the president pardoned tater - a turkey raised in early, iowa. another turkey from western iowa -- named tot -- is also being protected. today, as we fill up on turkey and stuffing -- others plans to fill their shopping basket. many get a jump start on the holiday shopping season, taking advantage of deals even before black friday is here. walmart and target kick off their in-store black friday sales at six tonight. best buy opens at five. other stores -- like menards -- are closed today, but open tomorrow morning for black friday at six a-m. coming up -- food is such a big focus today. so how do we keep that focus without going overboard? a simple tip before the meal is one to chew on... hand with overeating. but it doesn't have to take a toll on your belt line! haley hernandez spoke with a the thanksgiving version of "eat this, not that" says your body starts to prime for digestion the minute you smell food - making you hungry! if you're not careful, you could consume way too much even before you get to the main meal! dietitian, ronda elsenbrook

back then-- nearly 47- thousand more voted early, three days out. iowa secretary of state paul pate attributes the drop to a devisive pair of presidential candidates. he thinks people waiting until the last moment to cast their ballot. over 40 percent of iowans have voted before election day" " to keep turnout like that high, pate said state offcials are constantly coming up with ways to increase voter accessability and communication. iowa has partnered with facebook to alert users when they can vote. there's also this new webpage called my iowa vote, which may help get people to the polls outside of presidential elections. "people can sign up on their phones or computers and they get text messaging so it will remind them and say hey there's an election a school board like an absentee ballot? nats back at the polls, macinnis says her daughter loved seeing how the process works. "i wanted her to be a part of this historic election." .and exercising their right to vote early. in iowa city, samantha myers kcrg-tv9 news. stay with t-v nine on election night.

in early.. iowa.. the domino family raised the chosen turkeys... the seventh pair from iowa to be sent since the tradition began.. "i got a phone call in june, asking if i'd like to raise the presidential turkeys for the pardoning, and i said, yeah i sure would, it'd be an honor. extra time, extra pampering, them where we don't talk to our other turkeys, we'd give them treats, hand feed them, give them baths. changed the water every other day and put feed in their bins. you pet them. played with them. just a huge honor, coming from small town iowa, you know, i just don't know how to really describe it." domino says a lot of credit goes to his dad for helping him get started in well as his wife and daughters and the iowa turkey federation.. he says the turkeys were chosen from a group by having particularly strong personalities.. they're about 18 weeks old.. and they had to be trained to be comfortable standing on a podium.. they're named tater and tot.. that was decided by the president this week.. the white h turkey federation.. to get the turkeys.

they're coming from early iowa. this is the sixth time iowa has provided the turkey for the presidential thanksgiving tradition. they will arrive on monday. the national turkey federation began the tradition with pardon for president obama. >>> i do this, i think you do this, i don't know a woman who doesn't. if you go shopping for new make up, you want to hear this story. the test make up left out at some stores to sample with be dangerous. in fact, medical experts say it is like sharing your make up with a few thousand people. you know, just of your closest friends. >> e. coli in the so you're walking through the aisles and there is no real regulations there. >> experts say your specialist should sanitize the beauty product before putting it on you. ask for samples that haven't been opened and some stores keep them behind the counter. sometimes you notice they will take a q tip and use that instead of putting the actual wand on you. i was just always told, especially mascara, never, ever, now at 5:00 a.m. >>> now

they avoided the thanksgiving table turkey raised in early, iowa. another turkey from western iowa -- named tot -- is also being protected. today, as we fill up on turkey and stuffing -- others plans to fill their shopping basket. many get a jump start on the holiday shopping season, taking advantage of deals even before black friday is here. walmart and target kick off their in-store black friday sales at six tonight. best buy opens at five. other stores -- like menards -- are morning for black friday at six this morning -- two completely different pictures of what's happening. the latest on the pipeline protests coming up. plus... belief be inmates -- and help them grow. good morning, i'm jerry gallagher. ally is off. let's check on your weather now with storm track 7 meteorologist rachael peart good morning. eileen on camera from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. see the screen for your complete weather information. here is additional forecast

it did not happen tonight, iowa comes in two take on iowa touchdown for the nittany lions, 7-0 early, iowa talked all week about containing this guy but there was knows - - > > - - there was no stopping berkeley. 57 yards 57 yards to the house, 21-0, before iowa got anything going, a little bit of screenplay here and he is slippery. hawks on the board, they - they will trail, cj tries to do a little too much, and just the final dagger in this game, good news for iowa fans, this one is mercifully almost over, it is 41-14 in the final minutes and earlier this week, alive in the f-c-s playoff hunt... state's senior day... the u-n-i "d" set the tone - first quarter - the pass is tipped - and picked - by ricky neal - just 201 yards of offense from the sycamores in the game...on offense - the ground game was clicking - michael malloy bulldozes into the end zone - to put the panthers up 7-zip... we've seen defense - and offense - how about some special teams - jalen rima fields the punt - and then shows you why he's a track star too - blazing fast - a prairie alum - that's a school record... a go

