here's the re- opening of the hawkeye bridge in fairbank. this bridge is the first in the united states to be made out of a south korean ultra-high performance mixture. something officials say will truly make a difference. it is much much stronger about 5 times stronger than your standard concrete or maybe even more than that and salt does not penetrate it..it takes about 200 is made of little steel fibers- like the ones in this jar. engineers say these fibers, will make the bridge last 4 times longer than regular concrete. you may be wondering why iowa? well engineers told me iowa is the perfect state to try this out, because of our ever changing weather...and as schnack has been warning, it sounds like tomorrow's weather..will put it to the test. we've got you covered, lauren moss ...kwwl news. thanks lauren- engineers are calling this korean concrete mixture, ground breaking when it comes to building bridges. coming up on kwwl, some military brides are getting some help when it comes to their wedding dress. and - the mats are rolling out

[laughter] fairbanks said in 1947, and in some ways of course the observation is still accurate. by trying to shrink china has become a much more noble please come and much more verifiable place simply because somebody like me can go and live there for eight years and simply by virtue of technology and transportation you can get halfway across china in a morning and begin your reporting, or in fact you can go online and begin to understand a bit about what's going on. not a substitute by any means for living there over a long period of time but it is place now where we are beginning, i should say we don't longer have the luxury of imagining that it is not knowable. we have a responsibility to know. otherwise i think china has become more puzzling to us as we begin to try to ask larger questions, questions about it, it's intentions in the world, about its seeming contradictions. there are many things about it that don't seem to make sense. there are things about it when we see but i saw on paper is as of this but in reality it says this and that is ultimately what our responsibili

andy mahoney is an ice researcher at the university of alaska, fairbanks. he says industry field research shows oil can get into ice. >> what we do know from limited field experiments, mostly in norway, and even more limited field experiments in ice tanks and cold labs, that the oil will make its way into the ice. ice will be somewhat like a sponge, and so you'll have a mix of oil covered ocean, oil covered ice and oil impregnated ice. >> jip researchers suggest that oil impregnated ice can also be an advantage when it comes to cleanup. >> while it may limit our access to it, it also limits the access of that oil to marine life and to anything else that might be impacted by the oil. >> but dr. mahoney also studies ice movement. ice floes are constantly drifting and can move hundreds of miles within weeks. >> that's why it's important to understand ice motion. and you can do that with radars like on this ship. >> in 2014 the national academy of sciences released this report on the state of science and technology to respond to an arctic oil spill. the report

i am in front of the legendary musso and frank's restaurant that's been in hollywood, douglas fairbanksn, everybody and anybody has been there over the years. >> jimmy: it's like the only restaurant in l.a. where the waiters are not at all trying to be actors. they are waiters. >> because they've been there since douglas fairbanks and charlie chaplains. >> jimmy: maybe they were trying to be actors at that time but they went away. >> ageism killed their opportuniti. >> that's nice for you. i'm sure your family is excited about that. >> everybody's going to come out. it's a cool thing. >> jimmy: you've got an honor that i think maybe is even greater than a star on the hollywood walk of fame. >> it is. >> i didn't know these existed. a mcdonald's gold card. >> this is a real thing. >> jimmy: it's free food for you for a year. i like how it says "rob." if you were to get robbed by someone named rob -- have you used this card yet? >> i've been working so hard on the new show that i haven't. but at thanksgiving, i'm going into mcdonald's because -- the way i got this is my buddy in santa bar

the hawkeye bridge near fairbank was bridge to be built with an ultra-high performance concrete mix. but what makes this concrete stand out from the rest? kwwl's lauren moss went by to check it out. it's new at five... lauren live in: officials tell me they hope this bridge in form of concrete, one that will make this stronger, safer, and longer lasting. a study from earlier this year shows 22 percent of iowa's 21 nation. but that may soon change... nat: it is much much stronger about 5 times stronger than your standard concrete or maybe even more than that introducing the first bridge in the country made with performance concrete mix. nat: safer stronger and lasts longer lauren: now what's different about the concrete used here is that it's made out of these fibers from korea making the man- this is steel into the concrete so there is no korea numerous times and worked with many people, including county employees to house. employees of county, university students and myself so it's fun to work together and build this bridge. this gives the opp. to introduce it and yes there will be

