Rain and the wintry mix wiil move out early and we put up with mostly cloudy skies for the rest of your friday. The cold front has now moved through and our temperatures will be much cooler today as a result. Highs will likely only top out in the upper 30s. Behindd the cold front not only y omes cooler temperatures, but breezy conditions. Winds will be out of the north today at 15 to 20 mph, with gusts 25 plus. The weekend is dry and temperatures will remain in the upper 30s. The workweek brings more chances for snow. Malls, stores, and shoppers have been preparing for this day for quite some time. Black friday is a part of the Holiday Weekend for many as they try to get the best sales and deals possible. Kcrgtv9s Iowa City Bureau chief marrcarlson is live at Coral Ridge Mall this morning. Mark, stores are open, wheres the hot spot . 135. 8 million a aericans plan to shop on thanksgiving weekend nearly 60 percent of Holiday Shoppers had already started checking items off their lists by he middle offlast week, but millons more are eagerly waiting to hear what retailers have in store and online for the biggest Holiday Shopping weekend of the year. Nrfs latest survey finds that 135. 8 Million Consumers plan to shop thanksgiving weekend and nearly 80 percent of holiday shshppers 183. 8 Million People plan to shop on cyber monday. Black friday is here. And so are the deals, deep discounts and of course shoppers. But there are some clear signs that blackfriday, once the busiest shopping day of the year, is losing some clout. Some people are shopping on thursday. While others are simply shopping online. In addition, some retailers, most notably walmart, are offering the same black friday deals online as those in stores. Online sales are expected to percent this year. Meanwhile, for the first time, theres expected to be more people visiting retailers web sites through their smart phones than on computers or tablets. Mobile 57 percent this year. Thats compared to 46 percent the previous year. Mobile sales are expected to account for 36 percent of online sales. Thats compared t 27 pepecent from the previous year. Well check in with a differen shopper coming up in our next half hou. Back to you ashley. Tv9s Iowa City Bureau chief, mark carlson. Thanks so much. In a suburb of des moines, black friday shoppers had to stop what they were doing and evacuate the building. According to kccitv fire alarms went off at the target store near the jordan creek mall at 8 45 last night. The minor fire was reportedly inside the front end of the store. No one was hurt and there wasnt any serious damage. In a tv9 followup this mornnng. Criminal ccmplaints dettil what led the university of iowa to release hawk alerts after several women say they were groped. Police arrested 32 yearold Adam Weinstein wednesday. He faces one count of third dederee sexual abuse, four counts of assault with intent to commit sexual abuse, and three counts of third degree harassment. Complaints filed by the university of Iowa Department of Public Safety show the first attack happened around 1 15 am on november tenth. Documents say weinstein approached a woman at ui hc and asked her to have sex. When she said o, he forcibly kissed her and put his hands down her pants. The next attack happened just before 3 am at the melrose avenue parking ramp, when documents say weinstein touched the inner thigigof a pprking cashiee. Complaints show the next three attacks happened that afternoon. They happened again at uihc, outside the fieldldhouse and the adrangle courtyard. The paperwork states in each case, weinstein grabbed the women and made sexual comments. Weinstein could face more than 18 years in prison. Police ss this man stoo jewelry and electronics from at least two homes in iowa city. Officers arrested 22 yearold bruno compos felipe on wednesday night. Police searched his home and found evidence linking m and another friend to several residential burglaries. He faces carges of first and third degree theft. In a tv9 followup this morning. Construction of the proposed chauncey tower in iowa city could be delayed again. The city council will vote on setting another public hearing on the bujlding on tuesday. It will discuss trinity episcopal churchs request to amend the chaunceys redevelopment agreement. This month, the church appealed a judges decision to throw out a lawsuit claiming the city unlawfully rezoned a lot of land r the project. Marc moen, the projects developer, says construction delays have cost about one million dollars. Some eastern iowa seniors are extra thankful this morning aftete getting meels delivered to their doors. Three years ago, transamerica and partner aging Services Made the switch from a sit down dinner for seniors toome delivery. 