. >>> to the deadly ambush in the early iowa. police officers targeted, shot and killed while sitting in their squad cars that triggered an all-night manhunt. authorities tracking down a killer. a suspect who is in custody and a youtube video may hold some clues to a possible motive. we get the latest from nbc's blake mccoy in des moines. >> with guns drawn, officers canvassed the iowa neighborhood where two of their own had just been ambushed. fearing they could become the next >> 1:06 a.m., police responding to a call of shots fired found urbandale officer justin martin shot dead in the front seat of his squad car. a rookie officer, this was his first year on the job. 20 minutes later, two miles away, des moines sergeant tony beminio was found shot in his squad car. a husband and father. he died at the hospital. >> they were seated in their car, they didn't have a chance to defend themselves. >> identify 46-year-old scott miken greene as their suspect. he turned himself in hours later. greene is well known to police in the area

in early.. iowa.. the domino family raised the chosen turkeys... the seventh pair from iowa to be sent since the tradition began.. "i got a phone call in june, asking if i'd like to raise the presidential turkeys for the pardoning, and i sa it'd be an honor. extra time, extra pampering, you know we sat and talked to them where we don't talk to our other turkeys, we'd give them treats, hand feed them, give them baths. changed the water every other day and put feed in their bins. you pet them. played with them. just a huge honor, coming from small town iowa, you know, i just don't know how to really describe it." domino says a lot of credit goes to his dad for helping him get and the iowa turkey federation.. he says the turkeys were chosen from a group by having particularly strong personalities.. they're about 18 weeks old.. and they had to be trained to be comfortable standing on a podium.. they're named tater and tot.. that was decided by the president this week.. the white house works with the national turkey federation.. to get the turkeys.. a tr

it seems like everywhere you turn, a politician is telling you to vote early. in iowa, the numbers tell an interesting tale. right now, there are about 40-thousand republicans. the same was true last year, but the margin between the two was wider. when you look at the absentee turnout overall in the state-- the numbers might surprise you. despite the big push for early voting this cycle, things could be better. kcrg t-v nine's samantha myers tells us why, and how iowa hopes to help. margaret macinnis loves to vote. so much so, she wanted her daughter to see what it was auditors office. ""i wanted her to be a part of the process and since she will be at kindergarten on tuesday" " voting before tuesday has become a popular and convenient way to avoid long lines and schedule conflicts on election day. ""i don't really have much time throughout the day because i have class and i have work and i just thought that every vote counts and i might as well just come in whenever i had the chance to." " but, in iowa, early voting numbers are trump are spending their final campaign

dean borg -- from iowa public television -- is retiring from the program 'iowa press' early next year. he's been leading the weekly program since its first broadcast in 19-71. his last day as the show's host will be january 13th -- following coverage of the condition of the state earlier that week. an absolute stunner in college basketball. this morning, many fans are asking each other -- have you ever heard of indiana-purdue fort wayne? we have now. i-p-f-w took down the third ranked overtime 71-68. fans stormed the court to celebrate. they had never won a game against a ranked team in the history of their program.

iowa polls don't close until nine o'clock. but party leaders are here and they're turnout in some traditional democratic counties around the state. party leaders say those who show up early at the iowa democrats' election night party in des moines will be watching early for what's happening in the national race. voting ends much earlier in the closely- watched state of florida and early returns there could tell democrats what kind of night it will be for hillary clinton. one thing to watch in iowa is control of the state senate and a former state turnaround will be disappointed. "they've spent a lot of money on th state senate far more than democrats have which is pretty typical...but we've put together a successful operation in all the targeted senate races " u.s. senate candidate patty judge will be here later this evening along with more state democratic leaders and candidates. results roll in. live in des moines, dave franzman, kcrg t-v news. the race in iowa's first congressional district has been a contentious one. democrat monica vernon is running against incumbent republican rod blum. both candidates were talking to voters today, making sure they got out to the p

the birds are coming from early, iowa. this is the sixth time iowa has provided the turkeys for the presidential thanksgiving started the tradition with president harry truman. >> the holiday rush has barely started and we're already hearing about a potential problem that could cause serious delays. >> plus, melissa mollet opens up about the newest member of her family and what it took to get her. >> when her birth mother picked up, it felt like finding out i was pregnant. >> hear how her family's joy came after their sharef if you run over somebody, it's usually because you were driving too fast or you didn't look before you turned or you didn't stop for someone in the crosswalk. always be alert. >>> well, we've got nice conditions out there, but you see that rain on the radar behind me? behind that rain, big changes to come for our region. we'll bake it down coming up. >> in november, for millions of people, serious situation. strong wintry weather is moving in, and it won't just be snow >> send someone now. i'm being at

