we will be dry for thanksgiving day itself, but some wintry mix federal investigators are trying to figure out what caused a deadly bus crash that killed five young children in chattanooga, tennessee. their bus driver.. arrested overnight.. faces multiple charges tonight nbc's sarah rosario has the moreh the scene. (sot / dr. kirk kelly, interim have of those deaths, 3 were in the fourth grade, one was kindergartner and one was a first grader." the mangled piece of metal is now in hands of the national transportation safety board. as the community tries to cope. (sot / demetrius jenkins - chattanooga resident :25 - :31) think about anything right now." 35 students were on board monday when the bus

driver johnthony walker was going well over the 30pmh speed limit before losing control of the bus. now he's facing five counts of vehicular manslaughter reckless endangerment and reckless driving. (sot / dr. kirk kelly, interim superintendent for hamilton county schools :52 - :57) "they will always be with us throughout our lives. this is something that we will never forget here as a community." school leaders kept classes as scheduled tuesday to provide counselors for those who need it most. (sot / yvonne woodruff - chattanooga resident 1:04 - 1:08) "pra for the families that lost their children." while police handle the criminal side of the investigation, the n-t-s-b will evaluate bus safety and how to protect kids moving forward. an investigation that could last up to a year. for now though, the focus is on the children. and helping their families and the community get through this unimaginable loss

month one in linn county here in iowa, others in south carolina, nashville, and maryland they're tragic stories that hit close to home, for any parent or guardian, raising the question who really is driving our children? with more...we go to kwwl's a bus driver has a tremendous responsibilty- and it's something area schools like hudson..dont take lightly. i spoke with hudson's superintendent and their bus driver.. tonight, they wan safe hands. it takes a lot of work and trust to become a bus driver.. background checks dont even begin to describe the hiring process.. detailed training program that our drivers have to go through anually, there's a whole induction process they have to go through in order to get their license to even drive for us, they are subject to random drug tests.. he admits it's not always easy finding

through all the steps and tests to make sure they are the most qualified drivers before they are hired here in the state of iowa. the bus driver i spoke with - says all school buses need seatbelts. he believes it could have saved some of the children's lives in chatanooga. hear from him in the story im working on coming up at 6.. for now, live in the studio lauren moss news 7 kwwl the suspected bus driver from chatanooga was driving a bus owned by durham school services. waterloo schools. we reached out to the local manager there but was referred back to corporate who did not respond. continuing coverage tonight police still trying to figure out what happened in the moments before a deadly car crash in cedar falls. 30-year-old richard coleman from cedar falls killed after crashing into a concrete pillar near the us 218 overpass. police

tonight. leaving behind his pregnant fiance. "i just wish this thanksgiving, people won't take their family for granted, and they tell each other when they sit down that they love each other. and they will cherish those days, because it could be the last." plans on moving back to las vegas to be with her family. there is a go- fund-me set up to help her - details on kwwl dot com. a man is caught on elementary school surveillance video... crawling through a classroom in the middle of the night - now police are looking for him. the burglar caught on the

in one shot -- you see him near the school's main office. in another -- he's crawling through a classroom. this all caught on tape around four o clock wednesday morning. the superintendent says they're taking this incident personally. take a look again at these images. the man on your screen broke into the school early in the morning. at that time, no students or staff were inside. while in there -- the man set off the motion alarm. but it seems they missed catching him by just seconds. however, he didn't get away with anything. "there were a couple of money bags and a money box that they had in their hands at the time, building they dropped everything and got out the window." and today -- police releasing more images of who they beleive is the suspect. they show a man and a woman entering an area business the

the man seems to be wearing the same clothes seen in the school's surviellance images. this break-in is unsettling for those in the school district. they just want this person to be found. police say they've poured through the video - and, though he may look differnt in the two photos, it's the same guy. he was the only one in the school that night. a kwwl follow-up - an ex-substitute teacher accused of having sex with a student in cort her trial--which is slated to begin on monday. mary beth haglin haglin is charged with sexual exploitation by a school employee----accused of having a sexual relationship with a student--she faces up to five years in prison. haglin appearing at the linn county courthouse today the former cedar rapids substitute teacher is accused of having a relationship with a 17-year-old "i will decide after the people everyone has watched the video and i have some specific examples there are any of things

haglin's trial will begin monday in tama county-- where it was moved in hopes of finding an impartial jury. decision 2016 coverage tonight.... president-elect donald trump saying he doesn't want another investigation into hillary clinton today trump meeting with the new york times today...calling it the failing new york times trump also taking to twitter to vent his frustations among many headlines...he's also saying clinton's suffered enough "look, there's a tradition in american politics that after you win an election, you sort of put things behind you," former new york city mayor supporting trump's decision on

....defeating isis....some of the president-elect's campaign promies. and most americans divided over whether he'll follow. in a new c-n-n/o-r-c poll....among most americans polled..53-percent... believe trump will ultimately do a good job as president. 44-percent say he'll do poorly. and...as a reminder...you can check out our website kwwl dot com for all political coverage kwwl's political analyst chris la iowa and it's a record setting opening on wall street this morning.... big numbers marking a big day for change the dow jones average broke above 19-thousand for the first time ever. the milestone was reached shortly after the markets opened. coming up... a broadway bustle during a performance of hamilton and.... an iowan aiming for the win..through adversity that's coming up in just a few minutes.

