potentially something to look forward to kwwls olivia mancino joins us now live in waterloo in front of that very home from the outside, this home is ququte lovely... all four walls are up, and everything inside is coming along nicely as well about a zen waterloo firefighters put up drywall today you can see them working inside here.. very noisey, and lots of dus everywhere while they were putting up drall this house has beeee in the works since last summerr.. they scheduled the work around the seasons, so they could work on the inside of the home in the colder temps. reps withabitat for humanity told me the family was already in the of their son... "i know they are very apppreciative, they're just, from waht i've heard, i know they feel blessed they're getting a home" rosonke says the family went through an approval process to get this home moe sed's parents will move here and that'llbe soon for the family... they're currently renting in waterloo but they'll be able to move into this neighborhood around the end of february waterloo olivia mancino ...kwwl news. the sed family saad th

kwwl's olivia mancino returns from the scene -- and joins us live with the details. olivia? i spoke to firefighters moments before they wrapped up for the day-- they told me they had to call in two other departments for backup not just because it was a large fire but because it was so cold, they needed to rotate shifts here's a look at the restaurant now. as you can see theres not much left of one side of the building. these icicyles all over the building are from the firefighters' it took firefighters from three departments nearly two hours to put the fire out-- strangely and fortunately -- the fire happened right next door to the fire department, but they still faced many challenges in the cold weather "as any firefighter knows once our hoses were running so it wouldnt freeze, it was definitely cold." here are some more pictures of the fire... witnesses say the smoke was so thick it took over the entire block one woman told me she saw a family who lives nearby evacuate their home because of the smoke i spoke to the business owner, brenda landis about the fire she says she'

kwwls olivia mancino recently back from strawberry point -- she joins us now live i sat down with brenda landis to talk about her restaurant, and the response she's gotten from the community needless to say it wasn't easy for her to talk about what happened, but with the sad tears came happy ones too car nat home to a little more than one thousand people, and brenda landis and me. "when i first pulled up, they since she lost her restaurant 'back home country cookin' to a fire. it took firefighters hours to contain the blaze and the smoke that took over the entire block. "you just sit back and watch them work, thats all you can do" all in the name. brenda "the reason we came back was the history our family had in this town, and the generations of other families that were apart of us" strawberry point iowa, after spending almost thirty years in florida, working for a big chain restaurant. she just recently celebrated her seventh year as a restaurant owner.. back home country cookin was a staple in the community, and so is she. marlene "brenda called me about 10 til 2 so i sat with her and

you have reached out to us, shedding light onnsimilar situattns throughout eastern iowa kwwls olivia mancino has been looking into that, she joins us now live i met with someone from the waverly pet rescue today-- her rescue has just recently taken in this family gave those cats up volunarily here are some pictures of those cats-- asasou can see, not all these animals live in deplorable conditions some homes are quite nice, but still barb dunakey with the wavery pet rescue told me it is not safe for the owners nor cats to be living that crowded. and these situations typically go unnoticed so often simply because...cats are quiet. "cats are very quiet...so dogs, if they had 50 dogs in a place, people would hear that, cats are quiet and no one would know they're even in the house" here's "po" the cat... shes the mother of the recent fourty- something kittens the shelter rescued from single home dunakey says po recently had hernia surgery, which she most likely got from having so many litters of kittens dunakey says the answer to all of this is simple -- spay and neuter your cats. many shelters

kwwl's olivia mancino explains. on a typical, chilly iowa sunday.... a celebration of new beginnings is unfurling inside this convention center. "there e ill be like traditional stage, showing their different cultures" stella lwin and her friends are one of many perfoomers at the kaaen new year celebration.. a day marking the end of rice this is their new home" waterloo alone is home to more than two thousand burmese refugees.. many of them who've spent years in refugee camps. leaders with embarc... an advocacy center for people of burma.... say celebrating a new year with a new life omes easy. "this is wheee they're starting new lives, building families, and the horrible things they've experienced" these traditional songs and dances help ring in the new year, and exhibit culture some in iowa may have never experienced before. "change the e nd on them, liie when they see them and how they its an event both the burma community and iowa natives are both grateful to be a part of. in waterloo, olivia mancino kwwl news kuh-ren was was celebrated in evansdal

kwwls olivia mancino is outside of that habitat home right now. olivia this family has been through so much i the past few months the waterloo firefighters worked on this home all day today-- they told me they didn't even know this home was going to moe until they got here this morning but say it makes the project all inside this three story newly constructed home.... is a picture of a family who has known only loss since the changing of the seasons. "i know they are very appreciative" its been a little more than a month since moe sed's family learned a hunter found their missing son's months. "frowhat i've heard they feel blessed to be getting a home" duane rosonske with habitat for humanity says the sed family was "i know they are very month sqnce moe sed' family months. "from what i've heard they feel iithe habitat program before didnt realize til we got here, to give the family something and spent their day off laying drywall in the thre story home thursday.. the first time they've ever joined in on a project like this. "were always a team anyw

