Football game. Youre watching kcrgtv9. Now, from your 24 hour news source, this is kcrgtv9 news morning news. First, meteorologis t kaj omara has your first plan on a cool monday with mostly sunny sky and light southeast wind. If you are looking for a day to get lights up this week. This may be it. Rain moves in tomorrow and lasts through at least the lunch hour on wednesday. Rainfall totals out of this tuesdaywednesday system look to be around a half inch in most areas. Nothing strong or severe is expected, though a few storms cannot fully be discounted. On thanksgiving, we continue to forecast a seasonal day with highs in the clouds at the absolute minimum on thanksgiving. Late thursday night into friday morning a weak wave of low pressure looks to move through. While this is fast moving, it may create a dusting of snow, and is something Early Morning shoppers should be aware of. Today mostly sunny with increasing clouds late. Wind se 515. High 42 tonight mostly cloudy. Slight chance of a sprinkle of flurry late. Wind se 515. Low 32 tomorrow showers likely, especially in the afternoon. Breezy. Wind se 1525. High 41 tom. Night showers likely. Wind se 1020. Low 39 for some families, the cost of day care can be more expensive than college. That cost is especially hard on middle class and low income families. A new report from the care index found the average American Family spends about 95hundred dollars per year for one child in daycare. That cost is cheaper in iowa at nearly 82hundred dollars. But comparatively , thats nearly as high as the university of iowas tuition. Kcrgtv9s Dubuque Bureau chief Katie Wiedemann shows us those costs have families looking for some kind of dolehide picks up her two kids from daycare. Packs them in her car, drives across town. She gets them back out of the car. Door opens, surprise and drops them off at her brother in laws house. He treats my kids like theyre his own. Then shes off to her night shift job. Income from her second job helps pay child care bills. Its definitely heart breaking. When somebody will send you a picture and says this i just trying to pay for someone else to watch my children. Her family spends almost 12 hundred dollars per month for daycare. Thats much more than her home mortgage. Its not about do i want a bigger family. Its, i cant even make this work even if i wanted to without relying on the government for some kind of aid. A few miles away, Alyssa Hennings says she and her husband work opposite shifts so they can afford daycare for their baby. Not only am i giving over my itty bitty little baby, but were also giving over like a fourth parents based on a childs age. Directors at the ymca Childcare Center say age matters because of state mandated staff to child ratios. The state requires one staff member for every eight preschool aged child. One staff for every six toddlers. And one staff for every four infants. Thats where the money goes is for those people who bond with your children. While census data shows average rates have risen 70 percent since 1985, that has followed the cost of inflation. Di parents are paying a lot, doesnt mean the staff is bringing home a big paycheck. Childcare staff are possibly the most underpaid staff in the workforce. Besides covering staffs wages, Childcare Centers use child tuition for operational costs, food, supplies, curriculum and continuing education for teachers. If you work for childcare, youre in it because you love children. Youre not in it because youre making lots of money. Paying for child care, called child care assistance. A report from the iowa policy project released this week shows that help vanishes when a single parent earns more than 11 15 an hour at a full time job or about 17dollars an hour for two parents. That means if a parent takes a higher paying job, they suddenly lose about 46 hundred dollars in help paying for day care. The report recommends a reform to phase out that support rather than an abrupt cliff. That leaves these parents wondering if going to work every why would you work . Because youre basically just working to pay for daycare. Why not stay home with your kids and live off the government. But thats not something either of these moms plan to do. So theyll just keep swinging it, day in and day out. In dubuque Katie Wiedemann kcrg tv9 news. President elect donald trump one part of the plan would change the tax code to allow working parents to deduct child care expenses from income taxes. President obama returned from his trip ab flying in from peru, where he attended the asiapacific Economic Cooperation summit. There, the president was able to meet with russian president valdimir putin. A white house aide summarized their talk as brief and casual. During a news conference, president obama reaffirmed his support for the transpacific partnership. President