saunders: life in the fast lane, uncle bob. sowoski: come on in. i'll get you something to eat. - he's more than a guardian, he's also a baylor zimm client. - hey. did you look into that m.n.p. i asked about? - [laughs] m.l.p, uncle bob. "master limited partnership." and it's called tritak energy. - tritak, right. right. look, i know you told those fancy number crunchers over at your office to take care of my money, but i'm reading all this material they keep sending me. it looks like an awful lot of cash going into one company. i mean, i keep seeing it. "tritak. tritak." i mean, it was 10%, now it's 40. even a financial dunce like myself knows you got to diversify, right? - uncle bob, would i steer you wrong? who got you those tax breaks? who got you that low-interest loan? you had one truck, now-- - now i got six trucks. 20 employees. - and from what i heard, that m.l.p. is returning 8%. where else are you gonna find that kind of return on your money? trust that broker that i set you up with. - adam...i do. - what? - you're a genius, and you alwa

if not, brent saunders will tell us.omeone will tell us. >>> should add pfizer shares are under pressure in part also because you get some risk -- 4.4 billion shares will be issued. >> a lot of stock. >> so do you have some pressure. >> unless the fed raises 180 basis points. >> 3.55 is the yield. one would expect overtime they will increase that. >> how about the 40 billion coming from teva? >> i don't know. >> buy back stock? we can't buy back stock if we're issuing stock. we? what's this we? i'm searching. >> i'd be curious to mesh sure the impact from a tax/revenue standpoint. we may not be measuring this inversion properly. if you have overseas cash, you no longer have go through tax planning. it's conceivable that more jobs will be created. i'm certain they'll try to articulate that thought as a result of the deal rather than fewer. therefore you may end up with pfizer playing less in tax, end up with a higher revenue overall being created for the u.s. treasury because it creates more jobs, brings more money back i

tv-9's forrest saunders. thanks a lot forrest. the johnson county salvation army's holiday campaign is in full swing this morning. volunteers spent hours ringing the bell at scheels inside coral ridge mall yesterday. that includes three of the county's mayors. leaders say 82 cents of every dollar donated will stay in johnsonncounty. it willl be used for services like thanksgiving dinners and toys for tots. development director trisha smith says these donations are vital for people in need. "over half of our income for the johnson army comes in during our holiday kettle time and that support is incredibby vital. we have people who walk into our door on a daily basis who need services they don't have a home to go to its getting cold outside, they don't have coats they don't have blankets and they need all of those things to survive." the salvation army selected jeff and missy disterhoft as this year's honorary family. they will help raise awareness about the campaign and volunteer efforts. "theres a great faith based component to it

tv-9's forrest saunders. thanks a lot. sprint is trying to woo customers away from other providers-- by slashing their bills in half. and apple unveils a new way high tech way to charge the apple watch. that's coming eastern iowa. the wind will gust at times to 45 or even 50mph. a wind advisory is in effect for the entire tv9 viewing area through sunset. plan on highs into the lower and middle 50s, but at least we'll have some sunshine. the main focus of the next few days is the snow that will arrive on friday night. while snow is possible before sunset, accumulation s will be limited. however, once the sun goes down, snow should increase in intensity and last the entire night. snow will linger right into saturday morning. plan on 4-6" to be on the ground by saturday morning in many areas, with trends of a narrow heavier band trying to set up around cedar rapids and/or dubuque. we'll continue to monitor these trends as this system develops. we encourage you to stay tuned to the latest tv9 first alert forecast and to get a

tv-9's forrest saunders is live at the e-l-s-c this morning. forrest, what kind of questions is the survey asking? building strong community relationships begins with open communication. the cedar rapids community school district strives to share relevant information with our community to ensure everyone feels connected and confident in our ability to serve the needs of our students and families. in that spirit, we invite your participation in a communications survey. whether you have a child in our schools or not, we want to understand how you prefer to receive school district information and what topics are most important to you. the survey is offered in both english and spanish and will remain available until december 1. if you need a paper copy, you may call the community relations office at 319-558-2124. cedar rapids' independent research partner k12 insight is administering the survey and all responses will be completely confidential. k12 insight's reports will include only the overall results. as your school district, it's our goal to en

