renovations continue here at the eastern iowa city. and if you're travelling over the next couple of weeks, watch out for moving parts on the inside. good morning! its 5 o'clock on friday the 13th. stay away from ladders... here is a live look at first, meteorologis t kaj o'mara has your first alert forecast, kaj... plan on a pretty decent friday. while the wind will still be out there, it won't be nearly like yesterday with speeds of 15-25mph likely. highs will generally be in the 45-49 range. plan on another great weekend with highs well into the 50s both days. next week, another large area of low pressure will move into the midwest. this one will be a slow mover and several days of rainfall continues to look likely. plan on wet weather monday through wednesday, and possibly into thursday if the system slows even more. enjoy the nice weather this weekend!today: sunny, still windy high: 45-51 winds: nw 15-25 alo: 48 dbq: 46 iow: 49tonight: ear & cool low: 23-29 winds: w 5-10 alo: 26 dbq: 26 iow: 28tomorrow: sunny and spectacular high:

the oil pipeline through 18 counties in iowa. yesterday's hearing was the only public comment session the board has scheduled for the pipeline project. if you're flying using the eastern iowa airport in the next couple of weeks, things may be confusing. today, the airport is moving the entire ticketing counter as part of its 50 million dollar renovation project. tv-9's forrest saunders is live at the airport this morning. forrest, why are they making this move now? well, nicole and ashley, they are moving it today so that it's set for the holiday travelers. joining me now is . moving the ticket counters before thanksgiving is a good move? what more do you have to do with this project? when will the renovations be done? travelers retrieving their baggage in the east wing of the eastern iowa airport terminal this week will get a preview of how the building will look when a $50 million remodeling project is completed. the ceiling has been lifted and skylights have been installed to provide natural light, lowering utility costs. a new terrazzo floor has an inset pattern of the cedar river flowing through eastern iowa that will traverse the full length of the terminal. ren

airports.this is a live look at the departure board at the eastern iowa airport in cedar rapids.right now, no major delays.here's cbs 2 news reporter steffi lee from the eastern iowa airport. airport. the airport is under a lot of construction sosoravelers will have to make their way around these walls to get to their spot.and travel experts also say the worldwide travel alert means getting documents and luggage ready before walking up to the ticket countete counter.experts say the steps you take before jetting off on a plane planewill require more patience this holiday season - due to heightened security. security. "you're probably going to check in a little bit earlier"the state department's issued a worldwide travel aler- warning us citizens groups like isis, al-qaeda and boko haram "continue to plan regions."holly kelly with cedar valley world travel says to double check your airline's policies - regardless of domestic or international travel. travel. "allegiant just announced today instead of a two-hour check in they're hour check in." in."if you plan on flying out of the eastern

one of the ads is geared towards iowa caucus-goers, saying he vows to protect the second amendment and religious liberties. orms are on the way through eastern iowa. let's go to storm track seven chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg who's tracking these storms. from the kwwl stormtrack weather team. see the screen here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team: we are tracking a cold front pushing trough the state this afternoon and evening. there is a chance of showers and storms along and ahead of the cold front until 11 pm for all of eastern iowa. some of the storms could have some gusty wind and some hail. rain amounts will be less then 0.50" in most locations where rain falls. tonight will be cooler with a gusty northwest wind. highs friday will hover near 50 degrees with a nw wind at 10- 20 mph. saturday and sunday will be mostly sunny with highs in the pushing trough the ate this afternoon and evening. there is a chance of showers and storms along and ahead of the cold front until 11 pm for all of eastern iowa. some of the storms could haveesome gusty wind and some hail. rain amounts will be falls. t

the near future. future.a powerful storm system has its sights set on eastern iowa. iowa.for more we go straight to chief meteorologist terry swails for more on the potential problems tomorrow, terry? terry thanks.right now, an investigation is underway at a cedar rapids school. school.district leaders tell fox 28 news a police officer was involved in what they're calling a discipline incident with a student.but the mother of that student has a different take. take.reporter steffi lee has more in this fox 28 news exclusive. exclusive.z "i'm like they called the police on my daughter?"mother lakeisha hayes says she immediately panicked after a phone call from a police officer at her daughter's school."he was like yeah she wouldn't move out of her seat so i grabbed her and had to force her into the office." that prompted her to drop everything and check on her daughter."when she comes - her hair and tears crying so i'm like taliya what happened to you?"her daughter taliya says she was attacked after a misunderstanding over lunchtime seating in the cafeteria of the johns

there is a chance of showers and storms along and ahead of the of eastern iowa. some of the storms could have some gusty wind and some hail. rain amounts will be less then 0.50" with a gusty northwest wind. highs friday will hover near 50 amounts will be less then 0.50" gusty wind and ome hail. raan in most locations where rain with a gusty northwest wind. falls. tonight will be cooler coming up on kwwl... one of the most famous mascots in the food industry celebrating the history of a nearby planetbecoming less and less of a mystery. nasa scientists releasing the latest research from their space craft called maven--the first to ever survey the atmosphere of mars. they say mars used to look somewhat similar to earth, but now it's frozen and barrenn one of the scientist's on that team works at the university of iowa--kwwl's brad hanson sat (brad hanson, @bhansonkwwl) "the research being done by maven, more than a dozen years now in te making. and a professor right here on the iversity of iowow campus has alwayy been a part of it." this animation shows important fin