elect donald trump has spoken against it, calling the deal a job killer and a disaster. When i met with the president elect, i suggested to him that having a strong white House Counsel that could provide clear guide posts and rules would benefit him and should not run away from global trade. He also said other World Leaders are in support of t pp and without the us it would be a weaker deal. The memory of a small towns marine is now set in stone. The town of preston, which is west of maquoketa, held a dedication ceremony for a memorial 22yearold Corporal Zachary reiff who died in afghanistan from an ied explosion. The battlefield cross statue features a marines boots, helmet and rifle. His family says it immediately brings back memories. Remembers. A brick walkway with the names of the citys veterans surrounds the memorial. When the university of iowa takes on nebraska this weekend, the two teams will play for more than a trophy. Theyre going to use the Football Game to recognize individuals from each state for acts of heroism. Kcrgtv nines brea love shares what two iowans did to earn the title of hyvee heroes. Brea . Chris and nicole, the grocery chain named ken blazek and brock staley as iowas hyvee heroes. On june 27th, their fast year old neighbor. A natural gas leak caused her home to explode and then quickly go up in flames. Blazek and stanley heard the explosion, and ran to help. 46 18im going a train just derailed or something just blew up. I look outside, outside is just all gray. Now i knew it was dianes house. Saturday they will be honored coming up in our next half hour well learn more about what was going through their heads, during this scary few minutes. Chris, nicole . Studying for tests used to mean going through mountains of flash cards. In todays made in eastern iowa, one man capitalized on an idea to offer the same practices in a mobile version. Good morning its. Plan on a cool monday with are looking for a day to get lights up this week. This may lunch hour on wednesday. Rainfall totals out of this tuesdaywednesday system look to be around a half inch in most areas. Nothing strong or severe is cannot fully be discounted. On thanksgiving, we continue to forecast a seasonal day with highs in the 40s. It does appear we are in line for lots of clouds at the minimum on thanksgiving. Late thursday night into friday morning a weak wave of low pressure looks to move through. While this is fast moving, it may create a dusting of snow, and is something Early Morning shoppers should be aware of. Today mostly sunny wh clouds late. Wind se 515. High 42 tonight mostly cloudy. Slight chance of a sprinkle of flurry late. Wind se 515. Low 32 tomorrow showers likely, especially in the afternoon. Breezy. Wind se 1525. High 41 tom. Night showers likely. Wind se 1020. Thanks kaj. In this mornings gma first look, a manhunt in san antonio and st. 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Earl kc rg. Com its here is a live look at. Stay with kcrgtv9. Meteorologist kaj omara joins plan on a cool monday with mostly sunny sky and light southeast wind. If you are looking for a day to get lights up this week. This may and lasts through at least the lunch hour on wednesday. Rainfall totals out of this tuesdaywednesday system look to be around a half inch in most areas. Nothing strong or severe is expected, though a few storms cannot fully be discounted. On thanksgiving, we continue to forecast a seasonal day with highs in the 40s. It does appear we are in line for lots of clouds at the absolute minimum on thanksgiving. Late thursday night into friday morning a weak wave of low pressure looks to move through. While this is fast moving, it may create a dusting of snow, and is something Early Morning shoppers should be aware of. Today mostly sunny with increasing clouds late. Wind se 515. High 42 tonight mostly cloudy. Slight chance of a se 515. Low 32 tomorrow showers likely, especially in the afternoon. Breezy. Wind se 1525. High 41 tom. Night showers likely. Wind se 1020. Low 39 thanks kaj. This morning, police in st. Louis have killed the suspect who they say attacked an officer. That shooting came just hours this morning, police in st. Louis have killed the suspect who they say attacked an officer. That shooting came just hours detective. Stay with your 24 hour news source, kcrgtv9. Live look at. Its november 21st. Heres what you know today. Prayer services for Police Officers raise questions about the separation of church and state. Cedar Rapids Police clarify what officers can participate in. New data shows child care in iowa can cost as much as college tuition. Families are looking for solutions to make sure their kids get proper care. President elect donald trump will likely announce more cabinet picks. He lined up more than 20 meetings during the weekend. Veterans