Source, this is kcrgtv9 news morningews. First, meteorologis t kaj omara has your first alert forecast, kaj. Today will l an active weather day with light fog, drizzle, showers, and even some thunderstorm s all in the game plan. We are still on track for widespread 0. 50 to 0. 75 amounts, however, any storms that materialize could boost this in isolated areas. As for temperatures. Plan on 40s for waterloo and 50s for dubuque, cedar rapids, and iowa city. This system may generate a brief period of mixed precipitation this evening, but it seems the ground will be too warm wet for any impact. We are still quiet for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. More rain is likely by saturday. Today showers storms high 5056 winds s 515 alo 5 dbq 53 iow 56tonight rain ending, cloudy low 2632 winds nw 1020 alo 28 dbq 29 iow 33tomorrow mostly cloudy high 3642 winds w 515 alo 34 dbq 37 iow 39tomorrow night mostly cloudy low 2531 night mostly cloudy low 2531 winds nw 510 aloo 27 dbq 28 iow 30 back in september, some Keota High School students wrote letters to each president ial candidate asking them to visit their school. Republican Rick Santorum stopped by in october. And democrat Martin Omalley visited earlier this month. This time around, democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton spoke to students at Keota High School. The only three kids in a socialology class wrote challenged them to dream big. So the students decided to start emailing, calling and approaching even drove up to coralville to ask clinton to come to keota during an event last month. She told them shed come down, and yesterday she made good on that promise. Our town only has a 1,000 people, and in my memory weve never had a president ial candidate here before and now weve had three, one of them being secretary clintononand i had this opportunity and its just pretty great. Much of clintons speech centered around education as well as her concerns about student debt for those who go on to college. Clinton isnt backing down from her comment about how isisisses videos of trump to recruit terrorists. She also said yesterday that claims from republican candidates, including trump, about how muslims are dangerous are shameful. She said someone who could be running the country shouldnt talk like that. Johnson county is showing that it supports the muslims in its community. The board of supervisors passed proclamation yesterdrd. It sasa the thousands of muslims living in the county have made it a great place to live, learn, and work. This comes in response to politicians and others making negative comments toward muslims folllling recent terrorist attacks. A new poll shows that 50 percent of american trump bemes president. The Quinnipiac University poll also found that most peoe believe trump doeses not have a goooochance of making it to the white house. The 18 to 34 Year Old Age Group claimed it would be most embarrassed by a trump presidency. The poll also shows 35 percent of all voters would be embarrassed if Hillary Clinton became president. The age group that said it would be most embarrassed by clinton is 50 to 64 years old. Quinnipacs poll also shows trump i istill leading republican candidates nationwide, with 28 percent support. But ted cruz is close behind at 24 peent. The polls margin of error was 4 point 4 percent. Rounding out the top four candidates were marco rubio with percent. 6 percent support. On the democratic side, quinnipiac shows 61 percent of voters prefer Hillary Clinton. Thats more than double percent. The post office is hoping to match santass delivery speed this year. Theyll be delivering thousands of letters and packages just in time for christmas. Kcrgtv9s Forrest Saunders is live at the post office in cedar rapids this morning. Forrest, its the busiest time of year for the post office . It really is. Here on just the northeast side, the post Office Behind me is delivering about 10thousand packages each day. Onday, the usps says they had their busiest day of the year. Mail carriers were expected to deliver 30 million packages to people in the unid states. The usps estimated they deliver 15 billili packages by thth end of the year. Officials estimated more Online Shopping prompted a 15 percent boost in package deliveri compared to last year. A big benefit for us locally, the weather hasnt been an issue. I would say, if its out for delivery, if weve received it and its out for delivery, they can expect delivery. If we receive it, well deliver it. Mail carriers have been delivering all packages seven days a week since late november. Theyve been delivering just amazon packages seven days a week since january 1st. Officials at the northeast Side Post Office say they even had one postal employee agree to carry mail on christmas. Hell try to get families those packages that santa couldnt get to. Back to you guys in the studio. Live in cedar rapids this morning. Thanks a lot, forrest. Many are celebrating a Holiday Light display at summit pointe Senior Living in marion. After he came up with the idea last year, Staff Members at the facility say russell wasnt sure if he still be around to see the big reveal this year. But kcrgtv9s Jill Kasparie shows us that he is, and he couldnt be more thrilled to see the project come to life. 3 02 41 hey dad, hello there. Hello hello russell is used to his routine with dinner at 4 30. But tuesday night it was obvious things are a bit different. 