Stronger wind out of the southwest, which will help to drive temperatures well into the 60s across the area. This will be about 15 degrees above normal this afternoon for this time of the year. Our next cold front will pass through the region dry going into our veterans day, but itll be cooler for sure with highs limited to the 5055 range. This weekend couldnt be better for midnovember with highs in the 50s on saturday with low 60s likely on sunday. Have a great day today sunny and a little breezy. Wind sw 1020. High 66 tonight mostly clear. Wind nw 510. Low 39 tomorrow mostly sunny. Wind n 1020. High 54 tom. Night clear and colder. Wind light low 28 thanks kaj. On tuesday night, donald trump captured victory to become the 45th president. About 20 cities across the u. S. As abcs diane macedo reports, police made arrests in nearly every city. Not our president overnight, protests from coast to cast. New york. Nats. Chicago. Nats. Seattle thousands of people taking to the streets. In at least 10 cities. Marching against president elect donald trump. Sot trumpprotestpa2 im here to show solidarity for the people who have been affected by the hatred that Donald Trumps rhetoric has invigorated for this country here in manhattan, chats of dump trump. And new york hates trump. As protesters block the entrance of trump tower, where the president elect was said to be home at the time. Sot from diane mos in california. Demonstrator angeles . Shutting down the freeway. And in oakland, people set fires multiple fires on city streets. Forcing police in riot gear to move in and use tear gas. Sot oakland of la in the nations capital. Nats trumpprotestdc no trump, no kkk, no racists, usa people gathered outside the white house. Before marching to the newly opened Trump International hotel. Sot usdctrumpprotest i am terrified. I come from a family of political refugees from cuba and im very grateful to this country for having accepted us. And im terrified. Diane macedo, abc News New York some results from the election race in New Hampshire also goes to the democrats as former governor Maggie Hassan beat republican incumbent kelly ayotte by 1,023 votes. Republican held their seats in wisconsin and pennsylvania to hold a majority with 51 seats. Louisianas runoff is in three weeks and now as political watchers analyze the 2016 vote a wave of white voters across the midwest, and into the rust belt led trump to wins in states where republicans have struggled for two decades. Thats according to Edison Research exit polls. Those are the kind of voters who often supported democratic president ial campaigns in the past. Exit polls and unofficial returns also reflect deep racial, gender, economic and cultural divides across the region and nationally. Trumps support election also skewed older, more male and overwhelming ly white. Governor Terry Branstad is calling Donald Trumps win something of a miracle. Governor branstad says enthusiasm for Trumps Campaign was off the charts. Hes has spent months calling for republicans to unite behind Trumps Campaign. His son, eric, was Trumps Campaign chief in iowa. My son, who as the director of the Campaign Says hes never seen anything like the number of people who called and asked for yard signs. The common working people in this country came out in huge numbers and people that republicans in the past. Theres been speculation that trump could ask governor Terry Branstad to be the new ambassador to china. But governor branstad says hes not interested in living overseas, and hes committed to serving the people of iowa. The linn county board of supervisors says cutting the number of supervisors will affect People Living in rural areas. Board tuesday. The board held its regular meeting yesterday in cedar rapids. There, they approved a ballot measure cut the board down from 5 to 3. In 2006, linn county voters had expanded the board. Kevin kula who started circulating a petition for the change a year ago said fewer supervisors will cut costs. But supervisor john harris says the expansion allowed smaller towns to have a voice. The reason we went to 5 supervisors was to increase and the board of supervisors. Um, im not sure i can see a way to split the county into thirds. The board will officially go back to 3 supervisors in january 2018. Cedar rapids will soon get a new mayor. For a day. That was the top prize for the cr gavel challenge. Cedar rapids mayor ron corbett is announcing the winners of the challenge today. The challenge pushed people to support area businesses that were forced to close during the flood of 2016. Ts posted their pictures to social media using the hashtag crgavelchall enge were part of a contest for the mayor title and other prizes. Senator joni ernst is presenting several medals to a vietnam veteran today. Today at 1 pm, she is giving veteran Chester Hendrickson 4 awards, including the silver star and the bronze star. The ceremony is at the Veterans Memorial building in cedar rapids. Today, henry county is looking into whats next for a mount union a town with voted tuesday on whether to dissolve the town, but it ended in a tie. 31 people voted to unincorporate, while 31 voted not to. This issue started last spring when mount union passed a resolution to unincorporate. One of the reasons was a dispute over who pays the bill for the towns sewer system. Now, the henry county Auditors Office is making calls about what to do next after the tie vote. It says theres still a possibility there are uncounted absen the lee county supervisors say they dont have plans to ask voters again for money for a new courthouse. On tuesday, people rejected an 8. 