Federal funding promised back in 2014. But Property Values here are so low compared to larger urban areas cedar rapids Flood Control project remains low on the priority list. Theres no sign of any funding. But the louisiana congressman says cedar rapids could move up the list as congress revisits other projects. Weve started deauthorizing projects meaning a project thats been waiting to get funding but is really a lower priority were taking out of the bill altogether so that you have higher, more important projects like this one. Has done the right thing in lining up state and local funding to help the project. Mayor corbett says both president ial candidates clinton and trump have talked about infrastructure needs and he lobbied them last week to put flood protection for cedar rapids on that list. Bruce and beth . Thanks, dave. First forecast. Joe, after a great day can we expect great weather tonight . A ridge of High Pressure takes over the weather pattern. This keeps us mild and tranquil into the early part of next week. Highs should be in the middle 60s with some comfortable 40s at night. Precipitation is not seen in the 9 day outlook so make plans to get the fall yard work finished up. Have a super night. Tonight clear. Patchy fog possible late. Wind light. Low 41 tomorrow sunny. Wind sw 510. High 66 family members say the man Cedar Rapids Police shot is doing a little better. 37yearold Jerime Mitchell during a traffic stop near coe College Early tuesday morning. Police say there was a struggle and the officer fired a weapon, hitting mitchell in the neck. A brotherinlaw told tv9 mitchell remains in critical condition. But he was more alert and watched the world series on tv last night. A family spokesperson says they are not endorsing any protests or public vigils connected to his case. The man who police say shot and killed two des yesterday is now in the polk county jail. Scott greene faces two counts of first degree murder. This morning, the Des Moines Police chief said he thinks there was no justification for the killings. What happenedyesterday was calculated murder of two Law Enforcement officers. Police say greene ambushed Urbandale Police officer Justin Martin and Des Moines PoliceSergeant Anthony beminio in separate attacks early yesterday morning. Hours after the shootins. Also a search dog going through a wooded area found the 22caliber rifle that police say greene used yesterday. Both des moines and Urbandale Police say there has been a great outpouring of support for them since the shootings. But they have a message for people who dont respect Law Enforceme were the security blanket that you sleep under at night. And you know, two cops died doing that the other night. I dont think anyone in this room rolled over at 1 30 in weve also learned that a judge ordered scott greene to be out of his mothers home just hours before the attack. Court documents show he committed elder abuse against his mother by hitting her and financially exploiting her. Both president ial candidates are weighing in on the shootings that killed Police Officers. Republican donald trump tweeted he is praying for the families n said an attack on those who keep us safe clinton commented during a Campaign Stop last night. I want to say a few words about the two Police Officers who were killed in the line of duty in iowa. This is horrifying, heartbreaking, it is totally unacceptable she said as president she would make sure anyone who kills a Law Enforcement officer is brought to justice. 01 01 21. Just talking. Democratic Vice President ial candidate tim kaine made a stop in cedar rapids this morning. He was at brewhemia in the newbo district. There, he got some coffee and talked with voters. Republican Vice President ial candidate mike pence was also talking with voters in iowa today. He visited a farm south of des moines where a former president ial candidate joined him. This was one of ted cruzsirt events supporting Donald Trumps campaign. Cruz said he voted for trump earlier can to defeat Hillary Clinton and all democrats down the ticket. And pence told supporters the election is a choice between two different futures for the country. 1 04 i choose a stronger america. I choose a more prosperous america. I choose an america that cherishes and celebrates the highest constitutional ideals, so i choose to stand with donald trump michigan and pennsylvania. The linn county auditor is taking flak today after making comments about rape. Yesterday, joel miller posted on his online blog that he felt like a quote rape victim. He wrote that after taking criticism for alleging his former primary opponent broke election law. Miller changed the post to read crime victim earlier today. He also posted an apology. Miller told us he did that after getting a complaint from a possibly feel the same as she did, as a victim of sexual assault. Upon quickly reflecting on that, i changed the word. Miller has alleged joe stutler broke election law when he did this left a voting precinct with an absentee ballot. Linn countys attorney disagrees and wont likely pursue charges. Tonight at ten, tv9s Forrest Saunders looks at the law and lets you are still celebrating last nights world series championship. That includes one man who has waited 93 years for this chicago cubs won the world series last night for the First Time Since 1908. At this time yesterday, there were probably no cubs fans anywhere who could say the world series. Now, millions of cubs fans can make that claim. Kcrgtv9s Katie Wiedemann caught up Lester Michels, who says his 93 year long dream has finally come true. We returned to bellevue thursday after first meeting Lester Michels late last month. Is bellevues biggest cubs fan right inside this door . Very happy cubs fan. I came back down i was almost three inches into heaven. Lester, whos almost 93 has been rooting for the cubbies his whole life. Only to be disappointed year after year, after year. I kind of felt like this is it. Were going to lose again and then i said, our fat who arent in heaven he watched wednesdays game surround grandchildren, who toasted to their favorite team. Everybody was hollering, jumping and hugging. We even say sang the 7th inning stretch. Lesters