3 19 13 with christmas a couple days away what bebeer of a night. It is the night russell has waited for for a year. 2 57 45 christmas was passed lat year. I couldnt make christmas come back and i had to wait until this christmas. The 82yearold s ss last ccistmas his daughter window and he thought one just wasnt enough. Awesome to light every window in this building and thats i just took it from there. Russell still has the box of lights from his daughter. And after that from donation to volunteers many worked to get tights up each one of the 363 windows on the building. 2 49 30 when they turned the lights on, moment, it was a dream come true. I loved it. 3 11 40 it really touched my heart to see people pull together for my dad. For everyone at summit point they couldnt wait to celebrate his dream come true tonight with bus trips around the sparkling building. For a man whos always thinking of others and sharing hugs this night is all about russese. 3 20 35 hes the type of guy who no matter how bad hes feeling or having a rough day he makes sure to open the door for you. Now, russell gets to make it part of his routine to enjoy this holiday dream come true. 3 21 30 these are his lights and his pride and joy. 2 58 27 i like them, i love them. To me its been a lot of work for a lot of people and i want to appreciate it. In marion, Jill Kasparie, kcrgtv9 news. A tech giant is teaming up with company to make a self driring vehicle. And one company is getting in the holiday spirit with robotic reindeer. Thats ahead in todays techbytes. Hey this holiday, u. S. Cellulars giving you 15 gigs of data for just 70 but i wanted a pony. [ gasps ] youre getting data. Ponysized data . U. S. Cellular sized data. 15 gigs of good, strong data you can actually use because it works in the middle of anywhere. Id like 100 youre getting 400 in promo cards yes switch to u. S. Cellular and get 15 gigs of data for just 70. Today will be a aactive weather day with light fog, drizzle, showers, and even some thunderstorm s all in the game plan. We are still on track for wideread 0. 50 to 0. 75 amounts, however, any isolated areas. As for temperatures. Plan on 40s for waterloo and 50s for dubuque, cedar rapids, and iowa city. This system may generate a brief period of mixed precipitation this evening, but it seems the ground will be too warm wet for any impact. We are still quiet for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. More rain is likely by saturday. Today showers stor ms high 5056 winn s 515 alo 45 dbq 53 iow 56tonight rain ending, cloudy low 2632 winds nw 1020 alo 28 dbq 29 iow 33tomorrow mostly cloudy high 3642 winds w 515 alo 34 dbq 37 iow 39tomorrow night mostly cloudy low 2 231 today will be an active weather day with light fog, drizzlele showersrsand even some thunderstorm s all in the game plan. We are still on track for widespread 0. 50 to. 75 amountshowever, any storms that materialize could d boost this in n isolated areas. As for temperatures. Plan on 40s for waterloo and 50s for dubuque, cedar rapids, and iowa city. This system may generatete brief period of mixed precipitation this evening, but it seems the ground will be too warm we for any impact. We are still quiet for Christmas Evev and Christmas Day. More rain is likely by saturday. Today showers stor ms high 5056 winds s 515 alo 45 dbq 53 iow 56tonight rain ending, cloudy low 2632 29 iow 33tomorrow mostly cloudy high 3642 winds w 515 alo 34 dbq 37 iow 39tomorrow night mostly cloudy low 2531 winds nw 510 alo 27 dbq 28 iow 30 thanks kaj. Now heres abcs reena ninan with this mornings techbytes. In todays techbytes, google teaming up with ford. Online reports claim that the two companies have been in talks with the goal of creating a new selfdriving car. A deal could be announced as early as next month. Just in time for the holidays, several new Family Friendly gamee titles rolling out for google chromecast, including angry birds, friend, driver speed boat paradise and hasbros monopoly here and now. Theres also yahtzee blitz. They are available for download at the chromecast apps store. The robotic reindeer are the work of boston dynamics. Note it takes three to pull the sleigh, not eight. Guess this means rudolph, youre and thankfully mrs. Claus still not feeling well . No. You know when i got sick my mom used to make me chicken