Choas. Kwwls lauren moss speaking to the mother today. Lauren. Children have their own different comfort items that mean the world to them. But someone invaded alainas world when her blanket was stolen. Thats when an iowa state trooper stepped in. A lot happening in cedar rapids during the floods of 2016. Businesses sandbagging homeowners cleaning up. But theives were out too. Someone stole melissa bishops car inside something priceless. I think she asked everyday did they find my blankie yet. Found. That thing was kinda a constant have someone take that from her. That didnt know her. Was very very difficult. She was just inconsolable. That is until a state trooper stepped in. With trooper the bear. He tells her i know this isnt blankie. But this is my bear melissa hopes alaina will always remember. The good guys will always outnumber the bad guys. That there will always be someone be there that is going to make it all better and you know, when i was struggling to figure out a way to do that. He really bear down even bringing him to school to show her friends. And some good news mom says she has not mentioned blankie since trooper stepped in. Weve got you covered, Lauren Moss Kwwl news. Thanks lauren meanwhile, cedar rapids as a whole is still in recovery mode sandbags will be taken down Governor Terry branstad issues a disaster proclamation for two more counties in the wake of september flooding. By including clayton and winneshiek counties in todays proclamation there are now 25 total counties under disaster status from last months impact. The governors proclamation allows state resources to help communities recover from the effects of the severe flooding. Were tracking rain in the forecast chief meteorologist Mark Schnackenberg has the details. From the kwwl stormtrack stormtrack 7 weather team a few light showers are possible tonight as a south wind temperatures into the 70s all ahead of a cold front. A big temperature swing from tuesday into wednesday is scattered showers. Once the front passes the wind kicks from a 20 degree temperature swing from the previous day. Potential widespread frost is possible thursday morning. The possible tonight as a south wind the rest of the day. Sunshine and a gusty south wind push tuesday into wednesday is expected. The cold front is possible thursday morning. The wind diminishes wednesday evening under a clear sky. Temperatures thursday morning are forecast to fall to the low and mid 30s. A man now faces attempted murder charges following a case of shots fired in eastern iowa. 21yearold Steven Burrell of chicago is charged after police say he fired a gun in dubuque last week. Police also say an investigation into the matter showed a different man aimed a handgun at burrell but the gun jammed. They say the two men were meeting at a home on eighth street when burrell then fired his weapon. Nobody was hurt in the shooting. A semi trailer rolls over the accident happening yesterday just after 4 pm the semi was the only vehicle involved. Allamakee county police sa the semi was traveling northbound on state highway 51 when it crossed the centerline and entered a roadside ditch. A 55yearold waukon man and 38yearold postville man were both taken to the hospital after the crash. In continuing coverage a televisi house. In that fire, a family loses one of their dogs. Kwwls Taylor Bailey just returning from albernett. She joins us in waterloo with the though homeowners and neighbors tell me firefighters say the house fire could have sparked from a tv remote. Investigation. A couch split in two. Half in the house. Half outsideburnt by a fire. Says the cause is still unknown saying it started on the couch. Usually theres a like v pattern like on the wall or somewhere where it started or stuff like that, the most charred area in the room the most charred arearight here in the center of the Family Living room right by the couch. Neighbors saythe fire could have started from a lost tv remote in the cushions. Thats what i was told last down, you know how you lose a remote the fire chief not confirming the fire sparked from a remote. It could be possible i have no idea, so it could be possible . anything is possible standup homeowners tell me they dont smoke in the house and their living room lamp was unplugged, they are still questioning what started the fire who knows what was there the state fire marshal is investigating the cause of the fire. No one was home at the time of weve got you covered. Live in the newsroom. Taylor bailey. Kwwl news. Week. Iowa state fire marshals are reminding iowans to change their smoke alarms every ten years. You should change your batteries every year. An unsusual Police Pursuit in the area today as officers try to track down a handful of pot bellied pigs. So far three pigs have been caught as the roundup continues tonight. Animal control is also on scene helping those in the neighborhood catch the pigs. We also