First, meteorologis t kaj omara has your first alert forecast, kaj. Plan on another windy day in the area with highs around 30 degrees in many spots. Along this cold front, a passing snow shower may occur, mainly along and north of a waterloomaquoketa line. Whiled no major issues are anticipated, a brief reduction in visibility could occur in any s sow shower. Well see our coldest night of december so far tonight, with lows in the midteens. Plan on a nice saturday with highs back in the mid30s. Midupper 40s are still on track for sunday with a chance of rain by evening. Have a great weekend thanks kaj. One person is in xhe hospital this morning after a late night fire in cedar rapids. The Fire Department responded to the area of i avenue and first street rthwest. They got on scene around 10 oclock last night, but were still on the s sne for hours. First responders took one person to the hospital who had set up a tent in that area. The Fire Department hasnt said how severe the persons injuries were or how the fire started. Iowans usii medicaid now haveve more time to sign up for a new program. The federal government stepped in, delayinthe transition from a public to private system. The federal government ordered the state yesterday to delay the transition until march 1st. The centers for medicare and Medicaid Services says the extra time will help the state move half a Million People to one of four private insurance companini. Governor branstad had originally wanted to make the switch by january 1st. This shift comes as some pple complained thdt iowa was moving too quickly to shift patients to private care. Kcrgtv9s chris earl reports one mother of 3 in marengo says just getting information to hospitals for the switch watime consuming. Kelli scott never expected to watch for news on medicaid then trenton world nearly 2 years ago, the youngest of 3 siblings. But with Treacher Collins syndrome. About one in 50,000 people is touched by it. He is lacking facial bone development. Small jaw. He doesnt have cheekbones and you can see his eyes are a little bit lower. The challelees arent just on the outside. Tcs p pient also has smaller airways. If youre a parent, imagine the sniffles leading to a trip to the hospital. Nearly every time. A common day cold puts him in the hospital. Kelli notes her other children, 17yearold page and 7yearold payton are on the familys private insurance but medicaid isnt just on income guidelines it also covers disabilities. To transfer trenton and his medicaid in recent weeks. Id call the hospitals and try to help them b bgetting on the right program for trenton and they could not tell me anything. They told me to keep calling back. Now, a 60day wait for iowa with about 15 of the population using medicaid to truly have the infrastructure to handle the transfer. I received thousands of emails from people across the state wondering what is going to happen next. How are they going to know which managed Care Organization to sign up with . Maybe their child has 5 different doctors and each is with a different managed care operatatn. Thats the case for trenton, with a team of doctors between uihc and Unity Point Health st. Lukes in cedar rapids. And, for the shift, kelli will be ready amidhe others trying to transfer their coverage. I can be on the phone long periods of time even though its hard. Kcrgtv9s chris earl with that story. Most Health Care Providers and political leaders in iowa approve of the delay. That includes state senator liz mathis, who has been one of the biggest critics of governor branstads plan. Giving caregivers more appreciation is a new focus for one cedar rapids hospital. Mercy Medical Center in cedar rapids opened the new family caregivers center. It says theres plenty of research about those with intense stress and even loneliness. So, the cenenr pairs each caregiver with a volunteer coach, who works with a family to provide support. Family caregivers are stressed because they feel overwhelmed and isolated. And often times they cant figure out what they need when theyre taking care of someone with a chronic condition. So our center will help them f gure out what their needs are. The Mercy Foundation is raising money for the family caregivers center, which is currentlworking with 50 families. Several republican president ial candidates are stumping through iowa today and this weekend following the final 2015 gop bate, earlier this week. Senator marco rubio will be talking t tvoters in dubuque following stops in other cities yesterday. He spoke at a town hall in muscatine. Today, rubio will hold a town hall at giese sheet metal in dubuque. That will be at Carly Fiorina will also be talking to voters in dubuque today. She has two other ops planned, as well. Fiorina will art in clinton at 11 this morning. Then she will go to dubuque. Fiorinas town hall there starts at 2 oclock this afternoon. Finally, she finishes off her day with a christmas reeption in davenport at 5 this evening. Republicic president ial frontrunner donald trump will be coming to cedar rapids tomorrow. He plans to hold an event at the Veterans Memorial coliseum at 2 oclock. In a recent abc News Washington post poll, trump is leading the other 13 gop candidates at 38 percent support. One cedar rapids man has launched a Fundraising Campaign to help struggling families, but his efforts also come with another message. Its one of kindness and love. Hassan selim is a relious leader at the Islamic Center of cedar rapids. He recently started a Gofundme Campaign to raise 30 thousand dollars for the Salvation Army to help struggling families. Selim says he wants to help his neighbors and create a positive message surrounding the muslim community. 8 06 56 comments that are made by certain people, certata politicians the b b news comininfrom the middle east and even here weve been hit by terrorism so all of these things just fuel bad feelings and people dont feel comfortable, dont feel safe, dont feel like they can trust eachchther and i just w wted to share with some people the good news. If you want to help, you can find a link to his gofundme page with this story on kcrg dot com. The Salvation Army in cedar rapids hopes it spread some holiday cheer. More than 250 people turned out for a holiday meal yesterday afternoon. Extra volunteers came together to make it happen. Organizers say each year it gets a little bigger. Major paul logan says this meal is all about the holiday spirt and spending time with friends. Its open to the public so anyone who wants to, they can come, if they want to stretch their budget a little bit or ifhey wanthe fellowship together so its really open to anybody who just wants to enjoy some time. The Salvation Army is still working to reach its 790 thousand dollar Christmas Campaign goal. It still needs to raise about 330thousand dollars. The money helps Fund Programs throughout the year. People now have an idea of what Mount Mercy University in cedar rapids plans to do in order to add oodoor athletic fields. The 15 Million DollarCapital Campaign is called the Home Field Advantage project. The goal is to provide a tr home field for the universitys track and field, baseball, softball, and soccer teams. So far, crews have cleared the land close to campus. Up until now the mustangs outdoor teams have been competing throughout the city, often on High School Fields and tracks. 