those lights are part of a dot pilot project. the dot is trying them out for the first time this year. the lights are meant to make the snow plows more visible hopefully reducing crashes. , >> our early indications are that the public has come back with some pretty positive comments of being able to see the blue lights, being able to distinguish our trucks better. todd: we are told all the trucks in the counties surrounding polk have the lights. stacey: more snow chances for kurtis: it should be driver the evening hour but snow would move in late tonight and early tomorrow morning. 23 degrees. northwest winds. wind chill's across the state, pre-much everybody with feels like temperatures in the teens. in creston, feels like 13. 5.4 inches of snow officially in the metro. typical :00 p.m., temperature of 90 degrees. another below normal day after a very mild december. we are finishing a bit cooler than normal. , 24. 3:00 p.m. temperature, 26 degrees. a little light snow in southern minnesota. we had the clouds around all day and n

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it's also under the weather tab at ktiv-dot- com. due to the weather, sioux city public schools and bishop hehean catholic schools will have a two hour late start tomorrow, december 1st. keep updated with "alert 4" at the bottom of your screen, and online at ktiv-dot-com... just click on the "weather tab." still to come... today is the last day to eat one of your thanksgiving leftovers before it starts to go bad. find out how to make sure you're (matt) several siouxlanders have sent you know families today are so stretched... ...they're working two jobs; but paychecks have barely budged. raising family incomes is the defining economic challenge of our time... i have a plan that will put raraing incomes right at the center of our economy again. we've got to get back to making it possible... ...for anybody in america to go as far as their hard work will take them. that will be my mission as president. i'm hillary clinton, i approve this message (sheila) we want to see out your window! keep sending us your pictures to connect at ktiv do

first.we put more information on cbs two iowa dot com. driving on interstate 3-80 through downtown cedar rapids, you've likely noticed the skyline is changing. changing.today, the final structural beam was hoisted into place at the brand new c-r-s-t center, officially "topping out" the new eleven office tower.those involved with the project signed the beam, forever adding their names to the building. "one of the more fun things we can do as builders is occasionally look at these interim steps. the interim step here is to essentially to put the last piece of steel beam in place. it's a chance for owners and the workers to sign off on a successful start to our project." project."the new building is expected to be completed by this summer. lindesy graham is back to work workin washington, dc as a senator.the g-o-p presidential hopeful suspended his bid for the oval office this morning. morning.the south carolina senator's campaign failed to gain traction this election season.he plans to stay engaged in the discussion over national security a

in the news room beth rousseau a-b- columbia dot com. the man charged in the christmas day murder of an orangeburg county woman made his first appearance in court today. harold pratt was arraigned on charges he shot and killed loretta bunch whose body was recovered in a waterway under an overpass five miles south of holly hill. bunch was reported missing christmas day. richland county deputies are looking for a burglary suspect who certainly isn't camera shy. this is surveillance video of a man deputies say broke into a-m-pm food mart on parklane road back on december cigarettes, and lottery tickets. if you recognize this man you're asked to call "the richland county sheriff's department".the "affluenza" teen and his mother who fled the u-sand evaded authorities nearly two weeks ago are in custody tonight. ethan couch was convincted in a 2013 drunk driving incident and was given ten years of probation. if prosecutors get their way...he and his mother...tonya...will now face (nans) has the details. 3 two recently elected council members a

website.for a full list visit cbs 2 iowa dot com. the combination of snow and ice created challenging conditions across much of the area all day.several cities have declared snow emergencies. tow bans are also in effect for several counties including linn and johnson.a number of collisions have been reported and police are urging caution if you do have to be out on the roadways throughout the night and into the morning. but for a snowfall expected to make things difficult for many drivers - some would call today unusual. unusual.cbs 2 news reporter steffi lee isisive in northeast cedar rapids near first avenue and collins road. still a lot of freezing rain, snow and sleet taking over these roads here.but even with slippery roadways - marion police says they haven't gotten calls for any car accidents. accidents.corporal jeff hartwig with the marion police snowfall usually causes challenging commutes.he says drivers are used to going at normal speeds - and not slowing down.so as he drove around today - he said this is uncommon.he expec

we keep talking about dots and dot plots. i feel like we're at the ice cream shop.our viewers what it means to them. if they're not financial pros, why do they care about the fed "dots." >> they do tend to affect the market on a short-term basis perhaps as we speak. the dots basically are the votes or the forecast of each individual fed member in terms of where they think fed funds will be 12, 24, 36 months in the future and on a longer term basis. that's critical because fed funds, the short-term rate, determines 5, 10, and 30-year rates and ultimately mortgage rates as well. so we want to know what the fed thinks. it's important to note, and i think others have noted already, that they lowered their dots by 25 basis points in 2017, so that's a more dovish type of forecast but still the market is forecasting much lower, and i think 2% as opposed to what the fed thinks with their average green dots of something like 3.5% or 3.25% is where we rest. >> you know, brian, i couldn't agree with bill more. look, 2% i think is a reasonable number here on the long-term funds