5 Million Dollar bond issue for a new building in montrose. It would have replaced 2 existing courthouses in fort madison and keokuk. The county says those 2 courthouses need renovations. Dubuque leaders will talk about how its part of a nearly 97 Million Dollar grant is funding several state projects today. The city of dubuque is detailing in bee branch watershed. Thats an area that commonly floods. This is video of the programs launch in january. The city will also describe the stormwater Infrastructure Improvements that are set to take place in the next 5 years. Hud awarded iowa the nearly 97 Million Dollars through the National Disaster resilience grant. Drivers in marion will now see fewer traffic cones on 7th avenue. The roundabout will open today, following a Ribbon Cutting ceremony. The ceremony will take place at 4 pm south of zio johnos, near the intersection of 6th avenue and 7th street. City leaders say the roundabout is part of a longterm traffic plan for the core of marion. Money for the project came from general Obligation Bonds and a 1 million grant from the iowa dot. Starting today, drivers using dubuque street in iowa city will have to pay closer attention since construction crews are changing the lanes. Crews are moving the lanes by lane of traffic for each direction. The work on this road is part of the iowa city gateway project. The city wants to raise dubuque street to keep it from flooding. Cedar rapids has changed 2 traffic lights to stop signs. The new signs are at the intersections of center point road ne and j avenue, as well as Cottage Grove avenue and 34th street se. The city says it needed to repair those traffic lights. It did a study andfo traffic. So the city went ahead with installing the costeffective stop signs. The iowa dot expects the highway 100 extension in cedar rapids to open just after thanksgiving. This will connect highway 100 also known as collins road past edgewood road to covington road, which leads to palo. The project costs 215 Million Dollars. Eventually, highway 100 will reach u. S. 30 in four years. The dot says good weather has helped the project stay on got to practice a scenario in the classroom they might encounter in real life at a pharmacy. The 3rd Year Graduate pharmacy students worked under 2 scenarios involving opioid abuse. They had to identify patients who asked for prescriptions before their refill date and also patients who needed more help managing pain. One professor said this lets the students practice in a safe environment before they start their pharmacy careers. Balancing the priorities between what the patients needs are versus what our professional needs are to protect the co around prescription opioid abuse. The university hosted 3 sessions with a total of 108 students. This is the first year the university of iowa has done this for pharmacy students. A new parking lot in cedar rapids has a goal of fewer cars on the road. Thats one of the reasons why the dot set up this well see a stronger wind out of the southwest, which will help to drive temperatures well into the 60s across the area. This will be about 15 degrees above normal this afternoon for this time of the year. Going into our veterans day, but itll be cooler for sure with highs limited to the 5055 range. This weekend couldnt be better for midnovember with highs in the 50s on saturday with low 60s likely on sunday. Have a great day today sunny and a little breezy. Wind sw 1020. High 66 tonight mostly clear. Wind nw 510. Low 39 tomorrow mostly sunny. Wind n 1020. High 54 tom. Night clear and colder. Wind light low 28 park and ride spot in cedar rapids cuts down on the number of cars on the road. The new lot sits near kirkwood boulevard and 66th avenue southwest. Thats cedar rapids bus route. People can use the lots to park their cars and join a car pool or hop on the bus. Its free for anyone to use. The Corn Production outlook is up 168 million bushels from last month. In todays agribusiness report, we see where us Soybean Production is predicted to land. But right now, heres a look at todays opening farm markets. Good morning its. Agriculture supply and demand estimates report. The corn outlook is for larger production. The