duszak was schedule to fly from rapid city, south dakota to salt lake city, utah where he lives. airport officials said duszak smelled of alcohol and authorities were saying it's investigating the incident. the light left rapid city after a two- and-a-half hour delay. the new york police department wants to make sure illegal guns stay off the streets...so they're trying something new... police plan to melt down three- thousand siezed guns this week at an undisclosed location. some have praised the plan as common sense...others say it's unnecessary. the n-r-a says the guns should be sold like other confiscated assets. but the police commissioner says his team has worked too hard to get the first place. toss to rob a weak area of high pressure moves in behind yesterdays very wet low. it wont be enough to clear us up but it will keep us dry today. highs will get to near 50. friday, the high exits and a low starts to move our way. that will create a push of warmer air and highs partly sunny conditions. the low moves over us on saturday and may give us a few showers but it also keeps

police in rapid city, south dakota were called to the airport on the reports that the pilot of a small commercial jet was drunk in the cockpit. the sky west flight bound for salt lake city when it finally took off. the allegedly drunk crew member was not at the controls. kris van cleave reports. delta connection flight 4574 arrived in salt lake city hours behind schedule with a different pilot at the controls after police in rapid city south dakota arrested 3-year-old russell duszak on suspicion of drinking. tsa officers noted duszak smelled of alcohol, called police. and officers removed him from the cockpit. darren farmer posted this picture in rapid city. tweeting delta had to call in a replacement pilot because our pilot was drunk. >> we saw a police officer board. >> barbara larson was on the flight. >> i will be really anxious now when i get on more flights. wondering, you know, you know, where the pilots and skoe pilot has been the night before. >> reporter: drunk pilot cases are rare according to the faa. to have blood alcohol of .04 or grart. in august, two united pilots were

picture inside the rapid city airport as passengers waited for information. they had to call in a replacement pilot. our pilot was drunk. >> we saw a police officer board. barbara larson was on the flight. >> i will be really anxious when i get on more flights. woulding, you know, you know, where the pilots and co-pilot has been the night before. >> reporter: drunk pilot cases are rare. according to faa ten pilots last year fund to have blood alcohol concentration of .04 or greater. in august, two united pilots were busted suspected of being intoxicated as they prepared to fly 141 passengers from scotland to the u.s. also that month. john mcguire, american airlines co-pilot pleaded no contest to charges he was drunk when removed from a detroit to philly flight in march.

the flight was from rapid city. yesterday morning, in rapid city, a tsa agent noticed alcohol on the pilot's breath and then notified police. he was taken from the aircraft. passengers say the episode left >> makes you wonder, you know -- makes you hesitant. what are their checks and balances, you know, for pilots? are there any? you know, with any of the airlines? you know, because this isn't the first time this has happened. >> according to the faa, ten pilots were arrested last year for being legally intoxicated. >>> a suspected double murderer is now in his fourth day on the run. authorities in oklahoma admit they have no idea where he might be. michael vance jr. was last seen monday near the texas border. he has taunted police by live streaming during the manhunt. vance was shot by officers sunday and officials say he might have died without treatment. >>> protesters trying to stop construction of an oil pipeline say they expect a showdown with police today. ? camped for months on land owned by the pipeline dev

the cedar rapids city council is looking at paying millions of dollars for flood protection on the city's west side. the council agreed to ask for bids for moving underground utilities that are near the river in czech village. the city believes the work could cost $4 million dollars, and it would prepare the area for a permanent flood berm. plans call for opening the bids in november. there's no timetable yet on when work would start on building the berm. iowa's two senators want to know why cedar rapids isn't other cities when it comes to federal money for permanent flood protection. senators chuck grassley and joni ernst have sent a letter to the u.s. army corps of engineers, asking why the city ranks low on a funding list for flood projects. they say the formula the corps uses is flawed because it doesn't give enough consideration to public safety. the senators also argued the city spent about $6 million dollars for only temporary flood protection last month. and that could add up, funding for the cedar rapids flood protection plan, but the corps of engineers has never included that fu

