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Of their saturday in waterloo. Texas senator ted cruz, louisiana governor bobby jindal and former arkansas governor and 2008 iowa huckabee attended a candidate assessment at the National Cattle congress. Retired neurosurgeo n ben carson held a book signing in waterloo as, over the past 7 days, he has vaulted to first place in the last two polls of iowa republicans. Also, last night from des moines, the 3 the 2016 nomination gathered at the annual Jefferson Jackson dinner. Former secretary of state Hillary Clinton has reopened a lead in the polls over vermont senator Bernie Sanders. Former Maryland Governor Martin Omalley is a very distant third. The timing for iowa support is critical not only with the caucuses less than 100 days away but also with the next democratic president ial debate coming up november 14, in des moines. The Major Political news of the week was for the person who chose not to run in 2016. Vice president joe bidens decision to stay out for 2016 could have a ripple decision throughout the race. Mr. Biden said time had run out to launch a successful campaign. Kcrgtv9s brady smith talked with one political expert. On what the effect might be. If there were ever a candidate able to join a president ial race late and mount an effective campaign, professor tim hagle says it would have been Vice President joe biden. Now, hagle says bidens supporters are left wondering about what might have been. If biden had gotten into the race, it certainly would have been more competition for Hillary Clinton than Bernie Sanders will be. I mean, Bernie Sanders is going to peel off sort of a protest vote, but not entirely that. I mean certainly, hes appealing to a Certain Group of people. The next step hagle says, is to wait and see what if any Ripple Effect bidens bowing out will have on the polls. If biden supporters were to get behind one of the two leading democratic contenders, Bernie Sanders or Hillary Clinton, hagle would put his money on the latter. They may be unsure for a while and they may wait, but ultimately, theyll probably come around to Hillary Clinton. Its unlikely that anybody else would have the ability to jump in late at this point, and if those folks havent gone to Bernie Sanders by now, they probably arent ever going to. In iowa city, brady smith, kcrg tv9 news. In waterloo, a longterm plan for schools and meeting the Educational Needs as administrator s will look at expanding technical courses and building a Career Center along with renovating existing buildings. The waterloo Cedar Falls Courier reports the district would offer career and Technical Education courses to all high school students. These students would attend classes in the new Career Center that would be built south of central middle school. The district would also renovate both east and west high schools. The 47 Million Dollar recommendation is from a High School Reform committee. If leaders approve it, the district would ask for money through a bond issue referendum. Tomorrows Board Meeting is at 6 pm at the Education Service center. More than 1,000 supporters were in west union today to support an 11 year old boy who suffered a stroke due to a football injury in august. Kcrg tvnines brea love joins us now. Brea, you talked with some at the fundraiser . Yes, they said the amount of support is unbelievable. When 11yearold chase was feeling sick after football practice, his family found out he was having a stroke. Now chase is in recovery and people throughout iowa are showing him support. An entire warehouse of people wore purple shirts with the hash tag team chase. The Fayette County Sheriffs Department held a benefit lunch, with a silent and live auction, and raffled off tickets for various prizes. Benefit will go toward chases recovery. One Community Come together for the aeschliman family is overwhelming. Theyre friends, theyre family, kenny works for us, but we do this for other people in the community, and i would show up to benefit other people here. These people have volunteered for several other benefits this year this is how we in the Fayette County area i also had a chance to talk with the aeschliman family, say theyre so grateful for the all of the support. Ill have more on our conversation, tonight at 10. Chris . Thanks, brea. A new video out shows parts of a raid on an isis stronghold in iraq. It gives a look at what happened, as us and Kurdish Forces went into to rescue dozens of hostages. And investigators begin to identify victims of a crash during a homecoming parade at Oklahoma State university. Stay with tv9. Of an isis prison in iraq. Us and Kurdish Forces carried out the mission last week, saving dozens of hostages in isis custody. This helmet camera footage shows men, barefoot and splattered with blood, running for their lives. The video also shows soldiers storming into a compound of the prison in northern iraq. At 1 point, you can see a black isis flag hanging on the wall. The elite Us Delta Force carried out the raid ahead of what Authorities Say was an imminent mass execution of the hostages. This is an example of a case where we alone could do something, and wealone had the capability to do that. Master Sergeant Joshua wheeler was killed in the raid. Defense secretary Ash Carter Says american troops are only advisors in Ground Missions against isis. But combat is always a possibility. From oklahoma, the identities are made public of the 3 adults killed in a suspected drunken driving crash during Oklahoma States homecoming parade. One is a 23yearold woman from a suburb of oklahoma city. The other two are 56 yearolds from stillwater, where the university is located. A 2yearold boy was also killed. At least 47 other people were injured in the crash. I just saw something black coming at us. I didnt know what it was at first. So i just got up and ran and the car hit me like as it was stopping and then i flew over some strollers. Police say the suspect, 25 yearold adacia chambers, rammed her vehicle into a crowd of spectators gathered for the parade. They arrested her on suspicion of driving under the influence. Her Attorney Says she was not mentally competent. The remnants of Hurricane Patricia are finally moving out of texas but not without dumping heavy rain across much of the state. State officials reported at least 75 water rescues this weekend. Scenes such as this one where a man is caught in neckhigh water, swimming to his car. Water was here when i first got out of the car and you see where it is now. I need a snorkel to get to my car funnel cloud. Strong winds took down fences and blew off roofs. Chris, back to another trip towards