recently, the wind energy company, optimum renewables, filed an application to put up turbines in the fairbank area. now the fayette county supervisors want to review current ordinances and adopt newnes before making any decisions. and that will put a six month hold on any turbine projects. "the moratorium has already been drafted, so it's public notice they will read it, review t, take any comments and then adopt ." tonight on t-v nine news at 10, hear what the county plans to do during the next six months to address the wind energy situation. a cure for cancer seems almost like an impossibility. but doctors hope one day they'll be able to focus on prevention instead of a cure. doctors at the university of iowwhospitals and clinics, and d hall-perrine cancer center, are working with new and treatments. in some cases, the treatments can only improve the quality of life for someone with cancer. in others, experimental clinical trials are the answer. cancer is tricky, because it affects every patient differently. "one person's lung cancer can be driven by a completely different mutation or chang

. ♪ >> november 10, 2009, polk county, tennessee, it's a chilly morning and cameraman allen fairbanks the story of a boulder that has fallen on to u.s.-64. >> originally we were going to just try to get pictures of a boulder in the middle of the road. we didn't know how big and, you know, we didn't know if there were any cars trapped underneath. the department of transportation is using a hammer to break up the enormous rock. >> it was huge and it was massi massive. it covered up an entire lane of the road and they were hitting this thing with all they had, and it was not cracking and you could see little splinters of rock fly open into the air, but as far as breaking that thing apart, it wasn't going anywhere. the 24-mile two-lane highway goes through a pass called the akoi gorge and flagged by little flag mountain on one side and the river on the other. with the road closed, the detour around the mountain adds more than two hours to the commute. there's a tremendous amount of pressure. >> steve jones knows commuters want him to work fast. we've got people that get mad at us when we

driver slams into a buggy it happened shortly after six this evening on 120th street -- southeast of fairbank. according to the buchanan county sheriff'ss office -- 23-year-old ashley connner of oelwein hit the buggy -- causing serious damage. luckily the seven people in the buggy were not hurt -- neither was conner. the crash is under investiggion meanwhile -- black friday turns into a free-for-all at walmart. police in georgia shot this video as shoppers scramblblto grab boxes earlier ttday. you can hear people shouting... "oh my god"... and "let's get out of here." the police department sent ten officers to patrol the store. hundreds of rotestors block store entrances across the famous magnificent mile shopping district. they want to know why it took a year to release police video showing a chhago officer shshting and killing a black teenager. protests started earlier this week after the video was released. the officer involved in the shooting has been charged with first-degge murder. babak home in iowa -- black friday shopping much calmer. shoppers we spoke to say it's a tradition to shop

this is what tyler fairbanks shot on the 150th anniversary of the first ascent of the matterhorn. he went out there and got just a whole series of incredible time lapse videos. he said over three days he shot 9,323 stills to get the beautiful, stunning images you are seeing. >> that must be a blast. with all that scenery in front of him. you've got a camera, you can't miss. >> honestly, you can't pick an angle that doesn't make this mountain look incredible. it's got four faces, each one of them just so beautiful. the paramount logo at the beginning. >> the sticker shot. >> this is my good side. this is my good side. >> that's where you should have proposed, you missed. >> set up a tent, have yourself a nice meal. >> okay. >> it's like the lonely mountain from the hobbit. standing right there. it's stunning. if you want to see the whole website. or use the mobile app. >>> you've enjoyed your fill of food. now it's time to find out exactly what you need to do to burn off everything we just ate. why working it off is going to take a loot. a lot. and how much. jack kicks off the shop

. >> andy mahoney is a geophysicist at the university of alaska, fairbanks. he's been studying polar sea ice for 15 years. >> regardless of whether those changes are positive or negative for some people, rapid change is always an alarming thing to see. >> there's much more science to be done - luckily here - the days are really long. >> the sun just is not gonna to set. we're that far north up here in the arctic. >> coming up the techknow teams heads north, and straight into this... when techknow's journey to the arctic returns. >> you're the first one on the scene. suicides, homicides, the roof is crushing into somebody's chest. >> what is the number one cause of death for police officers? >> suicide. >> july 10th, 2015 - we've been in the arctic for two days and still no sign of ice. meanwhile, i'm learning my way around the coast guard cutter healy - sort of. of course the crew make getting around even the tightest spaces look easy. but on the third morning - this happened. >> last night when i went to bed it was open oceans, this morning when i woke up -

