To the transamerica building for the holiday meal also sponsored by aging services for various reasons. But more needed the meals delivered. Sot nat so a couple of years ago, sponsors made the switch to an alldelivery holiday service. Some volunteers have a different job now. But all still get the thrill of helping out. You feel this aura coming over the group of people when everybodys pulling on the rope at the same time. Its just a fantastic feeling and theres no shortage of volunteers. One hundred 30 people signed up to help and there was still a waiting list of others willing. One family took the participation prize. Nine members ranging in age of 65 to 8 manned the serving line. Everybody came last night for thanksgiving so we said how about if we do this and everybody was like i think its a great idea whats fun about this job. Helping the needy and i like scooping stuff so things have changed with this holiday meal since it all started in the late 1970s. But its still needed. Still appreciated. Dave franzman, kcrg tv9 news. Another longrunning holiday tradition was back in session in iowa city today. This holiday meal at the Johnson County Senior Center first started back in the 1970s. The Coralville Optimist Club is in charge of serving up a traditional holiday meal. While organizers say they get requests for Home Delivery, theres a reason they still want a sitdown meal for seniors. We like to keep the tradition of serving the meals here for the socialization on the holidays its good for them to come out and meet friends and family and share a meal together. Optimists say 1hundred25 people came out for the congregate meal here last thanksgiving. Attendance is actually better during bad weather when seniors decide they dont want to make trips elsewhere. Us troops stationed in afghanistan celebrated thanksgiving with their nato partners today in kabul. Meal. But the thoughts of many soldiers were with their families back home. It is really hard to be away from your family, but with all the people here that we work really close together, we are one big family here, so it is nice. The department of defense says this year it shipped out about 52 thousand pounds of turkey to bases around the world. It can take up to three months for the supplies to arrive at some remote locations. More protests are expected tonight in chicago over newly released dash camera footage that shows an officerinvolved shooting. The incident happened a year ago. But officer Jason Van Dyke was just arrested this week. And as abcs brandi hitt reports, many are now calling for the superintendent to step down as well. The new images from inside officer Jason Van Dykes squad car show 17 year old Laquan Mcdonald running away during a pursuit last year. Moments later the officer gets out. And mcdonald is shot 16 the entire video. Nats. That has reignited protests across the city of chicago. Demonstrators are vowing to disrupt holiday shopping. Angry over why that video wasnt made public. For an entire year. Sot bishop larry trotter, Sweet Holy Spirit Church any responsible Police Superintenden t would have shown the video to the mayor immediately. 9 van dyke was charged tuesday with first degree murder in mcdonalds death. According to civilian Watchdog Group invisible institute citizens filed at least 20 complaints against him since he joined the force in 2001. Including allegations of using Excessive Force and racial slurs. But van dyke was not disciplined. Abc news has confirmed 18 complaints. Van dykes defense argues he feared for his life in this case. Sot dan herbert, van dykes defense attorney this is not murder. With more demonstratio ns expected. President obama is weighing in on facebook writing i was deeply disturbed by the footage. And im grateful to the people of my hometown for keeping protests peaceful. Many are critical of the states attorney . Who took a year before charging Jason Van Dyke. Legal experts though say these are difficult cases to win. Because you have to prove the officer intended to do serious bodily harm. Brandi hitt abc news, los angeles. The white house was on lockdown today after someone jumped a newly upgraded fence while the first family was inside celebrating thanksgiving. Officials say the man jumped over a fence on the north lawn. Thats the front door side along pennsylvania avenue. Police say the man was wearing an American Flag and carrying a manila folder. Secret Service Agents almost immediately caught him. Crews added sharp metal spikes to the top of the fence around the white house in june. The man was at least the third person to scale a fence and make it on to white house property this year. The us is on a heightened state of alert this holiday weekend. And that meant extra security for the macys thanksgiving day parade in new york city. The 89th annual parade included marching bands, floats, and of course the