on w-s-p-a dot com. new details..about the e man accused of killing a former upstate minister's wife. indianapolis police say larry taylor, junior and jalen watson broke into a pregnant amanda blackburn's home.. and shot her. now police are charging taylor with the murder and robbery of a man a week earlier in november. in spartanbuug county deputies.. are hoping someone.. will come forward with informatatn about a deadly hit and run. deputies found brent tessnear unresponsive.. on north main street in cowpens... sunday morning. he was taken.. to spartanburg regional ... where he later died. the coroner says an autopsy *did not* reveal a cause of death but take a look at this person. greenville police .. say the suspect robbed the spinx gas station on washington street early this morning.. police say the man.. had a gun.. and demanded money from the register. along with these surveillance photos...audio.. from the robbery was recorded..and can be heard... on w-s-p-a dot com. police ask if you recognize t

call us at 1-800-222-kganemail us at news at cbs 2 iowa dot not... we're just two days away from the "granddaddy of them all"... on friday... iowa will play in a rose bowl for the first time since 1991... c-b-s two sports reporter zach hanley's been with the hawkeyes all week long... zach... we know about christian mccaffery and the stanford offense... but what about the iowa offense?... old school, tough, and physical... words that stylish and flashy... because the hawkeyes all about putting on the hard hat and getting the job done. done. all season long the iowa offense had went to work, ignoring he noise. and at the rose bowl it's no different because the only offense being talked about is stanford's. stanford's.: "that's basically how we've done it all year. not many people have talked about is or given us respect, but i think that through the entire year we've just gone about our business and obviously our record shows." and with a three headed monster at running back and a quarterback that just wins, the hawks plan to fly over a cardinal defens

full episodes of johnny carson antenna tv, which you can find at 13 dot 3. here's a look at what raccoon river looks like today. here's a look at what raccoon for lynn's family, the big stress is paying four hundred dollars a month in medical and drug costs for aidan. premiums and co-pays that keep adding up. that's why we've got to crack down on price gouging, cap out-of-pocket costs, and fast track approval of less expensive generic drugs. because we've got to get health care costs under control for lynn's family and for yours. central iowa will sit under cloudy skies and cool temperatures. 30s state this afternoon and evening. another weather disturbance is approaching from the southwest. this system looks to stay just northwest of central iowa and will bring at most a few isolated rain showers and patchy drizzle late tonight. it will become windy and colder behind this system and temperatures will drop to the 30s and upper 20s for the end of the work week. the weather stays dry into the weekend with lots of sun and a return to mild december weather with

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thus far but that doesn't mean that mass dot isn't preparing for first snow of the season and if you will take a look the at these piles and piles of rock salt there's definitely getting ready. >> we don't wait for the snow fly to start making preparations. >> reporter: 380,000 tons of rock salt to be exact. all waiting at 150 mass dot depot as the state braces for its first snow of the season just in time for the tuesday morning commute. >> we're going have just about everything that you can possibly get in multiple storms in this one. >> reporter: 4,000 pieces of equipment are on stand by to keep the roads safe. >> the morning commute is going to be messy and sloppy and inconvenient and slow roast last winter may are have prepared c.i. crews for just about anything. >> with battleles like last multiple blizzards. 20 inches of snow per storm we can handle that. >> reporter: even with the mild winter massachusetts has had thus far mass dot has been working with its contractors and snow engineers to prepare for the first big storm. >> give our crews plenty of space to do their job. al

car you heto get from the dot. you can download it on their website or go into the office and reretrie tand you submit that form and you should get reimbursed. e three to four months to pocess so it could go either way but thare the steps they are wanting people to take if they see a pothole or hit a pothole. you'll hear from him at 6. we posted all of this information on our website wspa.com go to links mentioned and that will tell you what to do if you are in this unfortunate situation. >> very helpful. thank you dave. iwas some of the damage in anderson county toy tsbig oak fell across the road at murray avenue and blair street. damage. viewer mateornus this photo. and it's easier than ever to get us your pictures. use our new and improved 7 news app just updated it for android and apple. use the report it feature to send news tips and track the >>> the national weather service has issued a river flood advisory in columbia. this is the congery river. last night it was 15 feet which is 4 feet away from 19 feet wh

you can donate on iowa-dot- wish-dot-org. james: weather adlib: put script here in green the metro was soaked with 3.78" falling from saturday night through monday making this the wettest december of all time not only for the metro but most of iowa. tonight it will be cloudy again with lows in the mid 30s strong southerly winds. rain and a wintry mix will be falling across central and northwest iowa, but that will turn into snow in northwest iowa by wednesday morning. northwest iowa will likely see accumulations ranging between 1 to 2 inches with totals increasing as you move towards south dakota. we are going to be dry but cold through the rest of the week as temperatures fall into the lower 30s and upper 20s. next week there will be a few rain chances early in the week and we will likely warm back into the 40s, so as of now still no white christmas in the forecast. stephanie: jack:

