First, meteorologis t kaj omara has your first alert forecast, kaj. Well need to watch for some morning thunderstorm s over extreme northeast iowa and southwest wisconsin through the Early Morning heavy rainfall is likely and may lead to localized flash flood concerns. Highs will be tricky today and solely depends on the extent of sunshine, but low 80s northeast and upper 80s southwest should be a good compromise at this time. Later tonight into tonight, areas of thunderstorms should blossom again, especially towards northwest iowa. This activity should sink south into the area overnight carrying a heavy rain risk with it. Dry weather is still on track for friday and saturday. Toda y partly cloudy and humid, with a chance of storms, mainly north. Wind s 515. High 87 orms. Sated heavy amountsssible. Wind s 510. W 64 the city council in iowa d housing groups say theyre trying to create more Affordable Housing. Several potential solutions to keep up with growing demand. Last night, Council Members debated creating fund from 500 thousand to a Million Dollars for Affordable Housing needs. A percentage of that would be reserved for purchasing land as an investment. The City Council Also discussed where new Affordable Housing should go, like whether the units should be placed together, or scattered throughout the city. Affordable housing advocates say the need is growing. They say 2 24, the lower you go in income, 30 thousand, under 20 thousand these folks are paying way more than 50 percent on housing and they have very little less for other necessities these are the very preliminary stages of council discussion. The Council Hopes to implement these changes by the end of 2017. Earlier this year, the city passed an ordinance that requires developers to include affordable buildings for the riverfront crossings district. They must have Affordable Housing in 10 percent of the units, or pay a fee. A nonprofit opening in dubuque will help people in finding housing. The east Central Development corporation will provide services that project concern used to, before closing in july. It will serve the citys homeless and lowincome populations. Janet walker, assistant housing supervisor meeting with individuals, finding out what their needs are, Supportive Services to maintain a permanent, supportive housing. A continuum of care grant the city receives each year funds the non profit. Mission of hope in cedar rapids is getting closer to opening its new womens shelter. The Organization Says this will help get women, and women with children, into a shelter after waiting months. Were glad that we can open our womens shelter its going to be for women only, but that will free up beds at catholic worker house, especially where they can take in more women accompanied with children the house will be next door to hopes mens shelter on park court se. And will have up to 14 beds. Organizers hope to have it up and running next month. After a mother has a new baby she can experience plenty of emotions. Generally, those are something medical professionals call baby blues. But one in five mothers will progress from baby blues to postpartum depression, which is more serious. Kcrgtv nines brea love joins hospital doing to help mothers dealing with postpartum depression . Chris and nicole, its something some mothers may try to ignore, but the only way to feel better is to seek treatment. Postpartum depression can progress and sometimes even lead to suicide. With september being Suicide Awareness month, st. Lukes wants to bring this type to attention. Postpartum is not something that only affects a mother. It can affect the baby and the loved ones around. Thats why its important for everyone to Pay Attention to the signs. Common symptoms surrounding postpartum depression. A mother can feel irritable, tired, and guilty. She could also have trouble sleeping, feel unable or unwilling to care for the baby, and deal with crying spells for no reason. Health care professionals say theres one thing mothers need to remember and thats reach out as soon as you see the signs. Symptoms can last weeks, months, or even years if not addressed. 56 47 mothers need to be able to understand that theres nothing something that with the treatment is 100 treatable and not to be afraid to reach out for help. There are resources availible throughout eastern iowa for mothers facing postpartum depression. You can call the foundation ii crisis hotline st. Lukes also offers a Postpartum Support Group every wednesday. That means one is happening today, from 4 to 5 30 in the st. Lukes birth center. For families watching a loved one go through this, being supportive and helping them get that help is the best thing you can do. Ive put all of this information under this story on kcrg dot com. Live in democratic Vice President ial candidate tim kaine, visited cedar rapids. The former virginia education secretary was in the city yesterday. Clintons campaign has taken heat recently for waiting to tell the public about her battle with pneumonia. Holton said politicians should have to release their medical records. Absolutely, the public is entitled to know what a candidates health is holton served as education secretary in virgina from 2014 to 2016. Two top aides for ron pauls 2012 president ial campaign will not go to prison for trying to cover up payments to a former iowa state senator. A judge sentenced Campaign Chair jesse benton and manager john tate to 2 years probation and 6 months of home confinement. Manager dimitri kesari, were convicted of conspiracy and false campaign reporting. Kesari will find out his sentence today. The men say they dont believe they broke any laws when they paid 73,000 dollars to former state senator