Transcripts For KCRG KCRG TV9 First News 20161018

First, meteorologis t kaj omara has your first alert forecast, kaj. Our cold front is moving across the area the morning, but youd hardly know it from a precipitation standpoint. Theres just no moisture to work with, and a rapid decrease in clouds is likely. Much of the day should be sunny with lighter wind and highs around 70. Plan on a nice night with clear and calm conditions. Our next weak system arrives Late Wednesday night into thursday morning and should offer up a chance of very light rain in the area. Cooler temperatures remain on track for thurs wake of that small system, with a nice rebound for the weekend. Have a good day today mostly sunny. Wind nw 515. High 70 tonight mostly clear. Wind light n low 48 tomorrow partly cloudy. Wind n 510. High 66 tom. Night mostly cloudy with a slight chance of light rain. Wind n 510. Low 45 relocate to the cedar rapids Downtown Core. Hibu, a Digital Marketing Services Provider and directory publisher, is moving into 211 third avenue se in cedar rapids. Rockwell collins had space in that building for years and moved out of that building in the summer. As kcrg tv9s jordee kalk reports, central core businesses felt that loss and hope to get it back with the influx of workers. Were devastated when Rockwell Collins moved out of this facility earlier this year. Thats why theyre so excited to get some enthusiasm back in this Downtown Core, with more than double the amount of employees that used to work here. Take vo Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance says the Downtown Core survives off itself. The Organization Says thats why many smaller and local businesses did suffer when rockwell left the downtown area. Many Business Owners hope hibus opening will lead to a Chain Reaction among businesses. The owners hope these new workers will lead to an increase of people stopping in for lunch and there are companies that want to come down here and replace somebody that might be leaving. 50 14, especially with the recent flood scare that people are still rallying and have faith of what downtown can do for them. Jordee hibu hopes to have its operations up and running by may. Many businesses say that day cant come soon enough. In cedar rapids, jordee kalk, kcrg tv9 news. Now that the flood of 2016 has downtown cedar rapids can learn today how to best prepare for future flooding. This follows last months flood, the second highest crest in cedar rapids. This is video over the cedar river in late september. Today, the National Weather service and the Iowa Flood Center are working to give people tools and resources to help iowans prepare for flooding. The discussion is from 2 to 3 30 public library. This man faces charges for a stabbing that seriously injured 2 people outside an apartment complex in cedar falls. 28 year old Adam Jacobsen is charged with 2 counts of attempted murder. Officers say jacobsen, who lives at University Avenue studios, stabbed 2 people there around 4 30 pm yesterday. First responders took jeffery miller, who is 62, to the hospital with potentially life threatening injuries. Denice bennett, who is 47, has multiple serious injuries. Investigators believe victims. A mother and her boyfriend have pleaded not guilty in connection to the death of the mothers 4 year old daughter in waterloo. Thats according to the waterloo cedar falls courier. The boyfriend, chad little, is facing first degree murder charges in the death of gracie buss. The mother, kristi buss, is facing child endangerment charges. Prosecutors accuse chad little of abusing the girl, leading to the head injuries that killed her in may of 2015. A waterloo man who died in a thats according to the waterloo cedar falls courier. Investigators say it happened in the 500 block of newell street around midnight friday. Officials havent yet confirmed the identity of the man inside the burning car. They do think its the vehicles listed owner. Cedar Rapids Police say the number of burglary reports is up this year by 12 . From january to the end of september, police say they received 801 reports. Thats compared to 705 during the same time Officials Say one way to deter burglaries is to take part in a neighborhood watch. The Police Department is holding an informational meeting about the watch program tonight at 6 30 in cedar rapids public library. Stay with us as we continue to look into this story. A West Des Moines man says his constitutiona l right to free speech is being stolen. Anyone passing bill bishops home can see he is vocal about his political opinions. But now he says people are stealing his signs. Its gotten to the point he has protective measure and offered up a 500 dollar reward. He says the signs are within this rights. Well, id sure like them back and i wish they would quit because