of the fairbanks enterprises which is an integrated manufacturing and distributor of fly-fishing products. he says, "my company depends on people enjoying their time recreating outside, especially in and near watersheds. clarifying which waterways are protected under clean water act is nice to have -- it isn't nice to have, it's a business imperative." allowing this rule to go forward helps america's businesses, helps our economy. let me give you two quotes on the health issue. one from dr. allen peterson, who's a family physician in lancaster county, pennsylvania. he says, "because it would protect the streams that are the head waters of drinking water supplies for 1-3 u.s. residents, the rule is a health imperativ imperative." and lastly, a person who i know, used to be our health secretary in maryland, dr. gorgis benjamin, who's the executive director of the american public health association. he states, "our nation relies on clean water for basic survival. it is essential for daily activities, including drinking, cooking, bathing and recreational use. when that water is polluted, amer

mike powers is the university of alaska fairbanks interim chancellor. he thought this was so important, he traveled here from fairbanks, alaska, to join us. >> thanks so much for being here. >> thank you for having me. >> why did you feel it was important to come here and talk about this? >> it's a crisis on u.s. campuses. it needs to be changed. it's been with us since time and memorial, and enough is enough. that's the feeling we're receiving on our campus. >> i know you watched the hunting ground. what was it about it that moved you? >> emotionally, you felt who came forward.hese victims - i admire the courage with which they came forward to make a point about what's happening. i was angry with the -- with the response, the lack of protections from universities. and i was absolutely outraged by the ignorance and the callousness of the entire communities that turned a deaf ear to these victims. >> and it had such a profound effect on you that you then wrote a letter to your campus community issuing a public apology. you personally had nothing to apolo

wind energy company, optimum renewables, recently filed an application to put up turbines in the fairbank area. now the fayette county supervisors want to review current ordinances and adopt new ones before making any decisions. and that will put a six month hold on any turbine projects. "the moratorium has already been drafted, so it's public notice they will read it, review it, take any comments and then adopt it." the supervisors will vote on the moratorium, and hold a public comment section during the board meeting this coming monday. local clergy members in iowa city are supporting johnson county's new minimum wage increase. the county's already raised the minimum wage by 90 cents to 8 dollars 20- cents an hour. and by 2017 it will climb to 10-10 an hour. local clergy gathered with low wage workers yesterday on the steps of saint mary's catholic church in iowa city. the inter-faith group stood together in support of the new ordinance in johnson county that gradually increases the minimum wage. they also called on all cities in the county to support it. several cities passed their own

it happened shortly after six friday evening on 1 hundred 20th street -- southeast of fairbank. according to the buchanan county sheriff's office -- a 23-year-old woman hit the buggy -- causing serious damage as you can see here. luckily the seven people in the buggy were not hurt -- neither was the driver of the car. the crash is under investigation at this time... a bank robbery in eastern iowa also continues to be investigated... it happened on east 14th street in dubuque on friday... police say the robber handed the teller a note and demanded money. according to our coverage partners at t-h media, he told the teller he had a gun. officers are now seaching for a man between five six and five nine -- he has a dark brown or black goatee -- and was wearing a grey coat and hat -- with tan pants. if anyone has information, please contact police. the holiday season can be a hectic time for all sorts of reasons... it can trigger stress, anxiety and even depression... according to experts -- iowa is rated one of the worst states in the nation when it comes to the number of mental hea

he new hawkeye bridge just opened in fairbank. the bridge is the first in the it is much much stronger about 5 times stronger than your standard concrete or maybe about 200 years for salt to pennrate 1 inch. the difference is that this concrete is made of little steel fibers- like the ones in this jar. engineers say these fibers, will make the bridge last 4 times longer than regular concrete. they call this mixture ground breaking when it comes to building bridges. who doesn't love a good man bun? a company is capitalizing on social meeia's man bun obsession. you don't want to put in the answer. it's targeting a specific kind of man. one "who wers many hats, but no bun." the attaccable hairpiece is made of artificial hair and comes in a variety of natural looking hair it's coming up on today in iowa.... a robot walks into a grocery store... okay this is not the beginning of a joke. but we'll tell you why there's a robot in aisle 4. when y y're living with diabetes, steady is exciting. only glucerna has carbsteady, clinically prove

