Toll stands at 153. French leaders have declared a state of emergency and sealed their borders. Authorities have also shut down mass transit, but moments ago, French Police said they believe all attackers are dead and accounted for. Fox 28 news spoke a short time ago with the university of iowa. They have contacted all four ui students studying in france and can confirm that they are all ok. The targets of tonights attack in paris appear to be places of celebration. Celebration. The terror attacks hit multiple locations, nearly simultaneously. At this hour, it appears the coordinated attack included gunmen, suicide bombers and explosive devices. Some of those explosions could be heard in a packed soccer stadium, near one of the attack attack. French president Francois Hollande was in that soccer stadium when the attack was carried out. He was quickly whisked away and right now is meeting with his top security officials. A music venue where an American Band was playing was also hit. There, armed gunmen held those in attendance hostage. French police stormed the music venue. Thats when the armed gunmnm reportedly blew themselves up with suicide vests. There are estimates of as many as 100 dead at this scene alone. The name of the American Band performing there is the eagles of death metal. Some of their members are better known for their work in the queens of the stone age. Age. Tonight, the bands Facebook Page posted this update, telling fans they dont yet know the condition of their band and crew. But just minutes ago, relatives said they made contact with band members, and they are sasa. A third scene played out at a restaurant in paris. There, gunman opened fire on patrons inside. Again, paris police now say they believe all the attackers are dead, but their investigation continues. So, for now, paris remains a city under lockdown and people there are being told to stay home. About an hour after the attacks were carried out, president obama vowed the United States would stand with the country that stood with us during our revolution. Revolution. France is our oldest ally. The french people have stood shoulder to shoulder with the United States time and again. And we want to be very clear that we stand together with them in the fight against terrorism and extremism. Extremism. The president is scheduled to travel to paris in just a few weeks. Tonight, the white house says there are no plans to change the president s schedule. We will have much more on this breaking story throughout this newscast. But paris wasnt the only city terrorized today. Today. In beirut, a pair of suicide bombings killed 43 people and injured hundreds more. One wouldbe suicide later told investigators he was an isis recuit. More now on this attack from our fox 28 News National correspondent. T. Im scott t thuman in downtown beirut , lebanon where it it a day of morning after those two deadly suicide blasts. You can see behind me where that building has been sheared off at the sides. This is not onle a day of morning, also one of investigating at this point isil has claimed responsibilty for the attacks kills dozens, wounding possibly 200. The attacks in a mostly hezbollah area in supposed retaliation r the groups efforts to fight isil in syria. If true this could mark a very significant develeopment because it would demonstrate isils increased spread beyond the syria border and now here into lebannononthe us issuing a statement very quickly condenming the attacks saying it s stands and reaffirms its commitment to lebanese security. Hoping to do whatever possible in staving off isil in this region and mantaining some sort of instability, but in the meantime a chaotic scene here in downtown beirut, scott thuman now back to you. This wave of violence around the world comes just hours after us officials said they believe they killed jihadi john. Hes the british citizen in online videos shown executing american and british citizens in syria. Coming up in our next half hour, well take a closer look at what it means to take him off the battlefield. Turning back to the corridor now. Police officers serving in cedar rapids schools are something parents and students likely see on a daily basis. But they have a very distinct purpose. Purpose. Fox 28 News Reporter dora miller is here with a look into the role these officers serve. School resource officers and police pals are the names we use for Cedar Rapids Police officers who work in schools. They think its important for the public to know their intentions. Intentions. School resource officers say theres nothing to fear. Fear. We dont want people to be afraid of us in the schools. Theyre contracted to work in the middle and high schools as a resource for students. Mary ellen is the deputy superintendent of cedar rapids schools. Schools. The very name of resource in that name connotes the fact that they are a support, a collaborative partner and good friend to the schools. Schools. Theyre not disciplinarians for school violations, theyre e t there to be the bad guy or make sure the kids behave, theyre there to be a resource for them. In the higher grades, they serve as part of school