renovations continue here at the eastern iowa city. and if you're travelling over the next couple of weeks, watch out for moving parts on the inside. iowa city is going to increase in size by thousands this weekend. the hawkeyes football and wrestling teams will be at kinnick. good morning! it's 430 on the last day of the work week. here is a live look at first, meteorologis t kaj o'mara has your first alert forecast, kaj... plan on a pretty decent friday. while the wind will still be out there, it won't be nearly like yesterday with speeds of 15-25mph likely. highs will generally be in the 45-49 range. plan on another great weekend with highs well into the 50s both days. next week, another large area of low pressure will move into the midwest. this one will be a slow mover and several days of rainfall continues to look likely. plan on wet weather monday through wednesday, and possibly into thursday if the system slows even more. enjoy the nice weather this weekend!today: sunny, still ndy high: 45-51 nds: nw 15-25 a: 48 dbq: iow: 49toni

eastern iowans will learn how to avoid fraud today with the iowa fraud fighters. last week we told yououbout an eastern iowa woman who fell for an investment scheme and lost a million dollars. her story will be featured in this forum. the iowa insurance division is hosting the program at the holiday inn conference center in coralville today. thursday was the deadline to r-s-v-p. this is the time of year food banks need the most help with a lot of demand for holiday meals. it takes months of preparation and savinin to make sure families have a thanksgiving meal. tv-9's forrest saunders is live at metro catholic outreach in cedar rapids. forrest, do they think they have enough fooo this year? immediate needs for food pantry as of november 12th soup crackers muffin mix canned pasta- raviolios/spaghettios pork & beans mac & cheese canned fruit helpers-hamburger, tuna pasta pasta sauce jelly pancake mix syrup elly cake/cookie mix toilet paper, toiletries, cleaning products wish list items quart-sized zip-lock freezer bags sandwich bags 65-70 quart plastic tubs rolling c

iowa today. the heaviest rains have stayed away from central iowa with locations in western and eastern iowa getting more than 1" today, but the metro has just over one half inch so far. more showers will be possible into this evening especially over eastern iowa. we will stay mild tonight with temps in the 50s overnight, but cooler air will start settling in wednesday with steady or falling temps during the day. there will be a chance for some drizzle or light showers wednesday, but then clearing skies for thursday. however, we are going to have some very strong winds thursday from the west at 20-30+ mph which will make those 40s seem more like 20s and 30s! we are watching friday closely as a quick moving weather system will come into the colder environment and try to get some snow going over iowa friday afternoon/evening. right now, it looks like we could see a band of 1-3" possible for mainly the grassy areas because ground temperatures are still in the mid to upper 40s. however, it could be enough to cause some problems on roadways for the evening rush hour. after this, we are going to have a pr

time.fox 28 news reporter steffi lee brings us to the eastern iowa airport to show us why. why. experts say the steps you take before jetting off on a plane will require more patience this holiday season - due to heightened security."you're probably going to check in a little bit earlier"the state department's issued a worldwide travel alert - warning us citizens groups like isis, al-qaeda and boko haram "continue to plan terrorist attacks in multiple regions."holly kelly with cedar valley world travel says to double check your airline's policies - regardless of domestic or international travel."allegiant just announced today instead of a two-hour check in they're requesting a two and a half- hour check in."if you plan on flying out of the eastern iowa airport - "this is the first time it's been completely remodeled"construction's shifted the ticket counter to the center of the terminal. flying also comes with a lot of baggage - "when they have checked luggage, they go into a designated area. we have personnel and airline personnel will take that to the tsa."just like the state d

memoral service))audio of ending of 'taps' fulla& fade to black as mentioned earlier, you can help the eastern iowa honor flight by logging onto special thank you to the five sullivan brothers museum in waterloo for allowing us the space for the interivew with george and roger. they will be open tomorrow and any veteran or service member currently serving is invited to see the displays in their honor free of charge. it's after the break... break...how one wisconsin man is going bigger than everyone else showing his patriotism this veterans day.in your cbs 2 weather first forecast we parents have enough to worry about, but now even the foods that they think are healthy might not be! be!a new study from dartmouth university found that parents are increasingly being targeted by advertisers who want them to believe snacks are healthy even if they aren't.the researchers looked at 51 food products intended for children...and found half of those are also advertised to parents. the adult commercials had scenes of parental figures playing with kids...and emphasized health benefits.but the problem is that re

here are the current temperatures across eastern iowa. we have some areas in the 50s, other areas in the 60s. the conditions throughout the afternoon. we started off with areas of fog this morning, and now we are still eeing some areas of fog, but we are e also seeing some sunshine. we'll continue with a partly to mostly sunny sky this afternoon. here's the storm track 7 live weather network cameras showing the mix of clouds and sun. e donald trump are virtually tied as frontrunners for the republican presidential nomination. according to a quinnipiac university poll released today- trump takes 24 percent of the g-o-p support while carson is at 23 percent. in a head to head matchup in the general election, carson tops democratic frontrunner hillary clinton by 10 points... 50 to 40 percent. against trump, clinton only holds a three point lead. the poll was conducted across the nation from october 29th to november 2nd continuing coverage: a trial is underway for a man accused of stabbing and killing his ex- girlfriend in the parking lot of a