tv-9's forrest saunders. thanks lot forrest. people in alburnett will soon have a safer way to get to a sports complex just outside of town. workers have almost finished pouring the concrete for a pathway leading from the town to the martin sports complex. the alburnett lions club received grants and donations, as well as money from the city, for the 38- thousand dollar project. the club wanted to build the pathway to keep people from walking on the side of the road. "the shoulder of the road leading from town out to the complex is just not safe for people to be on. the cross country team does run it to come out here to use the trail that's around the complex and it's just not a good situation, so i'm ticked we can have a nice safe trail for them to come out here and practice." the alburnett lions club says it is still taking donations for the project. kcrg-tv9's new parent company, gray television has a better view of eastern iowa this morning. gray hosted a reception for cedar rapids city and business leaders, kcrg, and the ga

our forrest saunders is on scene. closing arguments start today in the first- degree murder trial of nicholas luerkens -- his family testified yesterday saying they struggled to get him help before he stabbed his ex-girlfriend. longtime cedar falls mayor jon crews says he won't run in the run-off election for another term in december. poll numbers are shaking up the g-o-p presidential race -- knocking huckabee and christie off the primetime stage for the next debate. the iowa department of natural resources will release two thousand trout into a cedar rapids fishery today. and one university of iowa police officer chooses to keep kids safe rather than writing tickets -- buying proper cars seats for a family after a routine traffic stop. you're watching kcrg-tv9. now, from your 24 hour news source, this is kcrg-tv9 news morning news. fire crews will be working to assess the damage today after a major fire at the amana colonies golf course clubhouse. multiple fire crews are at the amana colonies golf course club house.

tv-9's forrest saunders. thank you. people on social media have a new holiday coffee cup to discuss this morning. this one has people wondering if dunkin' is taking a jab at its in far western parts of iowa, people dealt with snow after the heavy rain. temperatures dropped in the sioux city area, the falling snow made the roads slick and tricky to drive on. the high winds didn't plan on a very windy day. we'll have gusts around 50 mph, especially this morning. if today is your trash day, keep an eye on the bins, especially once they have been emptied out. give high profile vehicles some extra room as well. the wind should continue right into friday, though the gusts probably won't be any weekend still looks great with highs well into the 50s both days. our weather turns active again as we head into next week! plan on a very windy day. we'll have gusts around 50 mph, especially this morning. if today is your trash day, keep an eye on the bins, especially once they have been emptied out. give high profile vehicles some ex

tv-9's forrest saunders. thanks a lot forrest. people in alburnett will soon have a safer way to get to a sports complex just outside of town. workers have almost finished pouring the concrete for a pathway leading from the town to the martin sports complex. the alburnett lions club received grants and donations, as well as money from the city, for the 38- thousand dollar project. the club wanted to build the pathway to keep people from walking on the side of the road. "the shoulder of the road leading from town out to the complex is just not safe for people to be on. the cross country team does run it to come out here to use the trail that's around the complex and it's just not a good situation, so i'm ticked we can have a nice safe trail for them to come out here and practice." donations for the project. kcrg-tv9's new parent company, gray television has a better view of eastern iowa this morning. gray hosted a reception for cedar rapids city and business leaders, kcrg, and the gazette company last night. tv9 joined the gray fam

tv-9's forrest saunders. thanks a lot forrest. the johnson county salvation army's holiday campaign is in full swing this morning. volunteers spent hours ringing the bell at scheels insiie coral ridgeemall yesterday. that includes three of the county's mayors. leaders say 82 cents of every dollar donated will stay in johnson county. it will be used for sererices like thanksgiving dinners and toys for tots. development director trisha smith says these donations are vital for people in need. "over half of ur income fo the jonson army comesin during our holiday kettle time and that supuport is incredibly vital. we have people who walk into our door on a daily basis who need services they don't have a home to go to its getting cold outside, they don't have coats they don't have blankets and they need alal of ose things tt survive." the salvation army selected jeff and missy disterhoft as this year's honorry family. they w wll help raise awareness about the campaign and volunteer efforts. "theres a great faith based component to it tha

tv-9's forrest saunders. thanks snow is on the way, so some people in a community are trying to help their neighbors during the cold months. hundreds of people in north liberty came to a fundraiser for the food bank. eastern iowa. the wind will gust at times to 45 or even 50mph. a wind advisory is in effect for the entire tv9 viewing area through sunset. plan on highs into the lower and middle 50s, but at least we'll have some sunshine. the main focus of the next few days is the snow that will arrive on friday night. while snow is possible before sunset, accumulation s will be limited. however, once the sun goes down, snow should increase in intensity and last the entire night. snow will linger right by saturday morning in many areas, with trends of a narrow heavier band trying to set up around cedar rapids and/or dubuque. we'll continue to monitor these trends as this system develops. we encourage you to stay tuned to the latest tv9 first alert forecast and to get a free download of the tv9 weather app, for