groups at the working together to complete a 344 ruck walk. Its almost overwhelming, i never knew they had anything like this officials will honor 2 heroes who risked their lives at this weeks hawkeye Football Game. Youre watching kcrgtv9. Now, from your 24 hour news source, this is kcrgtv9 news morning news. First, meteorologis t kaj omara has your first plan on a cool monday with mostly sunny sky and light southeast wind. If you are looking for a day to get lights up this week. This may be it. Rain moves in tomorrow and lasts through at least the lunch hour on wednesday. Rainfall totals out of this inch in most areas. Nothing strong or severe is expected, though a few storms cannot fully be discounted. On thanksgiving, we continue to forecast a seasonal day with highs in the 40s. It does appear we are in line for lots of clouds at the absolute minimum on thanksgiving. Late thursday night into friday morning a weak wave of low pressure looks to move through. While this is fast moving, it may create a dusting of snow, and is s shoppers should be aware of. Today mostly sunny with increasing clouds late. Wind se 515. High 42 tonight mostly cloudy. Slight chance of a sprinkle of flurry late. Wind se 515. Low 32 tomorrow showers likely, especially in the afternoon. Breezy. Wind se 1525. High 41 tom. Night showers likely. Wind se 1020. Low 39 it was another round of long meetings for esidentelect donald trump as he works to put together the ne administration. As abcs janai norman reports, hes already announced five picks, and promises to reveal more soon. From president elect to king of twitter this weekend we saw both sides of donald trump. Trump natsot great day smiling and statesmanlike . Trump lined up more than 20 meetings in two days. Using twitter to tease possible james mad dog matthis, a contender for secretary of defense, was very impressive. Trump nat he is the real deal. The Transition Team promising to announce more picks soon, amid ongoing backlash over the five positions already filled. Like National Security advisor lt. General michael flynn, who called islam a cancer. Pribus sot raddatz is he in line with islam . Priebus well, i think so. I mean, look, phrasing can always be done differently but clearly there are some aspects of that faith that are problematic. Also meeting with trump on sunday former new york mayor Rudy Giuliani, new jersey governor chris christie, and former president ial candidate mitt romney, once a staunch critic of romney sot his promises are as worthless as a degree from Trump University. The president elect taking to twitter to address that very issue Trump University and fridays 25 Million Dollar settlement to end the fraud cases against the now closed school the only bad thing about winning the presidency is that i did not have the time to go through a long but winning trial on trump u. Too bad what followed three fiery tweets calling the cast of hamilton rude, writing they harassed Vice President elect mike pence after friday nights show, and calling for an apology. But pence seeming to disagree with his boss. Pence sot i wasnt offended by what was said. From the Transition Team this weekend word that future first lady melania and her son barron wont be moving into the white house in january. Were learning theyll stay in new york through the spring to allow the 10 year old to finish the school year there. Jn abc news washington. North dakota Law Enforcement used what appears to be Water Cannons on protesters near a Dakota Access pipeline construction site. The Morton CountySheriffs Office estimates 400 demonstrator s tried to march on a state them and arrested at least 1 person. Protesters insist the pipeline will hurt the environment and destroy some historic and sacred native american land. This morning, st. Louis police say they have killed the man accused of shooting and critically injuring a police sergeant. Officials say the suspect attacked the 46yearold officer yesterday evening. They say the officer is able to talk and doctors expect him to survive. The citys police chief says the officer was not involved in a call or a traffic stop. This officer was driving down the road d pointed a gun at him from inside of his car and shot at the Police Officers window. The suspect ran away. Helicopters, swat teams and Police Officers were able to track him down. Authorities say he shot at a squad car and officers returned fire killing him. San Antonio Police are looking for the person who shot and killed an officer during a traffic stop. Investigators say detective Benjamin Marconi pulled a car over early sunday his squad car another car pulled up behind him. The suspect got out, walked up to the window, and shot marconi twice. Most families will be celebrating the holidays, sapd will be burying one of its own because of the ultimate act