noodle soup. Aw, ok. You should call your mom. Bye. Campbells chicken noodle soup. There when no one else is. Campbells. Made for real, real l fe. Just head around the corner to walgreens when youre searching for that Perfect Little something. Walgreens has great gifts like toys, beauty gift sets, and phpho gifts, right now, save 50 donald trump is explaining what he really meant when he used a sexually attacking Hillary Clinton. Abcs Kenneth Moton has the latest on this potiential preview of a general election matchup. Donald trump fired back at the media overnight for his use oa vulgar term to describe Hillary Clintons 2008 loss. Sot trump she was favored to win and she got schlonged she lost, i mean she lost. That bleeped word refers to the male anatomy. On urban dictionary, its described as a sexually degrading act. Last night, trump tweeted saying he meant clinton got beaten badly in the 2008 race. He then blamed the media. Sot clinton thats why its important to stand up to bullies wherever they are clinton didnt respond directly to trump during her iowa rally. But Bernie Sanders did. Sot Sanders Donald trump is very upset. Its very hard for him to deal with i dont know what his relationship with women has been in his life but he has discovered that women go to the bathroom. Sanders. Making light of trumps attack on clinton after her bathroom break during the abc news democratic debate. Its not the trtrps comments have insulted womeme. His public battles with fox news host meghan kelly and gop rival Carly Fiorina made headlines earlier this year. Donna brazile sot its the mark of a man who i believe has no respect for women whatsoever. His reaction to being challenged by a woman is to attack her with coarse, vulgar and degrading language. Female supporters are sticking with trump. Sot paula johnsonnh Womens Coalition for trump i dont think he is insulting to women. I think there are a lot of women who are insulting to other women and to men out there. The latest National Poll has trump still at the top with 28 percent of gop voters. But Quinnipiac University says 6 in 10 women voters say they would be embarrassed to have trump as their commander in chief. Kenneth moton, abc news washington. A very dark night for a kansas family was a bit brighghr thanks to the efforts of firefighters. Flames were shooting out of this home in wichita when fire crews arrived. Everyone got out safely, but christmas was looking pretty bleak. Thats when firefighters turned to rescuing christmas packagag still inside one by one, firefighters carried out the gifts wrapped in paper and bows. The family wont be home for the holidays, but will be together with something to open on christmas. With recent terrorist attacks, Homeland Security is stepping up its game at the rose bowl. Officials are taking extra precautions and that means some items arent allowed in the stadium. Youre loloing live on our camera this morning. Kaj will be back right after the break with a look your weesday meteorologist kaj omara joins us now with your first alert forecast. Today will be an active weather day with light fog, drizzle, showers, and even some thunderstorm s all in the game plan. We are still on track for widespread 0. 50 to 0. 75 amounts, however, any storms that materialize could boos this in isolated areas. As for temperatures. Plan on 40s for waterloo and 50s for dubuque, cedar rapaps, and iowa city. This system may generate a brief period of mixed precipitation this evening, butt seems the ground will be too warm wet for any impact. We are still quiet for christmas more rain is likely by saturday. Today showers stor ms high 5056 winds s 515 alo 45 dbq 53 iow 56tonight rain ending, cloudy low 2632 winds nw 1020 alo 28 dbq 29 iow 33tomorrow mososy cloudy high 364242 winds w 515 alo dbq 37 iow 39tomorrow night mostly cloudy low 2531 winds nw 510 alo 27 dbq 28 iow 30 thanks, kaj. One dubuququman relies on his dog for a lot of f ings. He was lost without his faithful friend. But, now has reason celebrate this holiday hey this holiday, u. S. Cellulars giving you 15 gigs of data for just bubui wanted a pony. [ gasps ] youre getting data. Ponysized data . U. S. Cellular sized data. 15 gigs of good, strong data you can actually use because it works in the middle of anywhere. Id like 100 youre getting 400 in promo cards yes switch to u. S. Cellular and get 15 gigs of data for just 70. Plus 400 in promo cards. Good wednesday morning to you. Itll be a soggy one today. Its december 23rd, heres what you need to know. A cedar rapids middle schooler is recovering in the hospital from head injuries. Police say another student assaulted him causing a seizure and a stroke. Students in keota managed to get 2016 democratic president ial frontrunner hillary inton to speak at ththr school. Clintons visit comes as republican frontrunner donald trump explains what he really meant when he used a sexually derogatory term against her. Us Postal Service workers are delivering more packages. Workers in cedar rapids deliver 10 thousand a day on the northeast side alone. And a marion Senior Living home lights up the night. Its a dream come true for one man living there. Yoyore watching kcrgtv9. Now, from your 24 hour news source, this is kcrgtv9 news first, meteorologis kaj omara has your first alert forecast, kaj. Today will be an active weather day with light fog, drizzle, showers, and even some thunderstorm s all in the game plan. We are still on track for widespread 0. 