130 volunteers prepared and delivered nearly 9 hundred meals yesterday. Although its a switch from decades of tradition, one director pays it seems to fill the need. Things change er time ann where used to be people wanted to be together it gradually switched fewer people came on site and people wanted home delivered. Transamerica haa sponsored the Holiday Meals Program for seniors for 36 years. Although its now a Home Delivery program, theres no shorte of volunteers. Organizers say there was a waiting list of those who wantntd to help out on the holiday. Some people cant have a traditional holiday meal like those with special food needs. Thats the case for two eastern iowa kids where sitting in thehelunchroom maas you stand out and d feel different. Kcrgtv9s Forrest Saunders reports, thats where a school nurse from mount vernon comes in. Inside this washington elementary classroom, zay austeeman is just ike any other kindergartene r. Full of smiles and energy. Nat kids eating but here, he stands out. The lunchroom. Instead of worry free munching on the meal of the day, zay has to watch what he eats forrfear a rare genetic condition could lead to Serious Health problems. Zays diet has his mother constantly worried about his safety. Sending him somewhere all day and not having control of that waa really nerve wracking. 3995501 zay and his yoyonger sister, ellie, suffer from whats called fenulke toenureuh or pku. The kids bodies struggle breaking down an amino acid found in protein. Eat too much, the acid becomes trouble. It begins to build up in the brain and then they become mentally handicapped. 2024 it means the kids hhe to eat speccl and very expensive foods; breads, cheeses, milks that lack the amino acid. Meat is a big no go. This was this year. Hes different. Hes always going to be different. Cover 41 2225 and differences can make it hard for a child to fit in, especially during a social time like lunch. But thats where this woman comes in. So today, were having grilled cheese, 26 4850 missy hauser is the school nurse, but shes also zays lunch lady. Each day she makes meals for him that use the special ingredients zay can eat. The school is required by law to provide such meals, but hauser goes above and beyond. Shes learned the ins and outs of pku and offers a rotating menu, with new additions every so often. Wed do it for y kid that comes through the door. If he needs a special type of food, then thats what were going to give him,32 2733 whats more, hauser makes sure zay gets his meal like everyone else, standing in line with his friends. Something she says is invaluable. We just want kidd to feel, norral when theyre here. Especially for some kids, this is their most normal place that others but hausers effort helps ensure he doesnt feel that way. His mother says it makes all the difference. From what i hear from the teachers and the staff here at school, he is joy filled. He loves school. Thats huge. He gets to participate, just likeeevery other kkd. 0714 and thats no different whether zays here or here. That was Forrest Saunders reporting. In the united states, pku occurs in one in every 10 to 15 thousand children. Most cases are detecttd shortly after birth. We all know computers typically cost hundreds. But what if you could get one for 5 bucks . And we know gadgets are already at hot item on black fridaa but where can we find the bessdeal . In todays tech bytes, well run down some of the hottest. Good morning its. Heres a penny just for you. Thats no penny. Thats a galaxy s 6 at u. S. Cellular on black friday. Whoa, thanks, grandma youre welcome. You can also get an lg g4 or an lg g pad f 8. 0 with that penny. Nice isnt that just delightful . Pennies for everyone get penny doorbuster deals on great devices thth black friday from 8 00 a. M. M. Ill noon rain and the wintry mix will move out early and we put upwith mostlyycloudy skies for the rest of your friday. The cold front has now moved through and our temperatures will be much cooler today as a result. Highs will likely only top out in the upper 30s. Behind the cold front nottonly comes cooler temperatures, but breezy conditions. Winds will be out of the north today at 15 to 20 ph, with guuts 25 plus. The weekend is dry and temperatures will remain in the upper 30s. The workweek brings more chances for snow. Rain and the wintry mix will move out early and we put up with mostly cloudy skies for the rest of your friday. The cold front has now moved through and our temperatures will be much cooler today as a result. Highs will likely only top out in the upper 30s. Behind the cold front not only comes cooler temperatures, but breezy conditions. Winds will be out of the north today at 15 to 20 mph, with gusts 25 plus. The weekend is dry and emperatures will remain in the uuer 30s. For snow. Now heres abcs reena ninan and Kendis Gibson with this mornings techbytes. The turkish president said thursday his country would not apologize to russia for shooting down a russian fighter jet on tuesday. Russias president now says the incident may bring relations between the countries dead end. Karin caifa reports from washington. Turkeys president says his armed forces were doing w wt they were e upposed to do, when they shot down a russian fighter jet near the border with syria tuesday and his nation will not apologize. Well i think if theres a party that needs to apologize, its not us. Those who violated our airspace are the ones who need to apologize. This has heightened tensions, in an already sensitive region of the world. Turkey has accused russiaaf deceit. Russia says a Missile System has been put on combat duty at a base in syria. And the backand forth is being closely watched by nato members, including the united states. , cnn military