Saying it was an unfortunate and off the cuff remark, and he does not support gun violence in any way. He went on to say he has used the comment before many apoligized. I spoke with Lisa Gardinier on the phone. She said she believes harrelds comment wasnt made seriously, but said its not something to joke about. cg Kristin Rogers its not just a staff member that was unhappy with the president s comment but students arent happy about it either. cg roseina britton student im studying counceling education and supervison so soon ill be standing in front of students and teaching myself so you know that wasnt very encouraging for me. Others agree. cg olivia ginther student gun violence is a very serious issue and so jokes about it shouldnt nessisarily be taken lightly. The student did tell me they appreciate the president s apology and feel like it was we did reach out to didnt have room in his schedule to meet with us. We were only able to show you snippets of the email conversation between gardinier and president harreld, we will post the full exchange on our website, kwwl. Com. Could rain be coming back into eastern iowa . Lets go to storm track seven meteorologist Denice Pelster now whos tracking it all. From the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. See the screen for your complete Weather Information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team cloudy skies have stuck with warnings remain in effect for area rivers. While some rivers are falling, others are expected to crest in the next day or two. A strong low pressure system located out to our west is bringing snow totals forecast for tonight into tomorrow. More details ahead. Cloudy skies have stuck with eastern iowa all day but luckily area rivers. While some rivers located out to over 7 inches to portions of into iowa, we will stay on the cloudy skies have stuck with eastern iowa all day but luckily area rivers. While some rivers the fight against isis and the role of muslims in america dominated the discussion during the gop president ial debates. 13 republicans separated into two debates laid out their plans in the first meeting since terror attacks shook paris and san bernardino. Mary moloney has the highlights the republican candidates for president told voters they are tough on terror. rand paul r president ial candidate we defeat terrorism candidate america has been betrayed. ted cruz r president ial candidate america is at war. They also set their sights on donald trump hoping candidate we defeat terrorism candidate america is at war. They also set their sights on donald trump hoping president ial candidate donald is great at candidate i am the most solid candidate up here. Four other president ial hopefuls polling poorly debated earlier in the night. And talked about trumps proposal to ban muslims from entering the country. George Pataki r president ial candidate it is unamerican, it is unconstitutional and it is wrong. Lindsey Graham r president ial candidate you may think this makes us safe, trump has done the one single thing you cannot do. Declare war dancing. Rick Santorum r president ial candidate Donald Trumps proposal was not the right proposal. Rick Santorum r president ial candidate but the reality is president ial candidate we have an enemy that is out to kill us and we have a government we can trust. Im mary moloney reporting. This is the last Republican Debate of 2015. The next one will be in january. Students, faculty, staff and family members of emmalee jacobs are still in shock after the 18 year killed while walking on campus monday morning. While they all hope for justice. Police say the circumstances surrounding the hit and run crash arent helping them get very far in the investigation. nats of crosswalk what was once just a busy crosswalk navigating students and faculty at iowa state university. Has turned into a sobering memorial. I prayed our father and ave maria. Around 7 am monday morning. In the intersection of lincoln way and ash avenue. Police say 18 year old isu student emmalee jacobs was suffering from injuries consistent with being struck by a car and died at a local hospital the driver fled the scene. We really believe that at some point someone saw something and they will come forward and help us with the investigation many say the intersection has a reputation for complaints. 13 05 12 13 05 20 i would say that 45 block stretch is the main area in town where get complaints about vehicle even today there was an old lady who didnt see me at the crosswalk and im glad i watched. Sophomore student collin still, crosses the intersection every day and did so minutes before emmalee. I had a final at 7 30 and crossed the intersection at 6 40 so about 20 minutes earlier and as i left it was pitch dark and you could hardly see anything and it was pouring rain. Conditions that are making it hard for police when viewing surveillance cameras. Our video footage it is still dark out there are street lights in the area but you get reflections off the street lights that make everything really blurry a simple phrase written in chalk at the foot of the memorial says once a cyclone, always a cyclone, proving that as finals week continues on, so does the memory of emmalee jacobs she was at the beginning of her adult life and who knows what she would have received investigators could use your help finding the car and driver that hit jacobs. Contact story county Crime Stoppers with any information at 515 3827577. And in Cedar Falls Police say a 10 yearold boy was hit by a car this morning. It