faculty. Faculty. If you were to go to any of our high schools or middle schools, you woululfind School Resource officers being part of a staff meeting, they would be part of a pep assembly, they would be part of lessons in the classroom. In the elementary schools, its more of a teacherstudent role. Role. The police pal program we have things like stranger danger, knowing what a police officer, we go to kindergartene rs and talk about the gear we carry with us and why can have handcuffs and things like that. At the end of the day, they still have a job to do. Do. Do we arrest people in schools . We do, but thats obviously the last thing that we want to do in the school. School. If there were something that came up and we needed to call the police, theres a little bit of wait time until they can arrive at the school, so you have that advantage when you have them at the school. Theres also programs in place to help students who get themselves into trouble for things like fighting. Instead of facing criminal charges, students will do assignments to learn a lesson. Dora miller fox 28 news. The Iowa AttorneyGenerals Office wants to know whats going with an absent official in clayton county. County. It all started back in june when auditor Dennis Freitag stopped working in his elkader office full time. Freitag says his terminally ill wife requires constant supervision and he works from home when he can. Can. County leaders say its becoming too much because work in his office is not getting done. Now a state investigator will meet with everyone involved to determine how to move forward. Libertycrews are trying to get caught up on leaf collection after a setback earlier this month. The city says crews will be out collecting leaves on sunday, before more rain falls next week. Theyre urging residents to have their piles in tonights vote 2016 coverage coveragedemocrats are preparing for their Second National debate. Hillary clinton leads Bernie Sanders and Martin Omalley by a wide margin in the latest cbs News New York times poll. Many experts say its too early to look at poll numbers as deciding factors in the race. The three candidates will meet at Drake University in des moines tomorrow night. You can watch the debate on our sister station, cbs 2, beginning at 8 pm. For a complete wrapup of this weekends debate in des moines, dont miss more from kevin barry on iowa in focus, this sunday morning at 9 30, only on fox 28. New statistics show the number of people in cedar rapids living below the poverty line is falling. Falling. Smart asset dot com says in the last decade, four thousand fewer citizens were third biggest drop nationwide. This as cedar rapids population grew nine percent since 2005. November is National Adoption month and today, it was celebrated in cedar rapids. Rapids. This really a culmination of a long journey for a lot of families and a lot of kids, just to be a part of a family, to have that permanency and to know that somebodys always going to be there for you. You. While they celebrate for kids who have found a permanent home, state leaders say there are nearly 800 children in iowa still eligible for adoption. Bells ringing ringingthose famous bells are back. The Salvation Armys red kettles are out in full force around cedar rapids. This year their goal is to raise more than 790thousand dollarsrs during the holiday season. All of the money raised in cedar rapids stays in cedar rapids. The Salvation Army says it still needs more volunteers to fill up the 78hundred hours of bell ringing. Seeing the look on peoples faces when they are able to make a contribution and hearing stories of people that one time received assistance from the Salvation Army but now theyre able to give to the Salvation Army and that joy that brings to their life is a huge blessing. Blessing. The red kettles will be out until christmas eve. Still to come on the fox 28 news at nine. Nine. Well take you to the red carpet right here in cedar rapids. Scott sanborn will join us to talk about the premiere of up on the wooftop. Wooftop. And you are looking live right now at a picture of the eiffel tower in france. The city of lights is going dark tonight after a deadly terror attack. An update is next on if you think theres no solution to the climate crisis, think again. In iowa, wind energy is already producing enough power for over a million homes, reducing our dependence on foreign oil and supporting six thousand jobs. Im tom steyer. With bold leadership and an Endless Supply of wind and sun, we can do that across america. The goal is 50 clean energy by 2030. On fox28 morning live well learn some exercises you can do while your sitting right at your desk at work work North Liberty yoga will be here to get us moving, monday on fox 28 morning live. By now youve noticed that my colleague Scott Sanborn isnt with us. Hes at the premiere of up on the wooftop tonight at the paramount theatre. Theatre. Scottjoins us now live from the red carpet in downtown cedar rapids, scott . More than a thousand Ticket Holders passed through the hall of mirrors tonight to get a first look at up on the wooftop. Wooftop. All the flitz and glamour you come to