long wait is finally over. The happy moment last night. Thats what we are talking about. In bellevue Katie Wiedemann kcrg tv9 one am celebrating the cubs win. Tonight, he plans to rest easy. The cubs world series win inspired a cedar rapids couple when it came to naming their newborn baby girl. Bracy wriglee angle was born early tuesday morning. Her parents, cody and kylie, were hog her birth would come during the world series so they could give her a name based on the cubs run. They waited till after the cubs win last night to pick her middle name. 18 27 25 we had a lot of family members who thought we were holding out on them. We werent. We were waiting on the outcome. We came in monday night with a list of half a dozen names and started narrowing it down. And as of 1 30 this morning we came up with miss bracy wriglee angle they did compromise a little. Codys middle name is lee, so the babys middle name is the lights tonight at jack trice stadium. Theyre facing a tough test against the oklahoma sooners and their potent offense. Stay with your 24 hour news tranquil into the early part of next week. Highs should be in the middle 60s with some comfortable 40s at night. Precipitation is not seen in the 9 day outlook so make plans to get the fall yard work finished up. Have a super night. Tonight clear. P fog possible late. Wind light. Low 41 tomorrow sunny. Wind sw 510. High 66 tom. Night mostly clear. Wind sw 510. Low 44 saturday mostly sunny. High 67 low 44 sunday partly cloudy. High 65 low 45 monday mostly cloudy. High 64 low 45 tuesday partly cloudy. High 61 low 46 sunny. High 64 low 42 friday partly cloudy. High 60 from football to the business world. Heres part two of life after football. Kicking a football thru 2 uprights playing football was amazing as a hawkeye and then the nfl. But i have been just as eager to be a part of the next chapter and my wife you have to get the hell out of the house and find something to do that was the number one thing. And nate didnt waist anytime he earned his mba and after starting shorts burger and shine while he was still playing in the nfl he decided to open a Clothing Store in downtown iowa city just down the street from shorts. Right after i retired i came back and partnered of des moines and new york city on a fun tee shirt sweatshirt shop that had a bunch of vintage iowa wear and the logos of some of the famous legendary iowa city haunts like johns grocery that shop is kind of a celebration of iowa city and the tradition of the university. And nate wasnt done yet in 2015 he joined some Business Partners to open up the pullman diner on dubuque street. Good Business Partners that i have known for a long time grew up wit ha couple of them and went to also talked about doing a diner. Pullman name came from the old rail dining car back in the day those were really popular and had nice meals. We kind of want to be one part familiar and one part unexpected but is traditional diner food Fried Chicken cheese burgers breakfast all day but also inovative things like a bone marrow dish that people like and chefs do a great job with specials duck and things that pop up local enough nate stated a new job last year as the iowa city Downtown Retail development director. We have really seen a huge uptick in demand for Young Professionals , early retired baby boomers that want come back and live around an urban environment like downtown iowa city. We are really make huge strides in terms of getting more diverse housing and Office Supplies stock on the market and different offering like a that have popped up so it attractive to more than just the students. Nate enjoys trying make his hometown and better place a better place to live and really appreciates the chance to raise his family here. Another great thing about living here in san diego it took an hour to get anywhere here we just live a mile north of downtown so i can be home in five minutes and my kids are at a fun age where they are getting in sports and school it just great to be around them. Thats a good looking family. It is great to see all these former hawkeyes coming the community. The cyclones with a rare thursday night game under the lights at jack trice against 11th ranked oklahoma at 6 30. The clones are 21 point underdogs against the sooners who have won 5 in a row and are averaging over 51 points a game in that winning streak. Some of the areas ive seen us really make Great Strides in over the last thr ur weeks, i saw maybe that plateau. To me, thats an area thats, this is a relentless pursuit to get where were going. And, anything short of allowing plateau cant be tolerated. And we have to continue to do a great job of getting better. Yes, really good opponent, great tradition, looking forward to the challenge. I wake up sunday and i wish we were playing sunday because youre excited to be in these environments. Trt 32 oc be in these environments thanks scott. Team meteorologis t joe winters for your final forecast. A ridge of High Pressure takes over the weather pattern. This keeps us mild and tranquil into the early part of next week. Highs should be in the middle 60s with some comfortable 40s at night. Precipitation is not seen in the 9 day outlook so make plans to get the fall yard work finished up. Have a super night. Tonight clear. Patchy fog possible late. Wind light. Low 41 tomorrow sunny. Wind sw 510. High 66 thanks for joining us for kcrgtv9 news at 6. Tonight at ten. Have a great what a wonderful day, thank you. Oh, were glad you had fun. Blue icees and a trip to the Container Store . Its like i died and went to the postmortem, neuroninduced hallucination commonly mistaken as heaven. I still dont understand why you bought that pill caddie. Youre a young man. Age is a state of mind, leonard. In here im 90. Why are you taking your bins over there . Ed them. You know, she doesnt have a lot of closet space. Whats wrong with your closet . Uh. Well, honey, you know, now that leonard and i are married, it kind of makes sense that we actually live together. So thats all this day was . A plan to butter me up before delivering bad news . Come on, buddy. No, i thought we were friends. You asked for a sip of my icee. If you had your own straw, i mightve said yes