the star wars movies. its still to come... as eastern iowa battles wind and cleans up from storng storms...other parts of the country are actually hoping for snow! and hundreds of people want a state baord to know how they feel about a controversial proposed pipeline project in iowa. the forecast from storm track seven meteorologist eileen loan is up next. "you're watching kwwl, from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. see the screen for your complete weather infoomation. here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team: a very strong low pressure system caused a lot of problems yesterday with a lot of storm reporrs in iowa... we have several in our viewing area... wind damage reports and wind gusts reported up to 70 mph as the line of storms tracked through the area. some photos from yesterday... we get rid of the thunderstorms today, but we keep the wind. gusts will be tomorrow. current gusts are runninn between 45 and 55 mph this orning with a wind adadisory continuing cameras will be shaking most of the day.

iowa today. the heaviest rains have stayed away from central iowa with locations in western and eastern iowa getting more than 1" today, but the metro has just over one half inch so far. more showers will be possible into this evening especially over eastern iowa. we will stay mild tonight with temps in the 50s overnight, but cooler air will start settling in wednesday with steady or falling temps during the day. there will be a chance for some drizzle or light showers wednesday, but then clearing skies for thursday. however, we are going to have some very strong winds thursday from the west at 20-30+ mph which will make those 40s seem more like 20s and 30s! we are watching friday closely as a quick moving weather system will come into the colder environment and try to get some snow going over iowa friday afternoon/evening. right now, it looks like we could see a band of 1-3" possible for mainly the grassy areas because ground temperatures are still in the mid to upper 40s. however, it could be enough to cause some problems on roadways for the evening rush hour. after this, we are going to have a pr

voters will head to the polls today across eastern iowa. on the ballot -- city council positions and a tax levy that could mean more money for cedar rapids public library. g-o-p presidential candidates are going back on their debate demands the campaigns agreed to earlier this week -- and carson is gaining ground on trump. monticello police say an anonymous tip texting system alerted them to a potential threat at the high school. now they admit, there are some holes in the system. jury selection begins for nicholas luerkens, who police say stabbed his girlfriend at a marion hy-vee last spring. and a university of iowa professor gets money from nasa to build a new satellite to find missing space matter. you're watching kcrg-tv9. now, from your 24 hour news source, this is kcrg-tv9 news morning news. first, meteorologis t kaj o'mara has your first alert forecast, kaj... plan on another decent day across eastern iowa with many areas making it back to the 70s again. one thing we are watching is the potential for fog development over the southern

voters will head to the polls today in eastern iowa. most cities and towns will vote on city council positions. voters in cedar rapids will make a decision on a tax levy to support the cedar rapids public library. jury selection is underway for a man on trial for the fatal stabbing of his ex-girlfriend in the marion hy-vee parking lot last spring. 32 year old nicholas luerkens faces a first degree murder charge in the death of 29 year old lynnsey donald. and coming up next in sports, second round action in high school football playoffs. scott saville will have a full recap of highlights and the scores when we come back. stay with kcrg tv-9. won that game 27-14.....jeff gets the ball first and goes right to work....jared eivins over the middle to brock hunt for a big gain across midfield... those two finish off the drive a few plays later as eivins finds hunt for the touchdown....7-0 j-hawks... wash with a quick response....on 4th and 14 from the 32, tj vogel to isaiah nimmers...what a catch....warri ors tie the game at 7.... wash gets th

also showing other election results at the bottom of your t-v, and you can find results of all the eastern iowa races on our website. just go to kcrg dot com slash "election results." the trial continues today for a man accused of fatally stabbing 29 year old lynnsey donald in the parking lot of the marion hyvee. jurors watched graphic surveillance video from the incident in april. 32 year old nicholas luerkens is on trial for first degree murder. prosecutors say luerkens stabbed and killed his former girlfriend after numerous failed attempts to reconcile with her over three months. his defense plans to claim luerkens was insane and intoxicated at the time of the assault. linn county attorney jerry vander sanden questioned people who were shopping and working at the marion hy-vee the day of the attack. many of them say there was lots of screaming and confusion in the moments after it happened. a woman who was shopping that day says she saw the attack happening and tried to stop it. "25:00-:16 "when my brain kicked in and i saw what was happening, i tried to push him to get him to stop. when tha

the search continues today with revamped efforts to find a missing eastern iowa teen... then... 40 thousand wrestling fans are getting ready for a historic morning at kinnick stadium. we have a live report from iowa city, on the way. good morning and welcome to iowa. good saturday. as we take a live look outside.... thanks so much for joining us this morning. i'm lauren moss. heart-breaking news out of europe in a developing story that keeps getting worse... a french prosecutor is now saying eight extremists are dead following a night of terrorist attacks in paris... a string of at least six attacks, have killed at least 1- hundred-28 people and have left many more injured... here's the very latest nbc report, out of paris. friday night terror rained down on paris nightspots, a soccer stadium and a concert venue. the attack began with three suicide bombings outside the national stadium during a match. paris police say minutes later, other attackers sprayed cafes near a opened fire on the audience. one survivor said two gunmen, no older than 25, calmly told everyone anti-t

it's almost been a week since the attacks in paris that killed 129 people. universities in eastern iowa are remembering the victims. the city of cedar rapids is organizing all the historic place in the city. they're giving the public access to a database of them all. that's coming up a few minutes. good thursday morning! its 430 on november 19th. here is a live look at . first, meteorologis t kaj o'mara has your first alert forecast, kaj... 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 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 t