expect from a hollywood premiere transformed this historic venue into a royal movie palace. Featuring red carpet Photo Opportunities with people dressed to the nines, they all came for a familyfriendly christmas treat and to celebrate what promises to be cicimatic Success Story from iowa city based backrow studios. I told people i want this to be the greatest 4th grade Birthday Part of all time, so i think were doing that. So this is really cool. Much of the audience reflected the movies cast, lots of children chowed down on ice cream and cookies. Its fun cause theres so much stuff to do. Its like you cant stop. While several dogs provided canine relief, the mayor of coralville has his pet in the movie. I saw in the paper they were looking for dogs as sort of cameo spots. I submitted her picture and they bid on it and told us to come out to santas workshop up on highway one. Now youre the father of a movie star. Absolutely, you know, whats next, thats what i want to know. Even the star of wooftop came all the way from los angeles. How was it coming to iowa to film with all the locals here . Oh you know what, the people are great. They have a good work ethic and on set it was very professional. It was a really good experience. The wooftop crew interacted wjth the audience for a little q a before the feature attraction lit up on the big screen. Up on the wooftop is backrows largest production to date and is slated for distribution in the us and europe next week. Just to watch all the age ranges enjoy the movie it really means a lot. Even to hear the kids laugh its been great so far. Up on the wooftop comes out on dvd, video on demand, itunes and more on tuesday. And if tonights enthusiastic crowd is any indication, its going to be a very Merry Christmas for backrow studios. Covering the corridor in cedar rapids, Scott Sanborn, fox 28 news. Scott thanks. We want to shift gears now and recap tonights breaking news out of france. France. A coordinated terror attack in multiple locations at the same time has reportedly taken the lives of more than 150people across the city. Security forces continue to sweep several areas trying to determine exactly how this was carried out and whether anyone else is plotting any immeidate attacks. France is in a state of emergency and leaders there have sealed off all borders. The department of Homeland Security tonight says there are no Credible Threats against any locations in the us. Fox 28 news will continue to update this developing situation throughout our newscast. Justins back with a look at your forecast, after the son of a polish immigrant who grew up in a brooklyn tenement. He went to public schools, then college, where the work of his life began fighting injustice and inequality, speaking truth to power. He moved to vermont, won election and praise as one of americas best mayors. In congress, he stood up for working families and for principle, opposing the iraq war, supporting veterans. Now hes taking on wall street and a corrupt political system funded by over a million contributions, tackling Climate Change to create cleanenergy jobs, fighting for living wages, equal pay, and tuitionfree public colleges. People are sick and tired of establishment politics, and they want real change [ cheers and applause ] an honest leader building a movement with you to give us a future to believe in. Turning now to tonights business report. Report. Some of americas largest corporations are denouncing their us citizenship and moving their business or rather, their business address. Its all part of an effort to avoid paying american taxes. As National CorrespondentKristine Frazao discovered, the number of Companies Taking advantage of the loophope is getting bigger. Bigger. When you think of ireland, you may think of Rolling Hills and lots and lots of greensome of americas largest corporations are also seeing green using a tax loophole to move their Company Address to ireland to avoid paying us taxes, all while keeping their headquarters and shareholders on us soil. They can get away with it because we have a swiss cheese tax law. Frank clemente is with the americans for tax fairness, a Progressive Group in washington that focuses on tax and budget issues, which recently published a report criticizing pfizer which may buy Irish Company allergan to evade tax responsibilities. The way it works now is the offshore shareholders can be a minority in the company but the company can still be owned by them offshorethe Corporate Tax rate in ireland just 12 and a half percent though many pay much lower. You might be familiar with the term Corporate Tax inversion. It made National Headlines last year when walgreens announced it would be moving its headquarters to switzerland in order to pay lower taxes. But the backlash here was so great, walgreens changed its mind. Some lawmakers in congress are working on a plan to close the loophole including senator elizabeth warren. Theyre taking advantage of all the things our government helps provide educated workers, roads and bridges, dependable court systems, patent and copyright protection and running out on the bill. Other lawmakers say the change