tv-9's forrest saunders, thanks a lot. one eastern iowa church is hoping to reach children around the world this holiday season. hillside wesleyan church in cedar rapids is nearly done collecting donations for operation christmas child, but they need more to reach their goal. volunteers collect shoeboxes packed with hygiene and school supplies, then send them to a processing center in minneapolis. from there, they go to kids in 130 countries around the world. collections coordinator john zamastil says the samaritan's purse official website tells you exactly what to put in a shoebox. 22:20-:34 "look under operation christmas child, they'll give you what you can pack and you can print your labels, and what not to pack in it, and they'll give you the drop-off sites in the you can find a link to that under this story on our website, kcrg dot com. today the crisis center of johnson county is holding a kick off event for their project holiday fundraiser. project holiday will service holiday meals to more than 4 thousand communit

joining us now, liz and saunders . we' re not missing gary today. >> thank you. anthony: you were backstage listening to this conversation. liz: it' s fascinating, a treat to be here with you. i' ve been a great admirer. have you ever thought about going on a more public awareness philanthropy? truly explaining to people who may not understand what private equity is and the value it brings to the economy? the broad economic wealth it creates? david: i do think that our image took a hit in 2012. i think that mitt romney did not want to defend private equity because his polling data showed that every time he utter the word private equity in defending himself, his numbers would go down. so, i think he decided not to talk about it. maybe that was a correct or incorrect decision, i don' t know, but i think that private equity took a bit of a beating. i think we could do a better job letting people know what we do. people obsess over our tax rate as opposed to whether we are creating jobs, which is unfortunate. maybe i could do a better job in explaining to people what

tv-9's forrest saunders. thanks a lot forrest. and today, people in eastern iowa can learn more about food insecurity in the area. the hawkeye area community action program is working with iowa food bank to put on coralville public library at 1:30 this afternoon. according to hacap there are over 56 thousand food-insecure individuals in their service area. a plunge into chilll water raised thhsands of dollars for the iowa special olympics. polar plungers dressed in their best costumes for the dip in dubuque on saturday. two sheriffs deputies from dubuque county - nd an experienced diver - made sure everyone made it in and out of the water safely. every year, the dubuque law enforcement center surprises friends and family with their costumes. all together, the polar plunge raised 23#thousand dollars. a quilting group is getting ready to bring warmth to kids at the u-i hospitals and clinics' pediatric oncology unit. lois ludvigson has led the group "in god arms" since 2009. the group works with donated quilting materials. this weeke

tv-9's forrest saunders. thanks a lot. two eastern iowa schools hope to win big prizes by encouraging safe driving. two eyes on the road, two hands on the wheel, think about your actions, cut out distractions dyersville and anamosa high school are both part of the state farm insurance contest called "celebrate my drive." they're in the running for 100-thousand dollars and a free concert from the band echosmith. anamosa and beckman both submitted videos showing how students drive safely - they're now in the second round of the contest. they're looking for people to vote for them by taking the pledge to be safe drivers. we have a link to the contest site under the news links section of kcrg dot com. cascade high school won this same contest last year. they beat out more than three thousand other schools to win the small school division. the school got a private concert from the band perry and 100-thousand dollars. the money went towards new lockers, window blinds and classroom furnishings. johnson county could experience its

tv-9's forrest saunders is live in amana. new leaders, new underdogs, and presidential field is shifting around. well in the polls early on will no longer be on the main stage for debates. but right now, here's a look at opening farm markets. good morning! now that our cold front has moved through the area, plan on temperatures to be around seasonal averages today with highs back in the lower 50s. there will be some sun out there though, which will help quite a bit. plan on more tomorrow with some gradual warming from sunday through tuesday. our next opportunity for rain comes in around wednesday and thursday of next week. temperatures should generally average in the 50s with lows down into the 30s. have a great weekend!toda y: mostly sunny, cooler high: 50-56 winds: nw 10-20 alo: 52 dbq: 50 iow: 54tonight: mostly clear low: 32-38 winds: w 5-10 alo: 32 dbq: 34 iow: 35tomorrow: mostly sunny, seasonable high: 47-53 winds: nw 5-15 alo: 50 dbq: 50 iow: 53tomorrow night: mostly clear low: 27-33 winds: light w alo: 30 dbq: 30 iow:

