Thanks, james. Meteorologist joe winters joins us now with our first alert forecast. Joe, are the clouds finally going away for tonight . Thursday was a battle to get tonight a clear sky is expected continuing into the start of our friday. With a southerly flow of air returning to the state the mercury jumps significantly tomorrow with highs in the lower to middle 70s common. Quiet weather continues through the weekend with a treat of a day ahead on halloween. Have a great night. Tonight mostl tomorrow partly cloudy. Breezy and milder. Wind s 1525. High 74 back to you. Getting kids to eat fruits and vegetables is a never ending battle for many parents. Most kids grow out of it, but theres a chance they may not. Kcrgtv9s Samantha Myers is here, samantha this is more than just refusing to eat lima beans. It could actually be an eating disorder. Disorder. It causes people not to eat certain foods because of the appearance, smell, texture, taste, or even a past experience with food. I visited a Unitypoint Clinic where extreme pickiness is treated through therapy. Theres a place in cedar rapids where its okay to play with your food. Nats actually its encouraged. Nats playing with food 16 34 54;08 i remember and talking to my husband im like we go there and we shoot food in the garbage cans. Once a week, Melissa Taylor brings her son kyle to therapy. He was dangerously anemic because there were few foods he would actually eat. This therapy teaches him trying new foods is fun. 16 07 33;06 we always think that eating is easy, you pick it up, you put in your mouth, you chew it and swallow it, but with kids that are real picky eaters, it can be a lot more steps. Theyre very anxious around new foods. We break it down to just being able to touch the food, play with the its not nearly as stressful for them. With every session comes a new victory. And kyle is about to make a big one. 16 13 58;28 hes started to eat a lot better sources of protein and now were working more on vegetables. But those victories may never come for kids who dont go to therapy. So how do you know if your child needs clinical help . 10 09 43;07 if you dont see them moving ahead in the ways developmentally that they should be then it may be because of that malnourishment and dehydration from being picky. Doctors can classify extreme pickiness as an theres a panic around food, a real panic so it becomes in my mind almost like an anxiety disorder certain foods cause a panic. Most kids will grow out of being picky but some dont, and may go their whole lives cutting out whole food groups like fruits and vegtables. Missing out on necessary nutrients. But kids like kyle are well on their way to eating those fruits and veggies again. In this session, kyle finally chewed. And swallowed a carrot. Huge improvement, carrots are really good they make you strong and they make your eyes really good again most children do grow out of their pickiness. But if you feel your child may need therapy, you can ask your doctor for a referral. I actually a type of therapy available then. So is this just for kids . Adults can suffer from the eating disorder, too. But the therapy we showed you is meant for kids. Doctors told me adults who have the disorder typically need more counseling to deal with anxiety. Thanks, samantha. Iowa congressman Dave Loebsack still ahead the Second District democrat explains some of his goals if he wins his sixth term in office. Thats next right here on congressiona l delegation wants to keep his job for another 2 years. Congressman Dave Loebsack is seeking his sixth term in the us house. The Cook Political Report rates iowas Second District as solidly democrat, meaning its calling loebsack a strong favorite over taking anything for granted, and hes still working to win votes. Kcrg tv nines jordee kalk sat down with the congressman. Jordee, why does loebsack want to return to washington . He says theres more work to do. Congressman loebsack tells me his biggest concern right now is protecting the middle class. And if he gets to go back to d. C. In january, theres already a stack of bills hes advocating for. Congressman Dave Loebsack has a personal reaso 56 00, i grew up in poverty myself in sioux city my mom was a single parent had an 11th grade education with mental illness. Loebsack says many people helped him get through school and the early stages in life. So he wants to do the same for others. 56 08, i didnt get in the middle class myself until i started teaching at Cornell College way back in 1982. Loebsack says more jobs need to be available across the country. Especially manufacturin g jobs here in iowa. Recovery. Folks have gotten back to work but sometimes the jobs arent as good as they were before the great recession. Loebsack says a heavier emphasis on education will also help the economy. He credits passing every Student Succeeds act, which is a revision of no child left behind 3 45 we have to make sure that bill gets implemented property so it does come back to the local folks, so teachers have flexibility in terms of evaluating people loebsack also says College Students should have m to renogotaitate to that debt once their done with college too. In recent months loebsack has also placed priority for veteran affairs reform. He says the amount of veterans who struggle to get treatment for ptsd is unacceptable. 5 43, those folks were willing to make the absolute sacrifice so we can stay free the least we can do is treat them with the dignity and respect they deserve when they would guarantee any veteran who goes to a va and asks for in patient psuychaitric bed would be granted a bed if thought was suicidal loebsack says he already has about 60 sponsors on the bill. He adds about half of those are republican. 6 30, in the lame duck, when we go back im going to go back and do what i can to get that passed. Loebsack says he will also push for better broadband infrastructur e in the next session. 