kent sorenson, who endorsed paul 6 days before the 2012 iowa caucuses. Prosecutors say it became illegal when they tried to hide the payment in Financial Disclosure reports. All 3 are expected to appeal their convictions. Iowa drivers already know the chances of hitting a here than in many other states. But the actual odds may surprise you. State farm insurance says your yearly odds of hitting a deer are 1 in 68. Iowa has the 4th highest vehicledeer collision rate in the country. The average repair bill, nationwide, is just under four thousand dollars. One cedar rapids body shop manager says customers often describe the same thing. It seems most of these people are complaining it came out of the ditch so fast they had no reaction time. The state farm survey found iowa had the third highest deervehicle collision the state farm survey found iowa had the third highest deervehicle collision rate in 2015. The state of pennsylvania passed iowa this year. November, during mating season, is the most dangerous month for accidents, followed by october. Investigators are learning more about the man suspected of planting bombs in new york city and new jersey. And we are finding out that authorities were warned of the suspect years ago. Good morning its. Morning thunderstorm s over extreme northeast iowa and southwest wisconsin through the Early Morning hours. While not severe, some heavy rainfall is likely and may lead to localized flash flood sunshine, but low 80s northeast and upper 80s southwest should be a good compromise at this time. Later tonight into tonight, areas of thunderstorms should blossom again, especially towards northwest iowa. This activity should sink south into the area overnight carrying a heavy rain risk with i friday and saturday. Today partly cloudy and humid, with a chance of storms, mainly north. Wind s 515. High 87 tonight chance of storms. Wind s 510. Low 67 tomorrow chance of storms. Isolated heavy amounts possible. Wind s 515. High 83 tom. Night chance of storms. Wind well need to watch for some morning thunderstorm s over extreme northeast iowa and southwest wisconsin through the Early Morning hours. While not severe, some heavy rainfall is likely and may lead to localized flash flood concerns. Highs will be tricky today and solely depends on the extent of sunshine, but low 80s northeast and upper 80s southwest should be a good compromise at this time. Later tonight thunderstorms should blossom again, especially towards northwest iowa. This activity should sink south into the area overnight carrying a heavy rain risk with it. Dry weather is still on track for friday and saturday. Today partly cloudy and humid, with a chance of storms, mainly north. Wind s 515. High 87 tonight chance of storms. Wind s 510. Low 67 tomorrow chance of storms. Isolated heavy amounts possible. Wind s 515. High 83 tom. Night chance of storms. Wind heres a first look at good morning america. Look embattled pharmaceutical ceo Heather Bresh facing questions about the mother her role played. You should always carry two. Milan is already under fire for raising the price for the treatment used by severe allergy sufferers to more than 600 today. Usa today reporting breshs mother the former head of a unprecedented effort encouraging states to require schools purchase products like epipen. A campaign reportedly drove the devices to become staples in schools. The drug maker pushing back saying that the report is factually inaccurate and hundreds of thousands of epipens were donated with no restrictions. 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Flonase, six is greater than one, changes everything. Information this morning in the terror bombings that rocked new york and new jersey. Abcs maggie rulli reports federal authorities have charged the bombing suspect on 4 counts, including use of weapons of mass destruction. We now know that federal rahami years ago. And the 28 year old had been planning and plotting saturday attacks for months. In this chilling new video we see what authorities believe is rahami about to plant bombs in his suitcase and backpack. That Pressure Cooker bomb he allegedly set off in new york. Poweful enough to shatter windows about 400 feet away. And propel a nearby dumpster 120 feet. Injuring 31 people. The criminal complaint also revealing a journal found in rahamis pocket following his shootout with police. In it anti american rants and praise for the late radical islamic cleric anwar al as the fbi confirms it knew about rahami. Having been warned by his own father in 2014 sot Mohammad Rahami father rahami i called the fbi two years ago. Reporter what did you tell them . Rahami i told them you got a connection with this guy. He later took back those comments. And the fbi never questioned his son. The fathers accusation came after his sons year long trip to pakistan. Now a key part of the investigation. While overseas, rahami married and had two children. The fbi is now questioning his wife rich frankel basically we are trying to get a picture over rahamis social media accounts trying to learn more . Authorities say they while they arent actively looking for another suspect theyre not ruling it out either. Maggie rulli, abc news, new york north dakota officials now they are investigating a clash between Dakota Access pipeline protesters and private security tribal Officials Say about 30 protesters were peppersprayed and some had dog bites. That was at a pipeline construction site near the Standing Rock indian reservation. This is video of a past protest in north dakota. 