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From your 24 hour news source, this is kcrgtv9 news morning news. First, meteorologis t kaj omara has your first today will be another quiet day, though cooler than yesterday. A few more scattered clouds will be possible, but otherwise the sky should remain fairly clear through the day. Tonight, expect clear and Cool Conditions with widespread 20s. For those that have not experienced a hard freeze yet this season, you should get one tonight. This weekend continues to look great with highs primarily in the lower 50s saturday and upper 50s low 54 tonight clear and colder. Wind light. Low 28 tomorrow sunny. Wind sw 515. High 52 tom. Night clear. Wind sw 510. Low 33 in an update we brought you earlier this morning, trespassing after a fire in waterloo. Crews in waterloo responded to 919 commercial street just after three oclock this morning. No one was hurt, but the waterloo fired Department Says it rescued one person from an upstairs apartment. We are working with authorities to get more details. Stay with us here and online, at kcrg dot com. Protesters are again in the over Donald Trumps election win. Portland police say demonstrators broke windows of businesses and started a Dumpster Fire downtown. Police in los angeles arrested more than two dozen protesters. Demonstrators were also out in new york, colorado and texas. The antitrump protest also spread to minneapolis where protesters blocked interstate 94. The protests blocked traffic in both directions on the interstate last night. Demonstrators marched from an antidonald trump ra minnesota yesterday. It was the second night of protests in the twin cities over trumps election as president. Antitrump protesters also staged a demonstratio n in st. Paul. I think people need to have a sense of community. People need to know they are not alone. There are a lot of people with big minds and big hearts that will push back. Other protests in the midwest kept up last night, including in des moines capitol. Last night, donald trump responded to the demonstrations on twitter. He said he had an open and successful election, and the media was inciting the protests, which he says are unfair. Trump met with president obama yesterday at the white house. The two talked for about an hour and a half in the oval office. President obama says they talked about the transition, as well as domestic and foreign policy. He said he wants to do everything to help trump succeed as president. I have been very encouraged by the i think interest in to work with my team around many of the issues that this great country faces later in the day, trump met with Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan and other Party Leaders on capitol hill. A cedar rapids man is frustrated with the time its under a recall because the machine could break apart. Samsung issued a voluntary recall of nearly three million top load washers made between march 2011 and now. The company says the drums in these washers may lose balance, triggering excessive vibrations and the top of the washer could come off. Mike gray says hes had his samsung washing machine for three years and hasnt had a problem with it yet. But he wants it fixed. Samsung is giving customers two options. Loyalty incentive. The second is an inhome repair. Gray chose to have the repair and says he made an appointment with samsung. He says he took time off work to have the repair Company Called National Service alliance come out, but they never showed up. 16 00 28;08 my main concern was that a lot of other people in cedar rapids are probably taking time off of work to meet with these people who are never going to show up, he says when he called National Service say they dont understand why samsung is setting up appointments because the parts to fix the machines are not ordered yet. Tv9 reached out to samsung and it says it is reaching out to gray to help. The Linn County Sheriffs Office says a 2 vehicle crash on highway 151 and springville road sent 2 adults and 2 children went to the hospital last night. Everyone was wearing their seat belts and only had minor injuries. Investigators say a driver from indiana tried to cross highway 151 into springville when he hit Sheriffs Office is continuing to investigate the crash. The highway 965 bridge over the iowa river in Johnson County will be open for this mornings commute. Thats three weeks ahead of schedule. Contractors may need to do touchup work that could force one lane to close during the day. The bridge has been closed since september after engineers found structural issues earlier this year. In a tv9 followup this morning. One more city has opted out of set to go up a dollar each year until it tops out at 1025 an hour in 2019. Alburnett passed an ordinance that keeps the wage at 725 at its meeting last night. Ely voted to opt out of the wage increase at a meeting last month. Robins has already passed two readings for a similar ordinance. A third reading is scheduled later this month. Flash flood victims in dubuque will soon get some financial help to protect their homes from high waters. The Us Department of giving dubuque more than 30 Million Dollars for flood protection. Flash flooding like this during heavy rainfall often causes damage to homes in downtown dubuque. More than 8 Million Dollars of that grant will pay for things like, replacing basement windows, putting in a sump pump, and fixing cracks in the foundation. The