nbc's tom costello has the details. >> it was the 8:30 a him am rapid city to salt lake city delayed at the gate after tsa officerles smelled alcohol on the first officer. >> we assumed with the local tort there, it probably wasn't a medical issue and, indeed, the first officer was drunk. >> reporter: within a few minutes, the first officer, 38-year-old russell taken into custody. place say he blood alcohol level was above the limit. >> this is one of those areas, where pilots and crew member versus a zero imi intolerance for impairment for any reason. >> reporter: sky west ride in for delta. it quickly brought in a replacement pilot saying skywest holds it employees to the highest standard of professionalism and safety and security are the top priority t.

vernon is a former cedar rapids city council member who's looking to nab republican rod blum's seat on capitol hill. she's the first in our week- long analysis of candidates running for federal offices, who may end up representing iowa. kcrg-tv9's brea love has the story. monica vernon's political career began on the cedar rapids city council during an icy winter in 2008. "41:05i remember thinking we can get through this. we worked with citizens all over the community, clearing the streets, and i thought 'oh we're flood happened instead. that meant most of her term focused on recovering from disaster. "41:32we worked one on one with so many homeowners, small business people, the government didn't even have programs for as many small business people as were hit in this community, so we helped create that." after getting the people back on their feet, she started on the public buildings. "42:10the beautiful library we center, which is used all the time, and really newbo, the newbo city market, the amphitheater, those were all things i worked on." with september's flood, vernon says she p

rapid city, south dakota.? :09-:18 (lt. mark eisenbraun/rapid city police department) "we were notified from tsa staff that they believed that they smelled the odor of an alcoholic beverage on one ofhe 3 skywest apologized for what happened .... saying it's investigating the incident. 3 busch gardens closed one of its amusement rides after four people died on a similar ride in australia.two men and two women were killed after the river rapids ride malfunctioned at a popular theme park on australia's gold coast.the boat they were in at "dreamworld" overturned.. trapping two adults and tossing two others out.all four were killed... but two children in the boat survived. ride out of "an abundance of caution"... trying to understand what caused the tragic accident in australia. no word on when the ride might re-open. 3 animal control in los angeles is helping find temporary homes for more than a 150 small animals. this after a pet store fire. it happened on tuesday. firefighters were able to extinguish the flames quickly...but

night: the city of cedar rapids flood control system committee is meeting this morning. it will gather at the city services center building on 6th street sw from 10 to 11 am today, to talk about the city's flood response process. city leaders say there was minimal damage to the properties it inspected after the flood. the city didn't inspect a home unless the owner called or asked for a utility re- connection. staffers inspected about 60 homes. the flood caused mino the city inspected 33 commercial properties. the flood minimally impacted 13 of those. most of the damage was to heating and cooling equipment. the city has also issued 57 permits as of sunday, primarily for utility reconnections. red cross kits are available for anyone who needs to clean up after flooding in their homes. the kits include bleach, mops, tarps, and trash bags. in cedar falls, kits are at supplies are available at the civic center starting thursday through friday. outside of cedar rapids but in linn county, people can find the kits at the palo city hall. last night, dozens of west des moines poli

the only winter weather advisory is outside our state's border near the billings area and rapid city, moisture so limited we'll be hard pressed to squeeze out a shower down here tonight, maybe a little higher passes. we're tracking the winds which are gusty and erratic, that front due in here in a few hour or so. i don't think you'll have issues with the drive tonight, but there is a slight chance of showers during the overnight period leading us into a foggy and potentially kind of a drizzle and cool start tomorrow to your day. mid-70s now, temperatures falling. coming up in our main weather segment, yes, as adele mentioned, a 20-degree cooldown tomorrow, but we have a lovely weekend warmer outlook that people will think at some of the numbers that we have in the extended forecast. >> surprise us. we love surprises. thanks. >>> during the campaign season the colorado candidates for u.s. senate will only debate one time on live television. 9news will host that debate between democrat michael bennet and republican darryl glenn tonight on channel 20 and online on 9news.com. 9news report