analyst this could not have happened at a worseetime. Russia has been tweaking not only turkeys nose the last several months, but nato the last year or so. At an event thursday, russian president Vladimir Putin sasad it seemed as though turkey was consciously seeking to bring relations with russia, to a dead end. Later, he met with french president Francois Hollande at the kremlin, where he said he isseady to cooperate with france to combat isis in syria. He addressed the tensions with turkey during a press conference. We considered turkey to be a friendly country. We did not expect such an action, aad thattis why, that strike was unexpected. Ru ssia said it has now suspended channels of cooperation between its military and turkeys. That includes a hotline that had been set up to avoid incidents, in the skies over syria. In washington, im karin caifa. A man with an American Flag on his back made it over the white house fence. Security took him into ccstody while president t obama and his family ate thanksgiving dinner. That story is coming up in a few minutes. Heres a look at on our citycam. Britley ritz will be back right after the break wiwih a look at your black friday forecast. Meteorologist britley ritz joins us now with your first alert forecast. Rain and the wintry mix will move out early and we put up with mostly cloudy skies for the est of your friday. The cold front has nono through and our temperatures will be much cooler today as a result. Highs will likely only top out in the upper 30s. Behind the cold front nonoonly comes cooler temperatures, but breezy conditions. Winds will be out of the north today at 15 to 20 mph, with gusts 25 plus. The weekend is dry and temperatures will remai in the upper 30s. The workweek brings more chances for snow. The hawkeyes take on the lincoln, nebraska. The hawks are undefeated, but nebraska may have an advantage in this heroes matchup. Thats coming up in a few minunus. Hello to you on this black friday from tv9. Youre looking live at our morning. Its november 27th and this is what you need to know today. Construction on the proposed chauncey tower in iowa city could be put on hold thanks to an appeal from a church in town. The undefeated Iowa Hawkeye Football Team will play nebraska today andd salele of iowa gear are through the roof. Today is the heroes game against the huskers and we meet the iowa heroes who saved a mans life and became a part of a new family in the process. And one school nurse in mount vernon is helping a boy with special food needs feel included with his classmates, one lunch at a time. Youre watching kcrgtv9. Now, from your 24 hour news source, this is kcrgtv9 ews morning news. Rain and the wintry mix will move out early and we pupu up with mostly cloudy skies for the rest of your friday. The cold front has now moved through and our temperatures will be much cooler today as a result. Highs will likely only top out in the upper 30s. Behind the cold front not only comes cooler temperatures, but breezy conditions. Winds will be out of the north today at 15 to 20 mph, with gusts 25 plus. The weekend is dry and temperatures will remain in the upper 30s. The workweek bbings more chhces r snow. Today millions of people acrjss the country will be getting up early tootake advantage of those black friday deals. And most people are already out to make sure they get what they want. Kcrgtv9s Iowa City Bureau is live at the Coral Ridge Mall this morning. Mark, storors are now opp, how are shoppers feeling out there . Well ashley, they still have 2 and a half hours until the store doors open. But many say thh is the type of dedication you need to get the best deal today. 135. 8 million americans plan to shop on thanksgiving weekend nearly 60 percent of Holiday Shoppers had already started checking items off their lists by the middle of last week, but millions more are eagerly waiting to hear what retailers have in store and online for the biggest Holiday Shopping weekend of the year. Nrfs latest survey finds that 135. 8 Million Consumers plan to shop thanksgiving weekend and nearly 80 percent of Holiday Shoppers 18338 Million People plan to shop on cyber monday. Black friday is here. And so are the deals, deep discounts and of course shoppers. But there are some clear signs that black friday, once the busiest shopping day of the year, is losing some clout. Some people are shopping on thursday. While others are simply shopping online. In addidiion, some retailers, most notably walmart, are offering the same black friday deals online as those in stores. Online sales are expected to increase at least 14 percent this year. Meanwhile, for the first time, theres expected to be more people visiting retailers web sites through their smart phones than onon computers or tablets. Mobile traffic could increase nearly 57 percent this year. Thats compared to 46 percent the previous year. Mobile sales are expected to account for 36 percent of online sales. Thats compared to 27 percent from the prprvious year. Well check iiwith a different coming up in our next half hour. Back to you ash. Tv9s Iowa City Bureau chief, mark carlson. Thanks so much. Several retailers are lready welcomed black friday shoppers last night. This line at best buy had many waiting outside in rainy and windy conditions. The store opened at five oclock last nnght. We found two o hoppers from turkey who say this is their first black friday experience. 