pam delagardelle, ceo of allen hospital, and tony dicecco, retired uni women's basketball coach, are volunteering their time as 2015 cedar valley united way campaign chairs. cedar valley united way is working to improve education, income and health in our community. currently united way provides funding grants to 65 programs at 38 local nonprofit partners. pam and tony toured united way's funded partners. they can share what they saw first- hand as they toured the agencies. pam is very passionate about the child protection center and will most likely provide that as an example of one of the programs they saw. cedar valley united way's campaign kicked off in september and will run through the end of january. already many individuals and companies have stepped up and donated. it's not too late to give. $4,000,000 has been identified as the need in the cedar valley. people can give online at www.cedarvalleyunited way.org or by calling 319-235-6211. if time allows, pam and tony can talk about some of the companies that have held united way campaigns. pam and tony have attended quite a fe

hit this morning was transfered to iowa city from allen hospital. they say is condition worsened. the man who was hit was 33--ar-old robert johnsonn.... police say he darted out into traffic before he was hit. now i spoke with several people who walk to their bus stops along university avenue almost every pretty fast you know it's 45 get across university." "it was about 6:45 this morning that i almost got hit." police are still investigating the accident. they tell me johnson lives along university avenue in cedar falls..... not far from whe he is hit... i asked police where he may have been headed - or what he was doing - at the time of the accident -- we've got you covered... live in waterlooo... amanda gilbert...kwwl news. again--this is not the first report of university. just last week a woman died after stepping in front of a car on university avenue. the driver was not ticketed. we're working to get more details about an officer involved shooting in waterloo. here's the video from a viewer showing what happened. nats you hear police fire four shots. lice tried t stop the s

he was taken to allen hospital for further treatment. no charges are pending. homeless people in cedar rapids are protesting over having nowhere to stay. the group was kicked out of osborn park where they had set up camp. osborn park is owned by the city, and has park hours that end at 10 at night... the group was told they were tresspassing and they needed to relocate kwwl's kristin rogers caught up with the group as they took a stand outside city hall. that's right. they were upset they said the park was their home and ttey consider each other family. (cg: donald wroblewski/ homeless) "where are we supposed to go now? we can't sleep on park benches, you understadn what i'm saying? you can't go up here and sleep on the bike trail, they'll kick leave after a ssries of complaints. the caa was also homeless) "that was to keep warm that night i believe, becauce that was right after we had all that rain." (cg: kristin rogers) "this is the park they were moved out of, the ark they called home." (cg: sean wilcoxx homeless) "that campsight was basically my home, grant

he was later taken to unity point-allen hospital for treatmenof his wounds. a woman who lives acrosssthe street from where the shooting happened says she doesn't even i get scared police car going by i get scared..i get to praying. it's just too much too much. neighbors say they saw the suspect taken away on a stretcher and into an ambulance. police say no officers were injured in the incident... because it's an officicr involved shooting, the d-c-i haha been called into to help in the investigation. now, let's get back to some election reactions. it's been a big topic in cedar months... on the ballot todaa a new library tax. that would cost a homeowner of a 100,000 home twenty-seven bucks a year, or just over two dollars a month. but, voters overwhelmingly defeated the cedar rapids majority for passage....but 55 per cent of the voters said no to the levy. kwwl's kristin rogers has been following this vote today kristin what's the reaction after months of effort from library supportors, the ceear rapids library levy has faiid with just under 55 percent of vot

the suspect was taken to united point allen hospital for treatment. i spoke e ith one woman, who lives right across the street from the scene where the shooting happened...she says enough is enough..she doesn't even feel safe in her own home anymore. i get ssred police car r oing by i get scared..i get to praying. it's just too much too much. neighbors told kwwl , they saw one person taken off on a stretcher and taken away by ambulance. police say no officers havve been injured,,only the malelesuspect. now because this is an officer involved shooting- the iowa division of criminal investigation has been called in to assist. moss ...kwwl news. we'll update you as more information ecomes available... firefighters rescue a dog from the kitchen of a a urning home... cedar falls firefighters came to the home in the 500 block of west fifth street before noon... the family got out safely, but the dog had to be rescued by firefighters... the family is thankful everyone is safe, but there's a lot of damage inside the home. aftter seeing the damage, i cried. we

my parents worked at allen hospital and john deere and so their work ethic is what has been entrusted in me to do all the things that i've been able to do as well. and i was so blessed when i was also elected in 2008 to be fourth ward city councilman for the city of waterloo and becoming later vice mayor for the city of waterloo or mayor wrote tem, but in those -- pro tem, we've seen some transitions been our very community. we've been able to make positive things happen from the city council seat, so from day one on july 7th when i made my announcement, i had a five-point plan because if you're running for mayor or want to become mayor for the city of waterloo, you owe to it the taxpayers, you owe it to the people of this community to have a plan that you can work with for the future and to work with our residents. number one being safer streets because people are challenged by things that are happening within our streets. number two, economic development and continuing positive growth. number three, neighborhood empowerment because this community is made up of communities, community

was inside her home at the time just watching television. 20-year-old dante allen was shot in the leg. he's now in the hospital. tracie strahan will have reaction from allen's sister coming up at 6:30. >>> filmmaker quentin tarantino says he was surprised by the backlash against comments he made at an anti-police brutality protest. last month tarantino marched with hundreds of others in the rally and said if you believe there's murder going on, then you need to rise up and stand up against it. he added that he was there to say he's on the side of the murdered. police unions across the country then called for a boycott of his movies. tarantino expressed his shock over the backlash in an exclusive interview on msnbc's "all in." >> i was under the impression i was an american and that i had first-amendment rights and there was no problem with me going to an anti-police brutality protest and speaking my mind. just because i was at an anti-police brutality protest doesn't mean i'm anti pice. >> tarantino says there's many police officers who are fans of his work. he says they'll now make up their own minds and see