Production Forecast is at 15 point two billion bushels. Up a hundred and 68 million bushels from last month. Yields have increased by nearly two bushels an than use. Corn ending stocks are raised 83 million bushels. Us Soybean Production is forecast at four point three billion bushels. Up 92 million on higher yields. The soybean yield is projected at 52 and a half bushels an acre. Up a bushel an acre. Soybean ending stocks are projected at four hundred 80 million bushels. Up 85 million from the last forecast. For both corn and beans not a lot was especially the higher yields were not expected. It has caught some of the traders off guard. Volatility is high as it was all in the last night for the over night session and nothing technically damaged today too, were back down below 10 dollars in beans and that has triggered some selling. Kohake says the the highest production on record. In the markets. Both corn and beans see this as a bearish report. Seven states have joined a federal antitrust probe of the planned merger of dupont and dow chemical company. Attorneys general are expected to take part in a probe of the 66 billion dollar plan of bayer to buy monsanto. The states are concerned these companies could raise pesticide and herbicide prices for farmers after the merger. The European Union also has antitrust regulators halted their scrutiny of the deal last week because the companies failed to provide crucial data needed for the review. The eu investigation is expected to continue and wrap up sometime next year. Tuning in. I hope to see you again next time well post a video every day in the agriculture section of kcrg. Com. Im david geiger with the agribusiness report. Trt oc standard when the midafternoon slump the candy bar and pop vending machine could be calling your name. That sweet sugar trap seems like youre satisfying a craving, when it could be a sign of a deeper issue with your sleep. Well see a stronger wind out of the southwest, which will help to drive temperatures well into the 60s across the area. This will be about 15 degrees above normal this afternoon for this our next cold front will pass through the region dry going into our veterans day, but itll be cooler for sure with highs limited to the 5055 range. This weekend couldnt be better for midnovember with highs in the 50s on saturday with low 60s likely on sunday. Have a great little breezy. Wind sw 1020. High 66 tonight mostly clear. Wind nw 510. Low 39 tomorrow mostly sunny. Wind n 1020. High 54 tom. Night clear and colder. Wind light low 28 its that midafternoon slump and a common pick caffeine or sugar. Now experts say the craving for a pop or a sweet coffee treat could be tied to how well youre resting. Heres abcs dr. Timothy theres a reason theres a snack break in the middle of the afternoon, and many are using it to drink a sugary, caffeinated drink. Sugared soda and caffeine are instinctive self medication for an exhausted slump, particularly if you slept less than 5 hours a night. A new study in the journal of the National Sleep foundation agrees, finding that, compared to people who slept between 7 and 8 hours, those who skimped on sleep drank 21 percent more sugar sweetened beverages, including soda. Less sleep also meant course, may make them stay up later. All this according to a National Survey of dietary habits. Since regular soda is full of sugar empty calories, with no nutritional value its a Straight Line to draw between people who habitually sleep less and people who put themselves more at risk of weight gain and diabetes. Of course, we cant get a good night sleep every night, but resist the urge, when you cant, to react by heading for more sugar and caffeine. The standard medical mantra eat right and exercise, and an extra tip cut down caffeine consumption within six hours of bedtime. Dont try for sweet dreams by reaching for extra sugar. With this medical minute, im dr. Timothy johnson. Trt oc for the 1st time in 20 years, the state legislature and the Governors Office are in republican control. That could mean some bills democrats have been blocking for years get passed. Stay with your 24 hour news Early Morning news. Protests erupt overnight in cities across the county in reaction to the election of donald the new president. Several polls showed Hillary Clinton winning the election and one poll in eastern iowa knows why the predictions were wrong. It may be a little embarrassing for some, but the goal is to raise money. Thats why some teachers are dressing up and pretending to belt out their favorite songs. Good thursday morning its 530 on november 10th. Here is a live look at. First, meteorologis t kaj omara has your first alert forecast, kaj. Well see a stronger wind out of the southwest, which will help to drive temperatures well into the 60s across the area. This will be about 15 degrees above normal this afternoon for this time of the year. Our next cold