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 free download of the tv9 weather app, for video updates and radar at your fingertips. today: mostly sunny, windy high: 42-48 winds: w 25-35 g 50 alo: 43 dbq: 42 iow: 45tonight: mostly clear low: 22-28 winds: w 10-20 alo: 25 dbq: 25 iow: 26to

iowa. the strongest storms are now in eastern iowa this evening. the tornado threat continues with those storms. some wrap around rain will swing through central iowa later this evening. it is now going to become very windy. a high wind warning will go into effect by 9 pm and last through thursday morning. wind gusts may be as high as 55 mph. a wind advisory will stay in effect through the day on thursday. highs will be in the 40s by friday. the metro should drop below 32 degrees by friday morning. a car gives you freedom. room to grow. and in time, room to grow up. your dream car evolves, and protecting it takes committed support. if you think there's no solution to the climate crisis, think again. in iowa, wind energy is already producing enough power for over a million homes, reducing our dependence on foreign oil i'm tom steyer. with bold leadership and an endless supply of wind and sun, we can do that across america. the goal is 50% clean energy by 2030. action started this morning in cedar rapids. we pick it up with the 3a quarterfinals. kuemp

and we'll introduce you to the eastern iowa firefighters honored today for saving a man's life. stay with t-v nine. people who've served in the u-s military. but we observe it in different ways. t-v nine's john campbell found two vets who observed it simply by re- connectng in the great outdoors. this is three time state duck calling champion rob bevins of belle plaine. he has had nov 11th circled for some time.... same for jason hochsstetler of ankeny. also with us were rob's dad dan and jason's brother anthony....and it wouldn't be a duck hunt without blitz. ducks were few and far between, but the guys gott in some shooting and blitz got in some work. but there was more than hunting that brought together two iowans on marsh in tama county. rob and jason had served together in afghanistan in 2003. they are veterans. i say it is a day to remember the guys who didn't come home and for us of us who are here it is a chance to get back together with friends. that camaraderie that comes with the armed forces doesn't stop when uou get out. how strong do those ties become? it is stronge

we are in the lower to middle 30s ross eastern iowa. the wind has calmed down just a little bit from earlier today. here's the storm track 7 live weather network cameras fr across eastern iowa. we've got some quiet conditions. the wind is calming down. we have a clear sky, and it will remain quiet as we go throughout the night. let's take a look at futuretrack. we are starting the clock rly this evening. it's showing clear skies throughout the overnight hours, and that means temperatures will be steadily dropping. here's the storm track 7 forecast for tonight. ww will have those mostly clear skies with temperatures dropping to the upper 20s to lower 30s. overall, we are averaging those temperatures righgh around 30 degrees. ww will have a west, southwest wind from 5 to ten miles per hour. we are picking up futuretrack early sunday morning at around seven o'clock. we will have a mostly sunny sky throughout the day. this is set into motion, but there won't be much change. lots of sunshine expected. but as high pressure moves off to the eas

temperatures right now are in the 40s across eastern iowa, with some locatins still holding close to 50 degrees where the clouds linger. storm track 7 live weather network camera in dubuque shows a pretty quiet and calm night. details on a warming trend coming up in your storm track 7 forecast in just a few minutes. nvestigate a house fire. the waterloo battalion chief reports the fire was called in after four p-m -- and nobody was home at 5-16 iowa street. the orignial complaint had firefifihters responding to the same address -- 5-16 iowa street -- in cedar falls. luckily -- both waterloo and cedar falls firefighters responded to the different 5-16 iowa street locations in both towns. and waterloo firefighters were able to contain the blaze. the battalion chief says the waterloo home experienced smoke, water and fire damage. the cause is under investigation. several stunts are evacutateefrom a univeeity of iowa dorm. students were told to leave the building -- following an early morning fire at slater residence hall-- a freshman and sophmore dormitory. fire fighters contained the fi

all part of a fundraising drive that will support the eastern honor flights.if you would like to donate, you can make a check out to the the eastern iowa honor flights.just pust "j-c- s-o - no shave november" in the memo line. coming up on the cbs 2 news at noon - why you're going to want to check any beef you have in the freeze before start cooking it. it.plus - a woman is facing charges after she tried to pet a cat.why it wasn't a regular old feline she wanted to cuddle with. the kansas city royals are the new kings of the baseball world.they won the world new york mets four games to one.they pulled off a ninth inning comeback before putting the mets away for good in 12 innings.this is only kansas city's second woror series title.they first won the fall classic thirty years ago in 19-85. there's more playoff football action in the corridor tonight. remember to tune in for a special l ition of easten iowa o-t, for full coverage of high school football playoffs tonight.the action kicks off on the cbs 2 news ten at ten and continues at 10-35, on our sister station fox 28.we'll have all the action -- all the scores -- and all the highlig