2 county sheriffs departments, the state bureau of criminal investigation and the federal bureau of Indian Affairs are all part of the investigation. A north dakota state agency that regulates private investigation and security firms is also looking into the incident. For drivers. Authorities in the desert of california say its even worse for roads when its been months since it last rained. Its here is a live look at us now with your first alert forecast. Well need to watch for some morning thunderstorm s over extreme northeast iowa and southwest wisconsin through the Early Morning hours. While not severe, some heavy rainfall is likely and may lead to localized flash flood co today and solely depends on the extent of sunshine, but low 80s northeast and upper 80s southwest should be a good compromise at this time. Later tonight into tonight, areas of thunderstorms should blossom again, especially towards northwest iowa. This activity should sink south into the area overnight carrying a heavy rain risk with it. Dry weather is still on track for friday and saturday. Today partly cloudy and humid, with a chance of storms, mainly north. Wind s 515. High 87 tonight chance of storms. Wind s 510. Low 67 tomorrow chance of storms. Isolated heavy amounts possible. Wind s 515. High 83 tom. Night chance of storms. Wind s 510. Low 64 thanks kaj. We all know anytime it rains, in desert parts of the country, rain after a dry spell can be even worse. Officials in palm springs, california, are warning drivers to be extra careful. The recent rainfall is bringing oil and grese to the surface of the roads making them extra slippery. Officials say it wouldnt be as big of a problem if the rain were more frequent. The area hasnt seen much rainfall in the last few months, so the grease and oil has had a chance to build up on the roads. Outrage in charlotte, north prompted protests. Some of those protesters damaged property and hurt officers overnight. Stay with your 24 hour news source, kcrgtv9. Its a live look at. Its september 21st. Heres what you need to know today. There is something going on across this nation that needs to be addressed. A deadly officer involved shooting of a black man in charlotte leads to protests all through the night in the city. A waterloo theater is opening up talks about Race Relations because of a play its performing. To kill a mocking bird runs until sunday. City Council Members in iowa fund. 500,000 to 1 Million Dollars could be available. Robert stern will likely spend the rest of his life in jail for first degree murder. The jury found him guilty of killing his daughter last summer. Health officials are trying to let more women know about resources to treat postpartum depression. 1 in 5 mothers gets the disorder. 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. Well need to watch for some morning thunderstorm s over extreme northeast iowa and southwest wisconsin through the Early Morning hours. While not severe, some heavy rainfall is likely and may lead to localized flash flood concerns. Highs will be tricky today and solely southwest should be a good compromise at this time. Later tonight into tonight, areas of thunderstorms should blossom again, especially towards northwest iowa. This activity should sink south into the area overnight carrying a heavy rain risk with it. Dry weather is still on track for friday and saturday. Toda y partly cloudy and humid, with a chance of storms, mainly north. Wind s 515. High 87 tonight chance of storms. Wind s 510. Low 67 tomorrow chance of storms. Isolated heavy amounts possible. Wind s 515. High 8 low 64 charlotte, North Carolina, set off a lot of overnight protests. Authorities say officers shot an armed man at an apartment complex. Several officers were reportedly hurt during the protests. The charlotte mayor identified the man police shot and killed yesterday as keith a different person named in a warrant. Officers saw a man get out of a car with a gun, according to a police statement. Police say scott, who is black, got back into to his car and officers moved in. Then, scott got back out again. Thats when police shot at him, sending scott to the hospital where he later died. One protester says police could have handled the situation differently. There was a terrorist new jersey, new york he was taken alive. They said they wanted to question him. So because you wanted to question him, does his life mean more than our black men across the nation . Sense. Our officers are ok. We dont know exactly how many officers fired, but we know at least one officer fired and the rounds were fatal. Charlottes mayor identified the officer involved as brentley vinson. The mayor says vinson is now on paid administrative leave. Those protests come on the heels of protests in tulsa, oklahoma where Police Killed an unarmed black man. The officer who fired her weapon happened friday when police had 40 yearold Terence Crutcher in their line of sight outside his car. The video from the scene shows him with his hands up when he stops for a moment by his suv. Thats when officer betty shelby fired her weapon. Her attorney defends her actions, but crutchers twin sister says he didnt deserve death. He gets to the window of the suv and has his hands in the air. Looks at the side of the car and officer shelby and his left hand goes into window. Nothing wrong. Absolute ly nothing wrong. I believe in accountability. Federal, state and local authorities are investigating the shooting. Becoming a mother brings a lot of joy, but can also bring challenges. One in 5 mothers will experience the common mood disorder. Postpartum depression. Kcrgtv nines brea love joins us live from Unity Point Health st. Lukes hospital. Brea, why does st. Chris and nicole, its something some mothers may try to ignore, but the only way to feel better is to seek treatment. Postpartum depression can progress and sometimes even lead to suicide. With september being Suicide Awareness month, st. Lukes wants to bring this type to attention. Postpartum depression is a strong emotional change. It not only affects the mother, but the baby and family members too. Symptoms can begin after giving first year. They can be mild, moderate, or severe. Theres plenty of symptoms, but the most prominent are irritable, tired, and guilty. Having trouble sleeping, feeling unable or unwilling to care for your baby, and crying spells for no reason. Officials say mood disorders are 100 percent treatable, but without help they could last weeks, months, and sometimes even years. 