tv-9's forrest saunders. thank today, the city of cedar rapids is hoping to get input for improving cedar lake. today it's holding an open house to collect ideas, interests, and desired amenities for the lake. it will start at 5 o'clock this evening and go until 6:30 at the wateeadministration building. this will also be the chance for the community to hear about what friends of cedar lake have in the works already. 468 employees with h ockwell collins are oluntary retiring early. the largest employer in cedar rapids announced the plan in september, with a goal of reducing its overall head count by 500. that's two and a half percent of its workforcee it's makinncuts due to projected slow sales of business jets. to be eligile for the retirement plan, employees had to be at least 60 years old by the end of the year... and must leave by december 18th. they had to sign up for it by monday. those in the eastern part of the country are bracing for severe weather today. the midwet was hit hard yesterday with high wi

tv-9's forrest saunders at the campassion fund telethon. thanks a lot. triplets without the use of any fertility drugs. that only happens in about point 0-0-4 percent of pregnancies. bridget hogan had three boys tadhg , sean, and cathal on november 3rd. each weighed between three and four pounds. hogan already had a two-year-old son, and says she didn't expect to go from a family of three to six in 35 weeks. she says they're adjusting to providing three times the care. "its been around the clock 24 hour care, bottles every two hours. just eating, changing, dressing, and doing it all over again. " a c-d-c study says in 20-13 there were more than three million births in the united states, and only 119 of those were triplets. the number doesn't include the rare identical factor. the french president says he wants to rid the country and the world of terrorism. france is continuing with airstrikes against the islamic state in syria. you'll need your umbrella and rain boots today. we're expecting rain all throughout the day. more on that coming up. but right n

tv-9's forrest saunders. thanks a lot forrest. national security is still a concern for the u-s and for those abroad. french investigators are still trying to determine if one of the top most wanted terrorists is dead or not. and the islamic state has claimed they've killed two hostages. one from china, which would be the first chinese person killed by the but right now, here's a look at today's opening farm markets. good morning! plan on a cool and windy day across eastern iowa. the wind will gust at times to 45 or even 50mph. a wind advisory is in viewing area through sunset. plan on highs into the lower and middle 50s, but at least we'll have some sunshine. the main focus of the next few days is the snow that will arrive on friday night. while snow is possible before sunset, accumulation s will be limited. however, once the sun goes down, snow should increase in intensity and last the entire night. snow will linger right into saturday morning. plan on 4-6" to be on the ground by saturday morning in many areas, with trends cedar

tv-9's forrest saunders. thank you. state high school football semi finals start today at the uni dome in cedar falls. we'll have full coverage of all the games on kcrg nine point two. class eight and three-a teams play today. eastern iowa teams to look out for -- don@bosco plays newell-fonda at nine this morning. and west delaware plays pella at 8:15 tonight. again we'll have coverage all day on nine point two. a major league baseball pitcher will make a stop in eastern iowa today. colin rea is coming home to cascade and you have a chance to meet him and ask questions. up next... this morning's weather wise question. meteorologist kaj o'mara is up right after the break. it's ---. first alert storm team joins us now. plan on a very windy day. we'll have gusts around 50 mph, especially this morning. if today is your trash day, keep an eye on the bins, especially once they have been emptied out. give high profile vehicles some extra room as well. the wind should continue right into friday, though the gusts probably won't

that was forrest saunders reporting. in the united states, p-k-u occurs in 1 in every 10 to 15 thousand children. most cases are detected shortly after birth. thousands of iowa fans will be in lincoln, nebraska tomorrow as the hawkeyes try to reclaim the heroes game trophy. we have a preview, coming up. stay with your 24 hour news day will persist into the night. we will also see a changeover in some areas to a wintry mix. some light ice accumulations are possible, especially in areas to the northwest. precipitation will come to an end overnight, with a cloudy, and cooler day coming for friday. winds will be brisk from the north at around 15-25 mph. eventually we will see those clouds break up some, especially to the north by later friday evening. the weekend will be dry, but another rain/snow system looks by the start of next workweek. tonight: rain with wintry mix low: 30-36 winds: n 15-25 alo: 30 dbq: 32 iow: 34tomorrow: m/cloudy and windy high: 33-39 winds: n 15-25 alo: 34 dbq: 36 iow: 37tomorrow night: partly cloudy