front will pass through the region dry going into our veterans day, but itll be cooler for sure with highs limited to the 5055 range. This weekend couldnt be better for midnovember with highs in the 50s on saturday with low 60s likely on sunday. Have a great day today sunny and a little breezy. Wind sw 1020. High 66 tonight mostly clear. Wind nw 510. Low 39 tomorrow mostly sunny. Wind n 1020. High 54 tom. Night clear and colder. Wind light low 28 the transition to the new administration gets donald trump is headed to the white house to meet with president obama. This as antitrump protesters are upset about tuesdays results. Abcs Elizabeth Hur reports from washington. A divided america. On display from new york to angeles. Protesters. Out in force. Less than 24 hours after that election stunner. Mos something horrific and unbelievable has happened. This morning. Donald trump is making his first trip to the white house as the new president elect. Promising to be a president for all americans. Trump to all republicans and democrats and independents across this nation, i say it is time for us to come together as one United Nations 45th president after beating Hillary Clinton who hoped to make history. And now urging her followers to support the president elect clinton we have seen that our nation is more deeply divided than we thought. Donald trump is going to be our president. We owe him an open mind and the chance to lead. And president obama. Is echoing that message. Inviting his successor to the white the president elect and i have some pretty significant differences. We are now all rooting for his success and uniting and leading the country. In iowa city and cedar rapids, people who were election gathered to try and reassure each other. Kcrgtv9s Samantha Myers was at a rally in green square in cedar rapids. On wednesday night people gathered here in green square to talk and spread messages of positivity. Hate. Event organizer kelly dugan says she wants people to come together and stay positive. 05 23 30;24 we need to stand together and show people of all backgrounds that we care for them and they shouldnt be scared or frightened of the future of our country. And we will ensure that we are not going to tolerate hatred. There was another rally on the university of iowa campus earlier wednesday where students and Community Members gathered. They took turns one byone sharing their thoughts on the election. I also spoke with a few Trump Supporters at the protest who say they recognize the nation is divided and tr american great again is exactly what the country needs right now. In cedar rapids Samantha Myers kcrg tv9 news. Some people are wondering why so many of the National Polls indicated a different outcome in the president ial race. Directors of the Loras College poll say there are a few reasons. Early voters tended to support Hillary Clinton. But people who were undecided and voted on election day, tended to support donald trump. Another reason was the difficulty of polling certain blocs of the population in states like picture on three days in which we were polling. With a margin of error its basically telling you, based on sample size and other issues. It could go within this range, plus or minus 4. 4 percent. Budzsiz says its important to note the margin of error when looking at the polls. And when considering that, he says almost all of the polls were very accurate. After six years of split government in iowa, republicans will control the governors senate once january hits. That could lead to more conservative bills in the legislature. Bills to impose new limits on abortion, defund planned parenthood, and other conservative priorities could not get through the state senate with democrats in control for the last few sessions. But democrats now cant stop such efforts if republicans advocate for them. Youll have to ask the gop if theyll present some of those issues. I dont know what well do when we get to that bridge we will cross it. Just because some republicans are in favor of certain things doesnt mean too. Well just have to see. With tuesdays results, republicans now hold 30 of the 50 seats in iowas state senate. This is the first time in 20 years that republicans will control all three elements of state government. The university of iowa is investigating a racist message someone wrote on a students door in a residence hall. The University Says someone saw it yesterday hall and notified the housing staff. That prompted the university to issue a statement condemning the hate speech. Last month, someone put up racist posters at the universitys afro american, latino, native american, and lgbtq resource centers. The poster was also on a Bulletin Board in a residence hall. The Cedar Rapids Community Schools Foundation is hosting a new type of fundraiser, which has leaders stretching out of their comfort zone. Kcrgtv nines brea love tells us about lip sync for Metro High School principal Brian Galusha walking the halls. It may be for supervision, but hes gets to spend time getting to know his students. His goal is to give them what they need to succeed. 