should come in the form of a lower u. S. Corporate tax rate us corporations have more cash internationally than they do in the United States because we effectively double tax them but we allow them not to pay the tax if they dont bring the money back. The estimate now . More than two trillion us dollars on non us shores. In washington im Kristine Frazao reporting still to come tonight, well tell you about a major new study on hearing loss with ties to iowa. Iowa. But first, we want to go back to paris where authorities are still trying to piece together how a massive terror attack was carried out tonight. For the First Time Since world war two, a mandatory curfew is now in effect in paris. More than 150 are dead and that number is expected to rise as the scope of this wave of terror becomes more clear. Fox 28 news a brand new study on an important issue millions of americans deal with every day, has not just one tie to the corridor but two. The National Study on hearing loss, was done by the university of iowa, but it included a cedar rapids girl, whos doing her part, to help. Fox 28 News Reporter joy howe shares her story. Story. In tonights to your health. Health. 09. 52. 30 its been a really, really cool experience. Sitting in her classroom at prarie point middle school, Haley Walstrom wears a smile so big youd probably never notice, she wears something else. 09. 52. 03. 29 i can talk normally and pretty much hear everything 09. 52. 08. 27thats because shes worked hard she was born with mild hearing loss in one ear, and severe in the other. So that started us on the journey of raising a child thats hard of hearing and trying to find the resources that we needed to find a good education for her and make sure that she had all the resources she needed to be successful. 09. 46. 32. 09 part of that success, has been helping others. Ive always been interested in how individual differences in childrens language abilities influences their life Bruce Tomblin has been studying hearing and hearing loss for years. But his most recent work, was something new. Colleaguest the country, began looking at loss, from a young age, through preschool, to see how they developed and adapted. Haley and her family,09. 51. 12 they would have this really cool van that would basically come to our house 09. 51. 18. 00 immediately jumped on board. 09. 47. 47 we felt it was really important to be part of something that was going to provide more information, more resources to families that have children with hard of hearing over the years, haley sat in this van and did tests that helped the researchers discover what theyd always thought, but had never been proven. Give kids the right help early, in the form of hearing aids especially ones th fit correctly, as many dont and realize how critical that early help is. 09. 49. 28 if you can put a kid on the right path to success, then thats really the results that youre going to get 09. 52. 34 thats a really cool feeling to have, knowing that im helping other people today and in the future. 09. 52. 41. 12 covering the corridor in cedar rapids, joy howe, fox 28 news at 9. The results of the study were just published by the american auditory society, and you can read more on our website. Coming up, its a big day for the university of iowa tomorrow. Tomorrow. Meanwhile, fox 28 news has learned the university has contacted all four students studying in france tonight, after a wave of deadly terror attacks. All four are okay and were not near any of the sites. Well continue to update the situation in france when the tonight, the streets of paris are silent after a wave of deadly terror attacks. Fox 28 news continues to follow tonights breaking developments out of france. Here is what we know so far. Far. Terrorists struck multiple locations with bombs, suicide vests, and armed gunmen. Their targets included music venues, restaurants and a soccer stadium. At this hour, french authorities report 150 are dead but that number is expected to change in the hours ahead. Fox 28 news reached out to the university of iowa tonight, they tell us all four students studying in france are safe and accounted for. Also, with regards to tomorrows events in iowa city, the university wont discuss any possible changes to security, but stress they always stay in contact with authorities when it comes to maintaining security. At the university of iowa right now. Now. Thousands are getting ready for one of the biggest days of events in the schools history. History. It all started tonight with a pep rally in downtown iowa city. Hundreds turned out at the ped mall along with the things really heat up tomorrow when both the wrestling and Football Teams appear before a raucous crowd at kinnick. Kinnick. It all starts tomorrow afternoon when the fourth ranked hawkeye wrestling team takes on number one Oklahoma State cowboys. Cowboys. Then, the number five hawkeye Football Team tries to take back floyd of rosedale from minnesota. Minnesota. Safe to say this will be a monster weekend for hawkeye fans. Fox 28 News ReporterMellaney Moore talked to some of them today. Today. Theres another team heading to Kinnick Stadium for