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schnack... but, how is thanksgiving looking? let's go to storm track seven chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg now for your full forecast. from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. see the screen for your complete weather stormtrack 7 weather team: 7 weather team. see the screen for your complete weather information. here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team: you may have seen some light afternoon. thanks to a low pressure system tracking to our south, mostly cloudy skies persist through the day. the the low 40s for most. some areas will warm to the mid 40s in southern counties and upper 30s to the north. that low pressure also brings breezy southeast winds that will shift to northerly by tomorrow. rain continues overnight before beginning to taper off late wednesday morning. expect similar temperatures tomorrow,

is possible thursday night. mainly dry for friday and saturday, but another round of 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: you may have seen some light wintry mix this morning, that changes to all rain this south, mostly cloudy skies persist through the day. the cloud cover won't allow us to the low 40s for most. some areas will warm to the mid 40s in southeast winds that will shift to northerly by tomorrow. rain continues overnight before similar temperatures tomorrow, but with dry conditions later in the day. we wi is possible thursday night. mainly dry for friday and possible this weekend. from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. see the screen information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team: you may have seen some light wintry mix this morning, that changes to all rain this south, mostly cloudy skies persist through the day. the cloud cover won't allow us to warm up very much today, but highs near average today...into 30s to the north. that low pressure also brings breezy southeast winds that will shift to northerly by tomorrow. rain continues overnight before beginning to taper off late

day itself, but some wintry mix is possible thursday night. mainly dry for friday and saturday, but another round of kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. see the screen for your complete weather information. here is additional forecast information from the kwwl wintry mix this morning, that changes to all rain this afternoon. thanks to a low pressure system tracking to our south, mostly cloudy skies persist through the day. the cloud cover won't allow us to the low 40s for most. some areas will warm to the mid 40s in southeast winds that will shift to northerly by tomorrow. rain continues overnight before beginning to taper off late similar temperatures tomorrow, but with dry conditions later in the day. we will be dry for thanksgiving saturday, but another round of rain and/or snow showers is possible this weekend. 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: you may have seen some light afternoon. thanks to a low pressure system tracking to our south, mostly cloudy skies persist through the day. the the low 40s for most. some areas will warm to the mid 40s in southern counties and upper 30s to the north. that low pressure also brings breezy

wednesday morning. expect similar temperatures tomorrow, but with dry conditions later in is possible thursday night. mainly dry for friday and saturday, but another round of rain and/or snow showers is possible this weekend.from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. some hamilton hysteria coming up... one man is now facing charges for what he did at a performance how to keep your game on point... --------- ---------

brouhaha ends with one man facing charges for his wild outburst and it's all caught on camera the performance of the musical hamilton...causing a hubbub in the incident happened during hamilton's "yorktown" song and the line that goes police told security this man, 56-year-old john palmer, disrupted the play. he was escorted into the lobby where jeff grider recorded palmer's arrest with his

(jeff grider/recorded the incident) "the quotes that i heard him say: 'our side won. our side won.' again, 'if you didn't vote for trump, you don't belong here.'" (johnathan feldman/attorney) "mr. palmer regrets what should have been an otherwise enjoyable evening with his family, turned into something more." feldman says his client -- a chicago businessman, now charged with misdemeanor trespassing...was not drunk and did nothing wrong. the chicago incident happened the night after vice elect mike pence attended the play in new york city. during the curtain call, the cast there had a message for actor) "we sir, we are the diverse america who are alarmed us." (brandon victor dixon/hamilton actor) "i'm very grateful to vice president-elect mike pence for staying there and listening to what we had to say." but after hearing of what happened on broadway, president- elect donald trump tweeted..."the cast and

overrated, should immediately apologize to mike pence for their terrible behavior." (johnathan feldman/attorney) "hamilton has created an audience and environment that unfortunately is very against our president-elect." feldman says his client was denied his right to respond feldman/attorney) "it is unfortunate that someone who supports the president- elect cannot feel welcomed attending theater with his family." that was charles thomas reporting... the hamilton cast responding to the outburst today... a cast member saying 'there is nothing to apologize for' this all comes after the still to come on the k-w-w-l news at five... aiming through adversity... an iowan is arching forward and....

archer. but the iowa man is aiming for a new target.

games. he even set a world record last year. now -- he wants to hit the middle of the target with every single shot. matt plans to train with the 20-20 tokyo games he also plans to make it into the hall of fame someday drivers are holding on to their cars longer than ever before... now, the average time americans are holding onto them is roughly 11 years report, the average age of a vehicle in the u-s has climbed to an all-time the consulting firm says one in four vehicles in the u-s was built before two-thousand-one the firm predicts that in 20-21, some 20 million vehicles on the road will be at least 25 years old. kia recalling nearly 72-thousand s-u-vs in the u-s and asking owners to park the vehicles outside.... due to a

s-u-vs from 2008 and 2009 kia says water can get into connectors, causing the circuit board to short this can cause a fire kia is telling people to park outside and away from other people until its repaired well...it's two days until thanksgiving... and some people need a little help cooking that bird the c-p-s-c demonstrating turkey fires today and if you needlp your thanksgiving...to make sure it doesn't end up in flames you can call the hosting help hotline at 8-5-5 4-my table between nine a-m and seven p-m here's a live look at the cedar rapids skycam. storm track seven meteoroligst mark schnackenberg has a final look at your weather next. we'll be right back

how's thanksgiving looking from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. see the screen for your complete weather information. here is additional forecast information from the kwwl

tonight, school bus tragedy. the disturbing record of the driver of a school bus that crashed, killing five children. as our investigation reveals, an alarming number of school bus drivers who may be unfit for the job. travel nightmare, the storms that could make things miserable americans traveling this thanksgiving week. about face. the president-elect backs off his promises to investigate hillary clinton and says the law is on his side, when it comes to conflicts of interest. cancer message. the passionate plea from a hollywood star for men to get the test that may have saved his life. and high honors for an extraordinary group of high achievers. a remarkable afternoon at the white house. "nightly news" begins