happened at 20th and college streets. According to police, the boy stepped off the curb into traffic while he was walking towards the bus. Police tell kwwl the boy was taken to a hospital, but his injuries are not lifethreatening. Hawkeye fans will be out in full force new years day in the rose bowl. Of course, its not quite the easy trip that iowa fans had going to indy just a couple weeks ago. Kwwls brad hanson joins us live now from the th media newsroom in dubuque. And brad, that lengthy trip to california means local travel agents have been busy. They sure have beenyoure talking airfare, accomodation in california and of course tickets to the game. But i talked to one agent today whos been up to the task. Angie harter has been hard at work, making sure people dont miss a very special trip. angie harter, travel consultant the rose bowl. 25 years. Its been pretty special for the local people. Travel headquarters put together a package for the package was announced that sunday, the phone was ringing off the hook. We had about 100 emails to send prosepective clients, and it was anywhere from 3100 to 4200 dollars. Weve had some pretty remarkable fans, that really cost wasnt the issue. Yes, they were more than willing, so the packages sold out because of that. brad hanson, bhansonkwwl in all, travel headquarters sold about 50 packages to the rose bowl. Thats 50 local people heading to pasadena. They say they people, the people going are even more excited to be going. Chad lueken was among the throngs of people that took over indianapolis for the big ten championship. Hes hoping for similar results in pasadena. chad lueken, Rose Bowl Bound it was just amazing there. It was black and gold, whoever lined it up. It was just great. And for fans like john richey, its a special chance to cheer on whats been a very special team. john richey, rose bowl thing for me is that ive been a ever since. This is the first opportunity for me that i can justify, or financially make it to that type of bowl game, so thats really exciting for me. And of course, theres so much more to this trip than just the gamea number of people telling me today theyre really looking well. Weve got you covered live from the th media newsroom in dubuque, brad hanson, kwwl news. University Officials Say they had more than 54 thousand requests for tickets on the last day they took coming up on kwwl. One womans Christmas Joy was ripped from after grinches came and stole her Christmas Lights. And a reporters live shot on a robbery doesnt go quite as planned. Heres a live look at the storm track track sevens chief meteorologist mark forecast, coming up. And when you see news or if you have pictures or video to share. You can do that by going to our page on facebook. You can also like our page to stay up to date on breaking news youre watching kwwl. Weve got you covered. With ron steele, amanda goodman, chief meteorologist Mark Schnackenberg and sports with rick coleman. This is the kwwl for lynns family, the big stress is paying four hundred dollars a month in medical and drug costs for aidan. For other families its higher deductibles, premiums and copays that keep adding up. Thats why weve got to crack down on price gouging, cap outofpocket costs, and fast track approval of less expensive generic drugs. Because weve got to get Health Care Costs under control for lynns family and for yours. Here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team a strong low pressure system will be tracking through the midwest tonight. While snow is falling on the cold side of this low, we will remain on the warm side. The best chance of rain will be late tonight into tomorrow. Any rain will be scattered in nature and little accumulation is expected. Our counties north of hwy 20 have the best chance to see any of this precipitation. A warm front will also be lifting north and that will keep our lows tonight above freezing. Winds will pick up from the southeast as the low tracks northeast. A cloudy, windy day is expected for reached in the morning and temperatures will gradually fall when the cold front tracks through. A few showers, even a few snowflakes, will be possible wednesday but no accumulation is expected. Temperatures will cool down for the rest of the week with our next chance of moisture tracking in monday. A strong low pressure system will be tracking through the midwest the best chance of rain will be late tonight into tomorrow. Any rain will be scattered in nature and little accumulation is expected. Our counties north of hwy 20 have the best chance to see any of this precipitation. A winds will pick up from the southeast as the low tracks northeast. A cloudy, windy day is expected for wednesday. Highs will be reached in the morning and temperatures will gradually fall when the cold front tracks through. A few showers, even a wednesday but no accumulation is expected. Temperatures will cool down for the rest of the week with our next chance of moisture tracking in monday. A strong low pressure system will be tracking through the midwest the best chance of rain will be late tonight into tomorrow. Any rain will be scattered in nature and little accumulation is expected. Our counties north of hwy 20 have the best chance to see any of this precipitation. A winds will pick up from the southeast as the low tracks northeast. A cloudy, windy day is expected for wednesday. Highs will be reached in the morning and temperatures will gradually fall when the cold front tracks through. A few showers, even a few snowflakes, will be possible wednesday