gameday. They are tackling friday set up and this time. Its double. Austin wilkens, senior, crew hawk04 50 38 right now were setting up for grapple on the gridiron, so thats going to be Oklahoma State versus iowa. Hawkeye sports says the first dual competition of the season for both schools will make College Wrestling history. Mike patterson, assistant director of facilities for operational events04 41 53 its unprecedente d to host a wrestling event outdoors like this and you know its just a unique opportunity and something that were really, really excited about. At the same time, ui athletics is trying to break an ncaa dual meet attendance record set by penn state a few years ago. Patterson says iowa is the state of wrestling and they needed somewhere bigger than Carver Hawkeye arena to do it. Katie ortmann, Athletic Facilities attendant04 48 19 a lot of equipment is coming over herethe crew doesnt think there will be an issue pinning that record. 04 42 07 penn states record was just shy of 16,000 and obviously last count i think weve sold over 35,000 tickets. Then the 90 hawkeye Football Team will take the field for their last of two prime time games this seasonight hours later. 04 44 39 when you have this wrestling meet on top of that its just. It just doubles the preparation. 4 51 49 go hawks hawks covering the corridor in justin thanks. We told you earlier about the possible killing of jihadi john in a us airstrike in syria. Syria. The british citizen is believed to be the man in isis propaganda videos showing him executing american and british hostages. So what does it mean in the fight against isis now that hes off the battlefield . Fox 28 News National correspondent jeff barnd examines the impact. Impact. Isis relishes in their slick videos showing images of bloody executions. Now that jihadi john their most notorious figure in these gruesome videos may be gone, it potentially leaves a void within the isis hierarchy. But analysts stop short of saying isis has been severely setbacka paul salem ftp dc broll they survived the year at a time when many people didnt think they would be. Theyre likely to survive a number of years beyond today. The loss of one of sort of their media figures is not a major blow to themstilla the potential loss would not please the true leader of isis a abu bakr al baghdadia and experts say isis is sure to retaliate. This while u. S. Forces try stepping up their game in the war on isisa colonel col. Steven warrenu. S. Army spokesman, 16 01 now this was significant of course because jihadi john was somewhat of an isil celebrity, if you will. Terror experts isis number one celebritya but where one isis member dies a theres honora which likelya was jihadi johns number one objective. These fighters thrive on the idea of matyrdom. In a sense they have a great pension plan that when you die. You go to heaven 40 virgins a wonderful life and for many of these people matyrdom is what they seek the death of a sadistic killer like jihadi john according to terror experts would just be a temporary nuisancea because like so many other leaders of terrorists organizations in the past that the u. S. Has killeda theres always more jihadists willing to take their placea salem so far, no lack of candidates to be suicide bombers or to be media beheaders as gruesome as that isa. But this aint over im jeff barnd reporting spiking for a title coming up on fox 28 28would this be the year west delaware gets over the hump timeplus could the cougars avenge last years playoff loss and keep their season alive its championship friday at the cell center and it was a duzy 4a final a rematch of last years championship between west delaware and harlan the cylones won it all last season the hawks are making their 6th trip to the finals and this one was all west delaware Bridget Hoffman gets up to get down for the spike the hawks took set 1in set two it was more of the same the set to hoffman and the kill for the point west delawre won set number two. And in set three carare ketchum ends the match west delaware wins thier first state title in School History 3 sets to none. Its certainly something the school is going to remember forever, something im going to remember forever and something these girls are going to have those moments for the rest of their lives. You know i cant describe this feeling. Its just all the hard work that you do finally pays off and its very rewarding. Rewarding. Just complete bliss. My cheeks are hurting so bad right now becuase ive just been smiling. Its a great feeling. West liberty already made history this season the comets are playing in their first state title game ever in any sport but they can take it a step further a win gives them their first state championship have to get past nevada in the 3a finalsfirst set cassidi simon with the back set to Kyleigh Becker and she drops the hammer west liberty could do more than spike though later in the set haliey dowfeldt gets up for the block but in the end the cubs were too much for the comets katie cassabaums kill ends the match nevada takes the crown in straight sets. In the 1a final janesville taking on sydneyfirst set the wildcats