w-w-w dot f-a-s dot u-s-d-a dot gov forward slash t-p-p.. the markets closed at noon thursday for the rest of the weekend.. so for a recap i asked analyst don roose about the days heading into the christmas weekend. "the grain market, what we're really seeing is people positioning for the three day weekend. fear that we could see a pattern change ahead of the end of the weekend next week." some pressure, some profit taking on the soybeans. argentina continues to sell grain at very depressed levels on corn and soybeans and wheat. and they're trading corn in argentina about 25 cents less than us so it anchors the corn market close to contract lows." "the cattle market has had 180 reversal in the news from a negative to a positive. poor feedlot conditions continue to support the cattle market. the beef market's found a bottom. the weights on the cattle coming down. so the technical buying continues in the cattle market to the upside. now we're getting a little bit overbought." "well the hog market we did have a quarterly hogs and pigs report. t

mugshot at kcrg-dot-com. here's what you need to know as you head out the door this morning. 20-16 g-o-p presidential hopefuls are preparing for the final debate of the year this morning. donald trump is still the front-runner. four candidates will take the stage in las vegas for the early debate at five. the top nine will face off at 7:30. that's on c-n-n. a judge will hear arguments today about whether lawson chadwick's trial should be moved to a different county. he faces several charges including vehicular homicide in the death of a city worker during a police chase in april. chadwick claims that pre-trial publicity won't give him a fair trial in linn county. people wanting coverage under the affordable care act to start january 1st need to sign up by today. officials say even if you have already signed up on the healthcare marketplace last year, you should go back on healthcare dot gov and update your information. 15 you can catch high school hoops tonight on kcrg 9- point-2. the cedar rapids washington

are iowa dot com. from powell local 5 news stephanie/1shot if you still have your tickets to if you still have your tickets to jolly holiday and didnt get to use them-- make a wish said they'll honor them next year when they reopen. and if you're seeing flood waters in your neck of the woods -- we'd love to see your photos! make sure to post them at we are iowa dot com. just click on the share it tab! jack: moving to new details now out of ames -- where a teenager is dead after a hit and run. jack/ots police are now identifying the victim as 18 year old emmalee jacobs -- an iowa state student from urbana. it happened early this morning -- around 7 -- on lincoln way and ash avenue in ames. police say jacobs was found lying in the road by an i- s-u officer. she was taken to a hospital, where she later died. right now -- police are looking for more infomation about what happened. if you have any your screen. jack: through a home in minburn -- with inside. jack: it happened around 10-30 this morning in the

or send marshals an e-mail at "siouxlands dot most wanted at u- s- d- o- j dot gov".you can also use the marshals' text a tip program. to text a tip, text the keyword "t- e- n (all in uppercase) 9- 9" and your tip to tip411 (847- 411). you provide remains confidential and could put this fugitive behind bars. 3 it's winter break for most schools here in siouxland... and that means kids have more free time... and maybe requests for sleepovers with friends.coming up after the break in tonight's healthwatch... we'll get some tips to keep your child safe with friends.3 3 sleepovers are always fun for child advocate to get some tips on keeping your kids safe. 3 most children love spending time with their friends. but are parents asking the right questions to make sure their children are safe? mercy's child advocacy center's amy scarmon explains that meeting the parents of the other child is the first step toward their child's safety. "if possible meet them in person, if possible go to their home...and actually see where your child is going to be spending their time..or if it comes right do

on weather, delays or cancellations, head over to our website kwwl dot com. iowa wasn't the only state dealing with snow. the snow and sleet also led to traffic troubles for drivers in madison, wisconsin. the wintry mix and gusty winds caused several cars to spin out and off the roads. no serious injuries were reported. down in mid- missouri, flooding is a major issue. at least six people are dead after high waters flooded the area. missouri officials say over a dozen homes are underwater. police confirm at least six people died when their vehicles were swept away by the rushing flood abnormally high and very deceiving. "there's normally just low water bridges. they're contiguous to a lot of missouri road networks, and it's impossible sometimes to determine just how much or the the water." some people say they stood in the cold flood waters for nearly hours before they were evacuated. snow and ice may have led to a gas station canopy collapsing in wisconsin yesterday. two cars were trapped beneath it. one was destroyed, the other damaged.... but no one was in

siouxland news dot com. we'll have a list of donation sites there. 3 north sioux city police are looking for ththman behind the armed robbery of a convenience store yesterday morning.the casey's at 13 - 13 river drive in north sioux city was hit by a robber carrying a revolver very early yestery morning. he demanded cash and fired a sh insidethe store to scare the workers. the robber is described as a black man who's between 5 feet 9 inches to 5 feet 11 5 feet 9 inches who's between black man described as a the robber is scare the the store to a shot inside the store to scare the workers. the robber is described as a black man who's between 5 feet 9 inches to 5 feet 11 inches tall. he was wearing a dark hat and dark clothes at thehe time. police say they've got surveillance video of the robber's vehicle but aren't releasing it at this time. 3 a sioux city man convicted of sexual exploitation of a minor by a school employee will *not* spend time in deleon *was* been sentenced to 5 years in prison... but that

