This is kcrgtv9 news morning news. First, meteorologis t kaj omara has your first alert forecast, kaj. Overall, plan on a very muggy the 70s. Actual air temperatures should warm to the low 80s in all locations. Plan on a chance of scattered storms, primarily after 10am. Unfortunately, these will be so poorly organized, its tough to time out favored areas of dry or wet weather this afternoon and the chance of storms will have to be maintained until the sun goes down. Like yesterday, any storms that form will be extremely slowmoving, leading to areas of excess rainfall in isolated spots. The same night. From wednesday through saturday, cooler High Pressure builds in as a tropical system impacts the southeast united states. Today scattered thunderstorm s possible. Very muggy. Wind se 510 high 81 tonight chance of storms. Wind light s. Low 67 tomorrow chance of storms. Partly sunny. Wind nw 510. High 80 tom. Night storms early, then partly cloudy. Wind nw 510. Low 62 several terminals were evacuated, incoming flights halted, and traffic into angeles airport overnight. This was a precaution after reports of a gunman. As abcs Kendis Gibson reports, those turned out to be false, but the damage was done. Passenger it was chaotic a major scare at the nations second busiest airport. Passengers fleeing, many onto the tarmac at la x, after reports of shots fired. Abcs matt gutman was there, overnight. Gutman sot pretty eery sight to be at lax, and see the completely empty. Butted to gutman sot lots of people scattering, they closed down a couple of terminals and you see everywhere, people having to hoof it, to try to get where they are going. Even out of this airport, pretty chaotic here, and pretty scary here. The scare forced a ground stop all flights west of the mississippi were held at their origin. At lax, passengers in some terminals had to be rescreened, causing long lines. Finally flights resumed after about 2 hours. The reports of gunshots turned out to be false instead spurred by loud noises. Police are looking into the source. A man in a z still unclear if he was connected to the incident. He talked to our station, kabc. In they didnt arrest me out it was over the incident at lax came exactly two weeks after chaos erupted at new yorks jfk airport. Reports of gunfire outside a security checkpoint there, sent people running in panic. The governor has ordered an investigation into the police response. Kendis gibson, abc news, new farmers using drones to monitor crops have new rules from the federal aviation administration. The faas first operational rules for routine commercial use of drones starts today. They offer Safety Measures for Unmanned Aircraft drones used for nonhobby purposes. Construction work, finding missing persons, or filming movies. The new rules also limits the use of drones to the daytime and requires Drone Operators to qualify for flying certificates two men are missing this morning after a small plane crashed into a lake near new orleans. The new Orleans Fire Department says divers have found the wreckage of the plane yesterday. Officials say they hope to learn more information when crews pull the plane out of Training Exercise friday. The man accused of raping and beating a dubuque woman to death is now in a facility where he can get a psychiatric evaluation. This comes 2 months after a judge said this man Helmon Betwell was not competent to stand trial. Betwell is accused of killing this woman 66 yearold nancy krapfl, in september of last year. Medical professionals will evaluate betwell at a coralville facility. Fred scaletta with the state Corrections Department fairly typical. The iowa medical and Classification Center has 18 beds to serve the entire state, and there is always a waiting list. Scaletta says the current waiting list has 11 people on it. And that is shorter than normal. A new event in cedar rapids hopes to become an annual rally to stop the violence at redmond park. The park is close to where robert humbles shot and killed 15 year old Aaron Richardson after a fight between two rival groups. Humbles pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter street from a shooting more than two weeks ago. Bullets hit at least one home and car. Yesterday kids got to play games, eat food, and meet with Cedar Rapids Police officers. Organizers say theyre using the event to keep kids on the right path because they dont have mentors no more, so by them knowing what we do, and im an artist and where i came from and how i was living, for me to be out here doing this, it gives them a different story and outlook on life, then they dont got no choice but to listen and obey. Police say building better with the community is a good Crime Fighting tactic. Officers say it makes it easier for people to talk to authorities about problems in their neighborhood new data shows theres an increase in the number of former iowa inmates returning to prison. Corrections officers are still figuring out why. The Iowa Department of corrections says for the budget year that ended in june, just more than 16 hundred offenders released from prison or work release returned within three years. Thats a rate of over 34 percent. Its up from about 32 percent says it will review the possible causes and release a report