in deplorable conditions the tenant has moved out, and the cats are now being cared for kwwls olivia mancino went to that home today she joins us now live its very hard to imagine a person -- let alone 45 cats -- lived in that home when we opened the front door, garbage came tumbling out and the smell knocked me off my feet and although the cats are safe now, theres a big burden on the rescuers shoulder's to bring them back to health.. z "this is what you see when you open the door to this house, the porch is littered with garbage" and only gets worse as you go which is something i wouldn't do, in fear for my health and safety-- but these pictures give you an idea of just how much garbage is stacked inside. "you take your first step into this house, what were your first thoughts?" "oh my gosh...what sort of...mess is this..." denis yantis and her friend amy hass- gray rescued 45 cats from this home. they both run small rescue centers. the worst ive been in. rescuing the cats proved no easy feat the garbage spilling out onto the lawn was like an obstacle course and the smell -- coming from th

authorities haven't confirmed whwht caused the fire -- but as kwwl's olivia mancino reports -- it was a rough battle for firefighters. "oh wow up in flames dude" a burning fire rips through a community on the coldest nighht of the year "sad dude, great restaurant, great reststurant" its back hhe country cookin, a restaurant that's called strawberry point home for years anniversary passerbys stop by to observe whats left of the restaurant the icicles serving as a reminder of how hard firirfighters had to depeprtments, and they took turns rotating so they wouldn't get shut it off, so the whole time our hoses were running so it wouldnt freeze, it was definitely cold." the fire department is strangely and luckily right next door but you wouldn't have known it saturdrdy night these pictures show the thick the fire department while talking to firefighters. 'i live about three houses down as soon as i went tside i restaurant owner brend landis said in a facebook post she e hopes to rebuild her restaurant, and has maintained a very sitive titude, telling me she's overwelmed, but extremely gra

kwwl's olivia mancino tells us the cold weather made it a tough battle for firefighters. "oh wow up in flames dude" a burning fire rips through a "sad dude, great restaurant, great restaurant" its back home country cookin, a restaurant that's called strawberry point home for years im told this business was a staple in the community, having just celebrated its 7th anniversary passerbys stop by to observe whats left of the restaurant the icicles serving as a reminder of how hard firefighters had to work to hose down the building strawberry point called in for backup from two other departments, and they took turns rotating so they wouldn't get frostbite. shut it off, so the whole time our hoses were running so it wouldnt freeze, it was definitely cold." the fire department is strangely and luckily right next door but you saturday night these pictures show the thick smoke that took over the entire the fire department while talking to firefighters. 'i live about three houses down as soon as i went outside i restaurant owner brenda landis said in a facebook post she hopes to re

effort to see as many candidates as possible before seven o clock tomorrow weve got you covered olivia mancino...kwwl news. thanks olivia meanwhile -- bernie sanders catches up with his supporters at the sullivan brothers convention center -- encouraging supporters to get out and caucus tomorrow. kwwl's kristin rogers finds several supporters -- and even a few undecided voters. kristin? there, but even though it's the day before the caucus not everyone has their mind made up already. i spoke with one man beforehand who said he plans on caucusing but wasn't sure what he was going to bernie can be seen here walking down the hall on his way to meet the enthusiastic crowd. he spoke about a variety of topics. some of which included his plans for the economy, having free tuition for higher education and his support for planned parenthood. he worked to encourage his supporters to show up to caucus. "republican governors all over this country are trying to date. we win when large numbers for people come out to vote." sanders telling his voters they must show up to caucus, in order to get the win over

and clinton, as well as trump and cruz have been yo-yoing in the polls the past few weeks kwwls olivia mancino speaking with people today about the caucuses..she joins us now live lifelong iowa residents know the caucuses are very unique.. and a lot more demanding than your typical primary... and not everyone can meet those i joined some people for to see who would be caucusing.... because of the caucuses time constraints..many people i spoke to wont be able to make it monday, because of work or prior engagements. one woman i spoke to said with so much political focus on iowa, it seems ridiculous to have so many restrictions, ruling out potential caucus-goers. others i spoke to said they're going to make the time, believing this is one of the most important elections yet "i've been a lifetime democrat but i seem to go along with million to veterans, which i am a veteran" speaking of trump...he'll be hosting a rally in waterloo on caucus day. he's not the only one making pre- caucus stops in iowa, many of the candidates will be in eastern iowa from now until monday night bernie sanders will hos

kwwls olivia mancino actually saw the house in person...she joins us now live the two women who rescued all these cats took me to the home today they have the cats in their posession now, split between the two of them they have been able to adopt some out but a lot of the from the outside, you can see there is trash everywhere but it doesn't even compare to the inside.. when we opened the door, the smell knocked me off my feet... and take into consideration the cats were rescued in october.. the home has been empty for months but the home is destroyed a very sad situation thats been weighing 'ive seen some pretty bad things, some hoarder cases, some dead animal cases, but this is horribly" heres some pictures from when they rescued the cats haasgray says it took a while to get t l the cats out of the house there is garbage a foot high so it was very hard to walk through i'm told this house is going to haasgray and her friend have completely taken on all the costs of rehabbing these cats, and because there are so many of them their shelters are full we're going to put information on our