iowa. they're from early -- which is in western iowa. event: no matter what the president decides today -- both will get to retire gracefully. they'll go to a place called gobblers rest at virginia tech. this tradition started 69 years ago with president truman. this is the sixth time turkeys from iowa have been a part of it. "hello everyone. happy thanksgiving from the international space station. i hope everyone's going to have a wonderful thanksgiving this year with family and friends. it's going to be a little different going to try to make it as much like home as we can." astronaut shane kimbrough is with iowa native peggy whitson on the international space station. he's one month into his four-month mission there. whitson just got there on saturday for a six-month stay. tomorrow, they'll share what they're thankful for. topping the list -- being safe in space. good. dean borg -- from iowa public television -- is retiring from the program 'iowa press' early next year. he's been leading the weekly program since its first broadcast in

they're coming from early, iowa. the sixth time iowa has provided the turkey for the presidential thanksgiving tradition. they will arrive on monday. the national turkey federation began the tradition with president harry truman and it will be the final turkey pardon district are missing. the call for help put out by police this morning. >>> and you may have noticed this video of on facebook, a teacher get a lot of attention for the positive message that she is teaching her students. and she was on the today show this morning and showed the team >>> a desperate search is on to find two sisters missing from the district. jewel and janae selby were last seen thursday at 7:00 a.m. on 51st street in the northeast. if you see either of them please contact police. >>> the latest viral video doesn't show dance moves or an animal doing something adorable. >> what if it's too hard -- i'm gonna push through. >> what if it's too rough? >> i'm gonna push through. >> what if you just can't do it? >> that ain't true. >> why? >> th

didn't - you'll now have to go to the polls along with everyone else.today was the last day to vote early in iowa and all absentee ballots must be postmarked with today's date.several linn county residents took advantage of the last day of viewer told us there was a two hour wait at the auditor's office this afternoon.by the way - the last political ad on this station will air at 4:22 tomorrow afternoon. a new service is now available to get some corridor residents to the polls.zip cars offer members free access to nearly 10-thousand vehicles on residents to the polls. zip cars offer access to nearly 10,000 cars on election night. the zip cars website or app. the service is available and iowa city. they want to encourage everyone to get out and vote. >>> now to the question of the day. is there anything that you could earn in -- learn in the next 24 hours which would change her vote for president? to cast your vote, click on the link on the homepage of cbs2iowa.com. >>> before heading to the polls, don't miss iowa in focus, vote 2016 special. it is hosted by political reporter kevin barry at 10:3

the turkeys are from early, iowa, and now they get to live out a very happy life.happy thanksgiving. >>> i'm wlchris wallace. all eyes are on trump tower as the transition goes full speed ahead. >> a lot of activity going on upstairs. >> the president-elect is an open door. >> we'll talk with vice president-elect mike pence about trump's picks so far and what his role will be in the trump white house. >> he's a man of action. i'm humbled to be a part of it. >> mike pence live, only on "fox news sunday." plus, we'll hear from our sunday group, including laura ingraham, who's being considered for white house press secretary. then, how will democrats work with president trump? >> we challeng

iowa is changing. or, for the first time in a long time, we've actually had significant growth in population? the lead in early voting here in iowa. in dubuque -- more people are voting in person -- compared to the last presidential election. kwwl's shirley descorbeth has more. take pkg some iowans aren't waiting til election day to cast to do. what if you get backed democratic party started working in the first congressional district, which includes the cities of waterloo, early. as a battleground state vote. "women weren't able to vote for years, and we had to fight for our right to vote, and i'm gonna as for those worried about voter fraud... to vote. "women weren't able to vote for as for those worried about voter fraud... "there are various groups out there who are trying to confuse early voting ends tomorrow. as for tuesday -- polls will be open from seven o'clock in the morning, to nine at night. a catholic church in california is causing controversy with a bulletin and it's political statements...questi oning the separation of church and state. a bulletin article suggests the devil is working through h

. >> sanders will stop in iowa city and give speeches about rebuild the economy. >>> early voting in iowa is nearly done. democrats have cast more than 41,000 more votes than republicans. that doesn't mean clinton is guaranteed a win. the lead is tightened on election day because that's when more republican voters come out. if you haven't voted but can't get election day off work. the linn county will accept absentee voting. the last day is monday. that brings us to our question of the day. do you think the media has been bias to this campaign? let us know yes or no. >>> happening right now the the windy city. they -- the parade of celebration just happened. here is some video from that. it happened from 10:00 to 12:00. right now there is about to be a rally about this celebration. millions are there celebrating. >>> this weekend in several cod medians and musicians are putting on a family show. steph nooe johnson is live right now. stephanie tell us about this fun event. >> reporter: that show will take place at the performing arts. i'm standing next to john. he is one of the musicia