strong winds damaging buildings in the eastern iowa town of marengo. the cub cadet was destroyed. wind gusts there hitting 40 to 50 miles an hour.. many trees also toppled onto cars... the dowling maroons are one win the dowling maroons are one win america's never been a country of quitters. it's not who we are. we don't ignore threats like climate change. we face our problems head-on. with american-made clean energy, we can end our dependence on foreign oil... spark new innovation... and create millions of new jobs. starts with 50% clean energy by 2030. dowling has won back to back state titles. no 4a team has ever won three in a row. dowling practiced in the cold, damp weather today, but they'll return to the familiar climate control of the unidome friday night. dowling has lost one game in three years, and now a win away from a threepeat. once you get going, you still have to make plays to win the game. dowling and cedar rapids kennedy, friday night at the uni-dome. tomorrow night, pella and norwalk decide the class 3-a championship. it's a rematch. pella handed the warriors th

the sun is coming out across eastern iowa. we'll let right back with your storm track seven forecast. "you're watching kwwl. we've got you covered, with ally noon" forecast on kwwl." 7 weather team. see the screen viewing area. that's why we are in yellow on our threat tracker. tomorrow will continue on the windy side, sets up for a nice weekend with mostly sunny skies and warmer temperatures. it's a windy day out there today. we've had gusts between 40 and 50 miles per hour. here are the peak wind speeds across the big four cities so far. the evening as the line of severe thunderstorms rolled through. here's the wind advisory for the entire viewing area until 6 o'clock this evening. gusts could be up to 40 to 45 miles per hour at times. here's the current sustained wind speeds across eastern iowa. they are much higher than the sustained wind speeds. storm track 7 live weather network camera shows a mostly sunny sky with the camera shaking, indicating the high wind speed. here's the storm track seven satellite and radar. it is

state are cleaning up the damage this morning from the severe storms that rolled across iowa yesterday. some people in eastern iowa are travelling to boone today to give their opinions on the proposed bakken pipeline that would come through iowa. people in marion have a better idea of the plans for the mixed-use public library project this morning -- but developers still want the public's input. and the national turkey federation says there will be enough to go around for your thanksgiving meal, but you may have to pay a little extra if you want to cook a fresh, not frozen, bird. you're watching kcrg-tv9. now, from your 24 hour news source, this is kcrg-tv9 news first, meteorologis t kaj o'mara has your first alert forecast, kaj... 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 worse than 30mph by then. our weekend still looks great with highs we

rain continues to be a part of the forecast across eastern iowa into wednesday. it appears that 1-2 inch rainfall totals will be common before dry things out for the latter part of the work week. temperatures will be the mildest early this week with a cool down into the 30s for highs by the weeked. tonight: showers likely low: 46-52 winds: se 11-20+ alo: 49 dbq: 48 iow: 50tomomorow: showers and storms high: 57-63 winds: se 15-25 alo: 59 dbq: 58 iow: 61 bruce and beth... the islamic state has rreased a video saying the terrorist group will attack washington d-c the way it a atacked paris last wwek. the nearly 12 minute video also praises friday's attacks in paris, which killed 129 people. unidentified fighters on the video call on muslims in france to "ignite and kill soldiers and tyrants." one of them says muslims should strike in the west because of the u-s led coalition that's rgeting isi in iraq and syria. another fighter says isis will alalo strike america with washington d-c being the next target. u-s capitol police are telling lawmakers and their aides to ta

iowa. the latest on the search for a missing eastern iowa teenager -- a month after the search started. plus -- an eastern iowa woman steps forwarto help law enforceent... after hharing about the death of a four-legged member of the force.

rubio isn't the only presidential candidate in eastern iowa. democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton is headed to the city of "clinton". she's holding a town hall there called "fighting for us". watch kcrg-tv-9 this evening at 5-30 and 10 for coverage of that event. people living in swisher have mixed feelings, after the city's mayor said he will accept syrian refugees. that goes against an branstad to not accept them last week. this comes as dozens of u-s governors, including iowa governor branstad, said they're working to stop refugees from resettling in their states. swisher mayor christopher taylor issued a proclamation on wednesday, saying his city will welcome all people, regardless of origin or refugee status. one city council member said the community response to the proclamation has been mostly positive. just last week the u-s house passed a bill to step up screenings for syrian and iraqi refugees coming to the u-s. 47 democrats joined 242 republicans in a majority vote of 289 to 137. as the bill moves to the senate, a majorit

you can also find results of all the eastern iowa races on our website. just go to kcrg dot com slash "election results." the iowa department of criminal investigation is looking into an incident where a police officer shot a man during a chase in waterloo. police say they had an arrest warrant for 24-year-old brandon seeley. around three yesterday afternoon, officers saw him near young arena and tried to stop him. but they say seeley drove off starting the chase. police say seeley then turned around and drove toward an officer who was outside his vehicle near fourth and wellington streets. that officer fired his gun, hitting seely, who drove away. police later arrested him when he got out of car and ran into a garage in the 300 block of hackett road. they have not released his condition. speaking to coralville residents, democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton promised she would fight for gun violence prevention. she held a town hall event at s-t morrison park yesterday. clinton brought up her plans for background checks and other tighter contro