have a crew on scene right now. Coming up on kwwl, one night after a memorable debate kwwls political analyst weighs in on the president ial race with less than a month until decision day for americans. And. Heres a live look at the storm track 7 live doppler radar. Will have your full forecast, coming up. Youre watching kwwl. Weve possible tonight as a south wind keeps lows in the 50s. Clouds all ahead of a cold front. Expected. The cold front is front passes the wind kicks from the northwest and temperatures stay in the 50s potential widespread frost is possible thursday morning. The wind diminishes wednesday evening under a clear sky. Temperatures thursday morning are forecast to fall to possible tonight as a south wind keeps lows in the 50s. Clouds and a gusty south wind push high temperatures into the 70s all ahead of a cold front. Expected. The cold front is forecast to push through the state wednesday morning with temperatures stay in the 50s from the previous day. Potential widespread frost is possiblsd wednesday evening under a clear the low and mid 30s. From the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. See the screen here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team a few clear early Tuesday Morning leaving a mostly sunny sky for the rest of the day. Sunshine and a gusty south wind push tuesday into wednesday is expected. The cold front is scattered showers. Once the front passes the wind kicks from the northwest and temperatures stay in the 50s from the previous day. Potential widespread frost is possible thursday morning. The wind diminishes wednesday evening under a clear sky. Are possible tonight as a south wind high temperatures into the 70s all ahead of a cold front. Expected. The cold front is forecast to push through the state wednesday morning with scattered showers. Once the front passes the wind kicks through most of the day. About possible thursday morning. The wind diminishes wednesday evening under a clear sky. Temperatures thursday morning are forecast to fall to the low and mid 30s. Youre watching kwwl. Weve screen for your complete weather the rest of the day. Sunshine temperature swing from tuesday into wednesday is scattered showers. Once the potential widespread frost is poss t the rest of the day. Sunshine temperature swing from tuesday into wednesday is stay in the 50s through most of potential widespread frost is stormtrack 7 weather team. See the screen information from the kwwl keeps lows in the 50s. Clouds and a gusty south wind push high are possible tonight as a south wind ahead of a cold front. A big evening under a clear sky. Forecast to push through the state wednesday morning with scattered showers. Once the front passes the wind kicks a 20 degree temperature swing possible thursday morning. The wind diminishes wednesday evening under a clear sky. Temperatures thursday morning are forecast to fall to the low and mid 30s. Keeps lows in the 50s. Clouds clear early Tuesday Morning leaving a mostly sunny sky for the rest of the day. Sunshine expected. The cold front is forecast to push through the state wednesday morning with scattered showers. Once the front passes the wind kicks from the northwest and from the previous day. Potential widespread frost is possible thursday morning. The wind diminishes wednesday evening under a clear the low and mid 30s. Decision 2016 coverage now Hillary Clinton with a big National Lead now eleven points against donald trump in a four way race. Thats according to a new nbc kwwls Elizabeth Amanieh speaking with kwwl political analyst Chris Larimer on what this means for both candidates. Ronthe question now is whether or not these new numbers will stay true moving forward. This poll no handshake at the startboth candidates keeping their distance. But when it came from 2005trump remaining defiant. This was locker room talk. Im not proud of it. He has said that the video doesnt represent who he is. But i think its clear to anyone who heard it. That it represents by threatning clinton with prison time if elected. If i win, im going to instruct my attorney general to get a special prosecutor to look into donald trump is not in charge of Republican Base going after Hillary Clinton in that way. Talking about her as being fed up with the Clinton Family doing well. And the Clinton Family doing well in american politics. Certainly for democrats, its not going to go play well, its going to fire up the democratic base. Trump not only firing off at hillary but looking at her husband bill clinton. Bill clinton was abusive to tonight. The trump camapign bringing women who had made sexual accussations against bill clinton to sit front row. The campaign itself is very divise, its very negative. The the election Going Forward are going to be very negative. Larimer also mentioned female voters being critical to the election. Especially for trump coming out on top on election day. Weve got