and i'm ron steele. thanks for joining us. we now know the name of a 13-year- old girl shot and killed in cedar rapids yesterday morning. police believe ireshia parks was shot by accident. take a look at the scene tuesday--lt to the shooting -- happening well outside the flooding evacuation zones. kwwl's kristin rogers--talking with a witness today--kristin? that's right -- i spoke with a man who says he heard the gunshot--and spoke with the suspects-- while his girlfriend tended to parks-- this all happening just before eight yesterday morning-- a tuesday morning unlike any other-- that's when he went outside-- "one of the girls in the back seat opened the door and said my sister has been shot." but earlier in the morning boike and his girlfriend let the girls into their home. "said they were locked out of their house and were cold and they needed to use the bathroom." boike then remembers parks--being polite--and happy. "thanked me and they were laughing, they were giggling you know just being teenage girls." boike's girlfri

good evening everyone, i'm ron steele. and i'm amanda goodman. thanks for joining us. here's more of that video over cedar falls tonight. after cresting over the weekend -- the cedar river is dropping in the left in place of the flood water. that focus -- also true down river in cedar rapids. hard in the flooding as we've been showing you this week. while this street took on water -- other nearby businesses narrowly avoided taking on major flooding damage. kwwl's kristin rogers--joining us live from the new- bo in cedar rapids--kristin? you'll see behind me a large wall of hesco barriers-- put up to keep flood waters from rushing into newbo-- and had significant water-- the majority of newbo--stayed dry. this week-- as flood waters--built up inside these newbo buisnesses---on one side of a hesco barrier wall-- something city manager jeff pomeranz says--they had no choice in. "the only way to have a chance of saving an entire area and entire neighborhood was to place those barriers where we did." keeping the majority of the newbo area dry-- like right here at expecting

good evening everyone, i'm ron steele. and i'm amanda goodman. thanks the wapsi river's elevated levels affecting the jones county town of olin. flooding having a big impact on both those inside and out of the city. kwwl's brad hanson was in olin earlier tonight, and joins us live from the telegraph herald newsroom in dubuque with the latest. the wapsi river has crept into both cornfields and city streets alike, causing all sorts of problems for the small town of about 700. wednesday--a woman forced to the town completely shut down--submerged. these houses suddenly become waterfront properties, with water seeping into their basements. sadly, many say this is nothing new. (linda petersen, olin) "we got the routine, okay we know the water's coming up, move everything up, move everything to higher ground. and then wait for the water to rise, and go back down." but the familiarity doesn't make it any easier. "and it breaks my heart to have to throw out my daughter's because, well i was really...i said, i'm sorry, but it's been flooded, there's no sav

good evening everyone, i'm ron steele. and i'm amanda goodman. thanks for joining us. 32-year-old chad little now charged with first degree murder and child endangerment in the death of four- year-old gracie buss his fiance --31- year-old kristi buss is charged with child endangerment resulting in death. her daughter gracie died a few unconscious in their home last year. kwwl's elizabeth amanieh is live in the newsroom. elizabeth. amanda/ron-the autopsy shows gracie died of severe head trauma. in an interview with kwwl last year-relatives said they believed her injuries were caused by someone. now-both mom and her fiance are being charged in the death of gracie buss. after 18 months of searching for answers-a step closer in justice for gracie. who said they believed the fairbank "gracies in a much better place. i know she's with god and she's with her aunti heather. and she's happy, buss is facing charges of child endangerment resulting in death. the criminal complaint reveals kristi's fiance- chad little had been living with kristi and her two p

and i'm ron steele. thanks for joining us. we now know the name of a 13-year- old girl shot and killed in cedar rapids yesterday morning. police believe ireshia parks was shot by accident. take a look at the scene tuesday--lt to the shooting -- happening well outside the flooding evacuation zones. kwwl's kristin rogers--talking with a witness today--kristin? that's right -- i spoke with a man who says he heard the gunshot--and spoke with the suspects-- while his girlfriend tended to parks-- this all happening just before eight yesterday morning-- a tuesday morning unlike any other--

good evening everyone, i'm ron steele. and i'm amanda goodman. thanks for joining us. here's more of that video over cedar falls tonight. after cresting over the weekend -- the cedar river is dropping in the left in place of the flood water. that focus -- also true down river in cedar rapids. hard in the flooding as we've been showing you this week. while this street took on water -- other nearby businesses narrowly avoided taking on major flooding damage. kwwl's kristin rogers--joining us live from the new- bo in cedar rapids--kristin? you'll see behind me a large wall of hesco barriers-- put up to keep flood waters from rushing into newbo--