wind energy company, optimum renewables, recently filed an application to put up turbines in the fairbank area. now the fayette county supervisors want to review current ordinances and adopt new ones before making any decisions. and that will put a six month hold on any turbine projects. "the moratorium has already been drafted, so it's public notice they wil read it, review it, take any comments and then adopt it." the supervisors will vote on the moratorium, and hold a public comment section during the board meeting this coming nday. local clergy members in iowa city are supporting the county's already raised the@ minimum wage by 90 cents to 8 dollars 20- cents an hour. and by 2017 it will climb to 10-10 an hour. local clergy gathered with low wage workers yesterday on the steps of saint mary's catholic church in iowa city. the inter-faith group stood together in support of the new ordinance in johnson county that gradually increases the minimum wage. they also called on all cities@in the county to support it. several cities passed their own ordinance to keep the wage at the state minim

the new hawkeye bridge just opened in fairbank. the bridge is the fir in the country to be made out of strong concrete mixture from south korea. it is much much stronger about 5 times stronger than your abt 200 years for salt to penetrate 1 inch. the difference is that this concrete is made of little steel fibers- like the ones in the jar. engineers say these fibers will make the bridge last 4 times longer than regular concrete. there's a lot of excitement game -- as the football team foes for 10 and oh. there's a lot of anticipation about the "blackout" uniforors the team ill be wearrng. here's a teaser video -- the full video showing the uniform will be released at 4-30 saturday fore the football team takes on minnesota -- the wrestlers are set to take the field for stadium for the big clash between iowa and oklahoma state... grapple on the gridiron is looking to break the ncaa attendace record for wrestling... today is veterans day... a day to remember all those who fought for our country. and the sullivan brothers iowa veterans

we've got you covered in fairbank, hiawatha, willlamsburg a starbucks drive-through accepts orders s ith american signnlanguage. it's in florida. you see a woman placing her order with a barista using sign language. once the barista realizes the woman is hearing impaired, she turns on the screen so she can sign back. the video has more than a a million views on facebook. it's a wish just about every child makes -- to have their very own bike. but some kids need the kind of bikes that are far too expensive for their parents to afford. nbc's janet shamlian explains how one man is helping. do you want to me see me ride it? i would love to see but away from her wheels, izzy lives in a world where almost everything has to be done for special needs cost thousands.. it was only a dream. almost by accident, they found four. they don't have three doctors,they have 12) moved by their challenges, the baton rouge businessman spends all his free time and much of his own money creating moments like this: tight nats kid gets bike: "a bike for me..!!" "look how cool" "it's epic" beep...ah! mclindon

the scale is up to communities like anchorage and fairbanks, what do those cost means i oppose the role because of the uncertainties that it will create, the delayscreate, the delays that it will deliver, and the cost that it will impose. and because alaska is the only state that has permafrost and we have no idea whether or under what circumstances these areas will be regulated and because further this goal could dampen efforts to begin new resource extraction projects, which we depend on for majority of our state's budget and finally, i oppose the role because it is yet another regulatory burden for alaskans offer people all over the country command this is on top of all of the other regulations that would have seen in our state of thefrom the interior department anti- energy decisions to epa questor project veto authority before, during, and after. this is where we must come together and stand to stop it. with that i yield the floor. >> in a few moments we will have the opportunity to vote on the congressional review act of the final rule. yesterdayyesterday we had i thought a rather

regulators have said fairbanks are responsible for seven deaths and more than 100 injuries worldwide.> for too many years now, american drivers and indeed vehicle owners all around the world have had to worry about whether their cars airbags might harm them. >> reporter: the airbags are inflicted by an explosion of ammonium nitrate. investigators have found prolonged exposure to moisture can cause the propellant to burn too fast, causing the inflators to send shrapnel and to drivers and passengers in a crash. >> combination of delays and denial denial, plus unexplained issues with ammonium nitrate and inflators not already under recall leave us without confidence in these products going forward. >> reporter: the defective airbags which resulted in the recall of nearly 20 million u.s. vehicles have also led to calls for change from lawmakers. >> we're trying to change the law so that parts have to pass inspection just the way cars to as a whole. >> reporter: takata has apologized apologized for the problems with the airbags and says it will comply with the terms of the settlement. robe