city says it plans to spend between 15 and 18 thousand dollars on each home. Thats a huge relief for homeowners. I hope we do get grants ya know, or something to take out that. You start paying for that out of in less than 17 years, various president s have declared some part of dubuque as a disaster at 6 different times. Hud designed the Healthy Homes program for lowincome families. To find out if youre eligible, we have a link with this story on kcrg. Com. One veteran says pride can sometimes get in the way of a homeless veteran seeking help. Hacap says that, among many other factors, is what makes it difficult to decrease the number of Homeless Veterans in eastern though cooler than yesterday. A few more scattered clouds will be possible, but otherwise the sky should remain fairly clear through the day. Tonight, expect clear and Cool Conditions with experienced a hard freeze yet this season, you should get one tonight. This weekend continues to look great with highs primarily in the lower 50s saturday and upper 50s low 60s on sunday. Have a great weekend today mostly sunny. Wind n 1020. High 54 tonight clear and colder. Wind light. Low 28 tomorrow sunny. Wind sw 515. Sw 510. Low 33 today will be another quiet day, though cooler than yesterday. A few more scattered clouds will be possible, but otherwise the sky should remain fairly clear through the day. Tonight, expect clear and Cool Conditions with widespread 20s. For those that have not experienced a hard freeze this weekend continues to look great with highs primarily in the lower 50s saturday and upper 50s low 60s on sunday. Have a great weekend today mostly sunny. Wind n 1020. High 54 tonight clear and colder. Wind light. Low 28 tomorrow sunny. Wind sw 515. High 52 tom. Night clear. Wind sw 510. Low 33 heres a first look at good in this mornings gma first look, buyer beware. Shopping easier like this one for buying u fwchlt g boots. Heres the plob. Uggs doesnt have an app. This is fake. Pretending to be from dollar trees and new balance. All fakes. We discovered over a few hundred apps that were counterfeit. Apple tells abc news we have set up ways for customers and developers to flag fraudulent or suspicious apps which we promptly investigate to ensure the app google says we stake take security seriously and scans for malicious apps as well as pam accounts before theyre published on the google play store. Well give you tips to protect yourself coming up at 7 00 a. M. Worley abc news, feel a cold sore coming on . Only abreva can heal it in as few as two and a half days when used at the first sign. It penetrates deep and starts to work immediately dont tough it out, knock it out, fast. When america honors all men and women whove served. Some veterans struggle after leaving the military and too many end up homeless. In eastern iowa, the Hawkeye Area Community Action program, or hacap, has a mission to help Homeless Veterans with a different approach. Kcrgtv9s bruce aune explains Operation Home. We send our military men and women off to fight in the opposite. After some complications from an ied attack that we had, i was progressively spiraling down. Derek wittenbergs Second Military enlistment included a tour in afghanistan. And his return to civilian life two years ago was not what he planned. That. It wasnt like it was before. I wasnt the same person. This time, he was homeless. The situation was different for henry frank. He served in the army more than 30 years ago. When i went in i did my tour at ft. Stuart, georgia. I stayed there pretty much the whole time, even though we did desert training; cold weather training. Frank dramatically a couple of years ago when financial problems left him with no home, no money, and no prospects. You show obvious signs of being homeless, its very difficult to get a job. Hacap says 40 per cent of iowas homeless are veterans and their families. Thats a startling statistic that hacaps Operation Home strives to eliminate. The whole sole purpose of the program is to end veteran homelessness. So we prioritize helping veterans who are literally homeless. And these are the folks youll find under bridges, sle and we find a lot of folks sleeping in their car many are even harder to locate. Were sleeping on our friends couch. Were sleeping in a garage. Some of us that are in close groups go on what we call camping trips. and theyre just going from place to place to place. And its hard to track them. And its not always easy to convince Homeless Veterans that help is available. Sometime your pride gets in the way, especially if youve never asked for help before. Thatd be the thing. Youve worked all your life, and youve done things, then all of a sudden you have to ask for help. Yes, thats hard. If we find someone whos out on the street and resistant to any type of services, our case workers and our outreach rrgo back, and ey go ba relaonship with that rson. And theyre no lonr seen for problems than can include substance abuse, money management, mental issues, and much more. Dealing with those is important, but Operation Homes priority is housing. 