as for allen, he's still in the hospital but his bail has been that's the latest live from asbury park, anthony johnson, channel 7, eyewitness news. >>> police have now identified a woman struck and killed by a truck in the bronx. 55-year-old floora burton was hit and killed by a dump truck at 8:30 this morning. she was pronounced dead at the hospital. the driver remained at the scene and no charges have been filed. >>> the ntsb is investigating a deadly small plane crash in breezy points, queens. they say one person was on board, a body was recovered but they have not identified the pilot yet. the plane was traveling from philadelphia to new hampshire when something went wrong. >> witnesses reported watching the airplane descend and impact the water. as of right now we are working on extracting the final parts of the airplane out of the water. it's on the port over there. we will document those pieces once we get them out of the water. >> the ntsb said it has most of the wing and part of the engine. >>> new information in the deadly russian plane crash in egypt, u.s. officials saying

allen there on the left is okay. he didn't have to go to the hospital even though he spent 20 minutes in the water dressed in an merge suit and wear an emergency locate beacon. the november water cold . >>> 52 degrees for water temperature. you are not going to last too long in that. >> anchor: he was weld prepared and did the right stuff . >>> all the right stuff on the bet and you are supposed to have it all in the boat . >> anchor: his fellow lobster lobsterman is happy he is okay but wondered if his boat knee ad adtension . >>> he faked it before he went out so it must have happened over there that it overheated and caught fire. >> anchor: once the emergency did happen the coast guard says allen did everything right. he had a fire extinguisher on board, tried to play fireman himself but of course that didn't work. we are live in ipswich, jonathan hall, 7 news. >> anchor: more news today investigators making progress in a murder mystery in worcester. a women's body found inside a burning car there. right now a man is accused of misleading the investigation and prosecutors are calling hum a suspect in the killing.

hospital. >> and this morning a teenager here's nbc's janet shamlian. >> reporter: ally allen can't happening. >> this one is actually one of my favorites that i love? a rack of designer gowns to choose from. >> that is beautiful. >> reporter: gorgeous perfect dress. >> yeah. >> reporter: and an invitation to wear them on country music's biggest night from one of its brightest new stars, kelsey bellerini. >> i wanted to ask you since you've had to miss out on stuff maybe if you would be my date to the cmas. >> reporter: killsy is nominated for two awards and wants ally by her side. >> i was not expecting that at all so i started crying just of happiness. i love you. >> so glad you're coming. >> reporter: friendship was born at st. jude's children's hospital where kelsey was appearing alongside other country starts and mistook ally who had hair at the time for another musician. >> kind of prior to figure out what she sings and all of a sudden she's like, yeah, i'm almost done with radiation for my brain tumor, and i was like oh, you're a patient. i had no idea. >> reporter: something clicked.

hospital, we are told the driver of that suv is facing charges this morning. >> we are live in roxbury, nichole jacobs wbz this morning. >>> a road closed following a serious crash, andover road near allen road closed as crews repair. >>> a curry college student under arrest and heading to court accused of having a weapon in his door room, turned up a gun, ammo and drugs in the room belonging to darius boodoosingh. >>> good morning, i'm susie signed to ban guns. it will take affect and officers can con if i skate guns from anyone holding them in a public place unless they have an orange or red tip, anyone under the age of 18 is caught with a fake gun, their parents will be notified and have to come to the police station to pick up the fake gun and hear about from police why the child had a fake gun in public. live in roxbury, susie stieimle. >>> the university's board will meet today to discuss the president's future, the tigers football players announced they will not play until tim wolf is fired or resigned, if the team cancels this weekend's game it could cost the school more than $1 million much the head coach tweeted a picture of the champions saying they stand as one. coming up at

. >> ally allen is with us here along with marlo thom, the st. jude children's research hospital. good morning to both of you. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> how are you doing al? >> i'm doing great. >> red carpet was fun? >> yes, it was the best night of my life. >> what was this thing with justin justin timberlake. >> the last day of my radiation at st. jude justin timberlake was taking a tour at st. jude and i just happened to be there. >> we see a little duet going on there. >> reunited at the cmas so we sang "reunited." >> that's fantastic. marlo, obviously the work that st. jude has done means everything for something like ally. >> what's exciting about this. we changed the paradigm at st. jude. several years ago we took a very brave and bold step. we dared to take children who had a recurrent disease like she has and give it a second round of radiation. that's never been done before so what that has really done now is given her a chance she never >> i think what's important to note not only are you doing this ground breaking work at st. jude but other hospitals then t

allen high school. >>> a philadelphia transit officer is recovering after having a cardiac emergency while struggling with a vandalism suspect. the sergeant had just handcuffed a man when he collapsed. he was rushed to the hospital and is in stable condition. >>> the septa police chief tweeted the sergeant is going to be okay and even told a joke this morning. "when i spoke to transit police sergeant who had cardiac emergency, he said next candidate on promotion list isn't getting it today. love it." >>> new video tonight of a man police call a serial engagement ring robber and one who apparently works in record time. this is a man inside the helzberg diamonds on nixon drive last tuesday night. he swiped a ring worth $9,000. within the hour police say he was inside the kay jewelry county, pocketed a second diamond ring with the very same value. he took off in a black dodge charger. police say if you know the man, of course, please call police. they are working with the delaware river port authority to determine which bridge he crossed and enhance his license plate. >>> new at 5:00, an effort to stop philadelphia's plan to change its policy on immigrants. >> it comes after a move last week by mayor michael nutter