tv-9's forrest saunders at the campassion fund telethon. thanks a lot. a man is hurt this morning after he crashed into the jehovah witness kingdom hall in cedar rapids. the linn county sheriff's office says 64 year old randall maher of mount vernon lost control of his vehicle. he was driving on mount vernon road a bit before 10 yesterday morning. the truck entered the ditch before spinning and crashing into the building. maher is at the hospital and is expected to survive. some members of the congregation say the amount of damage shocked them. "it's kind of incomprehensibl e as to why this would happen... i mean the vehicle is completely inside the building it didn't just hit the wall and bounce off it hit it hard and went clear through the wall so it's put us out of operation certainly." they say they will patch the another kingdom hall location for the time being. no one was inside the building at the time of the crash. cedar rapids police say an elderly man caused quite a bit of damage to a road ranger convenience store. he drove into the front of th

tv-9's forrest saunders. thanks a lot. inside corner, the royals, 2015 world champions that about says it all. the kansas city royals clinched the world series title last night at citi field in new york. the royals were down two to nothing in the top of the ninth and came back to tie the mets. they went on to win it seven to two in 12 innings. " you can't describe this feeling. it couldn't have happened to a better group of guys. wouldn't want to be celebrating here with a different bunch. it's just unbelievable, the resiliency of this group all year. to bounce back after a tough season last year and come back and be world champions, you can't even describe it " this is the royals first world series title in 30 years. catcher salvador perez took home the m-v-p title. this morning, we're wrapping up a journey that we told you about last march. six young men were determined to canoe from ocean. as tv9's john campbell tells us, the adventure has come to an end. i went in not expecting a whole lot because then don't meet your

in cedar rapids, forrest saunders, kcrg-tv9 news. a woman is at university of iowa hospitals and clinics this morning with serious injuries after jumping from a car. cedar rapids police responded to the one hundred block of kohawk street southwest around 10 last night. they are still investigating why she jumped. a waterloo couple and their infant child are hurt after a semi-truck driver made a u-turn through a median. black hawk county sheriff deputies responded to the intersection of highway 63 and mount vernon road around 6 o'clock last night. 50-year-old mark shaw was going northbound on the highway when he tried to make a u-turn. that's when the family in their car hit the semi truck. they were all taken to the hospital but are expected to be okay. in a tv-9 follow-up this morning.. emergency responders took a pedestrian to uihc after a car hit him while he was crossing the street. this is now the second time a car has hit someone on the same road in waterloo in less than a week. the most recent incident happened just after one

tv-9's forrest saunders. thanks a lot. the cedar falls board of education is holding a public hearing today about renovating southdale elementary school. according to the waterloo cedar falls courier, plans call for remodeling on two classrooms and restrooms , some hallways, and work on mechanical and electrical issues. the total cost for this renovation would be about 435 thousand dollars. project funding will come through the district's physical plant and equipment levy. today, the waterloo board of education will consider submitting several applications to increase spending authority and the use of special education funds. waterloo community schools is hoping for a modified allowable growth increase for students who open enrolled out of the district. according to the waterloo cedar falls courier, the boost would be for 400 thousand dollars for the nearly 63 students who left. that's because when students leave the district, waterloo schools has to pay the students' new district. most of those students who enrolled out a

tv'9s forrest saunders has been out there all morning. he joins us now live - we're getting a better idea of where the fire started in the clubhouse... you saw some impressive flames earlier this morning, and this is what's left. rubble. many around here upset about the loss. the manpower of four departments spent two hours fighting flames, friday morning, hauling in water from town. the yellow blaze could be seen for miles, burning so hot it ignited golf carts sitting nearby. the daylight shows what remains. once a clubhouse, now smoldering rubble. kevin alexander, who takes care of the range here, had to see it for himself. "you pop over this hill, you see the clubhouse. it's a beautiful sight. it'll be sadly missed." the amana fire chief calls the structure a total loss. he said that flames look to have started in the northern part of the building, in the pro shop area, and spread to the rest of the clubhouse. he said the state fire marshal will be looking into what started this massive burn. meanwhile, crews will be tasked with keepin

