sculpted by phoebe hemphill. here is where some of my experiences traveling with the air force kind of paid off in terms of, you know, believability. the 50th anniversary of war war two, we went literally around the world to visit china, india, burma theater. we were in hawaii. i saw the marks at hickam air force base. i visited the arizona. these things become powerful. when you have direct contact, as opposed to indirect contact, it is want to play a role in how you interpret this. it will mean so much more. being in guam, being in india, being across the himalayas, we went to china. and i also went to normandy with the air force, i also went down to fort bragg and saw the green berets, our special ops graduating from their training, from the rigorous training. and i also did a private sector painting, who parachuted into what was really a suicide mission -- to obscure bridges and normandy. actually, it was an incredibly important factor in the success of freeing the peninsula from hitler's minions. the first s

sculpted by phoebe. okay. here is where some of my experiences traveling with air force kind of paid off in terms of believability. with the air force 50th anniversary of world war ii, we want to literally around the world to visit china. we were in hawaii. i saw the marks at the khmer for space. we visited the arizona. these things become powerful. when you have direct contact as opposed in direct contact, it's going to play a role in how you interpret this. is going to mean so much more also being there, being in guam, being in india, being in -- across the himalayas. we went to china, and i also want to nobody with the air force and i also went down to fort bragg and that the green berets, special ops graduating from their training. and i also did a private sector painting of the filthy 13 who parachuted in what would have been, which really was a suicide mission to secure bridges in normandy and actually was incredibly important factor in the success of freeing the code 10 peninsula from hitler, so i had a

willis dady executive director phoebe trepp says everything went as planned. she says it's important for the shelters to work together during the frigid temperatures. "it's heartbreaking to see people outside with nowhere to go when it's so cold, and it's so dangerous to be sleeping outside with the wind and the snow, and the ice. it just causes so many health that's really what we're all trying to avoid." trepp says before the next storm, they'll find volunteers for the overflow location, and get the word out to those who need services. people in need have more supplies, and drivers in cedar rapids got out of parking tickets. it's a win-win city program to forgive tickets for a donation to a shelter. kcrg-tv9's forrest saunders joins me at the desk this morning. forrest, this program worked pretty well? forget the fine lived up to it's name. but if you really want to get a sense of how well it worked, look at this. what your looking at is a massive pile of blankets, kids clothes, hygiene products and a lot of other stuff. in all, more than 27- stuff for peopl

willis dady executive director phoebe trepp says everything went as planned. she says it's important for the shelters to work together during the frigid temperatures. "it's heartbreaking to see people outside with nowhere to go when it's so cold, and it's so dangerous to be sleeping outside with the wind and the snow, and the ice. it just causes so many health problems, and fatalities, and that's really what we're all trying to avoid." trepp says before the next storm they'll work to find volunteers for the overflow location, and get the word out to those who need services. in a t-v nine follow-up tonight... the benton county sheriff's office has yesterday in a grain elevator accident. he was 56 year old alan kimm of keystone. yesterday afternoon, kimm was vacuuming grain into a semi at the benton grain company in keystone. the sheriff's office says that's when a wall of corn collapsed onto kim, killing him. another person had to go to the hospital with breathing problems. attorney general tom miller says he believes e- cigarettes are a safer option than cigar

, the country's most influential religious leader accused the front runner of being an islam joe, phoebes go to sara sidner live. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. there have been reaction mostly from people and some business owners to stop telling trump branded home decor products, saying it is simply something to do because of the sentiment of the customers, a very large retail chain across east and north africa. also, we are hearing from people, not hearing so much from the leaders of these countries. >> that is partly because they do not recognize donald trump as an official of the united states. they see he is simply a candidate for the president and therefore decided not to make comments on his comments. when you talk to people. they have all sorts of things to say. the word fascist is used quite a bit. racist is used quite a bit. a lot of people are looking at this as playing into the hands of isis. they say they, too, as muslims, are afraid of what isis means and what it brings and isis kills more muslims than anyone else. but they are concerned that someone in the united

willis dady executive director phoebe trepp says everything went as planned. she says it's important for the shelters to work together during the frigid temperatures. "it's heartbreaking to see people outside with nowhere to go when it's so cold, and it's so dangerous to be sleeping outside with the wind and the snow, and the ice. it just causes so many health problems, and fatalities, and that's really what we're all trying to avoid." trepp says before the next storm, they'll find volunteers for the overflow location, and get the word out to those who need services. people in need have more cedar rapids got out of parking tickets. it's a win-win program to forgive tickets for a donation to a shelter. kcrg-tv9's forrest saunders joins me at the desk this morning. forrest, this program worked pretty well? forget the fine lived up to it's name. but if you really want to get a sense of how well it worked, look at this. what your looking at is a massive pile of blankets, kids clothes, hygiene products and a lot of other stuff. in all, more than 27- hundred dollars

willis dady executive director phoebe trepp says everything went as planned. she says it's important for the shelters to work together during the frigid temperatures. "it's heartbreaking to see people outside with nowhere to go when it's so cold, and it's so dangerous to be sleeping outside with the wind and the snow, and the ice. it problems, and fatalities, and that's really what we're all trying to avoid." trepp says before the next storm, they'll find volunteers for the overflow location, and get the word out to those who need services. people in need have more supplies, and drivers in cedar rapids got out of parking tickets. it's a win-win program to forgive tickets for a donation to a shelter. kcrg-tv9's forrest saunders joins me at the desk this morning. forrest, this program worked pretty well? forget the fine lived up to it's name. but if you really want to get a sense of how well it worked, look at this. what your looking at is a massive pile of blankets, kids clothes, hygiene products and a lot of other stuff. in all, more than 27- hundred dollars w

willis dady executive director phoebe trepp says everything went as planned. and now here's your first alert forecast. after some overnight snow shower activity, the sky will rapidly clear. given temperatures in the upper teens to lower 20s and a good portion of the day turning sunny, most of the overnight snow should melt itself away. plan on a chilly evening if you are heading out to ring in the new year with midnight temperatures around 10 degrees. wind chills will likely be near zero during the evening as well. plan on a nice new years day, with a decent weekend also still on track. have a great day! hawkeye fans are flooding los hey >>> welcome back to "gma." you are looking live at times square where dick clark's new year's rockin' eve with ryan seacrest is just hours away. all the fun on abc starting at 8 p.m. eastern and ryan will be here joining us live in just a bit. >> we're excited about that. >>> also happening, the midwest facing record-breaking flooding. hundreds of roads under water as rescuers race to find survivors overnight and the so-called

phoebe, non-gun owner, pennsylvania, good morning. good morning. think the second amendment doesn't apply to the weapons we have today. it applies to like muzzleloaders and things like that. now that we have assault weapons i think they should all be banned and i think that we should stop manufacturing bullet . that way everyone can have all the guns they want but they can't kill anybody. host: thank you for the call. "the daily times" reporting on the presidents speech tonight. plane -- "obama to outline plan to fight terrorism and the islamic state ." "the president delivering a rare primetime address tonight from the oval office outlining his administration's plans to combat terrorism and provide an update on the federal investigation into wednesday's attack that killed 14 people at a holiday party in california. it is being investigated as an act of terrorism. spent -- san bernardino is one of several attacks in recent years, as well as the 2013 boston marathon bombings that appeared to involve lone wolf workers inspired by terrorist groups but

willis dady executive director phoebe trepp says everything went as planned.