14 59 17 we saw the great deal in best buy about the lcd tv, 49 inch, so we thought it was a great deal and we wanted to catch that. The National Retail federation says more than 135million americans plan to shop this thanksgiving weekend. The 4th ranked iowa hawkeyes otball team the hawks will take on the nebraska cornhuskers today at 2 30. They are playing in lincoln today in a match up called the hero game. And kcrgtv9 will be airing the entire game on our main channel. The hahakeyes are undefeated at 11 and 0, while the cornhuskers are split at 5 to 6. The cornhuskers have won 3 of the last 4 hero games against the hawkeyes. Since the hawkeyes are still undefeated, it means big sales for apparrl stores. Tailgate clothing in iowa city has seen more sales both in store and online since the teams winning streak began. Imprinted sportswear had their West Division champs shirt done the sundayyafter iowa a ook down purdue. General manager dave hansen says theyve been selling like hotcakes. Its already working on a big ten champs shirt, but they havent unveiled it yet. 57 25 36 we are doinin three different ooes for the west, and when if it ever is possible, well be doing more than one if we actually do the championship. Both stores say hawkeye fans gegerally seem to be in better moods than last season. Even though many will focus on what will happen on the field for todays game, theres Something Special happppning during lftime. An iowa state trooper and an iowa nurse are among three who will receive the hero award. Claire powell from woi in`des moines has their stories. The engine is revving high, it takes off tires squeal nat rev forward this is not good somethings going on inside this truckseven months ago, iowa stateatrol trooper tracyybohlen spotted a truck with oklahoma plates, stopping and going in the middle of 70 mile per hour interstate traffic. It was right where the pylons are first time i saw him pat roark, an outofstate driver, was having a seizure in the middle of interstate 35 car nat his 15 year old son, eei, grabbed the wheel. Took his dads foot off the gas, placing his on the brake. Bohlen ran over starting cpr right then and there. A lot of things played out the correct way two cars behind bohlen s nurse jane mccurdy. I worked quite a few days it was my day to relax relaxing went out the window instincts kicked in. Thought that someone needs help and this is what we do as a`nurse, this scene was nothing new. So, as pat fought for his life on the pavement, mccurdy took sobbing eli under h hr wing and didnt lee go. Ill take you to the hospital i wont leave you, ill stay with you after gettng him a hotel, food and days`of waiting. The roarks went home to oklahoma. Now months later, in true heroic faahion, neitheebohlen nor mccurdy will say they are what everyone is hailing them as. Its humbling and its a big word i dont look at myself as a hero, just right place right time doing my job eli is truly the hero, hes the one that got the truck stopped. They say the highlight of that april day isnt saving pat or elis lives. Or becoming quote on quote hereos. The best part was becoming their friends and in turn, part of their family. I just think theyre lucky people and grateful, it was a huge blessing for me to be in the right place at the right time Claire Powell reporting. A man is facing charges this morning after he tried to hop the white house fence when the president and his family were inside havvng thanksgiving dinner. R. The Us Secret Service says Joseph Caputo breached a barricade. He had on a blue shirt white pants and an American Flag draped around his body. He also carried what looked ke an envelope, in his mouth as he went over the iron fence on the north lawn. Secret Service Officers had their guns drawn and had k9 units with them. They took caputo into custody. Hes at least the third peeson this year to ssle a fence and make it on white house property. Even though they were far from their families, troops overseas celebrated thanksiving too. Us troops stationed in afghanistan celebrated with their nato partners generals served troops their thanksgiving meal. Buu the thoughts of many soldiers were with their families back home. It is really hard to be away from your family, but with all the people here that we work really close together, we are oe big family here, so it is nice. The department of defense says this year it shipped out about 52 thousand pounds of turkey to bases around the world. It can take up to three months for he supplies to arriie at some remote locations. Not all College Students head home for the thanksgiving holiday. So, the university of iowa put on a special dinner for those students. Aad others from different parts of e world got to experience the holiday for the first time. Up next. This mornings weather wise question. Meteorologist kaj omara is up First Alert Storm Team meteorologist britley ritz joins us now. Put up with mostly cloudy skies for the rest of your friday. The cold front has now moved throughhand our temperatures will be much cooler today as a result. Highs will