after a beautiful saturday and setting our clocks back early this morning, another mild day is in store for eastern iowa. it will be a couple of degrees cooler, with highs in the mid/upper 60s across the board. high pressure holds on for another day and brings more sunshine. any outdoor activities will be fine today. after a beautiful saturday and is in store for eastern iowa. it will be a couple of degrees another day and brings more sunshine. any outdoor activities will be fine today. into tuesday morning. new details now-- as we continue to follow the according to police -- 38 year-old cynthia brooks of waterloo died in that crash. kwwl's taylor bailey reports. "we are just making sure you have an ambulance in route we've got a little girl bleeding from here on the first street bridge. people affected--including a young girl... "10-4 it's going to be on first and main we've got a girl trapped in one of the vehicals, stand-up people who live nearby say they saw several police cars and officers here late friday night--while the bridge was blocked. trapped in one of the vehicals, woman says she saw the

clones start hot, burton with the 3 ball, yes, sir, iowa state jumped out to a 5 point lead early, he wants all three of these iowa state up 6 at half, second half picking up the tempo, morris is long for the lay-up, two of the 10 state wins 73-56. burton led with 21 points either play gonzoga or florida in the championship. that's your check at sports that's your check at sports we'll be bac z2z24z4zwzwz z z1212fz . >>> we'll start off cold, have sunshine and temperatures warming up into the tomorrow afternoon chance for rain comes back sunday night. >>> the christmas tree arrived today we know a lot of you will go looking for yours this weekend. nice weather for that, thanks for staying with us, have a great evening everybody we'll captioning sponsored by cbs >> stephen: elijah, hey man! good to have you on the show finally! >> stephen. it's really great to be here... again. >> stephen: again? you were her before? >> yep. >> stephen: are you sure? >> i mean yeah, there's video to prove it. >> stephen: i mean, i get a lot of guests coming through here. >> what? you don't remember? it

the turkeys are from early, iowa, and now they get to live out a very happy life. when that with, a very happy thanksgiving. >>> i'm wlchris wallace. all eyes are on trump tower as the transition goes full speed ahead. >> a lot of activity going on upstairs. >> the president-elect is an open door. >> we'll talk with vice president-elect mike pence about trump's picks so far and what his role will be in the trump white house. >> he's a man of action. i'm humbled to be a part of it. >> mike pence live, only on "fox news sunday." plus, we'll hear from our sunday group, including laura ingraham, who's being considered for white house press secretary. then, how will democrats work with president trump? >> we challenge him. work with us and keep your promises to blue-collar america. >> senate democratic leader chuck schumer on his party's agenda and how democrats will try to recover from a tough election. >>> plus, a symbol of our democracy gets a facelift, just in time for the inauguration. >> this is a view you don't see any place else in this city. >> it's so true, is

two officers are killed on the job in iowa early this morning. where the officers were when it now at 5:30. two iowa police officers shot and killed in what

early vote. this year, iowa g-o-p "it's at an all-time high." so far republicans are doing better than in 2012, but still lagging with 33-point-nine percent of the early vote compared to 43- point-two percent from democrats. to push the early vote, both candidates recently came to cedar rapids, iowa, just hours apart. "she is the candidate of yesterday." "we have come too far to let donald trump take us back." the challenge for the end for that campaign, and her 2016 win against bernie sanders was a struggle. iowa democrats argue they insist their get out the vote operation is superior. "it is a toss up state. and it is gonna come down to that state, early voting this year is higher than it was at the same time where about seven- thousand more voters turned out in 2012 a week ahead clinton is back in waterloo. he was also in town in october campaigning for his wife. today's event is at the waterloo center for the arts. doors will open at three. the former president is expected to begin speaking around four. v-p nominee tim kaine is in dubuque tod

iowa. they're from early -- which is in western iowa. one is named tator. the other tot. and here's a secret about the event: no matter what the president decides today -- both will get to retire gracefully. they'll go to a place called gobblers rest at virginia tech. this tradition started 69 years ago with president truman. this is the sixth time turkeys from iowa have been a part of it. lot of people in our lives... like educators. we're honoring one this week with the cedar valley tools for schools award. abby hendrickson is the librarian at peet junior high school. she won 500 dollars for her buy a video camera... a green screen.. .a tripod and microphones. "kids came to me as incoming good enough for what they needed, but we were sharing that camera with the entire school and all of the teachers and other students as well. so i to have their dream of having a peet news site come true." every month kwwl... the university of iowa community credit union.... and sylvan learning center select a classroom. we're dealing with wet road sthis morning -- as you head to work o

but iowa was ready to go -- and so was kinnick -- which was rocking. michigan up three early and they would add on -- the touchdown shift when iowa got a safety -- and then late second quarter -- kirk ferentz rolls the dice. he goes for it on fourth and goal. c-j beathard to akrum wadley. the touchdown. 10-8 michigan at the break. they would trade field goals in the second half -- before the duncan hits a 33- yard field goal -- and just like we saw eight years ago at kinnick -- iowa upsets a number three-ranked team that was 9 and oh coming in. as you can tell i can't really teammates, so just an incredible feeling. we needed this win. we needed this win. we needed this