-dot frank.gain, bloomberg calculated that those large banks have about 80 basis points, eight tenths of 1 percent. they believe that they are too big to fail and so they are low risk: money to. that gives big banks another reason to get bigger at the expense of smaller banks you can't compete as well. bloomberg said $80 billion. whatever the advantage. should we be concerned about that? six or seven or eight largest banks upwards of $500 billion, some say too big to fail father say too big to regulate, some say too big to jail. should we be concerned about their political and economic power? >> the gal study, some version suggest the funding advantage it shrunk considerably. >> because of .-dot frank. >> in part. what i would say is .-dot frank and also the capitol agreement that we have internationally is moving us in a good direction. there are two things in general for what is under the new rules under .-dot frank there are costs imposed on the biggest firms that are imposed because they are

so you can see the code that's being written and really connect the dots." dots."the students are also getting the opoprtunity to go on tours of local businesses and receive guidance for their college planning. 40s skies are aostly cloudy cloudysome spotty showers northeast northeast partly sunny weather is expected wednesday with readings climbingngrom 35 at 3pm now a cbs 2 news follow-up, up,the 14-year-old boy who killed 15-year-old aaron richardson this summer, has pleaded guilty. guilty.as part of a deal with prosecutors, robert humbles pleaded guilty to a aharge of luntary manslaughter.he was originally charged with first-degree murder.humbles is now in the linn county juvenile detention center. he'll be sentenced in @uvenile court.humbles will be held in a juvenile detentntn centnt until he's 18, at which point the first-degree murder trial for 47-year-old edward cusic is now in the hands of jurors. jurors.cusic is charged in thehe death of his mother three years ago after allegedly hitting her with a crowbar. crowbar.cbs 2 news reporter the latest. prosecut

for more information go to our website, kcrg dot com. while many of us are getting ready for christmas, some students are preparing to take the next step in life. and half of those december graduates could end up with jobs right here in iowa. stay with tv9. universities are getting close to graduation. iowa, iowa state, and u-n-i will each have ceremonies a week from saturday. many of those students will likely stay in iowa, if past trends hold true. data shows roughly half of the graduates from the university of iowa... ...and iowa state university last year chose to stay in iowa. more than 80 percent of university of northern iowa graduates last year stayed in the state. some career counselors say they believe the iowa job market is luring students to stay. "if the iowa economy is doing well, which is right now, they they'll get accepteto graduate programs in the state. when the iowa economy isn't doing so well, that't'when they'll move."" to find out more about job placement rates for iowa's college graduates, go to kcrg dot com. ther

a list of recall items is available at f-d-a dot gov. tim: it was a special seen at kraai (cry) carpet and furniture in orange city today, as they were presented with a piece of history, a piece of steel from the world trade center represetnattives from the stphen towers foundation payed kraai furniture a visit today in order to commemorate the company's generous support, which helped tunnel to towers buiild "smart homes" for service members returning from war who have been catastrophically injured. it's something the owner of the furniture store dan kraai says he's honored to have a hand in. one of the batallion fire chief's, ed breen, batallion fire chief's, ed breen, who was there at the world trade center presented kraai furniture with the piece of steel from the towers, the tunnels to towers foundation is named in honor of stephen siller, a brave firefighter who passed away trying to rescue people during the national tragedy. breen says it was something he personal contributions are still being accepted in kraai furniture store visi

head over to siouxland matters dot com " " dot com scott welcome back. let's get a check of on the port neal welding company skycam hd. snow totals have been coming in generally between 4 and 6 have received a significant amount that will require the shovels to remove! winter weather advisories and winter storm warnings last until 9 o'clock this morning. right now, it's about 20 degrees with cloudy skies and snow north of highway 20. the wind is strong and wind chills are brisk...bundle up! let's pace through the stormcast hd where snow should be wearing down by the time we get to the middle of the day. beyond that, we can expect a small wave of energy to pass through and light snow with accumulations under half an inch. we're then on track for warmer weather later in the week as it looks like we'll start off 2016 with some better conditions. today's high is 23 with light morning snow, then cloudy and cold weather. the low tonight is 15. tomorrow we'll have a high of 23 with more light snow. here's your 7 day forecast. jessica rae scott: for a complete l

visit the "jefferson awards" section on our website, siouxland news dot com. 3 3 news dot com.siouxland news dot com. 3 what if someone had a list of everywhere you go, along with the exact time you arrive and leave there each day? it turns out that information is on many of our phones. julie watts shows how to beat the feature.. that's tracking your 3 (sot -sequence julie)(julie) "do you have frequent locations enabled on your phone?" (mos) " i'm not sure" (mos) "i don't knowthere not new, but most people dont exactly know what they are... or how to find their frequent locations. (natsot)"click setting, privacy, location services, scroll down, system services, then frequent locations." frequent locations." and once there, most are shocked by what they find. (natsot)"i feel a little bit sick" "this is everywhere you've been, the time that you left." it even labels your assumed home and work addresses based on the amount of time you spend there. (sot) (julie) "you arrived last night at 6pm and left your house this morning at 8am." (mos) "yes i did." (sot-mos) "this is a little creepy""i