you covered, Elizabeth Amanieh. Kwwl news. And a reminder for you tonight. Make sure to check out kwwl political analyst Chris Larimers blog on our website kwwl dot com hell be following all of the decision 2016 campaign as next months election day approaches. Republican leaders are deciding where they stand today in the wake of the controversy facing trump. Speak out against the words heard in the 2005 recording with billy bush. Branstads son eric is trumps Iowa Campaign director. Senators Chuck Grassley and joni ernst also backed up trump. Ernst saying today that she will vote for trump as long as he is the republican partys nominee. Two Iowa Republican lawmakers representative ken rizer and senator jack whitver pulled support over the weekend but most other state Party Leaders have not. House Speaker Paul Ryan taking a different stance on trump. Today he told fellow republicans he will not be defending or campaigning with the partys president ial nominee up until the general election saying instead that he will focus on down ballot races. Ryan says he hasnt changed his wisconsin rally over the weekend after the video of trumps 2005 comments emerged. Coming up. Mark farley weighs in as the panthers look to recover from another tough loss over the weekend while iowa States Matt Campbell is fired up after his team blows another chance at an upset victory mark woodley joins us next. So what do the trade deals supported by congressman rod blum really mean for iowa . Blums deals are just one of the ways the biggest corporations rig the system to make more money at the expense of iowa jobs. Oh, and dont forget these corporations shipping our jobs overseas . Congressman blum voted to give them tax breaks. These guys hope youre not paying attention. So maybe you should. The deals blum makes in washington are bad for iowa. House majority pac is responsible for the content of this message. Improved significantly but that hasnt stopped the heartbreak on saturday the cyclones lost for the second straight week after holding a double digit second half lead this happened on the road at Oklahoma State one thing that has gone right for the be just one of four teams that remains perfect in the red zone this season the cyclones have 14 touchdowns and 4 field goals in their 18 trips inside which hasnt made Matt Campbell happy well, im ticked. I think ive i would be if i was a player. I hope. Kicking off at six on saturday ones having problems finishing games the uni panthers have led at some point in all three of their losses this season and had a chance for a win trailing by three and coach they have to see, how its transpiring, why they didnt ones that have to make the play us. Uni heads to youngstown state on saturday and it appears tiger woods is now out of the safeway open releasing a statement saying he knows he just isnt ready yet it would have been his first event in 14 months woods continues to recover from multiple back surgeries game 3 of the nlds as they look to sweep the giants and head to the nlcs for the second Straight Year and it may be the best one yet with reigning cyyoung winner jake arrieta facing off with giants ace Madison Bumgarner in what should be an epic matchup you play the long season, opportunities, and you prepare and you move forward accordingly and try and talk care of business. Thats what game 3 is in San Francisco youve worked hard. Retirements within reach, but congressman blum wants to raise the retirement age to 70. Blum weve got to raise the retirement age. Blum would make it harder, voting to cut Social Security and privatize medicare. Blum would even deny Social Security to seniors until theyre 70. And i approve this message, because seniors have earned Social Security and medicare. Weve got to protect it. I spent many years as a Nuclear Missile launch officer. If the president gave the order we had to launch the missiles, that would be it. I prayed that call would never come. [ radio chatter ] self control may be all that keeps these missiles from firing. [ sirens blearing ] i would bomb the [ beep] out of them. I want to be unpredictable. Nuclear weapons scares me to death. It should scare everyone. Im Hillary Clinton and i approve this message. Group of potbellied pigs. Lets go to storm track seven chief meteorologist Mark Schnackenberg for track seven chief meteorologist Mark Schnackenberg for a last look at your forecast. Forecast. Thank you for joining us for the kwwl news at six. From Sony Pictures studios, its americas game wheel. Of. Fortune ladies and gentlemen, here are the stars of our show pat sajak and vanna white thanks, jim thanks, everybody. Appreciate that. Thank you. Have a wonderful time at the puzzle board. All right. And ill see you later. Hi how you all doing . Get ready. Its that time. Our first toss up of the night. Its worth 1,000, and its a thing. Here we go. . . [ bell chimes ] gabe. Beautiful scenery. Yeah, thats it