. >> i'm john shank from fairbanks, alaska.seward and brought it here from washington, d.c. and it is the people's tree. it's a once in a lifetime deal, especially like, this 80 food long, in the trailer itself. a lot of obstacles, a long journey but a great one. >> i was responsible for finding candidate trees last october. i found six trees total. this is the first one i found. i never would have seen it if i didn't actually get off the road and hike around in the woods. i saw this one and i just -- i mean, it was an immediate reaction like, yeah, this is it. >> it's the first blue spruce ever to grace the lawn of the capitol in its 45 year history. it's about 90 years old. it's very inspiring. alaskans are cheering us for this opportunity to represent alaska at the capitol. >> woodruff: can't wait to see it vertical and lit up. >> woodruff: on the newshour online: we continue our series featuring syrian artists who have fled their country-- today, a filmmaker's take on the psychological effects of the war. the minute-long vi

the most famous of these people is john fairbanks, the founder of china studies here in the united states. my own connection to this story and the route by which i got into this massive research project is that, a relative of mine was also one of these agents sent to acquire intelligence material at this time in lisbon. unfortunately, i don't have many pictures because it was intelligence. [laughter] i'll tell you a little bit about the stockholm and lisbon operation. the stockholm operation was headed by the only book woman among the group. i don't have a single photograph of her except her college yearbook photo. she received a ph.d. from the university of chicago in 1930. in medieval linguistics. but like many women of her era, she was denied an academic career. instead, she carried on her own research while employed by senior faculty at the university of chicago. she was sent abroad and she was sent there to photograph rare books and manuscripts for their scholarship, not her own. at the vatican library, 1934, she began to observe historians. rapidly filming their research materials w

in the interior in in fairbanks it could be a new neighborhood to accommodate a growing population it could be a parcel of land that just so happens to be in the wetland area to have a small river presence the fact it was under the native claims settlement act is not beyond regulation and it could be the the energy project on the north slope that it wants to pursue but it is either a wetland but it is firm -- permafrost or the gas line we hope to run back down from the tidewater it is a major project the legislature is working on right now. talk about a wetland and river that is subject to the permit requirement. it could be many more that brings us to the potential impact. i am not certain the agencies will try to stop every project but i recognize that they could use the rule to stop any project that they want for as long as they want. maybe not any project but think about that. if you try to make an investment decision if you're seeking to expand the you have that level of uncertainty because you don't know if you will be targeted it would be tough to make these decisions. they are

it said fairbanks has the third most snowfall for this time of year. 50 inches of snow has officially fallen through thanksgiving day. since records began that ranks only between 1970 and 1992. the president talked about his trip to alaska a few months ago. we are in a campaign season. where do voters rank these issues. do they care about them? >> you are right about the voters. the problem for the president is the voters don't rank climate change very high on their list of concerns. a fox news poll found climate change was tide for 7th among the most important concerns facing the nation. just 3% said it was the top concern. among democrats it was tied for fifth. that is kind after political head wind that the president is always going against. bill: 8 minutes past. heather: the man accused of opening fire at a planned parenthood is facing a judge. he triggered a 5-hour standoff. what can we expect in court today? reporter: he's being held on no bond in the county jail today. he's set to appear in court at 1:30. the big question is motive. why did he storm the planned parenthood. they

of the fairbanks enterprises which is an integrated manufacturing and distributor of fly-fishing products. he says, "my company depends on people enjoying their time recreating outside, especially in and near watersheds. clarifying which waterways are protected under clean water act is nice to have -- it isn't nice to have, it's a business imperative." allowing this rule to go forward helps america's businesses, helps our economy. let me give you two quotes on the health issue. one from dr. allen peterson, who's a family physician in lancaster county, pennsylvania. he says, "because it would protect the streams that are the head waters of drinking water supplies for 1-3 u.s. residents, the rule is a health imperativ imperative." and lastly, a person who i know, used to be our health secretary in maryland, dr. gorgis benjamin, who's the executive director of the american public health association. he states, "our nation relies on clean water for basic survival. it is essential for daily activities, including drinking, cooking, bathing and recreational use. when that water is polluted, amer