likely only top out in the upper 30s. Behind the cold front not only comes cooler temperatures, but breezy conditions. Winds will be out of the north today at 1515to 20 mph, with gusts 25 plus. The weekend is dry and temperatures will remain in the upper 30s. The workweek brings more chances rain and the wintry mix will move out earlyyand we put up with mostly cloudy ssies for the rest of your friday. The cold front has nw moved through anddour temperatururs will be much cooler today as a result. Highs will likely only top out in the per 30s. Behind the cold front not only comes cooler temperatures, but breezy conditions. Winds will be out of the north today at 15 to 20 mph, with gusts 25 plus. The weekend is dry and temperatures will remain in the upper 30s. Thanks 5 years old and already giving a central iowa boy gave up his birthday presents to maae sure a pooice ssation was able to hire a new fourlegged member of the team. Man is hurt in Marshall County after police say someone accidentally shot him in the heaa. The marshalltown timesrepublican reports deputies responded to a home in laurel around 3 30 wednesday morning. First responders took he victim to a marshalltown hospital anddhen flflw him to a traama center in des moines. The Marshall County Sheriffs Office says three people who were in the house when the shooting happened are cooperating with the investigation. The victims name and condition have not been released. In a tv9 followup this morning. This morning, a cedar falls man faces arson and crimial mischief charges after a garage fire. Firefighters found three vehicles on fire when they were called to 615 west 7th street at around 5 45 yesterday morning. Flames spread to a nearby shed. Officers arrested 30 yearold Nicholas Kollasch on the felony charges. Police also arrested him in april of this year for a hit and run accident. In which they say he assaulted an officer. An abandoned dog is getting a new leash on life and a new job in central iowa. And its partially thanks to a 5yearold from ankeny. This week, tristan sommerfeld welcomed the newest member of the Ankeny Police forcee bosco is a 1yearold lab mix and is ready to sniff out crime in polk county. Tristan helped raise money to train bosco and bring him to iowa from a rescue shelter in indiana. Instead of asking for presents on his october birthday, he asked for donations to go to the Police Departments k9 fund. Altogether, tristans friends and family donated more than 15 hundred dollars. Its paying it forward and gifting to the community and the superheroes we call the police and the Fire Department and the people that serve. Combined with tristans donations, the city of ankeny raised 30thousand dollars to get bosco. Police say hes trained to work on missing persons and drug cases. As for tristan, he says he wants to a Police Officer when he grows up. The university of iowa welcomed more than 200 staff, faculty, and students to its harvest dinner thursday. The idea is to provide a meal for those who couldnt make the trii home to celeerate with family. For Many International students who attended, it was their first thanksgiving experience. This is the second time the university has hosted the event since 2013. Organizerer say a big rt of why they do it, is for local children. The university hopes to make this a yearly tradition. Now heres our morning mugshot on your friday. Its the 2015 heritage agencys fill the plate fareway subaru share the love food drive and the fill the plate telethon. The food drive is on december fifth from 10 to two at all fareway stores. The telethon is on the sixth from 5 30 to nine on kcrg nine point two. All donations will support the heritage Regional Nutrition Program and meals on wheels. Consider making a food or financial contribution. If you have a nonprofit event or organization youd like to see featured. Send us an email. Mugshot at kcrgdotcom. You hhad out the door on your friday. It is black friday. At malls and other shops to find some Great Holiday deals. Along wit black friday, today, dont forget about the deals youucan find tomorrow Small Business saturday and support eastern iowa businessmen and women. Football team is in lincoln, nebraska this morning. The hawks will face the huskers atat2 30 this afternoon. You can watch the entire game right here on kcrg now, one last look at this mornings weather rain and the wintry mixxwill move out early and we put up with mostly cloudy skies for the rest of your friday. The cold front has now moved through and our temperatures will be much cooler today as a result. T. Highs will likely only top out in the upper 30s. Behind the cold front not only comes cooler temperatures, but breezy conditions. Winds will be out of the north today at 15 to 20 mph, with gusts 25 plus. The weekend is dry and temperatures will remain in the upper 30s. The workweek brings more chances for snow. Thank you for allowing me to be with you in your homes for the past decade. Im hoping to continue serving the community in the future with my next venture. I wanted to leave you with my farewell on the violin, as wds arent enngh. Thank you. Good morning, america. A major holiday storm hitting the midwest. Flash flooding near dallas, one officer washed away during a rescue