there is a chann of showers and storms alonon and ahead of the cold front until 11 pm for all of eastern iowa. some of the storms could have some gusty wind and some hail. rain amounts will be less then 0.50" highs friday will hover near 50 degrees with a nw wind at 10- 20 mph. saturday and sunday will in the upper 40s to mid 50s. we are tracking a cold front pushing trough the state this afternoon aa evening. ththre is a chance of showers and storms along and ahead of the cold front until 11 pm for all of eastern iowa. some of the storms could have some gusty wind and some hail. rain amounts will be less then 0.50" in most locations where rain falls. tonight will be cooler with a gusty northwest wind. highs friday will hover near 50 degrees with a nw winn at 10- 20 mph. saturday and sunday will in the upper 40s to mid 50s. though it doesn't feel like winter is coming anytime soon, it's winter weather awareness day... to keep yourself safe in winter driving condndtions, make re ou've got these things in your car in the event of an emergency: a cell phone, a charger. jumper cables... kitty lit

here's the current temperatures across eastern iowa on your screen. we've got temperatures in the upper 60s over all, with a a w areas hitting 70 this afternoon. these temperatures are remarkably warmer than what we had arounn here yesterday at this time. we are anywhere from 5 to 15 degrees above yesterday afternoon. here's the storm track 7 liie doppler radar. we are dry here across eastern iowa, and much of the midwest. we've got a few clouds tracking across our northern counties, but other than that we are expecting a quiet night in iowa. storm track 7 live weather network shows thehequiet conditions as we see the sun set. here's a look at future track throughout he overnight hours. just a few clouds passing on by otherwise it will be mostly clear. as s you get up in the morning, there will be no shortage of sunshine. here's the storm track 7 forecast for tonight. we'll have lows in the middle 40s with mostly clear skies and a south wind from 5 to 10 miles hour. here's futuretrack screen for your complete weather stormtrack 7 weather team: welcome

eastern iowans will learn how to avoid fraud today with the iowa fraud fighters. last week we told you about an eastern iowa woman who fell for an investment scheme and lost a million dollars. her story will be featured in this forum. the iowa insurance division is hosting the program at the holiday inn conference center in coralville today. thursday was the deadline to r-s-v-p. cedar falls is looking into expanding its industrial park by more than 80 acres on the city's south side. today, the city council will vote on whether to spend more than a million dollars to buy land. it's on the southwest corner of hudson road and west ridgeway avenue. city leaders say theheland would be home t t future projects that will create employment opportunities. today, waterloo is considering whether to continue allowing american airlines to offer flights from waterloo regional airport to chicago. city leaders will consider agreement that would provide the area with 13 weekly round trips to chicago o'hare. the airline's regional brand, american eagle, would continue the service, u

storm track 7 live doppler radar shows dry conditions across eastern iowa. the snow is well off to our east with that strong 7 live weather network camera shows the snow totals from across eastern iowa in just a few minutes, and let you at the thanksgiving forecast in a few minutes. kinnick stadium was covered in snow this morning from the winter storm... check out this time lapse video of the removal before the big game. this was from 6 last night to 9:15 this morning. despite frigid temeraturues and lots of snow -- loyal hawkeye fans came out to support their team. from the winter storm... check out this time lapse video of the removal before the big game. this was from 6 last night to 9:15 this morning. despite frigid temeraturues and lots of snow -- loyal hawkeye fans came out to support their team. storm track seven's hillary maglin catches up with a few (sot. cg: gregory parmenter/hawkeye fan) "being an undefeated team, you gotta be their team against purdue university. fans said it was an easy decision to come to the game... because they were prepared. (s

quentin hart currently represents the 4th ward. eastern iowa islamic leaders spent this sunday talking about islam -- with the end goal here to try stop any negative stigmas or "associations" surrounding those of muslim faith. the iowa city mosque imam spoke inside the iowa city public library. he explained the islamic faith and its purpose. he compared the definition of terrorism to the faith's recent violent acts are condemned. imam bilal says talking some of the fear surrounding it. "we believe that all of this is wrong, and muslims all over the world believe that all of this is wrong and we condemn this terrorist acts whether it was from isis.. boko haram." "the religion of islam and its followers of it, condemns and disassociates itself from every terrorist attack, and every terrorist. des moines police are investigating an early morning shooting that killed a man. investigators say someone shot 21-year-old edmanuel perez and another man just after 1 am at 3rd street and court avenue. perez later died at a hospital. police have not release

stay with your 24 hour news phase two of renovations is underway at the eastern iowa airport - meaning the ticket counters won't be in their usual place. we'll take you inside as travelers prepare for the olidays. and once the wind is gone, we'll have another nice weekend ahead. kaj's 12-0.. but the hawks had their hands full against undefeated pella in the 3a semi-finals in a game you saw live on kcrg 9.2.the dutch took a 10-nothing lead on will warner field goal.. west delaware answered on the ground coy russell breaks off the 11 yard gain. but the drive stalled andndeven worse the punt was blocked by noah clayberg with the and payson vandeloon gobbles it up for the touchdown for the 17- nothing pella lead. west delaware answered thru the air max ririenour goes deep for john nagel 59 yards for six... but clayberg answered just 12 seconds later with thi 80 yard t.d run and pella leads west delaware in the third quarter. 8 man football this morning don bosco and newell fonda...2nd quarter, the dons on 4th and 8... brandon bagby hits dylan reyer... and he stretches over the goal-line..