54 34 the three options mothers have for treatment is increased support, so pratcial and emotional, they can offer therapy so they can refer them on to speak with a therapist and then they offer throughout eastern iowa for mothers facing postpartum depression. You can call the foundation ii crisis hotline. The linn county abbe center. Or of course the Suicide Prevention hotline at 1 800273talk. Postpartum support group, theres one meeting tonight and every wednesday at the st. Lukes birth center. For fathers and families, the best thing you can do is be supportive, Pay Attention to the signs, and get your loved one help. For a full list of all of this information ive placed a link on kcrg dot com. Live in cedar rapids, brea love, kcrgtv nine news. University of iowa doctors are excited about a new drug that may give options in treatment of muscular just yesterday the fda approved the drug eteplirsen. The drug provides therapy to kids with duchenne muscular dystrophy, and may help increase protein in the muscles. Kids with muscular distrophy often need wheelchairs at young ages and may only live into their 20s and 30s. The drug has been on trial at the university of iowa for months. One family says it can tell its already helping their 5year old son. Its probably more stabilization that were seeing with him, which is fantastic, so its not as steep of a decline that we see. The fda has been heavily criticized for approving the new drug before doing more extensive clinical trials. Some critics say they fear the drug could give families false hope. A des moines mother had no idea what was wrong, when her young daughter had trouble swallowing. Turns out nadia grimes had an extremely rare, and potentially fatal, congenital heart disease. Its called vascular ring and it affects fewer than four in ten million people. The condition caused the arteries to come out of not letting her swallow. The almost 2yearold has now had two heart surgeries and gets food through a feeding tube. I always went with my gut. I just kept on asking questions. I was constantly going to the doctor saying i think there is soemthing wrong. If all goes well, nadia should eventually be able to swallow on her own again. In a tv9 followup this morning. Killed his daughter is sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison. The jury took only a few hours to find robert stern guilty of 1stdegree murder. Both the prosecution and defense rested monday. The 63 year olds attorneys didnt call a witness to the stand. They alleged the prosecution didnt prove stern killed his daughter, beyond a reasonable doubt. Stern shot his 27yearold daughter, kimberly, 17 times in their dubuque home last year. Daughter testified monday to how he treated her. He was always on top of her. I never saw him as an encouraging parent. Friends and family described kimberly as a lively, beautiful person. They say mentally, she was much like a small child rather than a young woman. The university of iowa plans to release results of a survey about how safe students feel on campus. Specifically this survey asked students harrassment. Up next. This mornings weather wise question. Meteorologist kaj omara is up right after the break. Meteorologist kaj omara joins us now. Well need to watch for some morning thunderstorm and southwest wisconsin through the Early Morning hours. While not severe, some heavy rainfall is likely and may lead to localized today and solely depends on the extent of sunshine, but low 80s northeast and upper 80s southwest should be a good compromise at this time. Later tonight into tonight, areas of thunderstorms should blossom again, especially towards northwest iowa. This activity should sink south into the ar rain risk with it. Dry weather is still on track for friday and saturday. Toda y partly cloudy and humid, with a chance of storms, mainly north. Wind s 515. High 87 tonight chance of storms. Wind s 510. Low 67 tomorrow chance of storms. Isolated heavy amounts possible. S 510. Low 64 well need to watch for some morning thunderstorm s over extreme northeast iowa and southwest wisconsin through the Early Morning hours. While not severe, some heavy rainfall is likely and may lead to localized flash flood concerns. Highs will be tricky today and solely depends on the extent of sunshine, but low 80s northeast and upper 80s southwest should be a good compromise at this time. Later tonight into tonight, areas of thunderstorms should blossom again, especially towards northwest iowa. This activity should sink south into the rain risk with it. Dry weather is still on track for friday and saturday. Toda y partly cloudy and humid, with a chance of storms, mainly north. Wind s 515. High 87 tonight chance of storms. Wind s 510. Low 67 tomorrow chance of storms. Isolated heavy amounts possible. Wind s 515. High 83 tom. Night chance of storms. Wind s 510. Low 64 a theater in waterloo is putting relevance. Thats why the theater is Holding Discussions about race with those who live in the area. Stay with your 24 hour news source, kcrg tvnine. Its. Its campus, focusing on