early. duty, gotta do this." as of friday -- more than 565-thousand registered iowa voters cast thier ballots. so far, democrats have cast 41-thousand more than republicans. "that's kind of normal, the early a couple of elections before republicans did, so i think democrats are into that habit a little more." in the first congressional district, which includes the cities of waterloo, cedar rapids and dubuque...it's the same situation. more democrats voted early. but that doesn't mean republicans won't turn out in big numbers come election day. iowans recognize the importance of exercising their right to vote. years, and we had to fight for our right to vote, and i'm gonna make sure i get mine in." as for those worried about voter fraud... "there are various groups out there who are trying to confuse voters...but voters need to be aware." and if you voted absentee, you can call your county's election office to verify your ballot was received. dubuque's county auditor reminds news 7 kwwl. thanks shirley. early voting ends monday. as for tuesday -- polls will be open from seven o'clock in the morn

minutes - 'clones start hot - deonte burton with the three ball - yes sir - iowa state jumped out to a five point lead early...late in the first half - more range - naz long doesn't want a screen - he wants all three of these - iowa state up six at half... second half - pickin' up the tempo - monte morris finds long for a layup - two of his ten points on the day...and then the cyclones pulled away - burton - bumped as he shot it - but he's two strong - bucket and the foul... iowa state wins big.... 73 to 56 - burton led the way with 21 points - iowa state will play either gonzaga or florida on sunday in the advocare championship... the iowa women are in action tonight in cancun - they're clinging to a tight lead fourth - it's 65 to 62 - ally disterhoft and megan gustafson are leading the way there... with 65-62, ally and megan gustafsson are leading the way layup with two seconds left to give the panthers a 76-74 win - they play denver on saturday in phoenix... we continue to monitor a traffic tie up along . >>> right now we continue to monotomorrow a traffic tie up along interstate 80 west of williamsburg

iowa returns to begin coming in after the polls close at nine tonight. but polls in other states, such earlier. party leaders tell me there may be some early signs of how hillary clinton is doing even before iowa polls close. so that's something the crowd, which will begin coming in at eight tonight, will watch until it's time to focus on the state returns. some top democratic candidates, including u.s. senate candidate patty judge will be on this stage later.m democrats say they are encouraged by a large turnout...especially in counties around the democratic. so we'll see later if those hopeful early signs translate into good news at the polls later. live in des moines, dave franzman kcrg tv9 news. the iowa secretary of state's office says nearly 647 thousand iowans voted early this year. and that number should go higher because 47-thousand other early still out. they needed to be postmarked by last night, or voters can also return them to polling places today. and, as far as turnout at the polls today, here are the early numbers from a couple of counties. at three o'clock, linn county had about a 27 percent turnout with more than 42 thou

police have arrested three men in connection to a robbery at dominos in iowa city early this morning. the three men are facing four counts of second degree kidnapping and one count of first degree robbery. they are corey lindsey, keyshuan hayes, and martavious junious. police say the men went into the dominos at 2:40 this morning, showed a gun and demanded money. they also allegedly forced four people into a ran from the area. after a chase, police arrested them. police found cash, a cash bag and other items belonging to dominos pizza. give us a call on newsline 9 any time you see news. that number is 319-365-9999. you can also send any pictures or videos to us through the email newsroom at kcrg dot com. cedar rapids is using the campaign season to lobby national politicians to get federal funding for flood protection. the city spent more than 10- walls to hold back the cedar river's second highest crest on record. that prevented major damage. but the city still hasn't received federal dollars for permanent flood protection. kcrg t-v dave franzman joins us in the studio. dave, mayor r

likely in the late afternoon and early evening hours across eastern iowa. rain will persist through sunday night, with more

in iowa -- democrats lead in early ballots. 41 to 35 percent. but that gap is smaller than what we saw four years ago -- which is a good sign for trump in iowa. election night headquarters are getting ready for the candidates -- and what they hope will be a big night. clinton's campaign will hold its event in new york -- at the hall with a glass ceiling. never before has the country had a woman as president -- not to mention the spouse of a former president. her supporters hope she will give a victory speech there tonight. virginia is one state to watch early tonight. an early win in that state -- bodes well for her. if it drags on -- that could mean it good night for donald trump. trump's campaign is headquartered at the new york hilton midtown. this is the first time both night since 1944. another big state to watch tonight is florida -- no surprise -- considering how important it's been in many other elections over the years. trump and clinton fought fiercely for that state. even though we don't know who will be sworn in -- preparations are al

a lot of people voted early in iowa, but there will still be lines today. kcg us live from cedar rapids. phil, what has the turnout looked like so far? plenty of iowans vote early, but for the 60% of iowans heading to the polls between 7 this morning and 9 pm, some other questions could remain. eastern iowans will get to pick 3 candidates to represent them in washington d.c. that includes a senate seat where six-term republican incumbent chuck grassley is up congressiona l district, which covers cedar rapids, waterloo and dubuque, one-term republican incumbent rod blum is running against democrat monica vernon. iowa's second district is southeast iowa, including iowa city and davenport. five-term democratic incumbent dave loebsack is facing republican christopher peters. polling locations are open across the state and they are open until 9 pm. you can find your location to vote on the secretary of state's website. you can also register up and down the ballot today, a lot of focus is on what could be a historic presidential election. both republican donald tr