we are recognizing our rapid city, south dakota affiliate kota. >> rapid city. >> rapid city. >> this famous 1959 alfred hitchcock movie starring cary grant has its dramatic conclusion atop mt. rushmore. >> "north by northwest." never saw it. >> one for dan. >> does that count? >> this song on the beatles "white" album is a combashg in the -- >> rocky raccoon. >> 2-0? hod >> south dakota. >> i've never been good at math. >>> we have a live look at wrightsville beach, north carolina. where hurricane matthew is heading right now. bringing the potential for widespread flooding. we're going to go back to our coverage of that in a moment. >>> first the big breaking political story. >> we're talking about donald trump and turmoil right there in th those vile comments caught on a hot mike 11 years ago back in 2005 leading to an exodus of support. tom llamas has more outside trump tower. >> reporter: this is a political disaster, no doubt trump's biggest controversy yet since announcing his candidacy. there morning they are elected representatives in congress and a senator both republican cal

live in cedar rapids, dave franzman, kcrg t-v nine news. the city of cedar rapids says there was minimal damage to the properties it inspected after the flood. or asked for a utility re- connection. staff inspected 60 homes. the flood caused minor damage to about 10 of them. the city inspected 33 commercial properties. the flood minimally impacted 13 of those. most of the damage was to heating and cooling equipment. the city has also issued 57 permits as of sunday, primarily for utility reconnections. red cross kits are available for anyone who needs to clean up after flooding in bleach, mops, tarps, and trash bags. in benton county, the kits are available through the county emergency management building in vinton. in cedar falls, kits are at fire station number two. and in waverly, clean-up supplies are available at the civic center. and cedar rapids closed its emergency shelter at cedar hills community church today. the shelter provided more than 690 overnight iowa state patrol is trying to figure out why a man walked into a busy stretch of highwa

the city is working with a des moines police consulting firm to find a new chief. dozens of people in northeast cedar rapids are not happy about plans for a new apartment complex in their area. and they want to the city to block construction. the complex would be at 4480 blairs ferry road kcrg t-v nine's samantha myers joins us live from there. samantha, why don't people want this? people who live in these surrounding neighborhood s say there are a number of reasons why they feel an apartment complex would not work in this area. one of the big reasons is the traffic along blairs ferry road. when buying a home, ryan koester and his family knew the land behind their home may one day be expectation and that of many of our neighbors was the ground in question was owned by a church and would be a church one da,... and we thought a church as a neighbor would be a pretty good neighbor." " and they were not happy when they learned this open field behind their home could soon be 50 townhomes. 23:44:06;02 ""the scale of the development relative to the neighborhood and the density of the project, that project that is

manchester, waterloo and cedar rapids at 76. 77 in iowa city. forecast for tonight mostly cloudy skies and showers. southeast breeze 5 to 15. for tomorrow we will have partly sunny skies and still be mild. 72 in decorah, 81 in washington. the extended forecast featuring those early raindrops for tomorrow. we will have a dry afternoon only to find rain into thursday. showers on friday but should be dry and cool friday night. 50s sunday and 60s back on monday. the 10 day trend will keep us in those fall feeling 60s. >> a new movie on the big screen is based on a remarkable young woman. >> this real-life fairytale has a hollywood ending. >> my goal -- >> the 20-year- old discovered a new way of >> you have to plan. >> those dreams started here in one of the largest slums in uganda. as a child she sold corn to help her family survived . >> i dropped out of school at six. we did not have anything. >> when she was nine she stumbled upon a church chess program. at first it was not the game >> things begin to change. the men started the program to empow

