alex miller wdbj 7 iowa men's basketball coach fran mccaffery and his wife rallied around one of their sons after finding out he had cancer. s how they're now using what they learned from their son's fight to develo help others. stay with your 24 hour news tonight, but thankfully the rain has stopped. as the wind swings around to the northwest a cool day is also ahead with no fog worries. there is a weak disturbance that rolls through morning. this could bring some flurries, but nothing that will have any major travel impacts. saturday remains dry with low pressure heading back into the state on sunday bringing a shower chance. have a great night and a happy thanksgiving. tonight: cloudy. wind: nw 5-15. low: 32 tomorrow: cloudy and cool. wind: or light snow, mainly north. wind: se 5-10. low: 31 friday: cloudy with flurries possible early, mainly north. high: 41 low: 31 saturday: mostly cloudy. high: 47 low: 30 sunday: chance of showers, mainly afternoon. high: 47 low: 35 monday: chance of showers. high: 45 low: 34 tuesday: chance of rain/snow. high: 42 low: 34 wednesday: chance of snow

and hawkeye basketball coach fran mccaffery gives you a look at what family life is like at home. final look at tonight's forecast. an area of low pressure travels east our rain showers come to an end around midday on wednesday. the wind shifts behind the system bringing drier and cooler weather for thanksgiving day. clouds hold tough with highs near 40 for an after lunch walk. black friday shoppers welcome some flurries or light snow are possible early, mainly north. holiday weekend travelers see slightly milder conditions with some rain for sunday. have a great night! tonight: showers likely. wind: se 10-20. low: 39 tomorrow: showers likely, especially in the morning. wind: nw 5-15. high: 45 now we go to new york for abc's world news with david muir. >>> tonight, breaking news. after the deadly storm, the new and major system set to hit tonight. chicago, detroit, several cities in the bulls eye. then, moving east, affecting millions traveling this thanksgiving. >>> also breaking, what we have just learned about the driver in that deadly school bus crash. the children who survive

the iowa men's basketball team is off to a strong start this year, thanks to coach fran mccaffery and his assistants. but when it comes to getting assistance at home, mccaffery turns to his wife. still ahead tonight, we give you an inside look at life at home for the mccaffery family. stay with your 24 hour news showers come to an end around midday on wednesday. the wind shifts behind the system bringing drier and cooler weather for for an after lunch walk. black friday shoppers welcome some flurries or light snow are possible early, mainly north. holiday weekend travelers see slightly milder conditions with some rain for sunday. have a great night! tonight: showers likely. wind: se 10-20. low: 39 tomorrow: showers likely, especially in high: 45 tom. night: cloudy. wind: nw 5-15. low: 32 thursday: cloudy and cool. high: 40 low: 32 friday: cloudy with flurries possible early, mainly north. high: 41 low: 30 saturday: mostly cloudy. high: 46 low: 28 sunday: chance of showers. high: 47 low: 35 monday: mostly cloudy. high: 45 low: 34 tuesday: chance of wednesday: chance of snow. high: 38 l

- which is different than iowa - a team that likes to get up and down and shoot threes - if fran mccaffery's team is precise on offense - they can play with the cavaliers... it's not a team you're gonna be able to score on one pass - you gotta work the ball - whether we're running sets or motion - you've gotta run your stuff - gotta get the ball moving - you gotta recognize when to drive it - when to shoot it - when to pass it - when to set a ball screen - if you don't - they hold you to a we will be right back to take one last look at your weather first forecast after >>> if you're heading out the door we'll see clearing skies through the night. temperatures will fall faster and we'll end up chose to the 30 degrees mark across eastern and temperatures will be warming up close to 50 degrees and pretty mild. we'll stay mild through the weekend with rain late on sunday night. >> get those christmas lights up tomorrow. thanks for watching. we hope to see you back here ?? ? here's a story of a lovely lady ? >>> hollywood loses a lovely lady. >> who wouldn't want to be carol brady and be loved li

coach fran mccaffery says his team has to play better defense. i would like to have seen us play the second half you just can't give them 66 percent. we changed defenses--we went to press we went to zone and we just didnt perform to the level that is necessary. the hawkeyes host texas rio thank you for joining us for the k-w-w-l news at six. we'll see you back here at ten from sony pictures studios, it's america's game! wheel... of... fortune! ladies and gentlemen, here are the stars of our show, pat sajak and vanna white. hello! thank you, jim. thanks, everybody. oh, me. another day, another thousands of dollars to be given away. see you later. hi, everybody. nice to see your smiling faces. get ready. let's do a "toss up" here and give away $1,000 to one of these good folks. "food & drink" is the category. when you're set, miss white. [ bell chimes ] james.

laughs" and scott saville shows you what life is like at home for iowa men's basketball coach fran mccaffery and his family. you're watching kcrg-tv9. now, from your 24 hour news source, this is kcrg-tv9 news at 6. here's a live look right now at of interstates 80 and 380 from an iowa d-o-t traffic cam. you can see vehicles are moving along. and drivers are dealing with some rain as more start traveling for thanksgiving. but traffic will really start picking up tomorrow. so we're starting tonight wth meteorologis t joe winters to get the last travel forecast. joe? cedar rapids is ready to put a new donation to good use. the non profit helps people who are in need of

after iowa's first loss of the season on friday night - fran mccaffery - was not happy - he wasn't happy about letting seton hall shoot over 50 percent - and he wasn't happy that his hawkeyes had more turnovers than assists - two days later - hawkeyes were at home sunday - against texas-rio grande valley... peter jok -- unconscious from the get go -- there's a swish from three point lad - jok had 20 points in the first half alone..while he was shooting -- tyler cook was slamming -- two hands for safety there - the powerful jam puts iowa up 46 to 33... they picked it up in the second half -- maishe dailey the steal, isaish moss the finish -- iowa bounces back to win... 95 to 67 - and fran's happy with his hawkeyes. hawkeyes."you know how we second half, because really in all three games, start of the second half we were nt that good.... the intensity level, the focus, the concentration, the execution at that juncture was critical. and we really did a good job there. i was proud of the guys" to the ladies now - iowa women at home against south dakota state... this one tight in the fourth q

on the court - fran mccaffery knew the graduation of four senior starters would change their st know that these young hawks - would bust out of the gates looking like the showtime lakers... iowa at home to play savannah state on sunday... first half - peter jok got his - spotting up for three - all net - iowa up by three in the early going... the star of the game - an unlikely one - brady ellingson from deep - 23 points for brady - he led the hawks in scoring... the freshman continued to shine too - tyler cook - gets position down low - and makes it look like he's dunking on a and more freshmen contributions - cordell pemsl - bucket and the foul - 18 points - 9 boards for the dubuque native...so far, so good for the hawkeyes - they win 116 to 84... "you know our plan was to maybe shoot a few less threes and have a few more drive the close out, finish at the rim.... we used really good judgement and made good shot attempts there: there:"i just think we have a lot of team chemistry now, but once we srt more and being able to really run for longer periods of time, you'll see a lot more