later this fall. Two men face charges this morning for the murder of nba star dwyane wades cousin, who was shot while walking with her toddler in chicago. Brothers Darwin Sorrells jr. And Derren Sorrells are charged with firstdegree murder in the death of nykea aldridge. The 32year old mother of four was pushing her baby in a stroller on friday when she was caught in the crossfire of a shooting and family members and friends gathered for a vigil yesterday, where her mother spoke. I truly, truly, from the bottom of my heart , i forgive them, i forgive them. I cant bring her back, but i forgive them and i just pray to god that they pray to god to ask for forgiveness for what theyve done. Police say the suspects are gang members who were on parole for gun convictions. Many people, but at times all of those plans can cut down the number of people donating. The red cross is holding a blood drive today in cedar rapids to try and help the many patients in desperate need of blood. Kcrgtv nines brea love joins us live from the cedar rapids marriott. Brea, whats the plan for today . Chris and nicole it asks for any eligible donors to make an appointment to help ensure theres enough of a supply for people in need. Im here with. From the red cross. Can we talk a little more about the importance for donations during this seas platelet donations . What should people know if they plan to come out today . If youd like to help out you can come down to the marriott throughout the day. To make an appointment to donate blood or platelets, download the blood donor app, visit redcrossblood. Org or call 1800red cross. Live in cedar rapids, brea love, kcrgtv nine news. Some say sewing has become a williamsburg, says a generations passion for sewing has kept her shop going for years. Thats coming up in todays made in eastern iowa. Overall, plan on a very muggy day with dew points well into the should warm to the low 80s in all locations. Plan on a chance of scattered storms, primarily after 10am. Unfortunately, these will be so poorly organized, its tough to time out favored areas of dry or wet weather this afternoon and the chance of storms will have to be maintained until the sun goes down. Like yesterday, any storms that form will be extremely slowmoving, leading to areas of excess rainfall in isolated spots. The tomorrow, but will move south tomorrow night. From wednesday through saturday, cooler High Pressure builds in as a tropical system impacts the southeast united states. Today scattered thunderstorms possible. Very muggy. Wind se 510 high 81 tonight chance of storms. Wind light s. Low 67 tomorrow chance of storms. Partly sunny. Wind nw 510. High 80 tom. Night storms early, then partly cloudy. Wind nw 510. Low 62 overall, plan on a very muggy day with dew points well into the 70s. Actual air temperatures should warm to the low 80s in all locations. Plan on a chance of scattered storms, primarily after 10am. Unfortunately, these will be so poorly organized, its tough to time out favored areas of dry or wet weather this afternoon and the chance of storms will have to be maintained until the sun goes down. Like yesterday, any storms that form excess rainfall in isolated spots. The same boundary is still in our area tomorrow, but will move south tomorrow night. From wednesday through saturday, cooler High Pressure builds in as a tropical system impacts the southeast united states. Today scattered thunderstorms possible. Very muggy. Wind se 510 high 81 tonight chance of storms. Wind light s. Storms. Partly sunny. Wind nw 510. High 80 tom. Night storms early, then partly cloudy. Wind nw 510. Low 62 thanks kaj. Heres a first look at good morning america. In this mornings gma first look quarterback Colin Kaepernick speaking out. Colin, heres my salute to you. Reporter under fire from fans and floel players after his refusal to stand during the National Anthem. Ill continue to sit. Ill kochbt the stand with the people being oppressed. When theres significant change and i feel like that flag represent, ill stand. 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Thanks to a prime location in williamsburg and the power and the reach of the internet, this 10yearold business in thriving. Eastern iowa. Soft colors for a soft material. We create a homey environment and its bright its got a lot of color to it, not a bright world but a homey world. This is the woolen needle steps from the square in williamsburg where, for the past five years, Carla Brinkman and annette boland. We all love to do things with our hands, to be crafty. Have turned an extension of a passion for fabric and creativity into a successful business that covers the when i was 12, i lived out in the country, south of indianaola and i wanted to have a fabric shop on the corner of my parents property out there. Its always been a dream of mine. But many many years of raising kids and having my own custom sewing business and then a quilt Pattern Design business shop, it was all kind of leading to opening up a shop. As the front door swings colors. Those fabrics the hand dyed wools, penny rug quilt kits, rughooking supplies, yarn and designs. All of the designs. All stick out. We are known for our kits a lot of customers come in our door and large kits, the Pattern Designs and the