the city of cedar rapids flood it will gather at the city services center building on 6th street sw from 10 to 11 am today, to talk about the city's flood response process. city leaders say there was minimal damage to the properties it inspected after the flood. the city didn't inspect a home unless the owner called or asked for a utility re- connection. staffers inspected about 60 homes. the flood caused minor damage to about 10 of them. the city inspected 33 commercial properties. the flood minimally impacted 13 of those. most of the damage was to heating and cooling the city has also issued 57 permits as of sunday, primarily for utility reconnections. red cross kits are available for anyone who needs to clean up after flooding in their homes. the kits include bleach, mops, tarps, and trash bags. in cedar falls, kits are at fire station #2 today and tomorrow. and in waverly, clean-up supplies are available at the civic center starting thursday through friday. outside of cedar rapids but in linn county, people can find the kits at the last night, dozens of west des moines police officer

cedar rapids city transit will be running normal routes on monday. >>> students in cedar rapids school district head back to school monday. according to a post on the district's web site, buses will try to run as close to normal morning. students didn't have classes all week this week because of the flood threat. >>> if you still have sandbags and live in cedar rapids and you weren't able to hall them off to drop off locations this week, don't worry because next monday, october 10th, city workers will start picking up those sandbags from residential properties fry of charge. >> they will continue to pick up for two week. >> >> businesses who use sandbags can drop them off at one of four sites. those will be open a.m. to 7:00 p.m. at least through next friday. >> one of the main locations is the old al line energy plant between -- and quaker oughts. find the address for drop offs in the check village and kingston village on the web site. one of the most visited spots in cedar rapids is still road to recovery - for the newbo city market. ll: many consider the new during flood threats.and

rapids. four oaks serves about 900 affordable housing units throughout the city. the units are a mix of single family homes, duplexes, and apartments. but while that number seems high, four oaks says the area needs dozens of additional units. "6:17, if you're a child and you're unstably housed you move every year that's incredibly difficult for a child and i think can provide the more stable adults will be" just last night, the cedar rapids city council rejected a proposal for a 45-unit affordable housing complex along edgewood road. a cedar rapids woman is going to prison for almost three years for defrauding an elderly couple of more than 100 thousand dollars. a judge also ordered tea ware, who is 37, to pay 108 she made calls to a couple in illinois and told them that they had won a lottery or sweepstakes. using another name, ware told the couple they could get a large sum of money, but only if they mailed money to ware to cover taxes and fees. this happened between september 2015 and last february. the university of iowa is suing a contractor for defective con

we have current readings around billings and rapid city in the mid-30s. there is not a lot of kitchen coming in with this -- moisture coming in with this system but there is isolated shower, thunder and lightning coming across the foothills as well. that's going to settle in, only for one day, and the moisture is so limited. we'll be hardpressed to see a shower. we could use some moisture down here. brief rain and shower on the i-70 corridor. midday clearing, and a warm that up kicks off again on thursday. so tonight, kind of cool and cloudy with areas of fog and drizzle, low at 38. tomorrow chilly, cloudy with fog in the morning and drizzle, 58 will be yo back to the hid 70s on thursday, 80s for friday. weekend looks great. hurricane nicole, the eastern seaboard, very fearful of this storm, looks like it will stay offshore for now. >>> the history colorado center, we're roughly 46 minutes away from the one and only debated in the u.s. senate race. should say. i'll be comoderating today. i feel like both of us are going to a funeral or a wedding or someth

city will not pick up sandbags placed in alleys. the removal should take about three weeks. cedar rapids wants to hear from businesses about the effects of the recent flood. the city has sent a survey to small and large companies that were inside the flood zone. extra costs those businesses took on because of the flood. the survey asks about damage, lost production time, and any financial problems. results will be go to the federal and state levels to help create a long term solution for permanent flood control in cedar rapids. "the quantity of responses that we receive will help us create a high quality data set that we can be utilizing to ensure that we are helping the local economy recover over the shortest possible time fram interested in taking the survey, they should contact the cedar rapids economic development services or the cedar rapids metro economic alliance. two northeast iowa counties are getting some state help to clean up after flooding along the turkey river. governor branstad issued a disaster proclamation for winneshiek and clayton counties. both took on heavy flooding