good evening everyone, i'm ron steele. and i'm amanda goodman. thanks for joining us. 32-year-old chad little now charged with first degree murder and child endangerment in the death of four- year-old gracie buss his fiance --31- year-old kristi buss is charged with child endangerment resulting in death. her daughter gracie died a few unconscious in their home last year. kwwl's elizabeth amanieh is live in the newsroom. elizabeth. amanda/ron-the autopsy shows gracie died of severe head trauma. in an interview with kwwl last year-relatives said they believed her injuries were caused by someone. now-both mom and her fiance are being charged in the death of gracie buss. after 18 months of searching for answers-a step closer in justice for gracie.

also, kwwl's ron steele nominated for his investigative story about russ wasendorf -- called imaginary empire. my partner here on today in iowa -- ally crutcher -- has been nominated for a regional emmy -- comprehensive story about mental health -- how a waterloo family had to wait five days for a psychiatric bed to open for their daughter. a story i did about putting eyewitnesses to the test has also been nominated. today into tomorrow but any rain should be light. skies will stay cloudy but more sunshine is expected for sunday. warmer for the beginning of next week. highs on monday into wednesday will be in the 70s. rain returns to the >> orpheus: now i realize christmas is still a few months away, but i must confess i've never been a patient man. so, with the help of my associates, i've managed to put together what we might call a wish list. $20 million will be transferred into an untraceable offshore account of our choosing. we will, of course, be providing you with the routing and the account numbers. when we have received confirmation of the transfer and we are safely out of the

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that includes two newscasts, a best evening and a best daytime -- with the also, kwwl's ron steele nominated for his investigative story about russ wasendorf -- called imaginary empire. my partner here on today in iowa -- ally crutcher -- has been nominated for a regional emmy -- for a comprehensive story about mental health -- how a waterloo family had to wait five days for a psychiatric bed to open for their daughter. a story i did about putting eyewitnesses to the test has eileen is back with another check of your storm track seven forecast. increasing clouds with a stray shower today. scattered showers saturday. dry sunday through tuesday. highs in the mid to upper 60s today through sunday with a few 70s for the forecast for wednesday. ?? >>> good morning. was it avoidable? federal investigators combing through the wreckage of that deadly train crash in new jersey. the engineer released from the hospital overnight set to be interviewed today. was it human error or mechanical problem? we'll talk to the woman in charge of the investigation. >>> doubling down. attacking hillary clinton for

a former rnc chair michael steele, ron fournier. michael, you had -- you had to dabble a little in '06 and good stuff in '10. >> i was a candidate in '06. i know very well what ift was like. >> you were when your race didn't get prioritized and the money said we have to go save the senate. we love you, michael steele but we have to go save candidates. and this happens. when did you know it was happening? about now or -- >> it happened a little earlier because the numbers were beginning to shift. the atmosphere was so poisonous. it was the scarlet letter year nep"r" was not a letter you wanted to have. so what i did was, we adapted. i was a county chairman and state party chairman. i get it. >> bush, never met him. don't know who he is. >> actually, i ran into bush. i ran into that. i didn't run away from it as some other candidates did. for me it was like, okay, i'm in maryland. no one is going to believe me going out here and dissing the president. i ran into that. and we kept it close for a long time. there does come a point where

something viral here. >> with us onset in washington ron, associate editor for the washington post eugene robinson. washington anchor kattie kay and michael steelbeautiful. >> we saw really beautiful pieces again. i want to thank them for having us. it shows art. >> there are a lot of people hugging each other. >> there was a lot of hugging. >> okay. >> space. >> space is incredible. they have a really -- their art center is extremely impressive. >> the lighting is incredible. >> there you go. >> you get a better view of how they set this up. >> all right. it is like october 7th. >> so let's talk really quickly, seriously, about it is so -- at least to me, obvious what donald trump is doing. he is throw tg meat out to the big audiences then saying no. there's going to be a softening what he is saying is we are going to go after the bad guy here. people that are living here peacefully are going to get to stay here. he basically adopted barack obama's position. >> then nothing will have to change. it is what it is. >> that's the thing. he goes to mexico, plays nice and throws red meat out and said we'll be tough. then goings on laura -- >> no. yo