on siouxland news dot com. 3 3 big changes are on the way for education. the u-s senate voted 85-12 today in favor of the every student succeeds act... which will replace the heavily- criticized no child left behind.annual standardized testing will remain, but states will now have more control over standards and it also bans the federal government from mandating curriculum programs like common core. 3 "no child left behind was one of the most unpopular laws in modern american history and the fact that it has failed to meet many of its basic goals cries out for replacement." "this puts in place some long needed reforms, it's something to build upon.""it's good reform, it hasn't gone as far as i think it should, but i am looking forward to continuing on this issue."the house already passed the bill, so it now heads to the white house... where president obama says he will sign it. 3 in other education news... the supreme court heard arguments today in an affirmative action case that could affect college admissions nationwide. 3 as paula reid reports... the ca

injuries. 3 you're looking live on our s-c dot cam in gaffney.that's at i-85 near highway 11.pit crew traffic sponsored by kevin whitaker chevrolet cadillac 3 3 time for news you need to motorhead frontman has passed away on monday. his agent says he died l-a after a brief battle with aggressive cancer. he was 70 years old. 3 three people accused of kidnapping two little boys in asheville are waiting to be brought back to north carolina. natasha cantrell, christopher carter and chadwick agan were arrested in georgia on sunday. the boys were found safe at a fire department after an amber alert was issued. 3 jason van dyke-- the chicago police officer charged with killing 17-year laquan mcdonald is expected to enter a plea at a hearing this morning. van dyke says the teen was armed with a knife when he shot him 16-times. 3 if you're hoping for a new job hiring! 3 mau will be recruiting today at sc-works in gaffney on wilmac road. the event will run from 8:30 to 12:30 and then from two to four.bmw is looking for production associates for the plant in greer--- pay starts at fifteen diplom

send your traffic question to traffic eight at las vegas now dot com. ((denise valdez)) > imagine going to claim your bags after a long flight... and seeing a wild animal roaming around the airport. well take a look at this surveillance video. you can see a coyote running through the baggage terminal in myrtle beach south carolina. doesn't know how it got in. but added it's possible it walked through one of the airport doors -- just like anyone else. animal control was called in and they managed to wrangle up the coyote in 45 minutes. /// ((paul joncich)) > nasa has put its next mars mission on hold indefinitely because of a leaky instrument. the space agency planned to launch a new mars lander called "insight" in march from vandenberg air force base in california. insight was expected to arrive at mars in september to take measurements of the red planet's interior and its atmosphere, and to take color images. instead, it's being sent back to its maker -- lockheed martin -- in denver. even if the leak is fixed in a few months, insight can't be launched

dots came down a lot more than the median dots did. september, the median whichere below the mean, suggested you had some outliers to the upside projecting higher. this just sort of shows that yellen brought some of the outliers to the upside in. you still have a lot of dots, seven dots in the new plot that only project four or less rate hikes next year. this reinforces the notion that they will go gradually. also the variance of the dot style, the dispersion, has decreased. there seems to be consensus around slower rate hikes, which is exactly like someone like janet yellen would want, especially about should be fast or slow. joe: thank you. we will be right back. ♪ scarlet: i'm scarlet fu. "what'd you miss?" emerging-market stocks rose today the most this month as the federal reserve finally raised interest rates. history has told us that higher rates in the u.s. could mean disaster for e.m.'s. our next guest says they will be able to handle them. the managing director of emerging-market portfolios in blackrock. joe: thank you for jo

or send marshals an e-mail at "siouxlands dot most wanted at u- s- d- o- j dot gov".you can also use the marshals' text a tip program. to text a tip, text the keyword "t- e- n (all in uppercase) 9- 9" and your tip to tip411 (847- 411). remember... the information you provide remains confidential and could put this fugitive behind bars. 3 taking a live look out over le mars on our icon ag and turf sky watch camera... 3 we're already more than halfway to matching last winter's snow totals... and it's not quite december yet! chad's got the latest on our most recent winter storm, 3 "first alert weather with siouxland's chief meteorologist chad sandwell." 3 3 3 3 3 larry, diana and chad talk 3 about today's weather and the upcoming forecast. 3 <

use our new ski report on las vegas now dot com. .............. the cold air still in place and will last another day or so...with clear skies overnight again the warmth of the day is allowed to escape. .................... we've got near freezing right now and even teens and single digits around the desert southwest right now. ................ sunny skies again today and highs just in those upper 40s and near 50 degrees. near 60 by the weekend and into christmas week so keeping a mild holiday./// back to you! ((brian loftus)) > the ccsd janitor arrested for > the ccsd janitor arrested for performing sex acts in a classroom is set to make his morning. 42- year- old michael skelton is due before a judge at 7:30. he faces multiple charges of open and gross lewdness, destroying property and poisoning food. a police report states he was caught committing the acts on camera in an empty classroom at dondero elementary. district leaders say skelton worked nights so they do not believed kids were involved. skelton has worked with the school district for 1