the freezing mark tonight . Stay with your 24 hour news tonight skies will once again be mostly clear, which means temperatures will be falling again into the 30s. On monday, a good portion of the day will consist of sunny skies, but youll notice high clouds increasing from the west as we move into the afternoon and evening. Will keep temperatures slightly milder for monday night, in the 40s. On tuesday moisture from the remnants of Hurricane Patricia will be funneled north into the state, bringing showers and a few storms to the area. A cold front will dry us out for the rest of the workweek, but also brings in much cooler temps. Tonight mostly clear low 3440 winds se 510 alo 35 dbq 36 iow 37tomorrow partly cloudy high 5965 winds se 510 alo 62 dbq 60 iow 62tomorrow night mostly cloudy low 4248 winds e 510 alo 44 dbq 43 iow 45tuesday showers and storms likely high 54 low 45 wednesday m cloudy, stray shower early high 54 low 46 ursday partlyldgh 50 low 34 friday mostly sunny gh 54 low 30 satuachance of showers high 56 low 39 sunday partly cloudyhigh 59 low 42 josh joins us now, the iowa Football Team is feeling pretty good about the rest and the rankings once again. Yes, there were some big upsets in College Football on saturday. Well tell you where the hawkeyes are ranked, next. Stay with your 24 hour. For the iowa Football Team, having a bye week does have its benefits. First, the hawkeyes are recovering from several injuries. And second, they moved up in the rankings once again. The hawkeyes are ranked 10th in the new a. P. Top 25 poll. Its the first time theyve cracked the top 10 since 2010. Theyre also ranked 11th in the new usa today coaches poll. As i mentioned, several hawkeyes have used this bye week to recover from injuries, including quarterback c. J. Beathard. Offensive coordinator greg davis has been impressed with beathard ever since he was named the starter in january. I think c. J. Is seeing opportunities to take the ball down the field. He will take those shots. Somewhere around the 3rd or 4th game, it wasnt like it was an epiphany. He understands taking care of the ball, when he should take a shot and when he should not. Trt 21 oc when he should not. Uni defensive lineman and tripoli native Karter Schult received a couple of awards today. He was named the College Sports Madness National defensive player of the week and the Missouri Valley conference defensive player of the week. Schult was all over the field on saturday against south dakota state. He had 7 tackles, including 3 sacks in the panthers 107 win. In terms of a crossroads in your season, losing this one you could be done and it could go downhill fast, or you win as a team and can turn the entire season around. We were planning on disrupting the offense as much as we could and getting to the quarterback was one of those things. We knew this quarterback could run, so we had to keep him in the pocket. Using karters talent, hes really become quite a good Football Player for us. So, we wanted to get him and ike opposite of each other and hold those edges. Trt 37 oc hold those edges. Both the Green Bay Packers and Chicago Bears had a bye week this week. As for the Minnesota Vikings and detroit lions, they squared off in a North Division battle. The vikings defeated the lions back in week 2. Its detroit who gets off to a fast start. Matthew stafford throws it up for calvin johnson. And hell win that oneonone battle all the time. That touchdown makes it 70. Next lions drive, stafford buying some time. And he finally hits his tight end eric ebron for the 7yard touchdown. Lions lead 146. 2nd quarter, the vikings finally find the end zone. Teddy bridgewater to kyle rudolph who makes a nice onehanded grab for the touchdown. The vikings trail 1412. Detroit led 1715 at halftime. It was all vikings in the 2nd half. Bridgewater, playaction. He goes deep for stefon diggs who goes full extension for a sensational catch. 36 yard touchdown. First of his nfl career. Vikings lead 2217. Adrian petersen was bottled up most of the afternoon. But he finally breaks free. Hed be tackled at the 5yard line, its still a 75yard gain. Vikings sweep the series against detroit winning 2819. Chiefs hosting pittsburgh. The first touchdown of the day came in the 3rd quarter when for the touchdown to give the chiefs. The steelers respond. Landry jones hits Martavis Bryant for the 19yard touchdown. They reviewed the play and determined he did get both feet down and maintained control. Steelers trail 1610. 4th quarter, chiefs only up by 3. But alex smith finds a wide open chris conley. Kansas city hangs on to win 2313. Prairie track and field runner Jessica Heims placed 5th in the discus at the International Paralympic World Championships in qatar. Her best toss was 25. 26 meters. Shell also compete in the 400 meter run on wednesday. And tonight for our sunday night spotlight, our College Basketball analyst jess settles will join us. Yes, College Basketball is almost here. The iowa men have an exhibition game on thursday, iowa state begins the steve prohm era and uni has its first. Some sad news, Minnesota Timberwolves head coach and former gopher Flip Saunders passed away today at the age of 60 after battling hodgkins lymphoma. He coached 17 seasons in the nba and finished with 654 wins. Former iowa state head coach fred hoiberg called saunders a mentor and a great leader. Hoiberg played and worked with saunders in the timberwolves organization. Thanks josh. Meteorologist chris havely will have another check of your some eastern iowa students recently challenged Senior Citizens to a friendly game of chair volleyball. Its was all part the students Senior Service project that they complete before they graduate. Well have their story tonight at 10 in our show you care spotlight. And now to First Alert Storm Team meteorologis t chris havely for ur final forecast. Tonight skies will once again be mostly clear, which means temperatures will be falling again into the 30s. On monday, a good portion of the day will consist of sunny skies, but youll notice high clouds increasing from the west as we move into the afternoon and evening. Those clouds will keep temperatures slightly milder for monday night, in the 40s. On tuesday moisture from the remnants of Hurricane Patricia will be funneled north into the state, bringing showers and a few storms to the area. A cold front will dry us out for the rest of the workweek, but also brings in much cooler temps. Thanks chris. Ribeiro heres a sneak peek at tonights afv. We know youre gonna love it. [ grunting ] [ laughter ] [ laughs ] [ laughter ] woman dont do that [ cheers and applause ] welcome to americas funniest home videos