kwwl's olivia mancino joins us live -- to explain what the celebration is alal about. olivia? mac as you mentioned there's more than two thousand burmese refugees who made a home in waterloo-- traditionally, this celebration ends the end of rice planting and the beginning of a new season, here in eastern iowa, they're keeping the tradition alive what you see on your screen now is traditional dance@of the ren culture. many groups from iowa and minnesota performee at the five sullivan brothers convention center in waterloo today. traditional food accompanied the performances. i spoke to a few of the performers about having this event in iowa. "change the mind on them, like "oh i don't like them" but maybe they can change their opinion when they see them and how they present themselves" karen is a specific subset, a culture represented by burmese people there are manydifferent cultutues reprprsented in burmrm however a majority of refugees here do celebrate the karen new year, which is why today was an umbrella celebration, for everyone to celebrate. interesting fact...the karen

kwwls olivia mancino digging into this story...she joins us now live a grand jury found officer kyle law was justified to use lethal situation, stay down after police ordered him to. now, nearly four years later, a civil suit is settled with the city of waterloo heres the scene following that november night police responded to a fight outside of the new world lounge in waterloo police say ambrose had a gun that night, and they concluded he tossed it in the bushes before making contact with police. i spoke to derrick ambrose sr. today, ambrose jr's father. he says this two and a half million dollar settlement was never about the money. "the economics part can never put a value on my son, my son was up and going, he was with me in my custody, and derrick jr was with me and going to school up and finishing school up" ambrose sr. is a long-time military officer he says he doesn't want to characterize the entire waterloo police department based on the actions of one officer the gap between the police department and the community with this settlement i reached out to waterloo police chief

kwwls olivia mancino has been following this story -- and joins us now with the details. olivia? the eagle wasn't shot however the lead poisoning could have come from lead shot shells or from fish tackle, which has lead in it. the wildlife rehab specialists who cared for the eagle are now advocating for nters to use alternative options "we believe it was ad poisoning" this video taken at local animal hospital shows a bald eagle in pain... vets recently learned (e was found by some citizens falls, where wildlife rehabilitationist linda nebbe took over. "this is big mama" nebbe is one of few licensed rehab specialalts in iowa... and owns many of her own animals. "can you give me five? thats my boy?" "you know its hard on many levels too" tests showed lethal amounts of lead in the eagles blood nebbe "you hope its going to get better and then you watch it die she suspects the lead came from either shot shells or fishing lures. her son, nathanannebbe, explains the process. "those animals like eagles are other birds of prey, at the top of the food chain when they eat those animals the

kwwls olivia mancino has been following this story -- and has more information for us this morning... "we believe it was lead poisoning" this video taken at local animal hospital shows a bald eagle in pain... vets recently learned he accumulated lead poisoning. "he was found by some citizens by the river" the eagle's travels ended in cedar falls, where wildlife rehabilitationist linda nebbe took over. "this is big mama" nebbe is one of few licensed raptor rehab speeialists in iowa... and owns many of her own animals. "can you give me five? thats my boy?" levels too" tests showed lethal amounts of lead in the eagles blood nebbe t it was to lalae. "you hope its going to get better and then you watch it die this horrible excruitating death, its maddening" she suspects the lead came from either shot shells or fishing lures.. her son, nathan nebbe, explains the process. "those animals like eagles are other birds of prey, at the top of the food chain when they eat powerful neurotoxin." the nebbes say they want hunters to be consceintious when they're in the wilderness-- anddo use steel shot

kwwl's olivia mancino#joins us live form the five sullivan brothers convention center with the latest. olivia? people are already waiting in the lobby to be let in here, these chairs won't be empty for much longer ted cruz and glenn beck are expected to arrive here at 7, after making a stop in ankeny beck made the announcemet in ankeny today he is officially in his career this coming after much banter on his radio show of him adamantly the endorsement "i don't know glen really really has been investigating all be cruz has been in a tight race to win over iowa the most recent cnn poll showing trump with a solid lead that hasn't stopped trump and from throwing insults at each other over twitter, trump has recently said in a tweet, beck backing cruz is a sad answer to his own recent endorsement by sarah palin. we'll see if any more sparks y tonighgh..be sure to o tay with us thanks olivia -- and we'll have more details on this story -- coming up tonight at ten. republian presidential cacadidate donald ttmp praises his supporters today -- saying they would stick with him even if he shot s

candidates for some eastern iowans high school students, this will be their first-ever caucus kwwls olivia mancino caught up with some of those kids at east buchanan high school well ron this is a uniqiue situation because these sutdents are being forced to go-- a government and history teacher at the high school is requiring his students to at least attend the caucuses monday as a way to extend the learning experience beyond the classroom "can you name some of the government class... "bill clinton" you better believe you're going to learn a thing or two about people on the ballot.. with two people actually having a when you said, alright kids, "ohh the excuses, ive got a birthday party, i gotta work, i got this," all of these students will be in attendence at the caucuses in winthrop february first-- they're required to at least but i cant make you do it, and specific party..." the students are engaging in class - i saw it with my own eyes, but white says sending them to the caucuses will show them how their state impacts the rest of the picture, so they can see the friends and neighbors will be