of iowa's two- point-one million voters opted to vote early. we're watching state and federal this year's election quote "his toughest race yet." his competitor patty judge served as lieutenant governor from 2007 to 2011. she also served in the iowa state senate and was the first woman senator grassley is seeking his seventh term as senator -- which makes him one of the longest serving he served in the iowa legislature and the u-s house of representatives before winning his senate seat in 1980. fighting to win the first. a tight race we're watching is iowa's first congressional district. republican incukbent rod blum facing democrat monica vernon in the district which covers northeast iowa. kwwl's shirley descorbeth joins us live from the dubuque telegraph herald newsroom with more on where the candidates sta good morning jerry. this first district race is being a very competitive one. so much so...that congressman rod blum decided to forgo attending the republican national convention earlier in the election cycle...to stay here to the district

a terrible tragedy today has occurred in iowa, you read, you saw. earlythis morning two iowa police officers, outstanding, outstanding people were murdered, ambushed, ambushed violently while sitting in squad cars. i just left iowa. most beautiful place. the police officers were so incredible, the job they did, now two of them are dead. an attack on our police is an attack on all of us. law enforcement is the line separating civilization from total chaos. you have to remember that. according to the national law enforcement officers, memorial fund, firearm related police deaths are up 48% this year, the highest they've ever been. and there have been 14 ambush-style attacks this year alone. never had anything like this and what it is is lack of respect for our nation, it's a lack of respect for our leadership. to all the great men and women of law enforcement, i want you to know we are with you, we support you and we will standby you. [cheers and applause] >> we will restore, law, order and justice in america, justice. >> usa! usa! usa! usa! >> thank you. t

in iowa the urgency is eric branstad, the son seeing new voters like we've democrats usually win the early vote. this year, iowa g-o-p enthusiasm." "it's at an all-time high." so far republicans are doing better than in 2012, but still lagging with 33-point-nine percent of the early vote compared to 43- point-two both candidates recently came to cedar rapids, iowa, just hours apart. "she is the candidate of donald trump take us back." the challenge for democrats -- iowa was never democratic caucus loss was the beginning of the end for that campaign, and her 2016 win against bernie sanders was a struggle. iowa democrats argue especially against trump, and they insist their get out the vote operation is superior. "it is a toss up state. and it is gonna come down to that organization, and i think that's what's gonna get us the win." "it is a toss up state. and it is gonna come down to that organization, and i think that's what's gonna get us the win." in almost every battleground state, early voting this year is higher than it was at the same where about seven- thousand more voters turned out

iowa state up 10 early. couple of minutes later another new guy shows off a little stroke from deep. donovan jackson one of his two triples on the night. second half now this guy is human highlight. he rocks the rim. cyclones win big 101-57. also in exhibition action on sunday, the iowa women. last year the program missed out on the ncaa tournament for the first time since 2007. that made it a long off season for them. to new beginnings the hawks welcomed few di vision two lewis university to carver. early on they fed their spectacular sophomore. he spins and lays it in. in this one. later on new faces making a splash. freshman meyers spots up and knocks it down. iowa up by 15. then the reigning miss iowa basketball got it done on defense too. active hands - up the court to davis - transition game in midseason form... and after the game - lisa bluder - is excited about the influx of talent... "the freshmen are playing energy level is incredible.... the offense is awlays a little bit slower... and i just thin

he shared his thoughts on importance of early voting here in iowa and of course he discussed donald trump. about three hundred people packed into the loras college field house. that tiny building has hosted several major political candidates, including president obama. today senator tim kai election. he told supporters to get out and vote early and not to take anything for granted in discussing the issues, he talked about why clinton's plans to improve the economy start with strengthening small business. "there is a piece of the affordable care act, a tax credit for small businesses, that frankly hasn't worked as well as we thing it should have. so what we need to do now is make it easier for small businesses to buy health insurance for their employees. " kaine said the words donald woman" and "the devil", are completely inappropriate. he did not discuss the f- b-i's new investigation into hillary's emails. kaine was also scheduled to speak along with president bill clinton in des moines today. but says he cancelled because an upbeat political rally didn't seem like the right thing for th

showers and temperatures turn colder by wednesday down to degrees. >>> thanksgiving day hoops iowa state play the early game in round one. see how they barely escaped, through three games - iowa state's shown that they can score in bunches - and they can entertain you while they do it - what they haven't shown - is how they'll handle better competition - that question - will be answered over thanksgiving weekend... . >>> through three games iowa state showing they can score in bunches and entertain you while they do it. but they have not shown is how they will handle better round one, the cyclones up against indiana state. 1st half they get a lift, a nifty finish from the transfer there. 13 and 11. late in the game down two. the defenders, kisses the window tied up at 69. a little later on down two again met thomas in the corner what you call a shooters role. go ahead three bounces in sycamores miss at they play miami tomorrow at 10:00 a.m.. >>> glad book football just a back to back two straight football championships for the rebels. the man with the headset doesn't want the credit but deserve some an