of cowardice by a suspect who will be caught and brought to justice. Police say marconi was a 20 year veteran of the force. Investigators also do not believe the driver who was relationship with the shooter. A brand of hummus is recalling some of its spreads today because of possible listeria contamination. Sabra dipping company has issued a voluntarily recall for products made before november eighth. The fda says the Company Found listeria in the plant that makes hummus. The company is urging consumers to throw away any product with a best before date through january 23rd, 2017. A decision to run toward danger heroes. Each year during the iowa, nebraska game, the teams, the red cross, and hyvee honor a hero from each state. Kcrgtv nines brea love tells us how these men are being honored for their courage. Brea . Chris and nicole, ken blazek and brock staley will receive that honor for saving their neighbors life after her house exploded. June 27 started out as a typical day for these two. But that changed, within a matter of moments. 46 14al heard the great big explosion, im going a train just derailed or something just blew. 41 57i heard a lot of air going through the leaves of the trees, and then i seen the power line on dianes house fall in the alley. Then i rushed a little bit sooner and i could definitely see it. They both took off running toward their 64 year old neighbor diane barnes home. Staley grabbed a wrench. 43 07i realized that i could actually hear the gas, and since i just mowed a half hour before, i actually knew where the shut off was for the gas line, so i knew i had to shut the gas line off. 43 25there was no way we could fight anything, or be First Responders for anything if we didnt get that off. Staley has more than 20 years of Fire Fighting experience. Once the gas was off, he says that training kicked in. He fought as much of the fire inside as he could, and got barnes out. 48 46she wanted to go back and go get her shoes and her clothes on, and i said you have no time diane your house is gone. 48 57i picked her up, helped her up, we walked off got her out of the house across street. Not more than 30 seconds later, the house was fully engulfed. She was taken to the hospital, away with nothing more than a broken shoe. They arent in touch with barnes anymore, but the heroes say if they had to do it again they would. The heroes have a busy friday ahead of they will start off with breakfast with the team, plenty of interviews, and end with the halftime ceremony. Theyre also being honored by the Cedar Rapids Fire Department this later next week. Chris and nicole . Prayers for police turned political. One Group Brought up concerns about a possible violation of church and state with the cedar Rapids Police department. Up nex weather wise question. Meteorologist kaj omara is up right after the break. Plan on a cool monday with mostly sunny sky and light looking for a day to get lights up this week. This moves in tomorrow and lasts through at least the lunch hour on wednesday. Rainfall totals out of this tuesdaywednesday system look to be around a half strong or severe is expected, though a few storms cannot fully be discounted. On thanksgiving, we continue to forecast a seasonal day with highs in the 40s. It does clouds at the absolute minimum on thanksgiving. Late thursday night into friday morning a weak wave of low pressure looks to move through. While create a dusting of snow, and is something Early Morning shoppers should be aware of. Today mostly sunny with increasing clouds late. Wind se 515. High 42 tonight mostly cloudy. Slight chance of a showers likely, especially in the afternoon. Breezy. Wind se 1525. High 41 tom. Night showers likely. Wind se 1020. Low 39 thanks kaj. Volunteers are marching hundreds commit suicide every year. Groups from the university of iowa and the university of nebraska are working together to bring awareness to the issue. Stay with your 24 hour news source, kcrg tvnine. Its they hope the officers are safe and accountable. The Prayer Service itself came with controversy. More than 100 people from several churches gathered at the cedar Rapids Police station yesterday afternoon. The pastors read various scriptures dealing with interpretations of the law and service. Those at the Prayer Service say they wanted to show Law Enforcement they also support Law Enforcement. Were not here to protest were here to have dialogue with them and put some faith and ethics into them so they can on friday, a wisconsin based group, freedom from religion foundation, sent this letter to cr pd. It warned yesterdays event could violate the constitutions guarantee of the separation of church and state. The letter says, quote, Police Officers and staff may not be present at religious events in their official capacity and may not appear in uniform. Local Law Enforcement has disputed part of that claim, uniforms. But they will not be paid if they choose to attend. Still, some people says thats not how the event was first advertised. 