kits that we create in store for the designs. We had to ask is sewing a lost art . We always welcome your made in eastern iowa. Just drop me an email chris. Earl kcrg. Com. Private wells across iowa are at risk for high levels of nitrate. A university of iowa study looked at 475 private wells across the state between 2006 and last year. The results, next. Its here is a live look at meteorologist kaj omara overall, plan on a very muggy day with dew all locations. Plan on a chance of scattered storms, primarily after 10am. Unfortunately, these will be so poorly organized, its tough to time out favored areas of dry or wet weather this afternoon and the chance of storms will have to be down. Like yesterday, any storms that form will be extremely slowmoving, leading to areas of excess rainfall in isolated spots. The same boundary is still in our area tomorrow, but will move south tomorrow night. From wednesday through saturday, cooler High Pressure builds in as a tropical system impacts the southeast united states. Today scattered thunderstorms tonight chance of storms. Wind light s. Low 67 tomorrow chance of storms. Partly sunny. Wind nw 510. High 80 tom. Night storms early, then partly cloudy. Wind nw 510. Low 62 thanks, kaj. A new study looks into drinking study looked at 475 private wells across the state between 2006 and last year. The Des Moines Register reports the study found nearly 12 of wells had unsafe levels of nitrate. 8 had unsafe levels of arsenic. And 43 had a kind of bacteria that can be a good indicator of ecoli. No state or federal laws require people with private wells to test for nitrates, bacteria and arsenic. Only about 2 of iowans with wells test every year. Temporary walls of sandbags went up in elkader thursday, and stayed until the turkey river crested and began its descent. As the river returns to its normal level, people in elkader are finishing the familiar process of cleaning up. Stay with your 24 hour news source, kcrgtv9. Its. Live look at. Its august 29th. Heres what you need to know today. People in elkader are picking up from last weeks flooding. The turkey river crested at 22 and a half feet on friday lower than initially forecast. The sandbags stacked town. Data on iowas new medicaid system showed room for improvement. Now patients and providers are telling legislators in des moines where they see the most need. The American Red Cross says they are in desperate need of blood and platelets to refill their stock. They say summer is a difficult time to bring in regular donors. You can donate today at the cedar rapids marriott. Democrats including Senate Candidate patty judge and former governor of maryland Martin Omalley gathered for the youre watching kcrgtv9. Now, from your 24 hour news source, this is kcrgtv9 news morning news. First, meteorologis t kaj omara has your first alert forecast, kaj. Overall, plan on a very muggy day with dew points should warm to the low 80s in all locations. Plan on a chance of scattered storms, primarily after 10am. Unfortunately, these will be so poorly organized, its tough to time out favored areas of dry or wet weather this afternoon and the chance of storms will have to be maintained until the sun goes down. Like yesterday, any storms that form will be extremely slowmoving, leading to areas of excess rainfall in isolated spots. The same boundary is still in our area tomorrow, but will move south through saturday, cooler High Pressure builds in as a tropical system impacts the southeast united states. Today scattered thunderstorm s possible. Very muggy. Wind se 510 high 81 tonight chance of storms. Wind light s. Low 67 tomorrow chance of storms. Partly sunny. Wind nw 510. High 80 tom. Night storms early, then partly cloudy. Wind nw 510. Low 62 people in elkader are making progress after devastating flooding late last week. But theres a lot of work to be done. Theu friday. While thats about five feet lower than initial predictions, the water still caused a lot of damage. Kcrgt9s jordee kalk shows us the citys progress. 14 03, and it was over the railing here, and you couldnt come down here, the waves were just splashing. This isnt paul olsons first battle with flood waters. 14 24, ive been in business, it will be 29 years in october, and weve probably flooded 24 times. Hes appliances. That business sits right along the turkey river. 18 55, this was all grass in here, but thats gone now. Olson lost his retention wall. 11 42, the waves knocked them down. And about of foot of water entered his basement. But the area was mostly empty by the time the flood hit. Standup Business Owners say the reason this flood wasnt too bad is that they learned some lessons in 2008, and this time around they were 18 30 everyone was prepared for it this time cause it was up by spillville firefighters knew they had time before the flood waters would hit their own backyards. 18 41, takes a good 2 or 3 days to get down here. Temporary walls of sandbags went up thursday. Nat water moving the walls stayed up until the river crested and began its descent. Nat . Much of that cleanup happened sunday. Payloaders were brought in to remove sandbags. And volunteers helped clear trash surrounding the river. Nat . Only a small row of sandbags remains on the south side of the river. 