giant balloons. A Record Number of Police Officers watched over the parade route. The threat of terrorism didnt keep the crowds away. The people of ny are feeling safe secure by voting with their feet and being out here. The people of nyc are not intimidated. Iowa was represented in the macys thanksgiving day parade. Two ladies with the spirit of america dancers are from independence Madison Arend and alyssa jensen. Another Independence High School student marched in the parade. Aunna marzen played trumpet in the macys all american marching band. Nats of band playing and a Linnmar High School senior joined the Great American marching band today. Melanie sullivan played flute. Students are selected based on their musical ability and past achievements. Still to come tonight, thousands of hawkeye fans will be in lincoln, nebraska tomorrow. But even those not making the trip west are talking about the Iowa Nebraska game. Youll be able to watch it starting at 230, right here on tv9. And this is a live look at traffic on i80 at coral ridge avenue in coralville as some people make their way home from a thanksgiving day trip. Others are heading out for holiday shopping. Stay with tv9. The soggy conditions we had on heres a penny just for you. Thats no penny. Thats a galaxy s 6 at u. S. Cellular on black friday. Whoa, thanks, grandma youre welcome. You can also get an lg g4 or an lg g pad f 8. 0 with that penny. Nice isnt that just delightful . Pennies for everyone get penny doorbuster deals on great devices this black friday from 8 00 a. M. Till noon day will persist into the night. We will also see a changeover in some areas to a wintry mix. Some light ice accumulations are possible, especially in areas to the northwest. Precipitation will come to an end overnight, with a cloudy, and for friday. Winds will be brisk from the north at around 1525 mph. Eventually we will see those clouds break up some, especially to the north by later friday evening. The weekend will be dry, but another rain snow system looks to affect us by the start of next workweek. Tonight rain with wintry mix low 3036 winds n 1525 alo 30 dbq 32 iow 34tomorrow m cloudy and windy high 3339 night partly cloudy low 2127 winds n 1015 alo 23 dbq 24 iow 26saturday partly cloudy high 37 low 24 sunday mostly cloudy high 39 low 26 monday chance of rain snow high 38 low 29 tuesday mostly cloudy high 37 low 27 wednesday partly cloudy high 38 low 26 thursday partly cloudy high 38 low 23 thanks chris. Some people have a jaw disorder severe pain and discomfort. It may be temporary or last for several years. Learn more about this disorder, coming up. Theres an old saying that the moon is made of green cheese. But nasa has released a photo showing what looks like a mouse on the red planet. That story after the break stay with your 24 hour news source, if you chow down on too much turkey, dressing and pumpkin pie, your jaw may be a bit sore. But for people with a jaw disorder, the pain can severely affect their life. Cnns adam mccoy reports on treatments available to help them cope. For Amber Clemmons a dental procedure about two and half years ago fixed one problem but lead her to notice another. It was coming on close to a week i was having consistent pain in my left jaw that was radiating up into the top of my headshe found out she had what is commonly referred to as tmjbut is more accurately called tmd its a group of disorders that encompass pain or dysfunction in either the jaw joints or the chewing muscles of the face and jaw. Trauma seems to play a role either big trauma like Car Accidents or sporting injuries or even what we call micro trauma like clenching the teeth at night, gum chewing, nail biting or just keeping the teeth clenched during the day because one is stressed out. According to dr. Derossi, most people with tmd will get better over time without treatment. If not, there are some Lifestyle Changes and medications that may help a soft diet, habit awareness, some relaxation and some stretching exercises, maybe some anti inflamatory and muscle relaxant medications even a bite guard or an appliance that you wear in your mouth while sleeping. The only reason to seek treatment is if people are having pain , normal activity such as chewing and swallowing or their jaw gets stuck and doesnt open or move the way it needs to do to do the things that they need to get through the dayfor health minute, im adam mccoy. An irish author penned the novel the mouse on the moon in 1962. The book satirizes the space race, cold war and politics. But a mysterious object on mars has some thinking the red planet has a mouse problem. Nasas mars curiosity rover recently took this picture from the planet. See that object way in the back . Amateur astronomer joe white enhanced the image on his youtube page, noting that the object looks like a possible very large mouse or other rodent. But white