50 to 0. 75 amounts, however, any storms that materialize could boost this in isolated areas. As for temperatures. Plan on 40s for waterloo and 50s for dubuque, cedar rapids, and iowa city. This system may generate a brief period of mixed precipitation this evening, but it seems the ground will be too warm wet for any impact. We are still quiet for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. More rain is likelylyy saturday. Today showers storms high 5056 winds s 515 alo 45 dbq 53 iow 56tonight rain ending, cloudy low 2632 winds nw 1020 alo 28 dbq 29 iow 33tomorrow winds w 515 alo 34 dbq 37 iow 39tomorrow night mostly winds nw 510 alo 27 dbq 28 a twelve year old cedar rapids boy is recovering from head injuriri from an incident near Mckinley Middle School at the beginning of the month. His mother says the boys injuries include head trauma that later caused a seizure and a stroke. It happened when her son Miguel Tirado was walking home from school and threw a snowball at an 11 yearold in the 500 block of mckinley street. Police say the 11 year old then assaulted miguel. Pice have referred an assault charge for r the 11 yearold to juvenile services because of his age. This video shows miguels current condition. Doctors placed a shunt in his head to drain blood away from his brain. But miguel is often confused and unsure where he is. His parents are hopeful hell make a full recovery. 05 32 10 our son is still alive. Hes coming self. Thats what christmas is for us, thats our christmas gift. Miguels parents have a go fund me page set up to hellpay for hospital bilil. If youd like to donate, look for the link under this story on kcrg dot com. People in Dubuque County are mourning the death of a Us Service Man stationed in afghanistan. Joseph lemm died monday in a suicide e mb attack in afghanistan. He was born in dubuque and worked as a Police Officer in new york. The pentagon says an attacker rammed an explosivesladen motorcycle into lemms patrol near bagram air base. The blast also killed five other us soldiers. Lemm was a 15year veteran of the nypd, working the last two years as a detective. This was his third deployment to the middle east, his second to afghanistan. Two ohis relatives in Dubuque County talked about their memories of him. I describe him best as a guy thats built like a grizzly bear with the heart of teddy bear, cause he liked people, and thats why he was so good at what he did. He was dedicated to his family, his city, to his country, and thats something youll never get from somebody else like him. The 45 year old is survived by his wife and two children. Mondays Taliban Attack in afghanistan was the deadliest assault on International Forces since august. Police say 50yearold David Merrifield of marion stabbed a woman in the neck early yesterday morning. It happened in the 13 hundred block of grand avenue. To a but shes expected to be ok. And remember w wn you see news, give us call on newsline nine. That number is you can also send pictures and videos to newsroom at kcrg dot com. Just two days until christmas meaning its the final countdown for all ages. And that also means just two days untitiall of the presents need to be delivered around the country. Kcrgtv9s Forrest Saunders is live this morning at the post office in cedar rapids. Forrest, christmas is coming, but postal workers are working right up until t t big day . Mail carriers will be delivering those last minute packages on Christmas Eve. And that comes on top of weeks of working seven dada a week. The Postal Service says monday was the busiest day this year. Mail carriers delivered an estimated 30 million packages in the united states. Officials said this year theyre seeing a 15 percent increase in package deliveries compared to last year. Eyre on track to t 15 delivered nationally this year by new years eve. In cedar rapids, around the holiday, local officials expect theyll be delivering about 10 thousand packages each day. Officials say all of this demand for carriers is prompted by more and more use of sites like amazon. With the package volume increasing, more people shopping online, the volume has increased tremendously. Our carriers have been prepared and deliveriri 7days a week since the 29th of november. Postal carriers have already been exclusively