elizabeth ron- kwwl political analyst chris larimer says last night's debate nothing short of theatrical. but the question many are asking tonight is if both candidates divisive campaigns will be enough to sway voters. political analyst chris larimer says donald trump is playing to a specific republican base with his comments from last nights deb and worthy of incarcertaion. all playing to a republican base that's fed up with the success of the clinton family in american politics. as for demorcrats, larimer says these comments from the debate will most likely fuel the fire. "for most people on the whole they're going to fall back into their own partisan loyalties. so republicans are going to vote republican, democrats are going to be the same way. theres a very small portion of the that are truly undecided. i think that's what pollsters are trying to figure out. what effect do those comments have on their final vote decision." questioning whether or not new nbc poll numbers showing clinton eleven points ahead of trump is really reflective of the election. larimer also mentioned female vo

make sure to check out kwwl political analyst chris larimer's blog on our website kwwl dot com he'll be following all of the decision 20-16 campaign as next month's election day approaches. republican leaders are deciding where they stand today in the wake of the controversy facing trump. speak out against the words heard in the 2005 recording with billy bush. branstad's son eric is trump's iowa campaign director. senators chuck grassley and joni ernst also backed up trump. ernst saying today that she will vote for trump as long as he is the republican party's nominee. two iowa republican lawmakers -- representative ken rizer and senator jack whitver -- pulled support over the weekend but most other state party leaders have not. house speaker paul ryan taking a different stance on trump. today -- he told fellow republicans he will not be defending or campaigning with the party's presidential nominee up until the general election -- saying instead that he will focus on down- ballot races. ryan says he hasn't changed his wisconsin rally over the weekend after the video of trump's 2005

chris larimer. there's a link to that on our website kwwl dot com. developing overnight: two say the officers were called out to investigate a fight or an argument... and someone had a gun. when they showed up -- they say someone started firing at them. one of the officers wounded is in critical condition. two eastern iowa officers are cleared after a deadly shooting. the linn county attorney says the shooting of markell bivins a month ago was justified. investigators say bivins was attacking his girlfriend with a knife when officers shot him. one of the officers involved is in the linn county attorney's office, so the county attorney asked the iowa attorney general's office to review the case. an unarmed man shot and killed by police had p-c-p in his system. here's video from tulsa last month. officers were there to help after someone's car broke down -- but somehow things escalated quickly. police say terrence crutcher was not following orders but did have his hands up when he was shot. an officer has been charged with minnesota's governor says it'

at eight o'clock tomorrow evening and don't forget to check out kwwl political analyst doctor chris larimer's blog. he'll be tracking all election coverage this season and with the third presidential debate just a day away, a big concern being brought up by one candidate earlier this week. take a listen people that have died 10 years ago are still voting, illegal immigrants are voting, i mean where are the street smarts of cities are corrupt and voter fraud is very very common. trump bringing up the concern of voting fraud monday reports of people who've died casting a vote, or people voting twice but, how is this being handled in iowa? with that in mind let's go to kwwl's kristin rogers with more on the story... kristin.. we are taking a closer look at the likelyhood of voter fraud right here in linn county and across the state of iowa-- we are told it would be very difficult for it to happen-- but there is that potencial--however not without consiquence. early voting happening today at coe college in cedar rapids-- we are told-- if someone votes absentee their name is flagged as voting abse

chris larimer's blog. you can find a link to that on our website kwwl dot com. new at ten -- an iowa man accused of severely beating a woman, putting her in critical condition, is now facing charges. 39-year-old michael kelley, of west branch, charged with willful injury and domestic abuse. a 35-year-old woman was found in hisdr to the hospital for her injuries, where she remains tonight. kelley is being held in the cedar county jail. one person is killed, another injured, after a crash involving two cars. it happened on j- 40 near park road in van buren county. according to troopers, 60-year- old stephen baker, of galesburg, illinois, crossed the center line and collided with a car driven by 35-year- old jerid smith, of bloomfield. baker was killed in the crash, and we now know the name of a driver who police say hit a young girl the eight-year- old was riding her bicycle on idaho street near highland elementary school in waterloo yesterday, when she was hit. the driver, 17- year-old taylor lawrence now cited for failure to yield to a pedestrian. the girl was t