tv-9's forrest saunders. thanks a lot. people in cedar rapids hope some of their wishes come true for cedar lake. dozens were at an open house at the water administration building to offer suggestions for improvements. the meeting focused on amenities for fishing, more wildlife viewing or even water sports like kayaking and canoeing. alliant energy still owns cedar lake but the city is in the process of taking over the ownership, which would lead to funding for cleanup. " 43:20. they're passionate, they might have grew up around the lake and this was the first place they learned to fish but now they believe it should be enhanced for a new generation. " todd also said that people will soon see what he called 'small enhancements' for families or people who run or jog along cedar lake. a shell rock company that makes grain wagons and crop sprayers is set to layoff some employees later this month. a spokesperson with unverferth manufacturin g wouldn't say how many people this affects. but he says if the ag economy picks up, th

tv-9's forrest saunders. thanks a lot. we have our three finalists for november's gazette, kcrg-tv9 student of the month. 11-year old gabby shakespeare is a 6th grader at prairie creek. she loves helping out at home, school and in her community. she's active in music, girls on the run and rings the bell for the salvation army. she also volunteers to support the homeless and children in need. next is ashley stinocher , a 12-year-old in 7th grade at solon middle school. ashley sets goals for herself every school year and works hard to improve in the classroom. she's on the basketball and cross country teams, a member of the solon youth octogon club and volunteers with local organizations. rounding out this month's finalists - madelyn monroe, a 16-year-old junior at south winnesheik. madelyn started the f-t-c or first tech challenge at her high school which is a stem related robtics program. she also mentors younger students on the lego league team. madelyn is involved in her school choir and also works at a local nursing hom

in cedar rapids, forrest saunders, kcrg-tv9 news. a woman is at university of iowa hospitals and clinics this morning with serious injuries after jumping from a car. cedar rapids police responded to the one hundred block of kohawk street southwest around 10 last night. they are still investigating why she jumped. a waterloo couple and their infant child are hurt after a semi-truck driver made a u-turn through a median. black hawk county sheriff deputies responded to the intersection of highway 63 and mount vernon road north of waterloo around 6 o'clock last night. 50-year-old mark shaw was going northbound on the highway when he tried to make a u-turn. that's when the family in their car hit the semi truck. they were all taken to the hospital but are expected to be okay. in a tv-9 follow-up this morning.. emergency responders took a pedestrian to uihc after a car hit him while he was crossing the street. this is now the second time a car has hit someone on the same road in waterloo in less than a week. the most recent incident happen

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i have brent saunders coming up and we can ask him about despite reporting extraordinary earnings. some investors are saying uh-oh, i've got to get out of this one before we discover this one is raising prices too fast. we saw a similar thing back on september 21st when hillary clinton tweeted about prowse gouging. it lasted a week and made a ton of sense to sell all things pharma and then buy them back a week later. in the end all the drug. cans were presumed guilty by the market. today i can't say the declines are over given how the news cycles reverberates magnifies this hot-button issue. i can tell you allergan, i think this company's worth it. the same guilt by association trade out spectacularly. it kind of blew my mind today. in the media being sos. it turned really vicious fashion. this is really incredible. last night before we leave, cbs reported and ceo les moonves told a perfect tale about rising ad rates and big hit shows, sports, he even talked about how those thursday night games aren't as bad as usual. the stock traded up on his comments. all the stocks traded up on

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tv-9's forrest saunders. thanks a lot. the cedar falls city council plans to discuss plans for a major project by western home communities. according to the waterloo cedar falls courier, the council will vote tonight on the final plan for a 42 million dollar wellness and community center. prairie winds will have 75 apartments for seniors, a nursing staff, a spa, restaurant and outpatient therapy. it will also feature event space that can seat up to 400 people. the center would be on 16 acres on the southeast corner of the western home's south main street campus. that's at main street at hyacinth drive. it's a company that is setting its sights high on the future-- and helping others. for today's made in eastern iowa... we take you inside ellison eyewear in iowa city. "i've always been an entrepreneur, i come from a family of entrepreneurs. " aristotle loumis has always had his eye on the entrepreneurial sky. "from shoveling snow to raking leaves we always found ways to make money. " loumis was inspired by the work of a non