cedar rapids iowa city. 49234 tubuque. upper 50s around the quad cities. temps right now in carol, 46. 56 in des moines. 71 cedar rapids. 74 des moines, and low 70s in the quad city. statewide satellite and radar, not much going on other than very thin clouds this morning. this area of low pressure right here is what's going to be bringing us those clouds tomorrow afternoon and that chance of rain. there. you do see some of the rain around the dakotas tomorrow morning -- late tonight into tomorrow morning. west iowa, see scattered showers by tomorrow afternoon. we'll wait our tuesday evening into the overnight, which means still nice, dry days for us over the next couple of days. here is predictor. there you see some thin clouds this evening. we'll turn from partly sunny late in the afternoon to mostly cloudy tonight. those clouds will thin out overnoith. tomorrow, a mix of sun and clouds will be our steady weather diet. tomorrow afternoon, there's the rain in western iowa becoming more widespread by late tomorrow evening into the overnight and continuing t

hibu's headquarters is coming to downtown cedar rapids. city manager jeff pomeranz made that an rockwell collin's space on 3rd avenue se. hibu builds websites as well as does online advertising, search and directory services. this morning the city of north liberty celebrated it's new, fixed route bus service. it will help people get to places like the grocery store, doctors office and community pantry. it costs one dollar to ride, or 50 cents for medicare and medicaid card holders. go to kcrg dot com for a map for the morning's weather, justin. despite clouds, it'll be a warm day with highs in the upper 70s to lower 80s. the clouds should break up somewhat as the afternoon goes on. winds will be from the south at 15 to 25 mph, perhaps gusting higher at times. skies continue to clear tonight into tomorrow. tomorrow won't be as warm, but it'll still be mild with highs around 70. we'll continue to come closer to typical highs in the 50s and 60s. our only rain chance is early thursday, and that looks light and isolated. the upcoming weekend should

it is 80 in tama and 82 in monticello. 83 in cedar rapids and 85 around iowa city. there is a strong warm front in place across minnesota and wisconsin and you can see thunderstorms up that way and that will not be a factor for us. even though a cold front will eventually come through, it does not look like it will produce showers or thunderstorms for us. so, today we have the south wind blowing and that is what set the temperature soaring this afternoon. this cold front will come through later tonight. from the looks of things, it should arrive around 4:00-5:00 in the morning and by six a clock a.m., it should be to the east. -- 6:00 a.m., it should be just to the east. we're not expecting rain. maybe a few clouds tomorrow morning and then later in the day we are back in high pressure. while the temperatures may be quite a bit cooler, still above normal readings are expected. we will take you to the predictor and as we go through the overnight hours, there are some showers and storms up near the minnesota border. as the front goes through, they will vanish and by t

the cedar rapids city council has approved the buyout for a well-known cedar rapids hotel. cooper's mill hotel and restaurant shut-down during the flood evacuation and will not re-open.the council approved a purchase agreement the property and all of its contents.the city plans to demolish the building next spring as part of flood protection efforts. the city is still picking up sandbags -- but it's also hoping to pick up struggling businesses.this morning -- leaders will discuss a new effort to give financial support to area shops that suffered financial losses because of the flood.most businesses didn't get any flood damage -- but many still had to shut down for a week or more. hurricane matthew is still causing trouble for thous of people. north carolina residents are still evacuating areas - due to flooding from rising rivers. more than 31 counties in the state are now considered federal disaster areas. and the death toll continues to rise - north carolina officials say 18 have died because of the storm.that puts the u-s death toll at 33 while haiti's death toll has surp