chris larimer's blog. you can find a link to that on our you are wanting to watch blindspot -- you can watch it on seven-point-one. it will air at 1:07 in the morning after last call with carson daly. continuing coverage a young boy remains in stable but critical condition tonight after being hit by a pickup truck. leighton pullin, of waterloo, suffering a fractured skull, brain swelling, broken wrist, this was the scene yesterday on west 11th street. leighton was trying to cross the street to go to a friend's house, when he was hit. he underwent emergency surgery last night which included putting a bolt in his brain to stop the bleeding. his mother says he's battling and won't give up. i go back there and i try to what's that like? it gives me she says leighton is an energetic seven-year old..who loves being outside and says he's a great brother to his little sister. the driver, meanwhile is not facing charges after sticking around to help yesterday. a woman is arrested after leading authorities on a high

and remember to check out kwwl political analyst chris larimer's blog on our website kwwl dot com for fire crews responding to a fire at an area resturant during the lunch hour. it happened at the culver's in dubuque on asbury road...just before 12-30 kwwl's shirley descorbeth is live from the scene with more. shirley. firefighters put out the flames a while ago. but you can see...this shed here is burned. many of them are also damaged. now when the fire broke out...the restaurant was packed with people. "i think everyone was scared, i'm really glad it was just the shed though, because it could've been a lot worse." and fire crews put out the fire quickly...before it reached the and we just found out not too long ago...it seems the cause may have been a cigarette... we've got you covered live in ...kwwl news. though the restaurant stayed open, the drive through window is still closed. coming up... "it just devasted us... all of us." we'll meet a couple that's been through not one, not two, but three floods! what they're doing to try and could eating a high protein diet make you more a

chris larimer. there's a link to that on our website kwwl dot com. coming up.... drones are becoming more popular -- and may have an impact on modern medicine. advancements in medical technology often involve new medicines or surgical equipment......but an engineer in pennsylvania is these kinds of personal drones up in the sky -- tiny drone inside your body. dr. sung kwon cho / university of pittsburgh: "we're going to make a tiny, tiny swimmer that actually navigates inside the human body." reporter / off cam: "through the bloodstream?" dr. sung kwon cho / university of pittsburgh: "bloodstream or any body fluid inside the body." doctor sung kwon cho at the university of pittsburgh's swanson school of engineering has just received a nearly three-quarter of a million dollar grant from the national science foundation to develop that technology. besides specific target, like a cancer of pittsburgh: "sometimes you need to deliver the drug to some specific target. it's not in the entire body. so basically this drone can carry the drug and then only release it in the

chris larimer. there's a link to that on our website kwwl dot com. new this morning... we are in the middle of the college football season.... one eastern iowa team is rallying behind someone who is always on the sidelines looking out for them... kwwl's amanda gilbert joins us live in waverly... you can tell us about the wartburg football team's right now emily link is working almost every day at wartburg college... her job as the athletic trainer is to be at the football practices and games... keeping the players safe. she says her job is what's helping her get through her battle with cancer. nat of football day out... preparing for the next game... but there's one person on the sidelines who's also a fighter.... (nat of tape) emily link is the team's athletic trainer... this season.... she's battling a rare form of thyroid cancer.... " i had my yearly physical exam emily from doing what she loves.. she's still working long hours. "8:30 in the morning until 7, 7:30 at night." "just knowing what she's going through it makes you kind of anything, you can use that as some

chris larimer. there's a link to that on our new this morning... we are in the middle of the college football season.... one eastern iowa team is rallying behind someone who is always on the sidelines looking out for them... kwwl's amanda gilbert joins us live in waverly... you can tell us about the wartburg football team's athletic trainer. right now emily link is working almost every day at wartburg college... her job as the athletic trainer is to be at the football practices safe. she says her job is what's helping her get through her battle with cancer. nat of football practice) the wartburg football practices day in... and day out... preparing for the next game... but there's one person on the sidelines who's also a fighter.... (nat of tape) emily link is the team's athletic trainer... this season.... she's battling a rare form of thyroid cancer.... " i had my yearly physical exam surgery.... thyroid... i ended up having a 5.4 centimeter tumor in my neck...." but that hasn't stopped emily from doing what she loves.. she's still working long ho