concerns about Sexual Misconduct. The university of iowa is releasing the results of its Campus Climate survey today. The survey looks at students experiences with sexual harassment, dating violence, stalking and sexual violence. New 2year plan to address this on campus. Students and others throughout iowa city developed the plan. Students took the survey last year. The university had 4 reported of Sexual Assault on campus last year. University police say anyone who believes they may be a victim of Sexual Misconduct should call them at 3355022. After a mother has a new baby she can experience plenty of emotions. Generally, those are something medical professionals call baby blues. But one progress from baby blues to postpartum depression, which is more serious. Kcrgtv nines brea love joins us form st. Lukes hospital. Brea, what is the hospital doing to help mothers dealing with postpartum depression . Chris and nicole, its something some mothers may try to ignore, but the only way to feel better is to seek treatment. Postpartum depression can progress and sometimes even lead to suicide. With september being Suicide Awareness month, st. Lukes wants to bring this type to strong emotional change. It not only affects the mother, but the baby and family members too. Symptoms can begin after giving birth or anytime in the first year. They can be mild, moderate, or severe. There are resources availible throughout eastern iowa for mothers facing postpartum depression. You can call the foundation ii crisis hotline st. Lukes also offers a Postpartum Support Group every wednesday. That means one is happening today, from 4 to 5 30 in the st. Lukes birth center. Ive put all of thisi story on kcrg dot com. Live in cedar rapids, brea love, kcrgtv nine news. The Waterloo Community playhouse is using its production of to kill a mockingbird, as a time to discuss Race Relations. The theater is recreating the story about Racial Injustice as part of its 100th anniversary season. Organizers say they wanted to invite people to come and talk about they say a lot of themes in to kill a mocking bird are relevant today, even though the play is set in the 1930s. We thought that we had healed a lot of the wounds of racism and whats happening now a lot of people are pulling back the veil to find out that we really havent come as far as we thought we had so perhaps the time has come to discuss it again and see what we can do to actually move forward. Its a famous story and has a lot of racial implications that are coming even more to light today, so its a very relevant piece and its a good springboard for discussion. Organizers say its important to have discussions to address the current Race Relations. The play runs through september 25. People in iowa city are again looking to the city for a decision on whether a kinnick stadiumstyle house will happen. The iowa city board of adjustment postponed its decision on whether to let a decorah couple build the home last week. Today, members will neighbors say the kinnick style house would negatively impact the health, welfare and safety of the neighborhood. Now for our morning mugshot. This weekend is the sweetgrass flute and nature festival. The three day Music Festival is free and features native american style flute performers from across the country. The event runs from friday through sunday at prairiewoods in hiawatha. Each day there will be food, workshops, and activities. On sunday, you can bring your pets for the blessing of the animals. To find out more information you can go to has one more check of your forecast next. Stay with tv9. This morning, police in protests. Some protesters damaged police cars and injured 12 officers. They are upset over the officer involved shooting that killed a black man yesterday. Today, the university of iowa is releasing the results of a study for its students. It focuses on how safe students feel on campus specifically with sexual violence, dating violence, and harrassment. Last year, ui reported 4 Sexual Assaults. Now, one last look at this mornings weather, kaj. Well need to watch for some morning thunderstorm s ov and southwest wisconsin through the Early Morning hours. While not severe, some heavy rainfall is likely and may lead to localized flash flood concerns. Highs will be tricky today and solely depends on the extent of sunshine, but low 80s northeast and upper 80s southwest should be a good compromise at this time. Later tonight into tonight, areas of thunderstorms should blossom again, especially towards northwest iowa. This activity should sink south into the area overnight carrying a heavy rain risk with it. Dry weather is still on track for friday and saturday. Today partly cloudy and humid, with a chance of storms, mainly north. Wind s 515. High 87 tonight chance of storms. Wind s 510. Low 67 tomorrow chance of storms. Isolated heavy amounts possible. Wind s 515. High 83 tom. Night chance of storms. Wind 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 good morning, america. Breaking overnight, violent protests erupt in North Carolina after a Deadly Police shooting. How many times . Protesters destroying police cars injuring at least a dozen officers, setting fires, shutting down a highway and looting trucks. The driver trapped inside terrified. Theyre on the back of the trailer as we speak right now. As outrage grows nationwide over police shootings. Breaking right now, massive wildfires tear through the west torching 12,000 acres. Burning through an air force base and delaying a rocket launch. And closing in on a highway. Now concerns growing as winds pick up in the west. Donald trump facing new questions about his charity accused of using more than 250,000 of donated to settle