getting there safely. " alal throughout theheast two hours, the reports of crashes are coming in -- this as the iowa d-o-t has listed nearly all of eastern iowa roads as "completely covered", with roads in and around black hawk cunty listed as "travel not advised". with tow bans in linn and black hawk counties, among others. live in cedar rapids, chris with that game coming up tomorrow morning, crews will be working through the night to clear as much snow as possible from kinnick stadium. the hawkeyes have sold more than 60 thousand tickets for the game against purdue. but with this weather, it's hard to know how many will show up. the kickoff is at 11 a-m. road crews also plan to put a big emphasis on clearing the major routes leading to the stadium. and inside kinnick, the primary goal will be to make the football field playable. "first things first get the snow off the field and out of the stadium and then go from there as far as concourses, the vestibules, all the aisles clean as best we can before 11 o'clock, or before the gates open. " the biggest advice for fans is to dress to stay as warm as possible, and be prepared to find snow

tonight some fog develops in the western part of the state and will have to be watched to see if any makes its way into eastern iowa. the next big change comes thursday as a cold front arrives bringing showers and seasonable temperatures for the end of the week and the upcoming weekend. tonight: mostly clear low: 45-51 winds: s 5-10tomorrow: mostly sunny high: 67-73 winds: s 10-15 back to you. a reinbeck teenager is now facing criminal charges for a fatal crash near hudson in september. the black hawk county sheriff's office had to wait for toxicology results before arresting 18 year old shye johnston. they did that yesterday on charges of driving left of center causing a death, and failure to have control of a motor vehicle causing death. johnston's car crashed head-on into a vehicle on west reinbeck road near hudson on september 25th. the crash killed 34 year old holly paradine of lincoln, iowa, who was driving the second car. jury selection began today for a man who's on trial for the fatal stabbing of his ex- girlfriend in the marion hy-vee parking lot last spring. the charge against 32 year old nicholas is fir

the affections of iowa voters. rubio criss-crossed his way around eastern iowa yesterday afternoon. one of his campaign stops was the hotel at kirkwood in cedar rapids. over the last 30 days, rubio has moved up to double- digits in republican state polls, for the upcoming iowa caucuses. he has anywhere from 10% percent up to 18% support. in front of a crowd of about 200, rubio offered familiar talking points, including the nation's debt ceiling. " the cause of our debt crisis in the long term is the way social security and medicare are structured for future generations. we just don't have enough people paying in anymore. because we didn't have as many children, whatever it may be. these programs were designed when there were 16 workers for every retiree. we are down to 3 to 1. soon, it will be 2." ubio isn't the only presidential candidate in eastern iowa. democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton is city of "clinton". she's holding a town hall there called "fighting for us". watch kcrg-tv-9 this evening at 5-30 and 10 for coverage of that event. people living in swisher have

rain continues to be a part f the forecast across eastern iowa into wednesday. it appears that 1-2 inch rainfall totals will be common before dry things out for the latter part of the work week. temperatures will be the mildest early this week with a cool down into the 30s for highs by the weekend. toight: showers likely low: 46-52 winds: se 10-20+ alo: 49 dbq: 48 iow: 50tomorrow: showers and storms high: 57-63 winds: se 15-25 alo: 59 dbq: 58 iow: 61 capitol police in washington d-c, are telling congressional offices there are no specific threats against the capitol after the attacks in paris. but they increased their presence on the capitol complex in the wake of the terrorist attacks. this comes just three days after shootings at injurere 350 others. french authorities are now searching for salah abdeslam who police say was involved in the attacks. one of the suspected sucide bombers also used a syyan passport and a fake name to get into europe disguised as a refugee. and that has some presidential candidates and state governors saying the u-s should not accept

these are pictures from the eastern iowa fireground. authorities say the driver was working on highway 34 and did not see the train coming as he backed the grader the crash threw the driver 40 feet and went to the hospital with unknown injuries. here's what the scene looked like from the highway. a b-n-s-f railroad spokesperson says 2 engines and 19 cars of the 135 train car derailed, spilling coal. the tracks in that area are closed until crews clean up the coal and make repairs. we had two large train derailments in our area this year. this is video from the dubuque fire department showing the derailment in northern dubuque county along the mississippi river. it crashed on february 4th, leaking ethanol from canadian pacific train cars into the soil and water. then on march 5th, a derailment of a b-n-s-f oil train led to this fiery wreck. it happened south of galena and led to evacuations on the illinois side. eight rail cars carrying bakken crude oil came of the tracks. the president of the university of missouri system resigned from t