each year code dot org awards one school in each state 10-thousand dollars and 4-thousand each to five more schools. the effort is to introduce 100- world to at least one hour of computer the iowa governor's stem advisory council partnered with code dot org. suzanne kurth, teacher 1:28:08:27-1:28:26:07 "it's a incredible feeling because i know they are learning skills that they are going to be able to take with them and possibly have a job that's not been invented yet...they are going to be out there coding and they may be coding something that i'm going to be using every day in the future." iowa, more than 8-hundred schools and organizations will take part in the "hour of code." you can help children with cancer by just picking up your phone today. "news radio 10 - 40 and the thon..today. the founders of the organization were on the show today. their 9-year-old child mitch passed away from cancer several years ago. the foundation raises money to help ease the financial and emotional stress of a child going through cancer treatment. 7:35:42:09-7:35:53:22 colleen norton, director of pro

we are iowa dot com is your home for the latest in news, weather, and sports. jack/wxhang: now one last check of your weather, with chief meteorologist weather, with chief meteorologist brad edwards. brad: weather adlib: it was really nice to see the sunshine thursday afternoon, and it looks like we will have more of it in the forecast! however, that really doesn't mean it is going to warm up real soon. tonight will be clear to partly cloudy with temps dropping into the low 20s while those winds keep wind chills into the 10s. friday will also bring us more sunshine, but also those chilly winds that could exceed 20 mph at times. temperatures will be about average which means the low to mid 30s for highs. saturday morning will be our coldest morning yet this month with lows in the 10s for most areas, but at least the winds will calm down. with lots of sunshine and southerly winds saturday, we will warm up to the upper 30s. those southerly winds will increase on sunday helping to push temps back up into the upper 40s ahead of a time with us tonight. we are working

siouxland news dot com.one e noree from siouxland this year will win a trip to the national jefferson awards ceremony in washington d.c. 3 "......." 3 3 the city of le mars is getting recognition for its efforts to improve its downtown.the website "only in your state dot com" ranks the ice cream capitol of the world sixth on its list of top 10 main streets in iowa.it's also the only city in northwest iowa on the list.cedar falls takes the top spot... followed by dubuque, ames, mount vernon and decorah to round out the top 5.after le mars comes pella... followed by greenfield, corning and fort madison. 3 3 the launch date for the u- s- s sioux city has been set.the latest freedodo variant ttoral combat ship will be launched froroits shipyard in marinette,e, wisconsin on saturday, january 30th.the ceremony will include the ship's traditional champagne christening.after continue to be tested and prepared for her formal commissioning into the navy in 2017.sioux city mayor bob scott and other city officials say thy will travel to wisconsin for the ceremony. 3 3 bill cosby will appear befor

we have the link in this story on our website, siouxland news dot com. 3 3 we're tracking the latest developments tonight in the war on terror... as twitter steps up its response to terrorists using its services. alison starling has the latest developments in tonight's terrorism alert desk update. 3 from the terrorism alert desk in washington, i'm alison starling. as security is increased for many new year's eve celebrations... in brussels the mayor has canceled fireworks for new year's eve because of the threat of an attack.meanwhile twitter is taking a step to social media site.twitter will now remove anyone who uses hateful or violent speech to attack someone's race, sexual orientation, or religious beliefs. the move comes after many criticized the social media site for not shutting down the accounts of terrorists who use social media to recruit. from the terrorism alert desk in starling. 3 3 tonight, washington is reacting to new allegations the u- s was spying on one of its closest allies - israel.the report in the wall street journal alleges the national security agency conduct

>> well, you know, the fed has its dots. i have a couple of dots myself. only three.t's why they can be so important and such an easy way to calibrate the next moves in the fixeded income market in the yield curve. all right after the break. >> coming up, we're following twol big stories. martin skreli arrested by the fbi on securities fraud. we'll take you live to the news conference in brooklyn. we're also expecting a statement from the president. after the fed's long awaited move, we have your playbooks just ahead. kayla, we'll see you soon. >> all right. sounds good. we'll be there. scott, thanks. now let's get to the cme group. rick santelli with the santelli exchange. >> we've all heard that expression. when it comes to the fed, i really do think that some of the people on the buy side are very happy about dots. many of the big fund managers and traders, hedgees they like the dots. the dots aren't very accurate, but the time in between them is usually enough the dots insight some volatility, and it's traded. whether they're actually right in the macroor not, som