only other ones we found were the vic's and an adam saunders. we think he was having a relationship with the victim. his prints are all over the home and murder weapon. - you mean the champagne bottle? - how'd you know that? - [chuckles] - here. - thanks. is there any chance, if saunders was having a relationship with the vic, that he could have handled the champagne bottle, say, days ago, then had it planted? - that'd be pretty slick. but who'd go through the trouble? you'd have to, what, search the building's garbage? anyway, basement's guarded. - [laughs] unless they had a garbage truck. mr. reese, we have many safe houses in the city where adam could be taken. - i know. the safest i've ever been was when i was anonymous. here. you'll be safe, too. - wait, you can't leave me here. i can't sleep here. - why not? i did. right over there, for four months. see that woman? her name is joan. if you need anything, just ask her. oh, uh, just don't touch anything in her cart. here. don't use this phone until i call you on it. - wait, wait, wait. victo

tv-9's forrest saunders. thanks a lot. we have our three finalists for november's gazette, kcrg-tv9 student of the month. 11-year old gabrial shakespeare is a 6th grader at prairie creek. she loves helping out at home, school and in her community. she's active in music, girls on the run and rings the bell for the salvation army. she also volunteers to support the homeless and children in need. next is ashley stinocher , a 12-year-old in 7th grade at solon middle school. ashley sets goals for herself every school year and works hard to improve in the classroom. she's on the basketball and cross country teams, a member of the solon youth octogon club and volunteers with local organizations. rounding out this month's finalists - madelyn monroe, a 16-year-old junior at south winnesheik. madelyn started the f-t-c or first tech challenge at her high school which is a stem related robtics program. she also mentors younger students on the lego league team. madelyn is involved in her school choir and also works at a local nursing h

tv-9's forrest saunders is live at city hall this morning. forrest, they've been out there since yesterday? the protest began yesterday and since then numbers have dwindled. at the hight of the protest, now that number is four. but spirits are still high. this all started monday. officers told a group of homeless people they had to take down tents and vacate a piece of city property near osborn park. officers said they gave them about three days to pack up and leave because they were breaking the law. the homeless group was frustrated by the removal. they took their issues to the center of town - starting this protest at city hall, asking officials if they can't live by the park, where should they go? one member said there isn't enough room in area shelters. "where do you want us to go next. there's only 64-44 beds for me in this town, and if everyone wants to go to work and get help. where they gonna go? " the police department says it gave information to this group the packets included information on shelter resources, camping sites and cou

tv-9's forrest saunders. thanks a lot. more drop-off boxes for prescriptions will be going sheriff's offices across eastern iowa. it's an effort to stop opioid addictions, which can often lead to heroin addictions. earlier this month, we reported that the university of iowa's college of public health says there has been a 250 percent increase in iowa's unintentional poisoning deaths from 2002 to 2014. nearly 83 percent of those deaths were linked to prescription abuse or illicit drug use. the u-s attorney's offce for the northern district f iowa unvviled four new boxes yesterday where people can discard unwanted medicines. the newest boxes will be in secure sites at the johnson county sheriff's office and the police departments in coralville, university heights, , nd waterloo. and while people can drop off many types of medicines, the real purpose is to collect pain pills that people can abuse. " 3 out of 4 heroin addicts start by using opioid drugs... it's because of over prescription or becauseethey got it from family or

i still believe in brent saunders. still believe in a aergan money, but pfizer makes the turn much more convoluted. the cut and run crowd and arbitrators will think otherwise, but i totally understand the frustration of allergan shareholders who were really pretty furious, come to think of it. but pfizer is bag allergan is the biggest example today. alcoa which has been producing aluminum since 1886. under the ceo, they have been trying to reinvent the use of the metal. finding way to integrate it into trucks. the ford f-150 made with aluminum was awarded gre truck of the y yr because it lightweighted with alcoaoa aluminum. they were the underdog. they bulked up on aerospace and earlier this year they decided to split raw material side of things from the proprietary aluminum engineering side. my "squawk on the street" david faber broke that elliott singer bought a stakeken the company and seeking constructive dialogue with company. he believes alcoa -- they think it will be worth a great deal more than kleinfeld indica

kcrg-tv9's forrest saunders is live in the newsroom this morning. forrest, hoho did this leader reach out to the community? well brady, he held a forum last night at the iowa city public libry. there he spoke to people about the terrorists groups and how they do not represent his religion. imam molhim bilal explained the islamic faith and its purpose. he compared the definition of terrorism to the faith's beliefs of peace. that was to show that all of the recent violent acts are condemned and not a part of islam. imam bilal says talking about the faith might help end some of the fear surrounding it. he says the quran n eaks about peace and not killing people. 5:10:11-5:10:26 "the reason why we wanted to do this lecture is that the media and the islamophobia has been increasing a lot in this country. and lots of people are scared of muslims. so we decided to do this to talk to tell people we ar ejust like you. " imam bilal says all muslims denounce these terrorists, and that they attacked islam. islam is the third most practiced faith in america, acc