also admits the object is probably an optical illusion. The curiosity rover has spent more than three years studying mars and whether it can support life. Still to come tonight, it seems nearly everyone is talking about tomorrows big Iowa Nebraska game. While some are talking others are spending. Well explain, next. And eastern iowa shoppers are out looking for bargains tonight. This is a live look at traffic on collins road at first avenue in cedar rapids. Stay with your 24 hour it may be thanksgiving, but its also a travel day for many hawkeye fans heading west for the big game tomorrow against nebraska. Kcrgtv9s mark carlson reports it wasnt an easy ride. Not a great day to be on the road, but as we stood out here along interstate 80 we saw no shortage of cars crushing west with their hawkeye flags flying high. Driver headed to lincoln for the big game battled rain in eastern iowa and a wintery mix as the approached the state line. There will be thousands of hawkeye fans at Memorial Stadium tomorrow. More than 90thousand fans can cram into the stadium, clearly many will be hawk fans with the team ranked in the top 5. Even drivers we talked to that werent heading to the game, were talking about the hawkeyes. Many iowans say hawkeye football will be the focus of their thanksgiving weekend. We found one person going to the game tomorrow whos actually a husker fan, but even he was happy for the hawkeyes. I think its exciting, its nice and brings some exposure to iowa and your program, its always a good thing. With tomorrows game at 230 and the tough weather, there is a good chance even more hawkeye fans will be on the road first thing in the morning. No doubt about it many people are thanksful for these hawkeyes. In johnson co. Mark carlson, kcrg news. The hawkeyes will look to continue their undefeated season against nebraska tomorrow afternoon at 230. And you can see it right what happens with tomorrows game, iowa has already made a big impression on football fans. And as kcrgtv9s brady smith explains thats translated into big sales for area retailers. 55 13 18 nobodys complaining at all. Everybody is just in love with everything. Dave hansen has noticed a big change in fan attitudes from last season. And thats done wonders for his sales. Even on saturdays snowy win against purdue, his mobile stands at kinnick saw big business. 54 49 56 when you win, everybody wants to jump on the train. And the train got bigger and bigger as the season went. His shops West Division champ shirt was ready to go the next day after the hawkeyes beat the boilermakers. Tailgates iowa city location opened up in summer 2014, so ellie ejiasi has also been able to watch the difference in sales between this years winning season and last years frustrating one. 6 00 10 people just seem to kind of be more wanting to come in and buy hawkeye gear, and then also for gifting too. People are definitely starting to think holiday. She says with each consecutive particular spending more money, both in store and online. No matter how the hawks do the rest of the season, theyll stick with their retroflavored a throwback to the rose bowl or Something Like that, but we dont do a big ten championship shirt. As for hansens big ten champs design. 56 13 15 you know, all under wraps. Nobodys seen it. And itll stay that way, even though he doesnt believe in curses 55 51 54 the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue was never jinxed. In Johnson County, brady smith, kcrg tv9 news. Now heres a look at whats coming up at 5 30 on abcs criminal complaints explain what happened to women police say were groped by a man who trigged a hawk alert at the u of i. And lunch is a unique situation for one boy with a rare health condition. Well explain, tonight at six. Recapping todays top stories, for the 36th year, transamerica workers delivered nearly 900 thanksgiving meals to seniors. The company use to serve a sit down dinner, but switched to a Home Delivery program. Organizers say there was a waiting list of volunteers who wanted to help out on the holiday. Lets go back to chris now for a final look at tonights forecast. The soggy conditions we had on our thanksgiving day will persist into the night. We will also see a changeover in some areas to a wintry mix. Some light ice accumulations are possible, especially in areas to the northwest. Precipitation will come to an end overnight, with a cloudy, and cooler day coming for friday. Winds will be brisk from the north at around 1525 mph. Eventually we will see those clouds break up some, especially to the north by later friday evening. The weekend will be dry, but another rain snow system looks to affect us by the start of next workweek. Thanks, chris, and thank you for joining us for the news at 5. Now we go to new york for abcs world news. Tonight, the massive storm
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