0;02 we operate under the philosophy that we get em the house first, and then we wrap the services around them. And this federally funded program is working, serving about 200 Homeless Veterans in eastern iowa each year. A year later about 80 per cent of the folks that we serve are still in permanent housing, which is really a great number, and, i think, a testament that this approach does work. I really cant thank them enough, because i never really had to go through this before. This was a first time issue for me, going to a shelter like that, and saying i really needed the help. And for it to turn out held its First Community gala in cedar rapids last night. Tv9s bruce aune served as the mc for the event thats also a fundraiser for Operation Home and its goal of endingh today, all Hyvee Grocery Stores Across the state will host an annual veterans day breakfast. All veterans and active duty military members can enjoy a free meal. Today, hyvee expects to serve more than 90 thousand veterans. Senator joni ernst will attend two area breakfasts. Shell be at the marion hyvee on business highway 151 this morning at 7 30. And at the University Avenue hyvee in cedar falls at 9 30. We have a list of some other veterans day Specials Available for Service Members its here is a live look at. Us now with your first alert forecast. Today will be another quiet day, though cooler than clouds will be possible, but otherwise the sky should remain fairly clear through the day. Tonight, expect clear and Cool Conditions with widespread 20s. For those that have not experienced a hard freeze yet this season, you should get one tonight. This weekend continues to look saturday and upper 50s low 60s on sunday. Have a great weekend today mostly sunny. Wind n 1020. High 54 tonight clear and colder. Wind light. Low 28 tomorrow sunny. Wind sw 515. High 52 tom. Night clear. Wind sw 510. Low 33 thanks kaj. Police in a western pennsylvania city are mourning the loss of one of their own. A man reportedly attacked police when they arrived on scene to a domestic disturbance. Stay with your 24 hour news live look at. Its november 11th. Heres overnight, police in los angeles arrested more than 20 people protesting Donald Trumps victory, while protesters in portland broke windows and set fir those protests came after trump met with president obama. The president said he will do everything he can to help trump succeed in office. A group in eastern iowa says a Program Helping Homeless Veterans is working. Hacap leaders say it takes more than one step to solve this problem. One eastern iowa man is upset fixed. He says the repair company missed the appointment. Cedar rapids is installing a new type of light signal to try and keep pedestrians safer. But drivers may be confused about what to do at first. Youre watching kcrgtv9. Now, from your 24 hour news source, this is kcrgtv9 news morning news. Has your first alert forecast, kaj. Today will be another quiet day, though cooler than yesterday. A few more scattered clouds will be possible, but otherwise the sky should remain fairly clear through the day. Tonight, and Cool Conditions with widespread 20s. For those that have not experienced a hard freeze yet this season, you should get one tonight. This weekend continues to look great with highs primarily in the lower 50s saturday and upper 50s low 60s on sunday. Have a great weekend today mostly sunny. Wind n 1020. High 54 tonight clear and colder. Wind light. Low 28 tomorrow sunny. Wind sw 515. High 52 tom. Night clear. Wind sw 510. Low 33 demonstrators are out in several cities for a second donald trump. As abcs Kenneth Moton reports, this comes as trump made his way to washington to meet with Republican Leaders and president obama. Trumps transition. No t so peaceful. Nats protest car smashing another night of oregon. Crowds took over the streets in oakland. In philadelphia and new york, they marched. Sot these people have to get over it. He won, he won trump tasked with uniting the country tweeted. Just had a very open and successful president ial election. Now professional protesters, incited by the media, are protesting. Very unfair but its another trump tweet from 4 years ago thats resurfacing. After the reelection of president obama, trump said we cant let this happen, we should march on washington and stop this travesty. Sot trump very good man, very good man. A different tone yesterday as a more humble president elect met with president obama for the first time at the white house. Sot obama we we can to help you succeed a busy day for trump who made the rounds on capitol hill meeting with top gop officials and House Speaker paul ryan. On the legislative agenda. Sot sot trump were going to ok ve oking at jobs, big league jobs. Trump. On a tour. While his ex opponent was spotted taking a walk. Margot gerster heartbroken over Hillary Clintons loss went for a hike in chappaqua when she bumped into the former democratic nominee but there is still uncertainty for Hillary Clinton. The capitol hill investigations into her private email server will continue. And trumps team says he hasnt ruled out his promise to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate clinton. Kenneth moton, abc news washington. While trump prepares to diego are trying to slow a civil trial against trump university. Trumps lawyer says he is going to ask the court to postpone the trial until sometime after the president ial inauguration in january. He also says he will give consideration to talk of a possible settlement. I dont know if he has any willingness to settle this case but its in my judgment that he has that option and it at if the case does move forward, trump may have to participate. Amazing grace a city southwest of pittsburgh is Holding Onto Hope for one officer shot while they say goodbye to another who