13 10, everyone is tired now. The rest of the tv9 news. Data from iowas first three months of a privatized medicaid system show theres room for improvement. Today, people relying on medicaid for their healthcare and the companies managing the system will express some of their concerns in des moines. This morning, medicaid members will share their experiences, both good and bad, at the State Capitol buildingt committee toward the end of its meeting later this afternoon. The committee is also speaking with the managed Care Organizations or mcos about any possible improvements. Data released on friday showed those organizations all paid at least two thirds of medical claims in the month of june. Amerigroup had the highest rate with 88 percent paid. United healthcare was the worst with 67 percent. That trend reversed for pharmacy claims with United Healthcare paying 70 was last with 57 percent of claims paid. During the summer, a lot of us get busy with vacations, family get togethers and back to school. With people being so busy, Blood Donation centers take a hit. The red cross says donations are critically low and hope to address that need through a blood drive today. Kcrgtv nines brea love joins us live from the cedar rapids marriott. Brea, what does the red cross want to get out the the public . Chris and nicole it asks for any eligible donors to make an appointment to help ensure theres enough of a supply for people in need. Im here with. From the red cross. Can we talk a little more about the importance for donations during this season . Youre also looking for platelet donations . What should people know if they plan to come out today . If youd like to help out you can come down to the marriott throughout the day. To make an appointment to donate redcrossblood. Org or call 1800red cross. Live in cedar rapids, brea love, kcrgtv nine news. After supporters said he was republican president ial nominee donald trump is planning a major rally to tackle the issue. And domocrat Hillary Clinton built up her war chest this weekend with fundraisers in new york. Abcs Adrienne Bankert reports. After much speculation on whether republican president ial candidate donald trump was softening on immigration. Sunday i will be making a major speech on illegal immigration on wednesday in the great state of arizona. Big crowds, looking for a larger venue. Though his campaign has insisted the immigration plan will be fair. Sot pence nothing has changed he put humanely response. They still will build that wall. Sot kellyanne no amnesty no sanctuary cities this weekend in iowa trump invited the family of sarah root, a young iowa woman killed by a drunk driver . In the country illegally . Who posted bail and disappeared. Sot michelle root like mr. Trump said they let us down. They had him, they let him go. Sot trump we will use Immigration Law to prevent crimes, and will not wait until some innocent american has been harmed or killed clinton spent sunday campaigning in the hamptons as another round of emails obtained by abc news has revealed more questions about whether Clinton Foundation donors received preferential state. Tag there was one other interesting tweet from mr. Trump on sunday, this time to challenge Hillary Clinton about her health, sayg, both ndidates, both candidas should t role in novembes president ial ection. They spoke at the progress io rs ines yesterday. Ars from aund ie at the event including senate ndate and formerlieutenant gove. Judge pointed out how she believes there has been no action in the senate for the past 8 years and she plans to change that. Former president ial candidate and former governor of maryland, Martin Omalley, closed the event calling out donald trump for his quote american nightmare agenda. He pointed out how much next 72 days leading up to the election. People say to me wheres chuck on all these issues well where is chuck on all these issues well i dont know someone said hes dragging his feet and i thnk he is. I love your state im excited to be here for Hillary Clinton, tim kaine and also for patty judge. You have some fine congressional candidates we have running this year jim mowrer, monica veronon. Its an exciting year in iowa. Democrats also pointed out how under president obama like sustained growth from the recession and the Affordable Care act. Republican president ial candidate donald trump hopes his new focus on illegal immigration resonated with iowans. He was in des moines over the weekend for senator joni ernsts roast and ride. He says its an issue thats negatively impacting all americans. Trump criticized Hillary Clinton, saying his campaign is about restoring honestly and a government service. He said its hard to see where the Clinton Foundation ends and the state department begins. The university of Northern Iowa is looking for its third president in five years. A Search Committee starts the process this morning in cedar falls. Up next. This mornings weather wise question. Meteorologist kaj omara is up its. Meteorologist kaj omara joins us now. Overall, plan on a very muggy air temperatures should warm to the low 80s in all locations. Plan on a chance of scattered storms, primarily after 10am. Unfortunately, these will be so poorly organize areas of dry or wet weather this afternoon