but no accumulation is expected. Temperatures will cool down for the rest of the week with our tracking in monday. A strong low pressure system will be tracking through the midwest the best chance of rain will be late tonight into tomorrow. Any rain will be scattered in nature and little accumulation is expected. Our counties north of hwy 20 have the best chance to see any of this precipitation. A winds will pick up from the southeast as the low tracks northeast. A cloudy, windy day is expected for wednesday. Highs will be reached in the morning and temperatures will gradually fall turn when the Bank Employee tells him the robber is on the other side of the popular christmas light display across the United States but they are also catching the attention of theives here in eastern iowa. For 75yearold marilyn walther, Christmas Lights have always reminded her of her late someone stole that from her. Right out of her front yard kwwls lauren moss spoke with the waterloo woman and she was lights. This waterloo home is filled with christmas cheer. Year to show it. Marilyn decorate her home. I had a set of the green and red ones on the house and then at the doorway i had the blue and white snowflakes and everybody commented, they were beautiful. But come sundown, those lights wont be shining. Someone stole them from her front yard. I was so upset i cried and cried and i couldnt do anything all different. Its a different set of lights and they were just fantastic marilyn says she likes Christmas Lights because they remind her of her late husband. Did. Ill never be able to do it like he did but i at least thought this was a rememberance of him. But her lights are now gone. Every place is sold out of them. And sadly, marilyn says its going to stay that way this im just sick about it. im not putting anything else up this year. This is christmas you should be able to put up what you want to. And some good news. Marilyns house will be decorated for christmas this year. After airing this story in the five and six, many viewers emailed and called us asking how they could donate lights to marilyn. Were happy to say that Waterloo Police informed us an anonymous person donated Christmas Lights to her. The lights are the same as the ones that were stolen. A reporter experienced what could be the most unusual live shot ever. Adam sallet of kimt in mason city was in rochester for a bank robbery. As the anchor sends it over to him, thats when things got strange. Take a look. Rochester. The alleged robber walked by the bank during a live shot. The manager tells the screen. There was a robbery in rochester. The alleged robber walked by the bank during a live shot. The manager tells the reporter thats him. The reporter jumps off the screen. They eventually went back to adam later in the show and he informed everyone, the robber was taken into custody. Coming up next. We hit the high School Hardwood for a top ten matchup tonight highlights of jesup and dikenew hartford coming up plus the iowa state blow just days before their big four showdown paris theres a lot to do on a dairy farm. Nobodys gonna do it for you. You have to get out there and do it yourself. Bernie sanders is a wellknown friend of family farms. Bernie cannot be bought out by big money. Bernies opinion cannot be purchased. Its time for our next president to get in there, roll up his sleeves, take off the gloves, and take on wall street, take on big business, take on big money, hes a rock. That starting shooting guard naz mitroulong will be shutting it down for the rest of the season mitroulong who had surgery in april on his left hip had been experiencing discomfort and decided to sit out the rest of the year medical redshirt in the hopes of the senior was averaging 12 points a game in the cyclones first 8 contests this season fifth ranked iowa state will take on uni on saturday in the big four classic in des moines Good High School matchup tonight jesup, 5th ranked in 1a at dikenew hartford number 5 in 2a wolverines down two in the first half Connor Blough from downtown puts them up one he had 13 in the game jesup responds with ethan wyant theyd lead 28 to 27 at the half second half nice spin move by the j hawks tyler lienau he led everyone with 16 jesup by two dnh finishes it out strong though royce weber from the arc drills the trey for a 37, 36 edge minutes later weber again takes contact hits the three finishes a 4 point play class 5a girls tonight number 11 cedar falls hosting Dubuque Hempstead kiana barney finishes with the bucket for a quick 2 point edge hempstead responding with the longball as a holly bitter knocks down the trey mustangs up one but cedar falls is too much down the stretch cynthia wolf hits the turn around in the lane minutes later running again thats emma gerdes with the finish tigers roll in the end 42, 24 on to the gridiron where unis Deiondre Hall picked up another big honor just days after his final game hall was named a statsfirst Team Allamerican today after racking up 82 tackles, a Missouri Valley high six interceptions and a pair of touchdowns hall was already previously named the valleys defensive player of the year iowas desmond king grabbed another award as well today he was named to the first Team Allamerican squad by the sporting news making it the 7th different all american honor for the hawkeye senior this season record with 8 interceptions this season and last week won the jim thorpe award as the top defensive back in the country hey this holiday, u. 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