kwwls olivia mancino is at hyvee in cedar falls where people have been buying tickets all day adlib about current situation, people in line etc but we have seen a steady flow of people here all day. here's what you need to know about the powerball... it is up to 800 million dollars money in a lump sum that would beeclose to 500 million dollars we spoke to lots of people waiting in line today asking what they would buy with all mary huber - cedar falls "if i won't 800 million dollars give probably half of it toonon ofit organizations. i took mary's info down just in case she wins and i have to track her down again. this powerball is as we mentioned- record setting. the last largest jackpot that's ever compared to this one was back in march of 2012, when it was just over 500 billion. there still is time to buy your lotto ticket today if you feel like joining in.. and just an fyi if there is no winner tomorrrw night, the jackpot could raise up to a billion dollars...that's a lot of cash we've got you covered live in you can watch the power ball right here on our channel tomorrow night at ten

kwwls olivia mancino joins us live david johnson has had quite the impressive career here at home anan with his first season in the n-f-l he's an iowa boy through and through and his teammmates from back home in clinton iowa and from u-n-i are all so excited for him it was this game--the cards against the packers-- that solidified his trip to the bank of america stadium johnson was a pivotal part of this ame with two minutes left he makes a sick catch keeping the scoring drive alive-- he's been a key player for the cardinals throughout the setting the rookie franchise record with thirteen touchdowns. i talked to him and his fiance ""its been a true blessing to be able to have opportunities that ive had and been able to help out the cardinals" johnson has been a stand-out for years now-- setting many records during his time at u-n-i he holds the record for career rushing yard and touchdowns i talked this past season's panther quarterback sawyer kollmorgen he says when johnson stepped on u-n-i-s turf, he was always the best player out there and it seems like nothings changed ron - back t

kwwls olivia mancino was there for their return to cedar rapids today. she joins us now live in the armed forces readiness center. the massive trucks were quite a sight to see coming in. after a six-day trip in missouri, the soldiers tell me they're happy to be home. coming in earlier today here at the armed force readiness center here in cedar rapids . they deployed early on new year's day morning, and have worked non- stop providing nearly 500 thousand gallons clean water to more than 6 thousand residents in two counties in missouri. all of that water was used as a few soldiers i've spoken to during this process say this is the first time they've ever responded to a natural disaster like this. and one soldier's account of what he saw in missouri is breathtaking. you can hear from him in the story i'm working on for ten. news. thanks, olivia. firefighters spending the day training for ice and cold water rescues. training was at manhattan lake in ellis park. the cedar rapids department was involved in 8 water and ice related rescues in 2015. kwwl's krist

someone made new facebook page titled, "waterloo pd, we got your backs" kwwls olivia mancino talked with the creator tonight this page has been up for just a few days and has already garnered more than 35- hundred likes corey timm, the guy who created this page, had no idea the page "ohh that was horrible" on thursdays, corey timm spends his evenings at maple lanes bowling alley. on this particular thursday, timm shook off the rust from the holidays and caught up with the crew. "somebody started a facebook be killed" "jesus" "or something like that" and it wasn't their bowling game highlighting the instead, something completely knocked him out. "i was just appalled really" appalled by a facebook page targeted at killing waterloo police officers emerged on monday... "i was like really, someone actually created that" so timm decided to make police "we've got your backs" " i created the page, i didnt expect anything of it, and i started adding a few things and shared it with about 50 people" now, the page has more than 35-hundred likes, and a new administrator to step up and help monitor it

kwwls olivia mancino has been talking to his former teammates she joins us now live ive been talking to many of his former teammates from uni today everyone is saying the same thing... he's an incredible example of what it means to be a panther and they're not at all surprised johnson has made it this far in caught by johnson!" david johnson capping off his regular season career with a sick catch keeping the scoring drive alive, bringing the arizona cardinals to a victory against the packers. ""its been a true blessing to be able to have opportunities that ive had and been able to help out the cardinals" that was johnson joining me on skype nearly a month ago today three touchdowns against philly, breaking the teams franchise record for a rookie " johnson trying to get into the endzone for a third time, and he does!" johnson is an iowa boy through and through starting his career in clinton. his former teammates weigh in he would catch a ball near me and i would be like all right like already in the end zone so i could just take two steps and not have to do anything. next stop, the un

kwwl's olivia mancino shows us how. these aerial images give a glimspe of the disaster that has taken over the state of destroyed businesses, closed major oadways...and has been responsible for multiple deaths. a little more than three hundred miles away.. iowa national gaurd soldiers in cedar rapids are preparing tanks aa a water rification system to bring to missouri new years day. "i had new years plans but this is more important, its important to help people because they probably had new years plans too" more than 20 thousand missouri residents are without clean water right now. and thee tanks can provide up to 125 gallons of clean water per minute.. sgt riley says she isn't sure what their water will be they get there, but it could potentially be used as drinking water. "the water quality purification plant were going to right now is crew she says she's never responded to a national disisster before but she is more than ready. "i want to be where people need me so i'm really exicted to be down there a ad help peopl