and the chance of storms will have to be maintained until the sun goes down. Like yesterday, any storms that form will be extremely slowmoving, leading to areas of excess rainfall in isolated spots. The same boundary is still in our area tomorrow, cooler High Pressure builds in as a tropical system impacts the southeast united states. Today scattered thunderstorm s possible. Very muggy. Wind se 510 high 81 tonight chance of storms. Wind light s. Low 67 tomorrow chance of storms. Partly sunny. Wind nw 510. Early, then partly cloudy. Wind nw 510. Low 62 overall, plan on a very muggy day with dew points well into the 70s. Actual air temperatures should warm to the low 80s in all locations. Plan on a chance of scattered storms, primarily after 10am. Unfortunately, these will be so poorly organized, its afternoon and the chance of storms will have to be maintained until the sun goes down. Like yesterday, any storms that form will be extremely slowmoving, leading to areas of excess rainfall in isolated spots. The same boundary is still in our area tomorrow, but will move south tomorrow night. From cooler High Pressure builds in as a tropical system impacts the southeast united states. Today scattered thunderstorm s possible. Very muggy. Wind se 510 high 81 tonight chance of storms. Wind light s. Low 67 tomorrow chance of storms. Partly sunny. Wind nw 510. High 80 tom. Night storms early, then partly cloudy. Wind nw 510. Low 62 sees a blood well show you where you can help with that shortage right here in cedar rapids. Stay with your 24 hour news in cedar falls, the official search for a new School President begins today at the university of Northern Iowa. The Search Committee is meeting for the first time this morning at mauker union. The committee is also working with a search firm out of regents. Uni provost jim wohlpart is currently serving as interim president at the university. Former president bill ruud left last month to serve as president of Marietta College in ohio. During the summer, a lot of us get busy with vacations, family get togethers and back to school. With people being so busy, Blood Donation centers take a hit. The red cross says donations are critically low and hope to address that need through a blood drive today. Kcrgtv nines brea love joins us live from the cedar rapids marriott. Brea, what does the red public . As the emergency call for blood and platelet donations continues, the American Red Cross asks eligible donors to make an appointment now to help ensure a sufficient supply for patients in need. August is a popular month for end of summer Family Vacations and gettogethers, weekend trips to the beach or pool, or shopping for backtoschool supplies. At the same time, many patients and their families across the country are focused on lifesaving medical a blood transfusion. Patients like fiveyearold robyn ulrey of farmland, indiana, and her family. Platelets needed right mylan says it will make available a generic version of its epipen. Thats after the company was criticized over the price hike of its injectable medicine. The generic pen will have a list price of 300 for a twopack. Now for our morning mugshot. Its the Fourth Annual one mile blesie tree walk. The event is september 10th at Kirkwood Community college in cedar rapids. The walk starts at eight and the event goes til ten in the morning. There will be a silent auction and all registered walkers get a tshirt and dollar registration fee. All money collected will go to blesie tree. Its a Nonprofit Program for patients and their families undergoing cancer treatment. For registration call 3192941899. If you have a nonprofit event or organization youd like to see featured. Send us an email. Mugshot at kcrgdotcom. Mornings weather, kaj. Overall, plan on a very muggy day with dew points well into the 70s. Actual air temperatures should warm to the low 80s in all locations. Plan on a chance of scattered storms, primarily after 10am be so poorly organized, its tough to time out favored areas of dry or wet weather this afternoon and the chance of storms will have to be maintained until the sun goes down. Like yesterday, any storms that form will be extremely slowmoving, leading to areas of excess rainfall in isolated spots. The same boundary is still in our area tomorrow, but will move south tomorrow night. From wednesday through saturday, cooler High Pressure builds in as a tropical system impacts the southeast united states. Today scattered thunderstorms possible. Very muggy. Wind se 510 high 81 tonight chance of storms. Wind light s. Storms. Partly sunny. Wind nw 510. High 80 tom. Night storms early, then partly cloudy. Wind nw 510. Low 62 we certainly hope your is off to a good start. Good morning america is next. And well be back with a local news update in about 20 minutes. Also make sure to join us at eleven for the kcrg tv9 news at midday. One of many pieces in my life. So when my asthma symptoms kept coming back on my longterm control medicine. I talked to my doctor and found a missing piece in my asthma treatment with breo. Oncedaily breo prevents asthma symptoms. Breo is for adults with asthma not well controlled on a longterm asthma control medicine, like an inhaled corticosteroid. 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