you can donate on iowa-dot- wish-dot-org. all: (reax) sabrina elias: we have more good morning iowa coming up right after the break... but first here's what's coming up on "good morning america." "good morning america "you're watching good morning iowa in hd. we are iowa." sabrina: this week, local sabrina: this week, local five got the chance to sit down with the new head coach at iowa state university. elias: sports director jon schaeffer shares part of his conversation with coach matt campbell. "did you talk to any other schools prior? obviously other schools reached out but for me like i said i never thought i was going to leave quite honestly wasn't looking to leave. it was really simple for me to make a decision in terms of why iowa familiarity in playing them the last two years coming out here like we've talked about then obviously when we sat down and met with jamie i think that had a huge impact on why here. this is a job labeled as maybe not one of the best in college football by outside sources. why was it the righ

it's under the weather tab at ktiv-dot-com. if you have to drive somewhere today, check the road conditions before you go. you'll find a link at our website, ktiv-dot-com. under the weather tab, scroll down to "road reports." from there you can click on iowa, nebraska, or south dakota. just about all siouxland schools closed for the day, or adjusted their schedules because of the snowstorm. there are a bunch of school announcement s again today, including a two-hour late start for all of sioux city's metro area schools, including sioux city public and bishop heelan schools, south sioux city, sergeant bluff-luton and dakota valley. we're crawling the announcements you'll also find the whole list at ktiv-dot-com, under the weather tab. president obama's headed home from paris tonight... leaving negotiators to work out an historic worldwide deal on climate change. behind the scenes, he's also trying to get more backing for the fight against isis in syria. tracie potts is following developments minute-by- minute in washington this

and you're looking live on our 380 dot cam this morning. a chillier, but dry start to your day today. first, meteorologis t kaj o'mara has your first alert forecast, kaj... plan on a day with a partly to mostly cloudy sky and much less wind. highs will generally range from 40-45 from north to south. while no major systems are in the offing for the next five days, there still remains a small shower chance for late tonight into tomorrow morning. this would drop less than a tenth of an inch of rainfall, if that. it'll also be windy again tomorrow. plan on cooler weather to move in for thursday and friday with temperatures rebounding back well above normal by sunday. next week continues to look unsettled with periodic chances for rainfall the upper 40s to lower 50s.today: mostly cloudy high: 40-46 winds: - se 5-15 alo: 42 dbq: 42 iow: 43tonight: isolated showers low: 36-42 winds: se 10-20 alo: 38 dbq: 37 iow: 40tomorrow: isolated am showers, windy high: 40-46 winds: sw 20-30 alo: 42 dbq: 45 iow: 45tomorrow night: mostly cloudy low: 24-30 winds:

that's siouxlandmatters- dot-com for more information. jessica rae: get ready for cuteness overload... because the world's newest panda has made his grand debut at four-month-old bei bei ("bay bay") the giant panda... people around the world have watched the 17- and-a-half pound cub grow up on the zoo's "panda cam".... but this was his first time under the flashing photo lights. the celebrated cub whose name means "precious treasure"... was named by first lady michelle obama and the first lady of china. jessica rae: alright it's time for this week's first birthday! everyone here at abc9 would like to send a big happy birthday wish out to abby harris. this adorable little girl turned one last friday! happy belated birthday abby! jessica rae: and just a reminder we want to celebrate your baby's first birthday! here on abc9 news this morning we will be showing your baby's picture right here on our newscast.... everyone is invitedto send in a photo of your kiddo's first birthday.... you can email that picture to first-birthday-at- k-c-a-u-t-v

for more information visit their webiste, pacific battleship dot com. elias: a pair of great games down at the well and the best was saved for last! jordan we've seen this before from uni knocking off #1 unc earlier this year... coming up on local 5 sports, lightning strike twice and upset #2 isu, highlights and reaction up next... with jordan furbee. we are iowa sports" jordan: today is one of the most unique and fun days of college basketball in the state. all four d-1 schools descend on des moines for the big four classic! it's a tradition that started back in 20-12 and features drake, iowa, iowa state and uni all in action down at the well... the night cap tonight was between uni and iowa state. the cyclones looking to stay unbeaten, while uni looking for another upset of a top 2 team... a record crowd of 15,424 took in this one. 2nd half, panthers had the lead most of this game. but back comes isu. the steal by niang who lobs it to abdel nader. clones within 8. then it's niang dishing it off to monte morris who gets the hoop and the hack. they'd ti

you can find that link inside this web story on kcrg dot com. another cool thing, liam is a big fan of trucks. a hashtag has been created called pulling for liam. people have been using it to post pics of their trucks on twitter, which liam has loved checking out. thanks forrest. the waterloo school board set february second for a 47 million dollar vote. the district would usemoney for career and technical education programs in a new 35 million dollar career center. waterloo east and west high schools would also receive six million dollars for renovations. february second is also when community school district will vote on a 49 and a half million dollar bond issue. that's the same amount voters narrowly rejected last april. the district has rearranged existing bond debt so property owners would pay a smaller tax increase with this new plan. the money would let the district add classroom space to prairie high school. students at kennedy high school in cedar rapids are getting up to 800 dollars to go shopping, but it's not for themselves. the prog