stormed out of the gates karlee boyle welcomes the cowgirls to her block partyand then later in the set janesville sets up Bree Thompson and she layeth the hammer down and the wildcats take home the title 3 sets to 1. In the 2a final western chrisitan topped Sumner Fredericksburg who was making their first title Game Experience 3 sets to 1 and in the 5a final ankeny centennial repeated with a 4 set winner over bettendorf. Its been a season to remember for cedar rapids kennedy theyve never started a season 12 and oh until this year and they havent been to the semifinals since 1993 now they get a shot for some revenge against bettendorf the last team to beat the cougars cougarsremember that was last season in the playoffs First Quarter and the cougs strike first its mr. Do it all shaun buyer calling his own number and diving in for the score kenndy goes up 7its tied at 7 in the third and thats when the cougars pounced tyler dralle sprints to the corner nobody can stop him execpt the wall kennedy goes back up 7. Then in the 4th they put it away nick deer hits austin baliey and kennedy is heaed to the ship 31 to 14 the final in class a its round two between denver and gladbrook reinbeckthe cylones won the first meeting and they drew frist blood mitchel seek scoots to the corner denver goes up 7 nothinggr would answer in the second jake schuman hits walker thede and hes in for 6 to tie the gameit would head to overtime tied at 16 and thede boots title game 19 to 16 the final in ot theyll face Akron Westfield thursday. And still to come its time to tip tipnext on fox 28 how iowa state and the steve prome era started off with a bang i love a gourmet cheeseburger as much as anybody. And thats why we created the pub burger at culvers. My favorite cheeseburger starts with great beef. When you get that burger in your hand and the juices are flowing, you want to devour it. Chef, were going to make a pepper grinder pub burger. Im stoked, man. Weve got a little wisconsin swiss and wisconsin cheddar. Those are the criteria for me fresh beef, bacon, wisconsin cheese. The fourpeppercorn mayo really sets this burger apart. This is the ultimate bacon cheeseburger. Our new pepper grinder pub burger. The hype for hoops is at an alltime high in ames. The cyclones begin the season ranked 7th thats the high presason ranking in School History and its offically the steve prome era eraisu taking on colorado in sioux falls aka hilton north kind of a slow start offensively for the clones naz long from nba range thats not the last well hear from himthen later in the first half its monte morris with the alley jameal mckay bringin the opp iowa state led by 5 at the breakand theyd open it up in the second half long running the break the dish to mckay let me see your dunk face mckay finshed with 8 points and 10 boards then later its long again dialing Long Distance he finsihed with 13 4 cyclones were in double figures steve prome and the cylones are 1 and oh 68 to 62 like clones the hawks tip of there season tonight but unlike iowa state iowa is home hosting gardnerwebb trying to put that buzer beater loss to division 2 augustana out of their heads this team goes as jared uthoff goesand fortunately for the hawks he was movin first half uthoff with the dine and dash plus one he showed off his range mike gesell finds him open in the corner money uthoff was in double figures 8 minutes in the game and had 21 at the break but he wasnt the only one scoring dom uhl look out last check of the score iowa was up in the second half. Iowa women also tipped off their season hawks hosting north dakotait was close until ali disterhoft took over in the third first the iowa city west product takes it hard to the rack for twothen later its disterhoft again this time she pulls the trigger for three disterhoft finished with a game high 20kali peschel was also doing her thing she finished with 17 bluders bunch get the win 83 to 61. The cyclone women also start they season 1 and oh iowa state beat hampton 95 to 59 4 clones were in double figures lead by freshman phenom bridgett carleton who dropped 28. Thats a check of sports justins back with one last look at your forecast when the i dont know how you did it . What . Riding our bikes across the state . Getting my masters . No paying off your house early oh that was easy awhile back we talked with Veridian Credit Union and they got us into a 10 and done Loan Refinancing lowered our rate and Closing Costs were only 200 yeah, it was really easy and we saved enough money to take this trip to europe veridians been great, helping us with all of our finances thanks for watching your fox 28 news at nine. Nine. We want to leave you tonight with a look at the World Trade Center in new york. Fittingly, the tower that replaced those destroyed by terrorists is adorned in the colors of france tonight, blue, white and red. Well have more on tonights terror attacks in paris in just a minute on cbs 2 news ten at night. As the month of november is underway, it means that uni fall sports are wrapping up, and the Winter Sports season are nearly upon us. Today we talk panther football, touching on the win over south dakota, and