youre violating my First Amendment rights. Bishop believes hes being targeted in part because of his support for donald trump. But he has no idea who might be committing the thefts. Are pouncing on another story involving the investigation into Hillary Clintons emails. Newlyreleased documents show a Top State Department official allegedly pressured the fbi to declassify previously classified emails. The fbi and state department deny any quid pro quo was offered. According to the fbi, no classification changes were made. The allegation of any kind of quid pro quo is inaccurate and does not align with the facts. So there was no quid pro quo. Donald trump is continuing to the election is rigged against him. Well look more at that and the allegations of Sexual Misconduct against the republican president ial nominee later on this half hour. The Jasper County Sheriffs Office is investigating whether several cases of arson on the Construction Equipment for the Bakken Oil Pipeline are connected. Someone set fire to a backhoe and 3 bulldozers near reasnor over the weekend. The fire caused about 2 Million Dollars in damage. Workers were using the equipment to build the controversial pipeline that runs through the state. Some landowners say the fires are also threatening livelihoods. They can protest but this is really damaging peoples property. Could do the fields and everything. Theres always a chance with any fire that it could spread. Theres still crops around the area. Im sure the people that are lighting these are probably not concerned about that. Back in august, 2 other fires in Jasper County. They happened near reasnor and newton. There was also a fire in nearby mahaska county. Investigators say there are many similarities between the most recent fire and the earlier ones. They include where they happened and the type of equipment damaged. The Company Building the pipeline, dakota access, is offering 100,000 dollars for information leading to an arrest. For anyone with a newborn, costs add up quick. Especially with items such as diapers and formula. Thats why the eastern iowa heath center and Young Parents Network are partnering with hyvee and Unity Point Health to help those in need. Kcrgtv nines brea love joins us like from the edgewood road hyvee store in cedar rapids. Brea, how do the groups plan to do this . Chris, they are looking for the public help to donate a years supply of with. How exactly does this work . What do people need to do . Were halfway through, how are we doing so far . Anything else . Thanks. The diaper drive ends on the 31st. You can donate by purchasing diapers and donated to a hyvee store or unity points pediatric locations. Cedar rapids, iowa Eastern Iowa Health center , a comprehensiv e primary Health Care Service provider in eastern iowa, and Young Parents Network , provider of programs and support for local young Unitypoint Health cedar rapids and local hyvee stores to launch a Community Wide initiative to provide donated diapers and diapers purchased with financial donations to the eastern iowa diaper bank. The goal is to collect an entire years supply of diapers for local families in need. Unity point health has committed to purchasing 50,000 diapers to get the program started. Hy Vee Food Stores and drugstores will be offering a Collection Campaign in all cedar rapids and marion locations for operation diaper drive from october 10 31, 2016. Collection bins will also Childrens Health and Unitypoint Clinic pediatrics locations. Diapers are a basic need for Babies Health and well being, yet for many families, diapers are financially difficult; on average, a monthly supply of diapers can cost up to 80, and government assistance programs, such as the special Supplemental Nutrition Program for women, infants, and children do not cover the cost of diapers, nor can diapers be purchased with food stamps. Joe lock, Eastern Iowa Health nters president ceo, said many of their patients report that the cost of diapers is a hardship. Thiss natural tension of our comprehensiv e i see on a daily basis, andwhicht lnerable members of our mmunity babies and toddlers,dn cartoon character Charlie Brown is being honored with corn. One farm in atkins is honoring Television Special with a maze. But right now, heres a look at todays opening farm markets. Good our cold front is moving across the area the morning, but youd hardly know it from a precipitation standpoint. Theres just no moisture to work with, and a rapid decrease in clouds is likely. Much of the day should be sunny with lighter wind and highs around 70. Plan on a nice night with clear and calm conditions. Our next weak system arrives Late Wednesday thursday morning and should offer up a chance of very light rain in the area. Cooler temperatures remain on track for thursday and friday in the wake