Times after that. Finn says there is no doubt in her mind if officers hadnt fired their weapons, bivins would have completed his attack even with police in the same room. Shes also gratef taylor took her emergency text message seriously. At the first call, it was just like an emergency like she said when i got the second text hes trying to kill her it was like hes trying to kill her, you need to get there finn says she tried to get a restraining order against bivins with a Court Date Set in august, but the petition was dismissed by the court because she missed some deadlines to respond to a request for the investigation of the officer involved shooting in cedar rapids says there is no timetable to finish the report on the shooting. When it is finished, it will go to the Linn County Attorneys Office for any possible action. Chris. Thanks dave. Waterloos police chief told some of his officers hes been asked to step down. Thats according to a report out this cedar falls courier. In recent weeks, the Waterloo Police department has come under fire regarding allegations of unfair treatment of black people in waterloo. Earlier this month police disclosed they disciplined an officer for hitting and pulling the hair of a black man in handcuffs. Last month the department started to investigate disparaging remarks made by an officer about a black teenager. Trelka has been chief of police since 2010. We have a crew working on the story and will bring you more details when they weve seen rain off and on today, which could make for a soggy friday night lights. Meteorologist Justin Gehrts is live for the battle for the boot with city high playing iowa city west. While a slight chance of a light passing shower remains into early tonight, many of us are done with the rain for a few days. Some leftover clouds will help keep lows up around 60 tonight. The weekend looks fantastic with highs in the 70s and a partly to mostly sunny sky. Much of next week looks fairly mild with highs near or even a few degrees above 8 chance both monday and wednesday, but for most of us, the next round of rain wont happen until the end of the week. Tonight partly to mostly cloudy with a very slight shower chance. Wind sw 510. Low 60 alo 58 dbq 59 iow 61 tomorrow partly sunny. Wind w 515. High 75 alo 75 dbq 75 iow 76 chris. Today, women who worked at a his daughter often went to eat took the stand in his murder trial. Robert stern , who is 63 from dubuque, is charged with 1st degree murder. Police say he admitted to shooting and killing 2 june of last year. Village inn server Felicia Albert testified earlier today. She says stern would come in everyday with kimberly and got aggravated with her several times. Albert says he would leave a different server large tips. She also said stern deserted his daughter for hours at the restaurant one day, to help out that waitress he loved. He got up, took the keys for her car, took it wherever to get it fixed. And kimberly sat there the entire time. That other server, named april stand today. Prosecutors say stern was infatuated with her. Police say they found a goodbye note stern wrote to her after allegedly killing his daughter. Tonight at 6, hear whites emotional testimony as she talks more about their relationship. One of the youngest teenage killers ever in iowa, sentenced to life in prison for murder, will now have a chance at parole. Overturned romeo hardins life without parole sentence. It comes after the court banned those sentences for juveniles who commit murder while theyre younger than 18. Harden was 15 in 1996 when he shot 21 year old august gus nance to death in davenport. Police say it was gang related. The states highest Court Ordered a new sentencing hearing for hardin. The guttenberg Police Department is investigating a report of possible child enticement, where a man yelled at children to get into his elementary aged children around 3 30 pm afternoon in the 600 block of south 1st street. When the man made the demand to the kids, investigators say the children ran away. Police say the man is about 5 9, 180 pounds, with a red beard. He was wearing a red tank top, cameo pants and a dark hat. A separate witness told police he was in an older, black suv similar to a nissan xterra, you know anything, call guttenberg police. Its an about face on a major issue for republican president ial nominee donald trump. An issue that brought trump plenty of notoriety years ago. Donald trump president obama was born in the United States period. Trump made the announcement today while that statement, he took no questions from reporters. Trump then stated that it was Hillary Clinton and her campaign that started the birther controversy over where president obama was born in 2008. Today, democratic president ial