delivering amazon packages on sundays since january 1st. Officials at the northeast Side Post Office say they even had one postal employee agree to carry mail on christmas. Hell try to get families those packckes that santa couldnt get to. O. Back to you guys in the studio. Tv9s Forrest Saunders. Thanks Three Friends involved with former lottery security worker eddie tiptons fraud scheme have Something Else in common. A Prosecutor Says they hunt for bigfoot in their spare time. Iowa prosecutor rob sand has asked a judge to bar any discussion of bigfoot hunting at tiptons upcoming trial. Nd says such h scussion could potentially prejudice the jury. Tipton is accused of rigging jackpots in iowa and five other states to try to enrich himself and his friends. Tipton is already serving a 10 year sentence for two counts of fraud hererin iowa. A dubuque man and his service dog are back together after the dog vanished last week. Curt curiel has multiple sclerosis and depends on his dog, sassy, to lp him throughout thth day. Up until a few weeks ago, the two were homeless and lived at the Dubuque Rescue Mission. Last week, sassy disappeared while they were waiting for a bus. Curiels friends at the rescue Mission Posted information about the missing dog on facebook. And someone found sassy and took her to the dubuque humane we made all the connections and turned out the dog that was here,e,elong to curt, so we did what we could to help them find each other and be reunited. Staff at the Dubuque Rescue Mission have now pooled their money to pay for sassys vaccines, a micro chip, and shelter fees. Curiel and sassy have also found a place of their own to stay in dubuque. Those goi to pasadena, california for ththrose bowl will have to deal with tight security at the game and the tournament of roses parade. The city says visible and nonvisible security measures will be in place along the parade route and at the rose bowl stadium. Umbrellas and selfie sticks are not allowed into the stadium. Also, there will be more uniformed Police Officers and` explosive on new years eve and new yearssay, federal personnel will be employing a variety of explosive detection methods at key venues across the city from bomb sniffing dogs to sophisticated devices that register even minute amounts of Homeland Security says there is no known threat to the city of pasadena or any neyears event. The hawkeyes are hoping for a comeback win at the rose bowl, after their loss to Michigan State in the big ten championship. Yesterday, iowa city hoisted e spartan flag over city hall. Its the result of a bet between the mayors of iowa city and east lansing, michigan, over the outcome of the championship game. The hawkeyes had to fly the spartan flag over city hall for 24 hours. The American Red Cross is asking people in linn county to donate this holiday season. Today they are holding the ninth annual blood drive at the cedar rapids marriott on collins road. The blood drive will be open from 7 this morning until 1 this afternoon. Food pantries receive the most food donations ararund the holidays thahaany other time of the year. But food pantry Officials Say the need doesnt stop after the holidays are over. Up next. This mornings meteorologist kaj omara is up right after the break. First Alert Storm Team meteorologist kaj omara joins us now. Drizzle, showers, and even some thunderstorm s all in the game plan. We are still on track for widespread 0. 50 to 0. 75 amounts, however, any storms that materialize could boost this in isolated areas. As for for waterloo and 50s for dubuque, cedar rapids, and iowa city. This system may generate a brief period evening, but it seems the ground will be too warm wet for any impact. We are still quiet for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. More rn is likely by saturday. Today showers storms high 5056 winds s 515 alo 45 dbq 53 iow 56tonight rain ending, cloudy low 2632 winds nw 1020 alo 28 dbq 29 iow tomorrow mostly cloudy high 3642 night mostly cloudy low 2531 winds nw 510 alo 27 dbq 28 iow 30 today will be an active weather day with light fog, drizzle, showers, and even some thunderstorm s all in the game plan. We are still on track for widespread 0. 50 to 0. 