here are the current temperatures across eastern iowa. the wind is still breezy out of the west and northwest from 10 to 20 miles per hour. so we storm track seven live doppler radar is dry, but we are noticing those clouds sticking around, but they will begin to clear this afternoon so we will see some sunshine. it won't warm our temperatures up too much. here's the storm track 7 live weather network showing the cloudiness across eastern iowa. how's the weekend shaping up? i'll have the answer in your forecast coming up. president obama announced today that he has rejected the request to build the keystone x-l oil pipeline... the pipeline had been in review for seven years... it was proposed with the purpose of carrying 800- thousand barrels of petroleum from canada to the gulf coast per day... it would've stretched nearly 12-hundred miles long if it had been completed... obama cited climate concerns and a lack of longterm contribution economically as reasoning for the rejection today... continuing coverage of the trial for an accused kil

we're also showing other election results on your t-v screen, and you can find results of all the eastern iowa races on our website. just go to kcrg dot com slash "election results." joe, this nice weather continues do you want one more day with highs in the 70s this november? it looks like you will get your wish on wednesday. in the morning for some patchy fog. any fog that develops burns off in the morning, bringing sunshine for the afternoon. showers are still on track thursday afternoon with an approaching cold front. this storm brings more seasonable november weather back into the weather picture starting friday. tonight: patchy fog low: 47-53 winds: s 5-15tomorrow: mostly sunny high: 69-75 winds: s 10-20tomorrow night: partly cloudy low: 51-57 winds: sw 10-15thursday: pm showers likely high: 66 - low: 54 friday: showers early high: 53 - low: 43 saturday: partly cloudy high: 49 - low: 36 low: 30 monday: partly cloudy high: 57 - low: 33 tuesday: partly cloudy high: 59 the iowa d-c-i is investigating after a police officer shot a man during a chase in waterloo today. police say they harrest

that will help the roads get cleared off here across eastern iowa. we are still underr winter storm warnings in the eastern half of our viewing area, because the snow is still falling there is limited visibility. our camera in dubuques falling snowalling in dubuque, roads don't look too bad, crews have been out in the overnight. decora not lookiki too bad but outside decorah the wind are breezy, road conditions right now across eastern iowa, light blue indicate partially covered roadway, the darker colors through most of the area is completely covered but the good news is we have seen the travel advisory bands issued toward grundy, butler, reamer, that has been lifted, that's good news. of the snow totals are impressive, we have seen ranging fr three to a foot of snow. waterloo coming in around 12.7 inches, dubuque over 10 inches, sr. 8 inches, more snow totals coming up. >> lauren: thanks, denise. with areas of waterloo reporting up to 11 inches, road crews have a big job this morning. jessica harmon is out, how are things looking? >> jessica: they a

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 video updates and radar at your fingertips. today: mostly sunny, windy high: 42-48 winds: w 25-35 g 50 alo: 43 dbq: 42 iow: 45tonight: mostly clear low: 22-28 winds: w 10-20 alo: 25 dbq: 25 iow: 26tomorrow:

tomorrow is the day voters will fill any eastern iowa city positions in runoffs. those runoff elections are set for tomorrow in cedar falls and waterloo. 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 wet day across eastern iowa. temperatures may yet stay cool enough for a light glaze of ice thanks kaj. the iowa state cyclones played final game of the season on saturday, and their last game with coach paul rhoads. officials didn't waste any time getting a new coach. they announced running for iowa representative kraig paulsen's seat. paulsen is the current speaker of the iowa house and announced he is not seeking re-election. former tv-9 morning anchor and reporter ashley hinson has announced she is running for his seat as the republican candidate. hinson says she wants to lead the charge in working with all lawmakers on tough issues. her opponent is cedar rapids attorney mark seidl. he says his top priorities are to create good jobs by working with entr

the company says it hopes to build a state-of-the-art facility in the eastern iowa industrial center... near i-80 and northwest boulevard. just hours later... davenport aldermen ... signed off on an economic incentive package the company says would keep at least a third of the 14-hundred workers now at the davenport plant. near i-80 and northwest boulevard. just hours later... davenport aldermen ... signed off on an economic incentive package the company says would keep at least a third of the 14-hundred workers now at the davenport plant. that's 475 full-time jobs. 'were doing all we financially can at this point to keep them here, about 10 million dollars in tif financing.' mayor bill gluba says its the best possible outcome... from a bad situation. 'people can complain about it, but we dont make the decision. corporate america makes the decision on where they wanna locate a plant and were trying to keep at least a brand new part of it here in davenport and our industrial park.' kraft heinz reps say they dont have final designs yet... so they won't say exactly how many jobs there wi

staff at the eastern iowa airport will be helping people nagavigate ound construction at the airport.with the worldwide terror alert - they are asking all passengers to be vigilant of their surroundings at the airport and expect beefed up security. many lococ retailers are e trying to keep up with the holiday shopping rush by hiring seasonal help.some stores are still looking for workers.jc penney in coralville doubles its team from 40 to 80 employees this time of year.still, it can be difficult to find workers since iowa's unemployment rate is 3.5 percent. every christmas, onsumer groups release e eir lists of the most dangerous toys. toys.this shopping season, one item may not be as hazardous for the person who unwraps the present as it is for the rest ofus. ofus.cbs 2 news beporter matt hammill joins us live with concerns about ** drones under the tree, matt? _______________ we're less than two days away - from shoppers rushing in - at area storesand for a lot of people - - drones** will be at the top - of the wish list. list. " buzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz . " "more than one million drone