29 33education is the future of our kids, and anything we can for them, i think is a good things for kids. Thats why hes performing in the inaugural lip sync for learning. Its a night of lip sync battles with city leaders. That includes administration from three cedar rapids high schools. For 120 seconds, they will dress up, get on stage, and lip sync a song. Only one act can be crowned the winner, and its all to raise money for schools in cedar rapids. 27 19there was really not much hesitation for that, 2 minutes of embarrassment is worth the amount of funds that have helped our students here at Metro High School. The Cedar Rapids Community Schools Foundations mission is to help better schools buildings. Its redone classrooms materials for students. Organizers say the foundation fills in the gap where state and sector funding cant reach. This year, it wanted to find a new way to raise money for its general fund. 25 18its really outside peoples comfort zone to do this, but they all realize its for the kids, its for Public School education, and you know what two minutes of embarrassment raises a lot of money. As for galusha, theres only one plan ahead of fridays event. 28 23were going to win, thats the biggest part of the game love, kcrgtv nine news. The competition starts at 6 30 tomorrow at csps hall. We have Ticket Information on this story online just connect with our website, kcrg. Com. Thousands of workers in states across the country will be getting a boost in their paychecks. And buying soda in some states will be more expensive after some cities increased taxes on sugary well see a stronger wind out of the southwest, which will help to drive temperatures well into the 60s across the area. This will this afternoon for this time of the year. Our next cold front will pass through the region dry going into our veterans day, but itll be cooler for sure with highs limited to the 5055 range. This weekend couldnt be better for midnovember with highs in the 50s on sunday. Have a great day today sunny and a little breezy. Wind sw 1020. High 66 tonight mostly clear. Wind nw 510. Low 39 tomorrow mostly sunny. Wind n 1020. High 54 tom. Night clear and colder. Wind light low 28 this year too early. Those analysts say the stressful election may have an effect on shoppers and how much they spend. Stay with your 24 hour news source, kcrg tvnine. Its. Following steep losses in after following steep losses in after hours trading hours trading z24zzz z12fz z24zzz z12fz wednesday following a speech by president elect donald trump. The dow jones ended the day up 257 points. The blue chips are now 46 points from an alltime record close. The broader s p 500, started down 5 overnight and stopped trading to cut down on losses. It eventually finished the day up 23 points. The nasdaq also climbed, gaining 57 points by the end of the day. States will see their minimum wage go up. Voters in arizona, colorado, maine and washington approved increases to their states hourly pay rate to at least 12 dollars an hour by 2020. Meanwhile, voters in south dakota rejected a law that would have reduced the states minimum wage by about 1 dollar for nontipped employees under 18. Also on some ballots, there were proposals to add taxes to sweetened beverages. Voters in boulder, colorado and 3 california adding a tax to soft drinks and soda. Advocates of the taxes argue that the drinks are unhealthy and could contribute to Health Problems like diabetes. Some analysts believe retailers will have to reconsider their holiday sales predictions after a stressful election cycle. Last month, the National Retail federation predicted a 3. 6 increase in retails sales for november and december. But analysts say the contentious election and aftermath could leave people too stressed out may see an increase in holiday promotions. Its heres a live look at on our city cam. Stay with kcrgtv9. Southwest, which will help to drive temperatures well into the 60s across the area. This will be about 15 degrees above normal this afternoon for this time of the year. Our next cold front will pass through the region dry going into our veterans day, but itll be cooler for sure with highs limited to the 5055 range. This weekend couldnt be better for midnovember with highs in the 50s on saturday with low 60s likely on sunday. Have a great day today sunny and a little breezy. Wind sw 1020. High 66 tonight mostly clear. Wind nw 510. Low 39 tomorrow mostly sunny. Wind n colder. Wind light low 28 stories. President elect donald trump and his wife, melania, are visiting the white house today. They will talk with president obama and first lady michelle. Meanwhile, protesters in cities around the country gathered overnight to stand against