iowa. after 14 hours of ballots being cast and weeks of early voting out across the state of iowa to bring you the the candidates.this is a live look from dubuque, where first district congressman rod blum is waiting for the first return. returns.his opponent, democrat monica vernon, is awaiting the outcome with supporters here in cedar rapids. rapids.also waiting to learn his fate in the corridor right now, second district congressman dave loebsack.the democrat is with his supporters right now in iowa ci. city.we also have a team in des moines monitoring the statewide race for senator. senator chuck grassley is hoping to earn a seventh term also with linn county supervisors as they wait to senator chuck grassley is hoping to earn a seven term in the upper chamber. finally we are with linn county supervisor as a way to hear if voters want to cut back on the number of representatives on the governing body. all that plus complete analysis from local experts and an update for the race for president on fox 28 news at 9. >> more live reports, or investigations, more people working for you. you'

on and the early votes we're getting, polk county, home to des moines, iowa city, college count out here, she's running it up in the college town but only at 2%. in electoral college chess, you focus on the big ones. pennsylvania's 20. every now and then the little guys come into play and we may be counting the votes in iowa, and watching the votes in new hampshire deep into the night because we have a different race tonight than we thought we had even just days ago. >> let's go to the big key battleground states. let's start at florida right now. >> let's come on down here. we're up to 95%, and it's close, but you get to the point -- what are we at 140 -- >> donald trump is ahead by about 140,000 votes. >> ypalm beach county is up to 47%. >> almost done. >> you're almost done if it's -- whatever it is, you're adding up 98% now in broward county, which essentially tells you in the clinton campaign war room, there's not much here. the size of this gap, if the 2% comes in, it's a decent chunk of votes but it's not enough so you need a little somewhere you need

iowa. high the second system is close enough that there will be very close enough to our area tonight tracks to the northeast, early most. the rest of friday will be showers last into monday, when we could warm to the low 50s. month.from the kwwl stormtrack 7 here is additional forecast iowa! most of the day will be later today, making way for a low pressure system to move in. highs warm into the upper 30s that we could see some light will be dry with decreasing clouds and highs in the low to features similar temperatures, but with breezy winds and the chance of showers. a cold front will track through on monday, cooling us back down to normal to close out the thanksgiving, eastern iowa! most of the day will be that we could see some light snow or rain/snow mix into light dusting of snow - at most. the weekend starts off quite mild and as a warm front will into monday, when we could warm to the low 50s. to normal to close out the information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team: happy dry for eastern iowa. high pressure tracks to the east enough that there will be very close enough to our area tonight tracks to

veteran journalist dean borg -- of iowa public television -- says he will retire from the program 'iowa press' early next year. borg has been at the helm of the first broadcast in 19-71 -- a run of 46 years. today -- he announced that his last day as the show's host will come next january 13 -- following coverage of iowa public television's 'condition of the state' earlier that week. a change is coming to the silver screen in eastern iowa. it is acquiring wehrenberg theatres -- including the theater in cedar rapids along council street. the new marcus location will join four other locations already operating in eastern iowa -- with waterloo, cedar falls, coralville and iowa city all having their own theater. all of wehrenberg theatrest are changing hands in the deal -- with spans 14 theaters across four midwestern states. another teacher is taking home k-w- w-l's cedar valley tools for schools award. peet junior high school. she won 500 dollars for her classroom. she says she used the money to buy a video camera... a green screen.. .a tripod and microphones. "kids came to me as incoming 7th graders

early in november -- iowa state star wide out -- allen lazard was asked if he was going to for-go his senior season in ames and declare for the n-f-l draft -- his response -- i'll probably just flip a coin -- all jokes aside lazard has been quite on his future as a cyclone -- compared to the year he had -- posting career highs in receptions, receiving yards, and touchdowns -- after player will be back.. lazard -- still searching "yeah i still have to find a coin first so, we will see." "he's got great tools and fighting through some health issues at times throughout the season he just kept grinding as well and i think there is even more to come of him to be honest with you. i think his best is yet to come... he's certainly skilled, he's got great ability and i'm really excited for the future of allen lazard because i think great things are ahead for allen." basketball -- one thing is for sure -- the cyclones can pile up the points -- i-s-u is averaging just under 89 points per game -- so steve prohm isn't worried about that when cincinnati comes to hilton he's more focused on their re