17 49eve been looking different fafalities and so forth and, in the last 6 weeks, ive learned about track surfaces and artificial turf and weve been to some places but this is about what we want to do and how we want to model something. Mount mercy leaders also stressed the imimrtance of having facilities accessible to young people in the nearby moundview neighborhood. City leaders in cedar rapids shared a year in review on the citys Flood Control system. The Flood ControlProgram Manager says in 2015, the city transitioned from Flood Recovery to the control stage. Crews have met with the community and have laid out plans for a series of levees, removable walls and permanent walls to protect the community from the cedar river. While we are not flooding today, its just an emphasis why we need to do this. We are having record flows in the cedar river for the month off december. Just imagine if this was happening in the summer, we would need this. They also discussed a big project thats slated to begin in late 2016. Theyre already preparing land at the former sinclair site where a levee will protect the newbo area. In a 9 followup this morning. Cedar rapids could soon make some changes to the nuisance property ordinance. That ordinance holds landlords accountable for the upkeep and number of emergency calls to their properties. The change will make sure the city doesnt penalize crime victimsmsho are just t ting to get emergency help. A vote on the modified ordinance is coming in january. People in cedar rapids will have easy access to bus routes starting today. The Cedar Rapids Transit Division is launching their mobile application. Users will be able to view bus routes, track buses in real time, and figure out when the next bus will arrive at a location. President obama will be in san rnardino california today talking to victims families following the attack that killed 14 people. This comes after authorities arrested a neighbor and friend of the suspected shooters for giving them guns used in the attack. A Police Officer in omaha was reassigned after video showing him punch a student while but right now, heres a look at todays opening farm markets. Good morning its. Plan on another windy day in the around 30 degrees in many spots. Along this cold front, a passing snow shower may occur, mainly along and north of a waterloomaquoketa line. E. While no major isssses are anticipated, a in any snow shsher. Well see our coldest night 4 of cember so far tonigig, with lows in the midteens. Plan on a nice saturday with highs back in the mid30s. Midupper 40s are still on track for sunday with a chance of rain by evening. Have a great weekend thanks kaj. Plan on anotr windy day in the area with highs around 30 degrees in many spots. Aang this cold front, a passing snow shower may occur, mainly along line. While no major issues are anticipated, a brief reduction in visibility could occur in any snow shower. Well see our coldest night of december so far tonight, with lows in the midteens. Plan on a nice saturday with highs back in the mid30s. Midupper 40s are still on track for sunday with a chance of rain by evening. Have a great weekend breaking records and bringing fans together. The new star wars movie doesnt screen in movie theaters nationwide until tonight, but its already breaking ticket sales records. Thats coming up in todays president obama wl head to San Bernardino today to meet with the victims of the terror attack and their r milies. This comes as Police Arrest syed farooks childhood friend who bought the weapons shooting. Abcs Stephanie Ramos has the details. More than 2 weeks after the terror attack in San Bernardino. 24 year old enrique marqueza childhood friend of shooter syed farook is now behind bars. Nats marquez arriving with the fbi late thursday at this federal courthouse in riverside california. To ce serious terror charges. Thorities say 4 years ago. Marquez bought the two assault rifles used in the shooting. Nats chaos on San Bernardino scene. Ambula ncesesetc marquez himsmsf called 911 after the shooting spree. Identifying farook as the killer . Using his gun. The fbi then raided marquezs home soon after farook and his wife, tashfeen malik, opened firi killing 14 people at the inland regional center. Investigators say the two friends ininially planned attacking a Southern California community college. Then. Wanted to target drivers stuck in rushhour traffic on a california freeway by using pipe bombs and then shooting drivers. Plots dating back to 2011 that never happened. Sot brad garrett, former fbi weeks before the attack friends say marquez dropped hints of an impending attack. Nick rodriguez he would just talk about how theres so many sleeper cells. Somethi ng big would happen. Nats president obama will make a trip to san bernardidi today to meet with h the victims and their families. Sot president obama sot Karen SpignerSan Bernardino i do appreciate him coming and talking to the families, and this is going to go a long way towards healing. Tag according to the federal complaint, farook persuaded marquez to convert to islam and then radicalized him. Marquez is also facing weapons charges and immigration fraud for an alleged sham marriage with a member of farks extended family. Stephanie ramos abc News Washington omaha police have temporarily reassigned d officer, after a video on social media shows the officer punching a high school student. In the video, the officer was helping break up a fifiht at millard soututhigh school in omaha. The officer throws at least three punches, then hes seen with a student on the floor. The School District is investigatingnghe incident along with the Police Department. The Police Department says the video only showed part of the incident and failed to capture the situation in its entirety. Now for a quick check on your weather with meteorologist kaj omara. N on another windy d d in the around 30 degrees in many spots. Along this cold front, a passing snow shower may occur, mainly along and north of a waterloomaquoketa line. While no major issues are anticipated, a brief reduction in visibility could occur in any snow shower. Well see our coldest night of december so far tonight, with lows in the midteens. Plan on a nice saturday with highs back in the mid30s. Midupper 40s are still on track for sunday with a chance of rain by evening. Have a great weekend abcs reena ninan has this mornings americas money. Trt oc hey there good morning. 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