kwwl's olivia mancino sat down with the democrat and asked her about an issue that's been a cloud over her campaign. clinton has repeatedly said none of the e-mails she sent or received on her home server was marked classified. she also claims she was the one who asked for e- mails to be made public -- and now others want "that's like driving down a you a ticket, well that's not the way government works and clinton has turned over about 55-thousand e-mails as secretary of state. the last batch will be made public on friday. clinton will be in des moines today for a town hall at drake university. bernie sanders will be there too. the democrat also spent much of the weekend campaigning in iowa -- including this stop my heart, that we are the campaign that can bring the excitement among young people, among working people, among people who otherwise might not vote." sanders is also campaigning in iowa falls, ames, newton and grinnell today. on the republican side -- senator ted cruz will make three stops in eastern iowa today. he'll be in maquoketa, manchester and independence. senator mar

we got you covered...olivia mancino...kwwl earlier this year, over the summer, more than 600 soldiers traveled to the joint readiness center in lousiana for training, colonel hapgood with the iowa national guard says this definitely helped their proficiency dealing with flooding of this magnitude. many people are out celebrating new years tonight - let's go to storm track seven chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg now for your new year's forecast. from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. see the screen for your complete weather information. here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team: an area of clouds will move across the region tonight a stray flurry or two is possible. first days of 2016 will be quiet with a mostly sunny sky through with 20% chance of a light rain/snow mix.an area of clouds will move across the region drop into the single digits overnight. the first days of 2016 will be quiet with a mostly thursday with 20% chance of a light rain/snow mix.an area of clouds will move across the two is possible. temperatures tonight drop into the

winner of the teacher in space she was selected from a group of finalists around the country kwwls olivia mancino talked to another one of those finalists -- an iowa native. olivia-- amanda, lori penn- goetsch taught middle school in mount pleasant in the 80s she told me she alwaysanted to be an astronaut, and the teaaher very differently -- and she reflected on it with me today its been 30 years since these images took over the skies above the atlantic, and were played on millions of tvs across america. the space shuttle the challenger carried seven people five astronauts, and two your life you remember exactly what you were doing, no matter how long ago it was" lori penn-goetsch, now working in iowa city as a content specialist for the a-c-t test, rememberssthe disaster if it "it was like a moment frozen in time when that tragedy happened" penn-goestch was a finalist in the teacher in space project, among many others around the country. she always wanted to be an astronaut. this project was her chance. "i remember my mother callin me and saying well at least we would have been comforted doing s

lawyers will receive two and a half million dollars from the city in a wrongful death lawsuit kwwls olivia mancino has been digging into this story she joins us now live after a long investigation it was found officer kyle law used appropriate force in this case. in fact, waterloo police chief dan trelka said in his only statement "put yourself in the shoes of the officer in that situation" however nearly four years later, millions for the loss of their son yellow tape and police cars line a crime scene that would later set the stage for one of the largest police- involved settlements ever recorded in iowa history. "it was near the new world lounge in waterloo officer kyle law shot 22 year old derrick ambrose jr. twice. officers were responding to a call of a which they said ambrose had a "20 november 2012 was a ambrose sr., ambrose jr's father. "the economics part can never put a value on my son." ambrose sr. is an active military officer. he was in oklahoma when he got the call his son was killed. he was in oklahoma when he got the call his son was killed. he says settling this civil suit was ne

kwwl's olivia mancino joins us live in waterloo tonight -- where senator cruz is rallying support. oliva? it was a charged up crowd here tonight not just to see ted cruz but many are out to see glenn beck... beck intend to respond i respect and like him, i don't want to engage in a mudslinging contest, glen beck is a principle patriot who loves this country and the constitution" cruz has been in a tight race to win over iowa the most recent cnn poll showing trump on top took time to take shots at saying he even respects sanders honesty. we're 9 days out from the caucus and it'll be interesting to see how each cruz and trumps individual endorsement affects the trends over the next few days of course we've got you covered in next -- the iowa state cyclones -- fresh off their win over number one next -- the iowa state cyclones -- fresh off their win over (phone ringing) (phone ringing) you can't deal with something by ignoring it . but that's how some presidential candidates seem to be dealing with social security. americans work hard and pay into it, so our next president needs a rea

story, we've heard from many of you, bringing attention to similar situations around iowa kwwls olivia mancino has been taking a closer look at this problem she joins us now live i sat down with someone from the waverly pet rescue today who just recently took in more than fourty cats from a single home she says this happens way more than people think -- and rescue shelters quite "you give me kisses po?" meet po -- a playful "we lucked out on her, because po is a mother to cats shes had so many hernia surgery these pictures show home that housed 43 cats. "not all of these hoarder home that's what makes this a tricky issue for so many rescue centers" "cats are very quiet...so dogs, quiet and no one would know beaman. we showed you this last week the conditions of the home are so bad, the owner evacuated herself but still went to feed the cats every single day for nearly a year, until local shelters stepped in. 'one cat can turn into fourty or fifty cats quite quickly" and the more cats in one like a day care -- if one kid gets sick, theres a good chance the rest will get sick too she says truthf