. >>> next week, cedar rapids city council will break ground on the st. clair levee and the 12th avenue near the african- american museum of iowa. after the entire system is finished, it will protect at the time area up to the crest of 2008. and the city will be visiting neighborhoods in the flood zone to pick up san bags. and they ask that you -- sand dogs. and they ask that you put them near the streets. they cannot be put in bins. we have more on the information take three weeks. >>> one food truck is serving up jamaican cuisine in iowa city. but he combines jamaican dishes and american cuisine to create new dishes. he has been in business for a year and a half but the popularity of his business is still growing. he said that he owes all the everytime i'm thinking of my mom. so you know one of the main reasons why i'm doing her."island vybz also caters. just make sure to place your order a week in advance. the cedar rapids rampage is kicking off thier new season tonight. the indoor soccer team faces off against the st.louis ambush.if you come out -- ex

the cedar rapids city council also took another step today toward permanent flood protection. the council agreed to ask for bids for relocating underground utilities that are near the river in czech village. the city believes the work could cost four million dollars, and it would prepare the area for a permanent flood berm. plans call for opening the bids in november. there's no timetable yet on when work would begin on building the berm. meteorologist joe winters joins us now with our first alert forecast. joe, it was a great day to get outside today, but that's about to change? after a mild and sunny day a cool change is heading in our direction. a cold front is approaching from the west. this front brings some light rain ahead of it and cooler northwest winds behind. as the sky clears tomorrow night, patchy frost is likely. take care of the tender vegetation by covering it. a sunny to partly cloudy sky is expected to round out the work week with night! tonight: mostly cloudy. wind: s 5-10. low: 60 tomorrow: light rain likely, mainly through early afternoon. falling temperatu

also, well to the west from wyoming to rapid city, they are currently getting hit with their big first snowfall of the season. so we're not talking about snow just just more widespread rain in the forecast and cooler air by tomorrow afternoon. now these wind are going to play as a conveyer belt here. coming out of the south this afternoon and that's going to allow for daytime highs to be 10 degrees above normal. sitting in the upper 70s. this is that next front. high pressure starts to retreat. this will cause the # 0 toss be so if you're looking for that warmer air you need to take this into account and enjoy it here. this is the rain. it happened overnight for coastal communities by tomorrow morning. more widespread -- it should be in and out of here by your late morning. kristen? >> all right, thanks so much. let start out talking about those lane restrictions going on through friday. just one lane closed on -- that's high overhead bridge work we've got overnight tonight and tomorrow, they're doing some work in that area. so expect some closure here. not a big deal. just one lane of

. >> it was the 8:30 a him am rapid city to salt lake city delayed at the gate after tsa officerles smelled alcohol on the first officer. >> we assumed with the local tort there, it probably wasn't a medical issue and, indeed, the first officer was drunk. >> reporter: within a few minutes, the first officer, 38-year-old russell taken into custody. place say he blood alcohol level was above the limit. >> this is one of those areas, where pilots and crew member versus a zero imi intolerance for impairment for any reason. >> reporter: sky west ride in for delta. it quickly brought in a replacement pilot saying skywest holds it employees to the highest standard of professionalism and safety and security are the top priority t. >>> in italy, a pair of powerful earthquakes struck a part of that country, crumbleing the epicenter, knocking out power and shutting down a major highway. officials say the aftershock was felt as far south as rome. it comes after two months after a deadly quake killed hundreds in italy. there was a lot of panic but as of now no reports of serious deaths or injure vis. >>

monica vernon's political career began on the cedar rapids city council during an icy winter in 2008. "41:05i remember thinking we can get through this. we worked with citizens all over the community, clearing the streets, and i thought 'oh we're going to have the greatest summer ever." the epic fld term focused on recovering from disaster. "41:32we worked one on one with so many homeowners, small business people, the government didn't even have programs for as many small business people as were hit in this community, so we helped create that." after getting the people back on their feet, she started on the public buildings. "42:10the beautiful library we have today, our convention center, which is used all the time, and really newbo, the newbo city market, the amphitheater, those were all things i worked on." with september's flood, vernon says she plans to fight in congress to get federal help to pay for permanent flood protection in cedar rapids "44:21there are members of congress all over the country who have these kinds of issues, so i think it's a good time for working together