died from a shooting. Early yesterday morning, police say a man ambushed Police Responding to a domestic cwiklinski shot and killed a woman in a home in canonsburg. Then, he reportedly shot at responding officers killing one and wounding another. After that, investigators say cwiklinski shot and killed himself after he killed dalia sabae. Police and People Living there say theres been support coming from many different places during this difficult time. Weve been getting well wishes throughout the country honor guard other Police Detained can even begin to name other police depts that assisted us this is a quiet little town we dont have a whole lot of as one officer Scott Bashioum died in the attack. Officer james saieva is recovering in the hospital with a gunshot wound to the stomach. Last week, police in central iowa say a man shot and killed two officers in an ambush style attack. Investigators say scott greene killed a Des Moines Police sergeant and an urbandale officer. Loved ones and fellow officers held fun officer Justin Martin earlier this week. The Iowa Supreme Court is siding with a Lower Court Ruling that governor branstad had the authority to close 2 Mental Health facilities in the state. The court said governor branstad acted within his authority when he vetoed funding for the centers in Mount Pleasant and clarinda last year. Democratic lawmakers and the president of the largest state employees union had sued branstad over the matter. They argued state law approved. Branstad said the facilities were not suited for modern Mental Health care. The state says its concerned about the increasing abuse of opioids and other drugs. That includes carfentanil, a drug used to tranquilize elephants and its showing up in iowa. The state is organizing more town Hall Meetings to help families deal with and prevent drug abuse. Mary patchs 20 year old niece died after overdosing on prescription pain killers that her doctor prescribed. I think these kids think theyre invincible, theyre not taki drugs1;14;00 if a child is prescribed something, an opiod which is highly addictive, insure children are safe on the backside of using that medication authorities are also concerned that methamphatmine is on the rise, after the state saw a dip in usage back in 2008. Officials say creating a healing environment is at the heart of todays childrens hospital. Construction on the new 360 Million Dollar building began in the fall of 2012. University of iowa Officials Say the mission of the facility is to improve the health and wellbeing of children and their families. Special details in the hospital help minimize stress and provide comfort to young patients. State officials and university of iowa leaders will dedicate the hospital at 10 30 this morning. Patients are scheduled to start moving into the new hospital on decemeber 10th. Matt renovated headquarters today. The nonprofits permanent building is now located on 201 3rd ave sw in cedar rapids. Matthew 25 focuses on strengthening neighborhoods on the west side of cedar rapids. The Organization Says the newly renovated building will allow them to expand their programming, as well as their urban farm production. Tonights events start at 6 and include a Ribbon Cutting ceremony, live music, and an art display. This morning we have learned family who lost two daughters in a car crash in linn county. And its thanks to a couple of coffee shops. 100 percent of profits yesterday from all cedar rapids scooters locations went to jennifer perezs family. The family was in a crash last week that killed 2 and injured 3 others, including perez. A spokeswoman for scooters told tv9 overnight they raised 9 thousand 179 dollars yesterday. And thats without counting up the cash donations yet. Each year, scooters chooses a family or an were accepting nominations for our annual 9 who care program. Once again, tv9 and our show you care sponsors will honor 9 outstanding volunteers whove made a difference in their communities. To nominate someone, just go to kcrg. Com care. A change in faa regulations means more people can fly drones in iowa. It also means the States National guard doesnt have to travel hundreds of miles for training. Up next. This mornings weather wise question. Meteorologist kaj omara is up First Alert Storm Team today will be another quiet day, though cooler than yesterday. A few more scattered clouds will be possible, but otherwise the sky should remain fairly with widespread 20s. For those that have not experienced a hard freeze yet this season, you should get one tonight. This weekend continues to look great with highs primarily in the lower 50s saturday and upper 50s low 60s on sunday. Have a great wind n 1020. High 54 tonight clear and colder. Wind light. Low 28 tomorrow sunny. Wind sw 515. High 52 tom. Night clear. Wind sw 510. Low 33 today will be another quiet day, though cooler than yesterday. A few more scattered clouds will be possible, but otherwise the sky expect clear and Cool Conditions with widespread 20s. For those that have not experienced a hard freeze yet this season, you should get one tonight. This weekend continues to look great with highs primarily in the lower 50s saturday and upper 50s low 60s on sunday. Have a great weekend today mostly sunny. Wind n 1020. High 54 light. Low 28 tomorrow sunny. Wind sw 515. High 52 tom. Night clear. Wind sw 510. Low 33 thanks kaj. Today will be another quiet day, though cooler than yesterday. A few more scattered