we have a link to that on our weve got you covered olivia mancino...kwwl news. authorities still aren't suue whaa caused the fire another house fire killed a mother and three children in iowa. boxholm fire crews responded to when firefighters arrived, the back half of the house was fully engulfed in flames. authorities say four family members were killed in the fire; the mother and three children. fire officials say they had used a towel, wedging under the door to ep the smoke ffm coming into the room. firefighters say extremely cold temperatures hampered efforts to fight the fire. s/ chief dave huffman/boxholm fire dept. :25 "we had a tough time. there then went out and hauled water from three miles south of town at the xenia ruraatower froze it up and ended up going to pilot mound six miles away and hauling water from there." john, the husbsbd and father of the sorenson family, was at work at the time of the fire, according to authorities. he is a jailer and 14 days until the cauauus.. the bernie sanders in their fight for the dememcratic presidential nominati

weve got you coverd live in the newsroom olivia mancino kwwl news as for that bus crash five other people were injured..but are expected to survive. a new year celebration turns olent on cedar falls main street -- sending three people hospipial. according to one manager at tony's - - the hit and run happened in the ally behind the restraunt and voo doo lounge. the manaer saw one man was on the pavemenn rolling arounun and screammng in pain. his friend was trying to get him up and get him out of the alley before police arrived. "and i was like dude no. we have to call an ambulance. your a bloody elbow. he lookededlike he just ggt hit by a ccr." police and paramedics arrived momentt later. the manager sss the paramemeics put the guy into the ambulance - - he became aggressive towards those around him. fans at the rose parade. hat event would be complete these days without star wars? storm troopers joined the disney float at the parade -- now in its 127th year. it's one of dozens of floats and bands -- making their way through pasadena, california. this year's grand marshal was documentary f

including right here in eastern iowa kwwls olivia mancino joins us nono live..you taaked to some people buying tickets earlier today i think the hype is so much greater now because no one won earlier this week.. 800 million dollaa is a lot o o money to fathom but everyone i approached today said without much hesitation they would give most of the money power play? ok" it was a steady stream of customers at the college swuare hy-vee friday evening.. l hoping to geea connie wymour has been on her feet for hours selling powerball tickets.. "to me its amazing, its fun, but to me its overwhelming" "k so then for the lottery its 3 dollars, out of ten, thank you" as of friday night, the lucky winner, you could pocket that in a lump sum. "my gosh it would be fun to win but if yououwon that great big most people we spoke to, including connie, say they'd save a little for themselves, but give a lot of the winnings away to charity. "if i won't 800 million dollars first i would probably faint, then get an accountant, then a profit organizations. "needy organizations wwuld get most of it because we

democratic frontrunner hillary clinton campaigns in marion -- and also talks to kwwl's olivia mancino about the e-mail controversy. here's what the former secretary of state had to say. "the economy does better when we have a democrat in the whit house" with eight valuable days left before the caucus...hillary clinton, joined by new jersey senator cory brooks, speaks to a room of more than 600 people. "raise the min wage so if you work full time youre not in poverty" she covered many of her key platform points including the minimum wage, women in business, clean 'that will be my mission i need your help to be able to go to the white house and do it for us, thank you all god bless you clinton has been yo-yoing in the respect between the pair, clinton sed the event in marion to highlight their differences, specifcally regaaing the issue dont think people shouud pay for bill and me to send our granddaguther to college if we can make that commitment, so i have a diferent view" another thing clinton has that sanders doesn't...an email scandal. the state department is currently investigatin

kwwls olivia mancino joins us live with that story iowa4is under a microscope right now and we will be still for weeks to come... with many of the candidates taking up temporary residency in iowa, not all iowans will be able to get out and caucus. "if you rule by the pee, you die by the pen...." "the economy is better when theres a democrat in office" "ive been followwng what everyone says, you can't get away from it!" no you can not. we're just days away from the caucuses and all the key candidatess are spending their time in iowa. unfortunate for them, not all iowans will be returning the favor come monday. m not availabbe to go out anan i interuppted breakfast at morgs diner to talk about the caucus, are you going? if yoo aren't why not? and do you like the system? "i cant get off work and go back , or if youre doing something else, everyone has bbsy lives, taking care of their families" as she mentioned, patricia lynch won't be able to make the caucus.. she wishes there was an easier story. he lives a few blocks "you get more peoples views, democrat.....................but i seem t

kwwls olivia mancino was in cedar rapids to see the soldiers return she joins us now live back in our newsroom 45 soldiers and 15 vehicles deployed new years morning to missouri to provide clean water to thousands of people i spoke to a few of the soldiers before they left last week and to more soldiers today.. for many of them this was the first national disaster they've ever responded to. it was a chilly homecoming wednesday afternooon for this iowa national guard convoy. "jumping out of the truck when we first crossed over was really cold" just hours prior these soldiers were in missouri, providing relief to flood victims who have been without clean water for weeks. "the areas we got to see it was carnage...we saw a trailer house in a baseball field and it was picked up and moved to a row of trees" private first class william taylor used to live near the missouri state line he says he knows a lot of people in missouri get his boots on the ground. "we didnt stop for a whole lot, we had a mission to do, the soldiers used these trucks to pump more than 300 thousand gallons of clean wa