29 54, this appeared like this was going to be an officially sponsored event by the various Law Enforcement departments and that becomes problematic because of the separation of church and state the Prayer Service organizers plan to still meet with local Law Enforcement agencies in the coming months. They hope to include other this chant was part of a march against racial injustice. More than a hundred people walked through dubuque yesterday. The mostly white group was protesting Police Brutality against black people. Some said an open dialogue about racial issues in the us is a start to addressing the problem. Theres a large percent of white americans that understand that all lives do matter. And right now were currently concentrating on black lives and thats what the march is for. To recognize that we do understand that all lives matter, but today in America Black lives are suffering others said they were there to protest what they call hateful comments against minorities from president elect donald trump. Today, the Dubuque CommunitySchool District is reviewing a book that some parents say contains obscene material. The perks of being a wallflower is required reading for students in one class at hempstead high school. The parents say the books graphic sex scenes and depictions of drugs and alcohol a committee will discuss the use of the book. That meeting is at 4 tonight at the forum on 2300 chaney road. This friday, the hawkeyes and nebraska cornhuskers will be rivals on the football field. Several days before kickoff, fans from the two schools are teaming up for veteran suicide awareness. Last year, the university of Iowa Veterans association spent about a week on a ruck walk, marching 280 miles from minneapolis to iowa city. This year, the group is working with a nebraska march from lincoln, nebraska to iowa city. Thats about 344 miles. More than 200 volunteers will carry the game ball plus 22 pounds of weight to represent the 22 veterans who commit suicide every day. Kind of provide an event where veterans and family members and really the public can come together in nebraska and the state to do something and have a purpose. The hawkeye volunteers will take the game ball rest of the way to kinnick stadium. The ruck walk will also support the group, operation engage america, which supports veteran resource fairs across the us. President elect donald trump is picks. This weekend, he had more than 20 meetings set up with candidates. Former new york mayor Rudy Giuliani and mitt romney are among the possibilities for secretary of state. Former cedar rapids substitute a week from today, she is scheduled to go to trial for Sexual Exploitation in tama county. She is accused of having a sexual relationship with a student. Two iowa men have won the title of hyvee heroes. Ken blazek and brock staley will be honored this friday during the iowa, nebraska Football Game. They saved their neighbor from her burning home. Now, one last look at this mornings weather, kaj. Plan on a cool monday with mostly sunny sky and light southeast wind. If you are looking for a day to get lights up th moves in tomorrow and lasts through at least the lunch hour on wednesday. Rainfall totals out of this tuesdaywednesday system look to be around a half inch in most areas. Nothing strong or severe is expected, though a few storms cannot fully be discounted. On thanksgiving, we continue to forecast a seasonal day with highs in the 40s. It does appear we are in line for lots of clouds at the absolute minimum on thanksgiving. Late thursday night into friday morning a weak wave of low pressure looks to move through. While this is fast moving, it may create a dusting of snow, and is something Early Morning shoppers should be aware of. Today mostly sunny with increasing clouds late. Wind se 515. High 42 tonight mostly cloudy. Slight chance of a sprinkle of urry late. Winds515. Low tomorrow showerskely, especia. W 9 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 good morning, america. The northeast hit by the first major snowstorm of the season. A foot of snow already falling. More on the way. Wind gusts up to 50 miles an hour. And temperatures plunging from chicago to florida as millions prepare to hit the road for thanksgiving, a new Holiday Travel warning this morng. Four Police Officers shot from st. Louis to san antonio. Overnight, a cop attacked while driving a squad car, and a 20year veteran gunned down while writing a traffic ticket. Getting to headquarters. President trump closes in on new cabinet picks. 21 meetings in two days. An announcement about secretary of defense is imminent. As trump picks a fight with holl