nominee Hillary Clinton blasted trump. Hillary clinton imagine a person in the oval office who traffics in conspiracy theories and refuses to let them go no matter what the facts are. Will meet in their first debate in a week and a half. The commission hosting it announced today no other candidates hit the polling threshold to qualify for it. Catholic colleges in iowa came together to form the iowa catholic collegiate association. They include Clarke University and Loras College in dubuque, Mount Mercy University in cedar rapids, as well as schools in sioux city, des moines and davenport. They say this will help them collaborate on ways to address any issues that private colleges and includes rising costs, less funding, and changing demographics. The rising cost of epi pens has broken out as a major story politically and otherwise in the last few weeks. Now congress is demanding answers for why the medications have gone up around 400 in cost recently. Vice president ial candidates will be zipping through iowa on monday as well well look at their schedules. Stay with your 24 passing shower remains into early tonight, many of us are done with the rain for a few days. Some leftover clouds will help keep lows up around 60 weekend looks fantastic with highs in the 70s and a partly to mostly sunny sky. Much of next week looks fairly mild with highs near or even a few degrees above 80. We do have a slight storm chance both monday and wednesday, but for most of us, the next round of rain the week. Tonight partly to mostly cloudy with a very slight shower chance. Wind sw 510. Low 60 alo 58 dbq 59 iow 61 tomorrow partly sunny. Wind w 515. High 75 alo 75 dbq 75 iow 76 tom. Night mostly clear. Wind w 510. Low 54 alo 52 dbq 52 iow 54 sunday mostly sunny. High 79 alo 54 monday chance storms. Otherwise, partly sunny. High 83 low 58 tuesday partly cloudy. High 80 low 58 wednesday partly cloudy with a slight chance of storms, mainly north. High 82 low 59 thursday slight chance of storms. High 83 low 61 friday chance of storms. High 75 low 64 a few storms. High 71 low 53 rebecca all right, were darien why have the latest smartphone if you cant use it wherever you go . Switch to u. S. Cellular for our best plan yet 7 gigs of data per line for only 49. To share more photos at your cabin or video chat at your secret fishing spot. All for just 49. The best part . We put towers in places the other guys dont. Because u. S. Cellular thinks you deserve a signal that works wherever you are. Switch to u. S. Cellular and get a whopping 7 gigs of data per line kids. Joining me today is lauren boeke, shes an Early Literacy librarian. So is technology, good, bad for little kids, lets talk about that. Lauren the research is always emerging but what we do know is that screens arent going anywhere, and Interactive Technology where a child is interacting with a parent can be beneficial to learning, rebecca so how do you guide a young childs use of technology . Lauren its all about balance and interaction. We dont want to set a child up with an ipad and leave them we want to interact with them and give them a chance to use their vocabulary and bond with us. Rebecca and so how do you use technology with your own kids . Lauren i have a 4yearold who is getting ready for kindergarten and she loves her art apps, so after we finish a drawing, i always have her sign the bottom like an artist and then shes working on a prekindergarten skill as well. Rebecca fantastic. For more information, all you need to do is click on momseveryday. Com. Im rebecca mounting pressure on a Pharmaceutical Company that hiked a price of a lifesaving medication by 400 . While iowa senator Chuck Grassley wants an explanation, a cedar rapids woman explains how this is life or death. Kcrg tv nines Samantha Jo Roth has the story from our washington dc bureau. Life saving medication with the press of a button, something people like jane walters have come to rely on i carry one with me and i keep one in my car. Walters is allergic to foods that contain corn. And the dramatic price hike has put the medication out of reach. N 2009, a twopack of epipens costed about 100 dollars. Today, its around can a company like mylan pharmaceutic als jack the prices up so high . The manufacturer has market dominance, not quite a monopoly but 90 percent of the markets, so they can set any price they want. Allen coukell. An expert on drug pricing says the complex mechanics of the epipen is the reason why there arent yet generic copies. There are competing products that do something similar, but they arent identical. One way or another, if we could get more competition in this market, it would have an effect on prices. Monopoly run wild. Iowa senator Chuck Grassley sent a letter to mylans ceo asking for