she talked to olivia mancino about her campaign and her e-mail controversy. << "the economy does better when we have a democrat in the white house" with eight valuable days left before the caucus...hillary clinton, joined by new jersey senator cory brooks, speaks to a room of more than 600 people. hillary "raise the min wage so if you work full time youre not in poverty" she covered many of her key platform points including the minimum wage, women in business, clean energy and universal healthcare. hillary 'that will be my mission i need your help to be able to go to the white house and do it for us, thank you all god bless you clinton has been yo-yoing in the polls with top contendor senator bernie sanders for the past few weeks. respect between the pair, clinton used the event in marion to highlight their differences, specifcally regarding the issue of free college tuition. i asked her to elaborate. hillary and is that we should help middle class working a poor families to afford college, i dont think people should pay for bill and me to send our granddaguther to college if we can mak

she also sat down with kwwl's olivia mancino for a one- on-one interview. didn't send or receive classified emails during her time as secretary of state...though many have been deemed classified in retrospect... thats like driving down a street you follow a 35 mph speeeelimit governemnt works and thats not the way our country works" recent polls show its a tight race between clinton and senator bernie sanders here in iowa. clinton says she'll be crisscrossing the state in the next week, working to gain support. bernie sanders also stopping in eastern iowa yesterday. you see himin fayette here. he alsomade stops in ecorah, and independence...befo re a largrg event in ceddr falls. push his familiar campaign points...like fighting what he the principle of demcoracy is one person, one vote. not billionaires buyii elections. sanders will be in iowa falls, ames, newton and grinnell today before the forum tonight in des moines. on the republican side, senator marcio rubio campaigning in waterloo. a key message from him: hillary clinton cannot be esident of the uni

olivia mancino has the story. >> when you rule by the pen, you die by thes got an eraser. >> the economy does better when house. >> i've been following what everyone says, you can't get away from it! >> no you cannot. we're just days away from the candidates are spending their time in iowa. unfortunate for them, not all iowans will be returning the favor come monday. i interrupted breakfast at morg's diner to talk about the caucus, are you going? if not, why not? and do you like the system? patricia lynch won't be able to make the caucus, she wishes there select her candidate. but as for leo larson, a different he lives just a few blocks away from his caucus location, and he likes the way the system works. >> you get to discuss a few things before you start, maybe persuade others. i have been a life long democrat, but i seem to go along >> imagine that, a lifelong democrat flipping the switch and caucusing for trump. but that's exactlan rest of the candidates want,to persuade iowans, and is exactly wh in iowa. candidates on both sides of the ticket have been yo-yoing for weeks. only time

kwwl's olivia mancino shows us how. these aerial images give a glimspe of the disaster that has taken over the state of missouri. major roadways...and has been responsible for multiple deaths. a little more than three hundred miles away.. iowa national gaurd soldierr in cedar rapids are preparing tanks and a water purification system to bring to missouri new years day. "i had new years plans but this is more impootant, its important to hee people because they more than 20 thousand missouri residents are without clean water right now. and these tanks can provide up to 125 gallons of clean water per minute.. sgt riley says she isn't used for until they get there, but it could potentially be used as drinking water. "the water quality purrication plant were oing to right now is actually under water" this will be no easy feat for riley and the rest of the crew she says she's never responded to a national disaster before but she is more than ready.. "i want to be where people need me so i'm really exicted to be down there and

kwwl's olivia mancino shows us what the iowa national guard is bringing to help. these aerial images give a glimspe of the disaster that has taken over the state of missouri. flooding has displaced roadways...and has been responsible for multiple deaths. a little momoe than three hundred miles away.. iowa national gaurd soldiers in cedar rapids are preparing tanks and a water purification system to bring to missouri new years day. "i had new years plans but this is more important, its important to help people because they probably had new years plans too" more thann20 thousand missouri residents are without and these tanks can provide up to 125 gallons of clean water per minute.. sgt riley saysshe isn't sure what their water will be used for until they get there, but it could potentially be used as drinking water. "the water quality purification plant were going to right now is actually under water" this will be no easy feat for riley and the restof the crew she says she's never responded to a national disastee before but she is more than ready. "i want to be wher

kwwl's olivia mancino has more on the young woman taken too soon... a bus traveling from des moines to chicago loses control and crashes into a sign on an interstate-- killing 21 year old nicole underwood from des devastated. "shes one of those people who is really easy to talk to...she's like michael in female form" that was ryan wilson joining me on facetime he's nicoles friend...and michael consalvo's best friend. mind was...my friends in pain" consalvo was dating nicole--she was on her way to see him before she died. "he was always on the phone with her, they were constantly talking, when he woke up at 6 in the morning he would call her" wilson says though the pair hadn't been dating long, their relationship was strong. and if underwood wasn't talking to consalvo, she was doing her homework. she was a human services major at the university of iowa, and aspired to be a counselor. "it wasnt just us that lost out, she would have helped a ton of people., she was really smart really compassionate...she would have helped so many people" the ten thousand