clouds will be possible, but otherwise the sky should remain fairly clear through the day. Tonight, widespread 20s. For those that have not experienced a hard freeze yet this season, you should get one tonight. This weekend continues to look great with highs primarily in the lower 50s saturday and upper 50s low 60s on sunday. Have a great weekend today mostly sunny. Wind n 1020. High 54 tonight clear and colder. Wind light. Sw 515. High 52 tom. Night clear. Wind sw 510. Low 33 thanks kaj. Confident about installing a new type of signal in a few spots in the city. They say it may take time getting used to them, but they will help keep pedestrians safer. Stay with your 24 hour news trespassing after a fire in waterloo. Crews in waterloo responded to 919 commercial street just after three oclock this morning. No one was hurt, but the waterloo fire says it rescued one person from an upstairs apartment. We are working with authorities to get more details. Stay with us here and online, at kcrg dot com. 3 protesters took extreme measures to stop construction of the Dakota Access pipeline in boone county. They crawled into the pipeline early yesterday crews had to pump in oxygen into the pipeline to keep the demonstrator s safe. The protesters say they are trying to protect fresh water supplies. Police say they wont send officers into the pipe to arrest the protesters for safety reasons. New faa rules that make it easier for people to operate drones also helps the Iowa National guard. The 28member guard platoon based in boone is in charge of this shadow tactical unmanned aircraft. Now, they can practice in airspace for training. The army uses it for communication and to help missiles find their targets. Were not out there spying on anybody, were just out there doing our thing, doing our training and keeping our pilots proficient. The guard wants to transfer 10 black hawk helicopters and the hundreds of personnel assigned to them to the des moines airport within the next two to three years. However, the head of the platoon operating the three drones stationed in boone says cedar rapids city leaders say some new technology is making it safer to cross streets. This is the pedestrian hybrid beacon. The newest one is along 42nd street ne at marilyn drive outside of pierce elementary, where there is lots of foot traffic when school lets out. For drivers, the lights change from yellow to red, then flashing red. Drivers can go through the flashing red light if all of the people are out of the crosswalk. The city says the getting used to. 35 36, the first few days theres definitely an adjustment period people struggled at first, but weve been out here monitoring and people have done a good job right now the city has 4 of these pedestrian hybrid beacons. The city says the goal is convert all pedestrian crossings to this technology in the near future. Now for our morning mugshot. Today we have a double feature. The 4th annual christmas vendor show in cedar rapid different vendors and crafters while supporting toys for tots. The vendor show is at the cedar rapids marriott from 10 am until 3 pm on sunday. You can also drop off a new, unwrapped toy for kids in need. Next, we have st. Ludmilas annual holiday bazaar fundraiser. This saturday and sunday you can shop from more than 25 vendors and pick up some kolaches. You can also enter into a raffle and participate in a silent auction. The bazaar is on the lower level of st. Ludmilas church which is tomorrow the hours are from 9 in the morning until 6 at night and sunday its from 9 30 am until 12 30 on sunday. If you have a nonprofit event or organization youd like to see featured. Send us an email. Mugshot at kcrgdotcom. This mornings commute. Thats 3 weeks ahead of schedule. Crews have been fixing structural problems on the bridge since septembers. This morning, state officials and university of iowa leaders will dedicate the new uihc stead family childrens hospital. That ceremony starts at 10 30 this morning. Crews started construction on the 360 Million Dollar building 4 years ago. Now, one last look at this mornings weather, kaj. Today will be another quiet day, though yesterday. A few more scattered clouds will be possible, but otherwise the sky should remain fairly clear through the day. Tonight, expect clear and Cool Conditions with widespread 20s. For those that have not experienced a hard freeze yet this season, you should get one tonight. This weekend continues to look great with highs primarily in the lower 50s saturday and upper 50s low 60s on sunday. Have a great weekend today mostly sunny. Wind n 1020. High 54 tonight clear and sunny. Wind sw 515. High 52 tom. Night clear. Wind sw 510. Low 33 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 yes. Good morning, america. Breaking overnight, riots in the streets. Hey, hey, hey. Violent antitrump demonstrations break out again nationwide. As donald trump both praises and attacks the protesters on twitter, calling them professionals and passionate. [ chanting we hate trump ] and he makes peace with president obama at the white house. I had the opportunity to have an excellent conversation with president elect trump. His wife, melania, sits down with the first lady and the transition underway and our first private look at Hillary Clinton after her loss. State of emergency. More than 30 wildfires burn through the southeast forcing evacuations, torching thousands of acres. Firefighters battling the blaze