of that small system, with a nice rebound for the weekend. Have a good day today mostly sunny. Wind nw 515. High 70 tonight mostly clear. Wind light n tom. Night mostly cloudy with a slight chance of light rain. Wind n 510. Low 45 thanks kaj. Anniversary of the peanuts television midseptember and took more than 6 hours to make. Karen peterson owns the maze and came up with the idea. She loves the series Charlie Brown and grew up watching it as a kid. Bloomsbury farm says the maze offers many components to attract people. Its not only a family fun activity but theres that nostalgic piece too. Weve got some artwork that families can kind of take pictures of. Its something that you would definitely not have a complete fall without doing once youve heard about it. The farm also offers a 10 acre they will be open until the end of october. A Computer System outage overnight caused major headaches for people traveling on 3 airlines. Where you should check your ticket, in todays tech her husbands access hollywood tape, calling it boy talk. As abcs Stephanie Ramos reports, the interview is the first time the wife of the republican president ial nominee has appeared on camera to defend her husband. Melania trump. Hasnt said much throughout the Campaign Season but shes speaking out now about her husbands infamous hot mic moment. Sot melania i said to my husband thats the language is inappropriate its not acceptable melania speaking to cnn about. Trumps so called lcoker room talk on that access hollywood bus. First heard it what did you think . Sot melania i was surprised because that is not the man that i know. And as you can see, from the tape, the cameras were not on, it was only a mic and i wonder if they even knew that the mic was on. Because that was kind of a boy talk and he was really egg on from the host to say to dirty and bad stufftrump nats when youre a star they let you do it. You can do anything. Grab them by the p melania didnt get into the multiple women accusing trump of groping them. In an interview set to air on good morning america. Donald trump says. Hes never crossed the line wh think so. I have Great Respect for women tremendous. Women come up for fame. Maybe part of the clinton campaign. The gop nominee insisting, with no proof, that theres a conspicracy to rig the election. Sot trump intv there is tremendous voter fraud. Difference between winning and losing the election. Meanwhile Hillary Clinton is behind closed doors practicing for the final president ial debate. Her husband and daughter stepping in for her at this glitzy star studded fundraiser in nyc last night. Helen mirren sot lost in this madness, is the glorious reality that in three weeks, after 240 years and 56 elections the United States will have its first woman president. Tag a new national cbs poll shows clinton with an 11 point lead over trump. A day before they face off on the debate stage for one last showdown. Weather with meteorologist kaj omara. Our cold front is moving across the area the morning, but youd hardly know it from a precipitation standpoint. Theres just no moisture to work with, and a rapid decrease in clouds is likely. Much of the wind and highs around 70. Plan on a nice night with clear and calm conditions. Our next weak system arrives Late Wednesday night into thursday morning and should offer up a chance of very light rain in the area. Cooler temperatures remain on track for thursday and friday in the wake of that small system, with a nice rebound for the weekend. Have a good day today mostly sunny. Wind nw 515. High 70 tonight mostly clear. Wind light n low 48 tomorrow partly cloudy. Wind n 510. High 66 tom. Night mostly cloudy with a slight chance of light rain. In todays techbytes, more computer issues for major airlines. Monday night passengers had trouble making or changing reservations. There were several airlines affected included southwest, jetblue and virgin america. Technical glitch is being blamed not a hack. Google has a new way to help you save money. A feature shows you when you can book before they get more expensive. Hotel finder is getting an upgrade. It may be back to the drawing board for facebook in australia. Testing the Weather Forecast for their area. Just a problem there. The temperatures are showing farenheit and australians use celsius and leaving some aussies rather cool to the walgreens. 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Investigators release the names of two People Killed after a shooting at a freeport mobile home park. Good tuesda 18th. Heres a live look at the city cam. First, meteorologis t kaj omara has your first alert forecast, kaj. Our cold front is moving across the area the morning, but youd hardly know it from a precipitation standpoint. Theres just no moisture to work with, and a rapid decrease in clouds