an explanation. He says he wasnt pleased with the companys response. They didnt get into the technical issues of why the price actually went up, they are using as part of the reason for the price increases, the sophistication of the product. Next week. Lawmakers will question mylans ceo in person. Heather bresch will appear before the House Oversight committee on republican incumbent grassley is running for reelection, with patty judge as his democratic challenger. Judge released this statement about epipen costs. She says quote. The cost of prescription drugs, including epipens, is out of control. Sadly, this crisis could have been easily averted. Had Chuck Grassley shown real leadership on lowering drug prices during his 42 years in washington. Congressional leaders wouldnt need to write letters to pharmaceutic al ceos and beg or the Donald Trump Campaign will make more stops in iowa, this time with republican Vice President ial nominee mike pence. The indiana governor will hold an event in mason city on monday. Yesterday, he made a stop at the Greek Orthodox archdiocese of america in new york. The mason city event will be at the music man square, which is across from Southbridge Mall near downtown. The event is slated to begin at 3 pm. Then at 7 pm, hell hold a rally at giese manufacturin g in dubuque. More details are out on where democratic the virginia senator and his wife will appear at the Memorial Union at iowa state. This is video from his appearance yesterday in portland. Doors open at noon with the event scheduled to start at 2. Dozens of people took part in a very meaningful ceremony today in west branch. Well take you to todays citizenship ceremony, next on tv nine. Today 74 people became legal it was part of a naturalization ceremony held on the grounds of the hoover president ial library and museum. Kcrg tv nines mark carlson was there. Mark, pretty special place to hold this ceremony . This was a very special ceremony right near the gravesite of former president hoover. Graduating class. They came from dozens of countries all around the world. Senator joni ernst and iowa secretary of state paul pate attended the ceremony. Hundreds of people watched. Students from nearby west Branch Schools were also there. The judge holding the proceedings told the new citizens that immigrants have been coming to this country for years all sharing a similar mission. To work to make their lives and the lives of their children better, many of you came to this country with that same goal. The hoover site has been a popular spot for these ceremonies. Theyve been Holding Similar ceremonies out there for years. In iowa city, mark carlson, kcrg tv nine news. World news. About a it was an emotional and telling day in court as a woman explains what she knew about a dubuque man accused of killing daughter. And iowas two us senators check in on the Iowa City Va Medical Center a center theyve scrutinized for reportedly turning away a suicidal veteran. That tonight at 6. Passing shower remains into early tonight, many of us are done with the rain for a few days. Some leftover clouds will help keep lows up around 60 tonight. The weekend looks fantastic with highs in the 70s and a partly to mostly sunny sky. Much of nexw highs near or even a few degrees above 80. We do have a slight storm chance both monday and wednesday, but for most of us, the next round of rain wont happen until the end of the week. Tonight partly to mostly cloudy with a very slight shower chance. Wind sw 510. Low 60 alo 58 dbq 59 iow 61 tomorrow partly sunny. Wind w 515. High 75 alo 75 dbq 75 iow 76 tom. Night mostly clear. Wind w 510. Low 54 alo 52 dbq 52 iow 54 sunday mostly sunny. High 79 alo 54 monday chance of storms. Otherwise, partlyunny. High loy oudy. High 80 lo 58 wednesday partly cloudyth a slf orms. High 83 low 61iy chanc 75 low 64 saturday chance ofo 71 low 53 ank you, justin, and thank thank you, justin, and thank you for joining us for kcrgtv9 news at 5. Now we go to new york fo tonight, the breaking news. The fallout. Donald trumps about face on whether president obama was born in the u. S. Now, 53 days before the election, trump suddenly changes his mind. Tonight, the angry reaction from members of congress. From Hillary Clinton. From first Lady Michelle obama, who late today took aim. The officer tonight, opening fire on a car full of teenagers as the car pulls away. There is breaking news coming in now. The air scare. The smoke on the plane. The passengers battery. And it comes amid the massive smartphone recall already. The meat cleaver attack here in new york city. Tonight, new images. And what weve learned about the vicious attack. And the 3yearold adopted, who left behind her best friend in the orphanage. And tonight, the reunion that