trump. Large groups blocked highways and streets in cities li here in eastern iowa, people rallied yesterday in iowa city and cedar rapids. One with iowa coach kirk ferentz as the hawkeyes get ready to host 3rd ranked michigan. Had a couple practices what have you sensed from your team are they still a hungry Football Team i think so got back sunday was extra hour going thru the tape we tried to move through it fairly quickly but there are things we want to learn to and some teachable moments in there then we tried to the next one. It takes a while to bounce back good news is that the guys came out monday morning and had a Good Practice same thing today. Are you looking at this game as an opportunity night Game National television against one of the premier teams in the country . We took one in the chin last week and that was no fun for anybody involved i g back to kinnick night Game National tv audience and most importantly were planning an outstanding opponent so what an opportunity what a great challenge for us. Night Game National television against one of the premier teams in the country so all we can match up and find a way to win the thing. Looking at the film is this the most talented team he faced in a while it really is the Vinyl Records and press of the ranking but when you watch them on film thats most impressive thing on the most of their games havent been competitive i think it would be behind one players they play well together. They are tough to prepare for because they have so much talent at all positions and i try to do some Different Things . They are really balanced on offense and got excellent receivers and quarterback has done a good job for a first your player you cant load and in defense they are not overly complicated but they really play aggressively theyre good at what they do and are reminence of the 85 def get ready for but playing against is really a big challenge. The state volleyball tournament continued tonight with the 1a quarterfinals. Josh has the highlights. Defending class 1a champion janesville opened up with starmont. 1st set, the stars trying to battle back as Hayley Goedken delivers a cannon, starmont down 2320. But janseville closes out with two straight points, one of them coming off this victoria hazard kill. Wildcats win 2520. Meister rises up for the block. Janesville advances with the 30 shutout. In the neighboring court, hudson making its first state tournament appearnace facing lawtonbronson. The pirates are led by the states leading killer, kiley deberg as she leaves a trail of smoke on that one. She had 31 kills tonight. Tied 24 all in the 2nd set. Match point for the pirates, its hailey elder with the kill off the block. Pirates even the match 11. Hudson took over in the next two sets. Deberg winning 31. Theyll face the winner of this match, springville versus audubon. It was a tight match early in the first set as riley mensters kill is right on the line. Orioles tie it 77. But they start to pull away. Madi wagaman rises up for the block to put springville up 119. Match point for the orioles. Its Samantha Johnson with the kill off the block. Springville gets the 30 sweep advancing to the semi finals. Josh christensen tv9 sports. For highlights from class 2a and 3a we ran the top volleyball players in the state is headed to the west coast. Dubuque wahlert senior hitter mckenzie may signed on the dotted line today to play volleyball at ucla. Mckenzie who has dreams of being an olymipian someday also plans on playing Beach Volleyball for the bruins. This was the scene at cedar rapids washington today as four athletes signed letter of intents. Trey leonard will play baseball at louisville. Cameron kelly will swim for minnesota. Frank lindwall will golf at draft pick a. J puk will play softball at ole miss. At Waverly Shellrock today 69 forward austin phyfe signed with the uni panthers. Iowa signed luka garza a 611 center out of d. C. And the cyclones signed three players today including four star guard Lindell Wiggington good morning from kcrgtv9. Starting off with a live look at. Its thursday, november 10th. Heres what you need to know today. President elect donald trump and his wife, melania, are going to the white house today. Theyll meet with president obama and first lady, michelle. No trump chanting antitrump protestors took to th overnight around the country. Police made arrests in most of those cities. Some people in eastern iowa also gathered for rallies in reaction to trumps election hoping for a peaceful presidency. Education leaders in iowa are asking people for help to figure out new standards for schools. A new law goes into effect next school year. Lip syncing for learning. Teachers in cedar rapids are braving some embarrassment to raise money for their schools. Youre watching kcrgtv9. Now, from your 24 hour news source, this is kcrgtv9 news
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