saunders is going to be in a very senior role at pfizer. that is one of the top three positions or so there. this is not mentioned in the release. but if pfizer eventually goes down this road we have been talking about, the other big thing they could do, breaking the company and have, it probably puts brent saunders up for a role leaving one of those companies. that will be an interesting space to watch over the next few days and weeks as we understand exactly what happened in these negotiations and exactly what the terms are for saunders, especially when pfizer does a conference call with investors a little bit later this morning. two-fer formay be a investment partners. jason: this is wall street's stream. health care is one of these areas where it gets put together and he gets broken up again and they do it all over again. with the amount of activism that is going on that matt has alluded to, that do that $66 deal, now an ok sized you are talking about $160 billion. you talk about regulatory issues and the way drug development goes throu

saunders did chime in on where he stands saying it should be raised to $15 over the next few years.e house hopefuls took to social media to blast last night's debate. hillary and saunders are not doing well but what is the failed former mayor of baltimore doing on that stage? o'malley is a clown. he criticized clinton's comments saying isis is asad's responsibility. clinton purposes more leading from behind. the world needs to lead from the front. >> still to come the investigation continues in that bus that lost control in union square. the latest on the crash that seriously injured 20 people. >>> plus continuing coverage of the terror attacks in paris. hear the chaotic failed attacks just down the street from where the violence took place. >>> outside wet weather and continuing to see the rain at least through the morning hours dry by the afternoon but then we have the wind to worry about. i have a look at what you can expect for sunday coming up. >>> all right welcome back to mornings on 2. this is a live picture of a valley and you can see snow blanketing that resort. that's a g

kcrg-tv9's forrest saunders is live in the newsroom thth morning. forrest, how did this leader reach out to the community? well brady, he held a forum yesterday afternoon at the iowa city pupuic library. there he spoke to people about the terrorists groups and how they do not represent his religion. imam molhim bilal explained the islamic faith and its purpose. he compared the definition of terrorism to the faith's beliefs of peace. that was to show that all of the recent violent acts are conmned and not a part of islam. imam bilal says talking about the faith might help end some of the fear surrounding it. he say the quran speaks about peace and nol killing ople. 5:10:11-5:10:26 "the reason why this lecture is that the media and the islamophobia has been increasing a lot in this country. and lots of people are scared of muslims. so we decided to do this to talk to tell people we ar ejust like you. " imam bilal says all muslims denounce these terrorists, and that they attacked the islam. islam is the third most practiced faith in america, according

that was forrest saunders reporting. in the united states, p-k-u occurs in one in every 10 to 15 thousand children. most cases are detecttd shortly after birth. we all know computers typically cost hundreds. but what if you could get one for 5 bucks? and we know gadgets are already at hot item on black fridaa - but where can we find the bessdeal? in today's tech bytes, we'll run down some of the hottest. good morning! it's ---. here's a penny just for you. that's no penny. that's a galaxy s 6 at u.s. cellular on black friday. whoa, thanks, grandma!! you're welcome. you can also get an lg g4 or an lg g pad f 8.0 with that penny. nice! isn't that just delightful? pennies for everyone! get penny doorbuster deals on great devices thth black friday from 8:00 a.m.m.ill noon rain and the wintry mix will move out early and we put upwith mostlyycloudy skies for the rest of your friday. the cold front has now moved through and our temperatures will be much cooler today as a result. highs will likely only top out in the upper 30s.

tv-9's forrest saunders joins us at the desk this morning. forrest, fraud is pretty common? it can be. let's look at the numbers. according to the iowa insurance division: con artists swindle more than 7 million americans each year. they take about 3 billion dollars. the target demographic? those 60 and older. the state's insurance commissioner the victims include smart iowans being tricked by their entire life savings. a retired marion school teacher, jo ennis, was one who never thought she'd fall for a con. but starting back in 2006, scammers took used a ponzi-style investment scheme to grab about 1- million from her after she sold the family farm. the man behind the fraud plead guilty and jo recouped some of her losses. now, her story is being featured in a traveling forum on the dangers of investment fraud. the iowa insurance division is behind the effort, traveling the state and coralville a week from today. " they help me a lot, personally. we learn a lot about issues in communities. we actually opened up cases at these events. we learn what's happening in our communit