota access pipeline -- but the companies behind it -- are going to court to see if they can go around that order. the pipeline would run through four states, including iowa. more than 70 people in dubuque joining nationwide protests yesterday. the tribe says it has serious environmental concerns about the pipeline robert kennedy jr, son of the

their fight. he's president of a nonprofit which aims to protect and provide clean water across the globe. "that's like saying if somebody and they've already gotten everybody tied up, we ought to let them just keep the money. they're violating the law. they shouldn't be allowed to get away with that." kennedy wants pipeline construction to stop until a full environmental impact statement is completed. wh protests against the pipeline -- this group -- backs the pipeline. they say they're side -- while often silent -- is the majority. the corps says there needs to be a bigger discussion with the standing rock tribe over the construction. . new this morning -- people at an iowa assisting living home are given a month to find help elsewhere. 60 people living in des moines were told that assistance would no longer be there after next

agreement requires only 30 days notice when there is a change in language, services or fees. they can stay but will have to pay out of pocket for private assistance... i think it's terrible very the company has yet to respond to a list of questions about their decision. helping people in need get the things they need. om blankets -- to furniture and transportation. an iowa non- profit still wants to do more. kwwl's amanda gilbert is live in waterloo to talk about eye of waterloo organization eye of the needle applied for a grant from the community foundation of northeast iowa.

can have more transportation options available... such as more bus cards... right now... the biggest thing year... where they give away people showed up. "we had some people that didn't have shoes. we had some that baby blankets and comforters and all kinds of things. right now the organization has a lot of baby clothes available calling and asking for that. yesterday's event was unique.. .eye of the needle said usually it's too cold in november for another un- garage sale. eye of the needle's been providing people the items they need -- for free -- for the last ten

finding a new university president -- we're learning more about the timeline at u-n-i. plus -- hat's off to celebrate -- but the team needed those helmets back... and it took police to help find them. the forecast from storm track and meteorologist eileen loan.

forecast on kwwl." let's go to storm track seven meteorologist eileen loan now for your forecast forecast. 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: some areas of fog again this morning... although not as

some of our stormtrack7 live weather network cameras. we will end up mostly sunny again today and we stay mild today and tomorrow before things change on friday. we are starting the day warm.... in the mid 30s to low 40s over much of the viewing area. mainly the state, too, although there area few low 30s out there.... still above average. winds are light this morning but will become southeast and gusty by this afternoon. we are still dry for the next day or so, but a pretty strong system will track in by tomorrow night bringing a lot of wind and maybe some rain to the area. we will also cool region will be in the 50s to 70s again, but much cooler air is tracking in behind the front... only the mid 30s in western dakotas tomorrow. we will stay mild today.. highs in the upper 50s to mid 60s with gusty southeast winds. winds will stay gusty tonight and lows will drop only in the mid 40s to around 50 (higher than our normal highs) and we stay warm for thursday winds will become even stronger toward the evening. windy with falling temperatures on friday. we could see some showers, but the main thing will be the wind and the colder temperatures. highs will only be in the upper 30s on saturday with the winds continuing. we

again, but much cooler air is tracking in behind the front... only the mid 30s in western dakotas tomorrow. we will stay mild today.. highs in the upper 50s to mid 60s with gusty southeast winds. winds will stay gusty tonight and lows will drop only in the mid 40s to than our normal highs) and we stay warm for thursday with highs in the mid 50s to low 70s as the system tracks in. winds will become even stronger toward the evening. be the wind and the colder temperatures. highs will only be morning.... and back to highs in the mid 40s by monday and

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search for a new u-n-i president. we know when the four finalists will visit campus. their visits will happen on four consecutive days - starting november 29th. each ci visit. public forums will be held each day from 2:30 until 3:45 in the afternon. followinghe visits -- the board of regents will meet december 5th and 6th to interview the candidates and select a new president. construction helps pave the way for a safer drive in eastern iowa. seventh street and highway-20 in dyersville -- is known to be deadly. it's now closed - replaced with a new interchange. instead of crossing high speed traffic to get on the highway... "the hope is that without those t-bones and head-on collisions,

fatalities." people living in the area say they're happy to see the dangerous intersection closed. the holiday season is just about here. 39 days left until christmas. this years festival of trees kicked off at the gallagher bluedorn performing arts center at uni. the theme is "a christmas to remember" and it's hardt the festival of trees goes on until the 20th -- each day features a different event. iowa's upset win over michigan set off a wild celebration -- and a case of lost and found. a number of hawkeye helmets went missing after the game. one of those belonged to quarterback c-j beathard -- who took his off during the celebration. apparently, that helmet went on a tour of iowa city -- before it was returned... greg, our equipment guy told

something like that. that's what i heard. that helmet -- and the others that disappeared -- are back. they'll be with the hawks as they head to illinois for an 11 a-m kickoff on saturday. the next home game is on black friday against nebraska -- a live look at iowa city now. we're wrapping up today in iowa with the forecast from storm track seven meteorologist eileen loan ahead on the today show good morning. coming up on a wednesday morning on today.. turmoil amongst the trump transition team.. in the face of mounting backlash against his top aide, steve bannon. also ahead.. megyn kelly gets candid about her claims of sexual harassment and what exactly went down between her and former fox news chief,

al's on the road for today's turkey trot.. getting ready to surprise another foodie fan.. when we get started.. on a wednesday morning, here on

check of your storm track seven forecast. areas of fog this morning then mostly sunny and mild again today with highs in the upper 50s to mid 60s. warmer evening. windy with a chance of rain on friday... falling temps most, if not all, of the day. windy and cold saturday with a cold start to sunday. thanks for joining us, the today show is next and we'll be back in

have a great day. good morning. smooth sailing. despite firings and reports of disarray, donald trump tweets that his transition is, quote, very organized, as the president-elect ditches long-standing protocol and the press and takes his family out airport shooting mystery. an nfl player's father gunned down in broad daylight, bringing the airport in oklahoma city to a standstill. the shooter found dead soon after. but what was his motive? >> the crime does appear to be premeditated. >> this morning, the search for answers. the o'reilly factor. bill o'reilly takes on megyn kelly over her claims of sexual harassment at the hands of their former boss, roger ailes.