59 26, ya know if you were going to take your grandma to a nursing home you might so she can stay in touch with you but if that facility doesnt have sufficient bandwidth thats going to be impossible to do loebsack says telehealth and telemedicine are the future for medicine. He says placing an emphasis on broadband will protect older citizens. 58 47, broadband has been a focus of mine since i got in congress but now that im on the committee ill be able to do more things. Loebsack is spending the last few days of the district. He tells me its important to him to get young people involved and part of the political process. The start of College Basketball season is just a little more than a week away. Cyclones point guard monte morris says he has something to prove this season at iowa state. Stay with your 24 hour news and drizzle across eastern iowa. Tonight a clear sky is expected continuing into the start of our friday. With a southerly flow of air returning to the state the mercury jumps significantly tomorrow with highs in the lower to middle 70s common. Quiet weather continues through the weekend with a treat of a day ahead on halloween. Have a great night. Tonight mostly clear. Wind s 510. Low 45 tomorrow partly cloudy. Breezy and milder. Wind s 1525. High 74 tom. Night partly cloudy. Wind sw 515. Low 55 high 68 low 55 sunday partly cloudy. High 61 low 46 monday partly cloudy. Breezy and milder. High 75 low 49 tuesday partly cloudy. High 64 low 57 wednesday slight chance of showers. High 62 low 45 high 61 low 44 friday chance of showers. High 60 low 40 the uni panthers hope to state on but this week is a bit tougher with 5time defending National Champion ndsu coming to town. The panthers beat the bison the last time they visited the uni dome two years ago. The question last week against missouri state, he started eli dunne who was later named the mvfc offensive player of the week. Farley wouldnt say on monday who would start, but he did say aaron bailey needs to be on the field in some way. Eli did a great job, plain and simple. He read things nice, he got the ball out on time, protection was very good and the receivers did a nice job of being where they belonged. Well look at the whole thing of how to use all our talent, and how to thats playing quarterback. I think you distribute it differently based on whos playing at quarterback. So, should eli play that position, then you look to see how you could use aaron in another capacity. Trt 28 oc in another capacity. Theres no question that monte morris is the leader on the iowa state Mens Basketball Team this year. And every year hes improved his game. Hes coming off a career year averaging 14 points and seven assists per game. In the offseason, he decided to forego the nba draft and named one of 20 watch list candidates for the bob cousey point guard of the year award. And earlier this month, he was named the big 12 preseason player of the year. Monte says he wants to prove that he is the best point guard. When i was working out this summer i really didnt think about that, but at the end of the day, i try to be a leader on this team. I feel like i was the best player returning in the big 12. This is going to put more people to come at me, more people to see me fail. Great outcomes. So, im all in for it. Hes done unbelievable things for this university. Hes been a great impact. Hes helped change this program. And now hes gotta finish it. Like ive been telling our seniors, leave your jersey in a better place than you found it. and hes got one more year to invest in that jersey. Trt 38 oc invest in that jersey. The iowa woMens Basketball Team has five freshman and four sophomores. All of them who started 16 games last year at point guard. She averaged 8 points a game and showed shes not afraid to attack the basket, despite being fivefoot three. Tania says she wants to be more of a vocal leader on the floor, whether its running the offense or wanting the ball. She says being vocal is actually a pretty big adjustment for her. Cause i like being quiet, remaining to myself. But, that all had to change this year just being the leader out there, being one of the captains, being the point guard; that definitely the top options this year. I know we lost some scoring with Whitney Jennings leaving and kali peschel leaving. Tania just by nature is not a really outgoing person. But she needs to be. I cant accept, well, im not comfortable doing that. because were all doing things that were not comfortable doing at times. And tanias gotta learn to talk, and communicate, and be a leader on the floor. She understands that and shes starting to embrace it. Trt 38 oc starting to embrace it now heres a look at todays most viewed web stories on kcrg dot com. Stay with your 24hour news source, kcrg tv nine. Tonight at 10, a meeting in public. Community. And the Eastern Iowa Health center has completed some major renovations. See what the nearly two Million Dollar project could mean for patients in cedar rapids. Tonight on tv nine news at 10. And now to First Alert Storm Team meteorologis t joe winters for your final forecast. Thursday was a battle to get rid of the low clouds and drizzle across eastern iowa. Tonight a clear sky is expected continuing into the start returning to the state the mercury jumps significantly tomorrow with highs in the lower to middle 70s common. Quiet weather continues through the weekend with a treat of a day ahead on halloween. Have a great night. Tonight mostly clear. Wind s 510. Low 45 tomorrow partly cloudy. Breezy and milder. Wind s 1525. High 74 thanks for joining us for kcrgtv9 news at 6. Oh, hey, stuart, i got you a little souvenir from my trip to space. Well, howard, thats very nice of you. Yeah, maybe. Open it first. Its my official nasa portrait. To stuart, your comic book store is out of this world. Just like the guy in this picture was. For the record, he also thinks the walgreens and the dry cleaners are out of this world. Thats not true. 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