75 amounts, however, any storms that materialize could boost this in isolated areas. As for temperatures. Plan on 40s for waterloo and 50s for dubuque, cedar rapids, and iowa city. This system may generate a brief period of mixed precipitation this evening, but it seems the ground will be too warm wet for any impact. We are still quiet for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day more rain is likely by showers storms high 5056 winds s 515 alo 45 dbq 53 iow 56tonight rain ending, clcldy low 2632 winds nw 1020 alo 28 dbq 29 iow 33tomorrow mostly cloudy high 3642 winds w 515 alo 34 dbq 37 iow 39tomorrow night mostly cloudy low 2531 winds nw 510 alo 27 dbq 28 iow 30 thanks kaj. Waterloo police have one man in morning. They have an outstanding warrant for him. And officers found him after an incident of gunfire. Thats coming up in after the one man is in custody y is morning after a latenight incident of gun fire. Waterloo Police Responded to a report of gunfire. At randolph street and weses7th street last night at 10 45. When they arrived, several people ran from the area. Officers chased them and arrested a man in the 600 block of wellington street. Police searched the scene and found a gun in the street. They didnt find any evidence of damage. And no one was hurt. Police arrested 22 yearold vincent harrington. He is being held on an outstanding warrant in the Black Hawk County jail. Theres good news for iowa homeowners this holiday season. Home values continue to re across the state. It varies a little from city to city. But the highest increase was in iowa city y the federal Housing Finance agency says home prices are up about 3 and a half percent in iowa city. Cedar rapids prices are up nearly 1 and a half percent, and in dubuque. One cedar rapids realtor says eastern iowas market is different than other parts of the us. The longterm value in owning a home in eastern iowa is wonderful. Theres a lot of steady, stable, not nerveracking up and up and down roller coaster type challenges that they have in other markets. Iowas gains are still below the National Average of 5 point 7 percent. In a tv9 followup this morning. A Health Care Company says shifting tens of thousands of iowans to another medicaid provider will cause confusion. Wellcare of iowa is asking a district jedge to review the states decision to teteminate its contract. The state made the decision last week after the Company Allegedly failed to disclose some information during bidding. Wellcare says the state has assigned about 125 thousand iowans to receive coverage through the company, assign those patients over the weeks. Says thousands of children who use the hawki Insurance Program will january first. Wellmarkone of the companies involveddecl ined extending its contract during process. As of january 1st all of the children in the program will be automatically switched to united healthcare. Hawkeye area communi theyve had a lot of concerned parents call asking questions. They say you can find all of the information on the hawki website, or call hacap directly r one on one assistance. They want to asasre parents their children will be covered. United healthcare graciously step forward and said well take all of the children that have not been able to go to an mco because of that little bit of a delay. Families do have the option to switch over to another provider before march 1st. Giving you 15 gigs of data for just 70 but i wanted a pony. [ gasps ] youre getting data. Ponysized data . U. S. Cellular sized data. 15 gigs of good, strong data you can actually use because it works in the middle of anywhere. Id like 100 youre getting 400 in promo cards yes switch to u. S. Cellular and get 15 gigs of data for just 70. Plus 400 in promo cards. Door on your wednesday. There will be tighter security at the rose bowl Football Game and the tournament of roses parade. Hawkeye fans headed to the rose bowl wont be able to take umbrellas or selfie sticks into the stadium. There will also be more uniformed Police Officers and explosive detection. The American Red Cross is asking people in linn county to donate this holiday season. Today they are holding the ninth annual blood marriott on collininroad. Ththblood drive will be open from 7 this morning until 1 pm. Today, mothers spending their holidays with babies in the nicu will get a christmau present from a nonprofit. For the second year in a row, the iowa medical partners are delivering care packages at the university of iowa hospital and clinics. Each mom gets a bag with goodies ranging from scarves to baby clothes. Now, one last look at this mornings weather, kaj. Today will be an active weather day with light fog, drizzle, showers, and even some thunderstorm s all in the game plan. We are still on track for widespread 0. 50 to 0. 75 amounts, however, any storms that materialize could boost this in isolated areas. As for temperatures. Plan on 40s for waterloo and 50s for dubuque, cedar rapids, and iowa city. This system may generate a brief period of mixed precipitation this evening, but it seems the ground will be too warm wet for any impact. We are still quiet for christmtm eve and christmamaday. More rain is likely by saturday. Today showers stor ms high 5056 winds s 515 alo 45 dbq 53 iow 56tonight rain ending, cloudy low 2632 winds nw 1020 alo 28 dbq 29 iow 33tomorrow mostly cloudy high 3642 winds w 515 alo 34 dbq 37 night mostly cloudy low 2531 winds nw 510 alo 27 dbq 28 iow 30 we certainly hope your is off to a good start. Good morning america is next. And well be back k th a local