rapids. we are looking at 35 in dubuque and 30 in charles city and 35 in iowa city. there is the frost advisory. it is in effect until 8:00 this morning. that is for the highlighting counties board to those dubuque and cedar rapids and iowa city. the temperatures this morning is 28 ft. dodge and 25 and spencer, 33 in the upper 50s to the lower 60s. that is a couple of degrees below normal. satellite and radar is clear. it will continue to move away from us allowing a weak area of low pressure to the north. a cold front does not move until sunday or monday but this does push cloud cover him. we will look for that tonight turning partly and sunshine. here is the forecast model. we have this through lunchtime. it is quite. here is a little bit of cloud cover into the evening. as quick as the clouds within, they move back out. we have sunny skies for saturday and sunday and monday. today, sunny and frosty and call. the winds are 5 to 10. it is 56 and iowa city. the little ones heading to school, and i know some of our cedar rapids police officers will be out today ford da

accused of trying to fly while drunk.the skywest pilot was arrested by rapid city police in south dakota and charged with operating an aircraft under the influence of alcohol.skywest says the pilot is on administrative leave and and has been removed from flying duties during the investigation. the federal communications commission has passed new rules that will now give us more privacy.the commission voted today to include rules get a customers' permission to use "sensitive" data.in this case, sensitive information includes things like web browsing data and app usage history. if you were thinking of heading down to chicago to check out the world series atmosphere around wrigley field, you might want to think again.police and other security officials are preparing for tomorrow night's game.they've implemented street closers and parking restrictionsthey're even telling people who don't have living in near wrigley field have to show a photo i-d with proof address to get within the secure perimeter. ( toss to weather ) monday is looking better than previously forecast with partly cloudy skie

now on the cbs 2 news at noon,the new partnership today, with sending mars in the not so cedar rapids city officials are breaking ground on new flood protection later today.? cbs 2 news reporter stephanie johnson is live liveright now with a preview.st? stephanie?kelly-- i'm here on second avenue where mayor ron corbett and city manager jeff pomeranz will discuss the sinclair levee. ?the city's planned to build the levee since june 2015.the sinclair levee project will be the first permanent flood the levee will start at the african american museum and stretch all the way to tenth avenue where the alliant sub station is located. "until the whole east side system is complete we will have a 40 year flood protection level but we are building it to the 2008 flood volume and when all that system is complete on the east side we'll be protected. we won't suffer what we occurred in 2008." 2008."the project will also include a four feet deep detention basin and a pump station.the levee will be 13 to seventeen feet high, costing twenty million dollars. ?tonight-- we'll have more details of this proje

rapids. they begged the city council to block the project. a farmer with the dakota access pipeline on her property says the fight is not over. she hopes to stop it from getting up and running. you're watching kcrg-tv9. now, from your 24 hour news source, this is kcrg-tv9 news morning news. good morning and welcome into meteorologist kaj o'mara joins us live at green square in downtow cedar rapids. plan on a cloudy thursday. while there will probably be some breaks in the clouds later today, it'll be too little too late for the october sunshine to push the temperatures around. tomorrow, however, is a different story. a strong warm front is still on track to move increasing the wind substantially and allowing for widespread highs into the 70s. while records are safe at the moment, we'll continue to watch this going forward. the weekend continues to look decent with highs primarily in the 60s. by halloween, our next surge of warm air moves into the region with highs at least into the mid- 70s for all areas. it'll be windy again as well!today: c

it happened in rapid city, south dakota they noticed the smell of alcohol on the pilot. they notified police. an aircraft while intoxicated. >>> robbery suspect goes off road trying to avoid police, one thing he couldn't avoid that got him caught. >>> owners of university mall is doing more to try to save their business. >>> the tech giant is holding another event today. we have the tech bytes. >>> apple expected to unveil its new line of macs today. >> they reveal a new viewer guide on apple tv >> customers have to wait for the new air pods they're delaying the release. >> they were supposed to debut this month, possibly today shipping a product before its ready. >>> new york's museum has acquired the original graphics, they were very small. they were created in 1999 to help japanese cell phone users >>> it is 5:23. following breaking news in safety harbor. deputies arrested this man after getting a call from his ten-year-old son for help. his son called saying his dad was asleep in the car and he couldn't wake him up. he was scared and didn't know er detectives say, th