green is suspected of ambushing and killing two police officers in des moines, iowa early this morning. both officers, one from urbandale police department and the other officer from the des moines police department were sitting in patrol cars judge university about two miles apart from each a the des moines officer has been identified as a sergeant with the department since 2005. the urbandale police officer joined the force just last year. >>> for more on the headlines let's go to dave clark in the news room. >> thank you, sal. here are some of the top stories we're following. an uber driver was arrested for allegedly groping a woman in palo alto. that driver dropped off the woman and her husband late saturday night. a short time later, police say they realized that they left a cell phone in his car and called him back. when he came back, the woman says he kissed her and grabbed her. she ran inside her home and called police about an hour later when the driver called her back saying he was outside her home. police later found and arrested the driver. uber says he has been taken off t

both are already in, yesterday 1123 voters got their ballots the last early boater left the booth at 7:09 pm last night. for all of iowa, 300 the last early boater left the booth at 7:09 pm last night. we're watching which way the senate will swing. cbs 2 news reporter stephanie johnson is live to explain why? why?stephanie? hey jenee --i'm here at my polling location-- catholic church. aside from the presidential race-- the fight to control the senate will also be close tongiht. tongiht.according to a poll by the des moines register - a majority of people expect the poltical gridlock will stay the same in washington.looking at the senate - republicans hold a slight advantage - but democrats only need six seats to flip the script. script.for right now - only judge are running for the seat held by grassley for the past few decades. and in the last poll - grassley held a large lead.in cedar rapids-- stephanie johnson --back to you both hillary clinton and donald trump trumpare now making their final pitches to american voters who haven't already cast their ballots dueling midnight rallies in battleground states - clinton

we spoke with secretary of state paul pate about early voting. he says iowa gives voters every opportuni election day. "frankly, what we're looking at right now is we have early voting and if you've got 40 percent now and it's still growing. at some point it will probably be over 50. in several of our counties in iowa, we have over 60 percent of people voting that way. " in the race for president, a new poll shows republican donald trump leading democrat hillary clinton in iowa. the simpson college poll found 44 percent looked into why some iowa voters think clinton is the right fit for the white house. if you would have asked lance wilson who he was voting for before the iowa caucus, he wouldn't have said clinton--"berni e was the first candidate who spoke... right to my heart. everything he had to say i agreed with. i've never experienced that with a candidate before." wilson had a problem with clinton's connections to super pacs and major corporations. but, he begrudgingly changed from feeling the push to curtail climate change and work with sanders to cre

iowa cast thier ballots. experts say more democrats vote early compared to republicans. the same is true for the first congressional district -- which includes the cities of waterloo, "that's kind of normal, the democratic party started working before republicans did, so i think democrats are into that habit a little more." now that doesn't mean republicans won't be turning out in big numbers tuesday. early voting ends monday. as for election day -- polls will be open from seven in the morning until nine at night. according to the latest iowa poll released tonight -- the des moines register says donald trump now has a seven point lead in e state over hillary clinton. the poll indicates trump will win the state's six electoral votes tuesday. for all the latest in election coverage -- you can visit our website kwwl dot com. you can join us monday night at 4-30 for a live decision 20-16 special -- highlighting hillary clinton and donald trump. beautiful weather across the state today. let's check in with storm track seven meteoroligist kyle kiel for look at your first forec

it happened in lee county early yesterday morning. the iowa state patrol says jerry boeding, the center line and hit a car. he died in the crash. two others hundreds come to honor a deputy who was accidentally shot and killed by a fellow deputy. california officer rod lucas was killed after being shot in the chest last week... "he was one of the few men i could look up to without being disappointed." he served for more than 20 years. he leaves behind four children. twenty years in prison for trying to lure a 15-year- old according to the plea agreement, kevin carpenter of mount vernon placed an ad on craigslist titled, "looking for young boy." an undercover iowa d-c-i agent saw the post and arranged to meet carpenter in august of 2014 --where he admitted everything and was arrested. dramatic surveillance video shows an armed bank robbery. you'll see the suspects drive up to the colorado bank and run inside. the men pull out their guns and start pointing them at the employees. the two did manage to get away -- and the f-b-i says they should be

iowa. in the race for u.s. senate we have shown you early tonight that chuck grassley the senior senator from iowa has been declared the winner. 53% to petty judges 43%. she came with 10%. cbs and apr declaring chuck grassley the winner. >> in the race for us 1 which includes cedar rapids dubuque and waterloo. look at monica vernon surging ahead 57% to 43%. she lost this race in the primary in 2012 to pat murphy who then lost to rod blum. we have a few percentage points in the present reporting. we will clarify that for you moving forward. >> moving to the second district house race that the democratic -- incumbent dave loebsack looking for his six-time and looks like he will get that six term. he has been leading christopher peters a surgeon from korbel 64% to 36% with nearly 20% of the precincts reporting. >> all of these contest and doesn't more are scrolling at the bottom of your screen.>> you can get the latest results on our website. >> we are also monitoring tonight's results with the ca challengers all anxiously awaiting to see who the winners and losers will be. we continue with joe huisinga with rod blum