kwwl's olivia mancino spoke to the owner about her restaurant, and the response she's gotten from the community. strawberry point iowa... car nat in one of them, sits then" its been about two days since she lost her restaurant 'back home country cookin' to a fire. it took firefighters hours to contain the blaze and the smoke that took over the entire block. "you just sit back and watch them work, thats all you can do" back home country cookin has a back story thats the history our family had in this town, and the generations strawberry point iowa, after spending almost thirty years in florida, working restaurant. she just recently celebrated her seventh year as a restaurant owner.. back home countty cookin was a stapll in the community, and so is she. marlene "brenda called me about 10 til 2 so i sa with her and we watched while the building burned" marlene gould and amanda shilhanek are some of brendas closest friends. "back home is such an intricate part of our lives, and you dont brenda "not realizing how much we meant, to the community" from people all over the country, and right

as kwwl's olivia mancino reports, the home is giving the family something ttlook forward to. inside this three story newly constructed home.... is a picture of a family who has known only loss since the changing of the seasons. "i know they are very appreciative" its been a little more than a month ssce moe sed's family learned a hunter found their missing son's body in a river. he had been missing for two months. "from what i've hearddthey feel essed to be getting a home" duane rosonske with habitat for humanity says the sed family was they have four other children. "it was a surprise to us, we didnt realize til we got re, something and be a part of it" firefighters spent their day off project like this. "were always a team anyway, some of these guyy know how to the home has been innhe works since may of 2015... built with love since day one ... now, with a new meaning...and a new ray of light where darkness once was. it's still unclear how moe sed died.. authorities say his autopsy howed no signs s f traaa. continuing coverage... more national guard members are heading to f

kwwl's olivia mancino sat down with the democrat and asked her about an issue that's been a cloud over her campaign. clinton has repeatedly said none of the e-mails she sent or received on her home server were marked classified. who asked for e- mails to be made public -- and now others want to mark some of them classified... "that's like driving down a street you follow a 35 mph speed way government works and that's not the way our country works." clinton has turned over about 55-thousand e-mails as secretary of state. the last batch will be made public on friday. clinton will be in des moines today for a town hall at drake university. bernie sanders will be there too. the democrat also spent much of the weekend campaigning in iowa "i believe, from the bottom of excitement among young people, among working people, among people who otherwise might not vote." sanders is also campaigning in iowa falls, ames, newton and grinnell today. on the republican side -- senator ted cruz will make three eastern iowa today. he'll be in maquoketa, manchester and independence. meanwhile, senator marco

kwwl's olivia mancino caught up with some excited players last night to hear what they'd do with all of the winnings... here's morr.. "you want power ball, with power play? ok" it was a steady stream chance to win the big bucks. "you want just one powerball? ok" connie wymour has been on her feet for hours selling tickets.. "to me its amazing, its fun, but to me its overwhelming" "k so then for the lottery its 3 dollars, out of ten, thank you" you're a lucky winner, you could pocket 500 million of that in a lump sum. "my gosh it would be fun to win but if you won that great big most people we spoke to, including connie, say they'd themselves, but give a lot of the winnings away to arity. security guard, then i would give probably half of it to non profit organizations. "needy organizations would get most of it because we wouldn't need it" this record-breaking ckpot is almost too much money to fathom for a lot of people... thats why they're keeping their hopes high and their expectations low. "if i wont my five dollars back that would bbgreat" hey yeah "i'd break even" "theres a gallo

kwwls olivia mancino has been following johnson's rookie season for us... and is talking to his former teammates before his big test in the spotlight today- here's that story. ...throws inno traffic, andndit's caught by johnson!" david johnson capping off his regular season career with a sick catch keeping the scoring drive allve, to a victory against the packers. ""its been a true blessing to be able to have opportunities that ive had and been able to help out the cardinals" that was johnson joining me on skype nearlyya month ago today after scoring three touchdowns against philly, breaking the teams franchise record for a rookie " johnson trying tooget into the endzone for a third time, and he does!" johnson is an iowa boy through and through starting his career in clinton. his former teammates weigh in him, but he would already be stop, the uni dome. "it was here johnson set his career in motion, holding the record for career rushing rds and touchdowns" of course he didnt stop setting records there... johnson has soared to new records in his first season

kwwl's olivia mancino explains for us this morning... "if you rule by the pen, you die by the pen...." "the economy is better when theres a democrat in office" "ive been following what everyone says, you can't get away from it!" no you can not. we're just days away from the caucuses and all the key candidates "im not available to go out and sit at the caucus" i interuppted breakfast at morgs diner to talk about the caucus, "i cant get off work and go back as she mentioned, patricia lynch won't be able to make the caucus.. she wishes there was an easier way to select her candidate. but as for leo larson...a different story. he lives a few blocks away from his caucus location, and he likes the way the system speaking of persuading others... "i have been a life long imagine that...a lifelong democrat flipping the switch and caucusing for trump. but that's exactly trump and the rest of why they've spent so much time in iowa. candidates on both sides of the ticket have been yo-yoing in the polls for the past few weeks-- so it may come down to

kwwl's olivia mancino joins us live in waterloo tonight -- where senator cruz is rallying support. oliva?