maas dot tweeted out -- mass dot tweeted out around 1:00 in the afternoon saying everything had been cleared. >>> a new hampshire man faces reckless driving charges after he was caught going over 100 miles per hour. he was on route 25 when a speeding and pulled him over. the trooper said he could smell marijuana during that traffic stop and he turned over a small amount of the drug and the smoking device. he was released on bail and will return to court in march. >>> china today announced families can now have two children. just ahead what led to the major policy change for that nation. >>> plus, a woman caught on tape throwing a dog into the street. the distinct that may have sparked this -- the incident that may have sparked this >>> rob eicher >> a california woman caught on tape throwing a pug into the street. >> unbelievable. doug johnson has more on the search for this animal abuser. gotten almost 40,000 views on facebook and more are coming every expected. >> she doesn't -- >> reporter: among those that click the link are the humane animal services. >> we are currently looking

dot started its safety certification to eventually carry passengers. news 4's kristin wright is live along h street. kristin, are you there? >> reporter: yeah, good morning. things are happening. i want you to take a look down h street here. a street car. we've seen really in the past few minutes a few street cars moving along h street. basically test runs for now without passengers officially starting now at 6:00. this is the final step in the long delayedtreet car project. they're running hours day and night on h and benny road, simulated service will continue for at least three weeks and then d. dot says a state safety oversight group will take a close look to make sure service is safe. it's the last step for d dot to get the proper safety certification to carry passengers on the street cars. so the hours for this testing phase. monday through thursday from 6:00 a.m. until midnight. friday from 6:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m. saturday from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m. holidays from 8:00 in the morning until 10:00 in the evening and no service on christmas. no firm

if you want to see where your child's school ranks, we put a link on cbs 2 iowa dot com. the cedar r pids community school district wants parent input on how to move forward on grading. for the past month or so, district officials have been holding meetings to speak with community members on plans s d performance. tonight, the final discussion session is being held.it goes until seven at jefferson high school. a local non-profit organization rumored to be closing is actually expanding its reach. reach.options of linn county is using its day habilitation program to include more events for adults with developmental disabilities.today, they cleanenebooks for elementary students...and the group is volunteer opportunities in about 200 different locations. the group coordinator says they won't let regulations stop them from doing good work. "cedar rapids community has been very supportive and encouraging to partner wtih us in different capacities. so that the folks here today who o have lost their jobs at the workshop are able to have meaningful skills ." ."tonight on cbs 2 new

that'ssiouxlandmatters- dot-com for more information. jessica ra it is hottest item on many christmas lists... i'm talking about the fit bit... why does everyone want one? and how does it benefit you? i decided to find out... "rae: it's called a fit-bit, and if you haven't already it looks like simple wrist watch, but it more... specialist devon gurnett explains "devon gurnett: "people are going to be using them for pedometers or just tracking their steps but they can also be used for tracking fitness time, sleep that is a big one use for getting a because it is so you can track or with the different downloads." rae: so how does it work? you sync your fit-bit to your smart phone or tablet, and it tracks your every move... something gurnett says, motivates people to better themselves... "devon gurnett: "people tend to be a lot more active because they become competitive with themselves on average someone that starts using a fitness tracker they are 20-40% more active because they see wh their goals are and then since they usually track th

flooding also was seen on city --- about 10 from what dot crews told us. one was amelia street where an overflowing city --- about 10 from what dot crews told us. one was amelia street where an overflowing creek bed caused a cascade of water to pour over the road like a waterfall. meanwhile in the town of silverstreet outside of newberry --- people in the saluda river resort were watching the banks close to their homes. the saluda river runs right by a trailer park there. during october's flood several mobile homes wound up submerged and residents tell us since then they've just been trying to rebuild. larry bennett --- silverstreet em and get me back running.and hopefully it don't flood no more. i ain't never seen it this high before." county responders told me a short time ago that even thought the rain has been heavy throughout the day --- there has been enough runoff to keep any further flooding at bay. they're hoping of course the rain will die down over the course of the evening as this system moves through. live in newberry, mike desumma, wis news 1

delays.you are looking live on our s-c dot cam in greenville at the i-85 and 385 interchange:roads are wet but traffic is light. 3 as we said it has been a very busy overnight in asheville where heavy rain caused flooded roadways to be closed and several water rescues. rescues.fox carolina's ashley minelli is live this morning-- and ashley emergency crews said they had a hard time keeping up. 3 3 3 22:02-22:143 whether there is a barricade up or not if you see standing water dont drive through it, emergency crews, police, fire are all over the city of asheville trying to keep up with calls and we dont even have enough time to put the barricades out righ t now. now. 3 3 asheville wasnt 3 the only area to see flooding overnight.several western north carolina counties are heavy rain. rain.in transylvania county: the city of rosman has evacuated main street.cemetary road @ the train trussel is road closures are right there on your screen.we're also told there were some road closures in polk and henderson counties. there are also more than 17- henderson county. 3 we will continue to keep an