Clouds are keeping temps up a bit this morning. Mainiy in the low to mid 30s with westerly winds at 5 to 10 mph. We have a few areas of light fog. Mainly to the northwest, but most ous are keeping clouds ovee us. It is acting like a blanket and keeping us warmer than areas to the west. The clouds will clear out this help get us back to the upppr the southwest. Warmer weather is headed our way. Ill have that forecast for you in a few minutes. The big story this morning. Fourteen people are dead, 17 others re in the hospital after a mass hooting at a social services center. Two suspects are dead, a third in custody. This all happened in southern tracie potts tells us the mass soting has wasngton once again talking about gun ontrol. California democrats are frustrated i feel like you know its speaking publicly after more than a dozen shootings noww says theres more control over terror than violence right here at home those same people who we dont allow to flycould go intoo a storrright now in the United States and buy a firearm and theres nothing we can do to stop them. The fear of the gun lobby in this place is unbelievable. I would like to ave a brief should not have weapons. I think the American Public is candidates are in ashington today. Some tweeting condolences. Just hatred and evil. And we need to be able to combat these things. Questioning what happened one a mentally unstable person. Two a gun free zone. And those seem to be the common denominators. But still no new laws coming up, likely no chance of seeing it happen. Tracie potts, nbc news, washington. In memory of the victims, a moment of silence was held before the Los Angeles Cliipers and inddana pacers game last night. We have breaking news this morning. A south African Appeals Court has convicted osar pistoriuu of urder. This overturns a lower courts conviction of the doubleamputee olympian on the lesser charge of manslaughter. He shot his girlfriend to death in 2013. He insisted he thought she was an intruder behind a door in his home. Might have behind the door, he should have known someone could be killed. Continuing coverage now. The jury hears Opening Statements today in the trial for one of the officers charged in the death of freddie gray. Prosecutors say officer William Porter failed to secure gray into a seat belt, then ignored his pleas for medical help even when he said he couldnt breathe. The New York Times reports Defense Attorneys said gray never said he couldnt breathe and the officer tried to help gray sit upright inside the van. Porter is the first of s sx death. A 600Million Dollar pentagon plan to close the military prison at guantanamo bay, and build one in the us has been rejected by the white house. The wall street journal reports the Obama Administration considers the Defense Department proposal too expensive. It reportedly calls for 350 Million Dollars to build a new prison. This is the latest in a series of set backs for president obama in trying to keep his campaign gitmo. Muslim students at iowas three public universities are asking for a kwwls Amanda Gilbert joins us live in cedar falls. She spoke with several students about this. Im at the university of northern iowa. Muslim students here tell me its very important they pray five times a day. Its considered a sin if they do not. But that is very hard to do because theres no place on campus open throughout the day that they can go to. Undergrad nadir. Who youcan see praying here. Tells memehe either has to pray at home or drive from here to the Islamic Center in waterloo in order to pray. He and his friends even bought a its expensive for me and we have to pay the insurance and we have to pay its cost overall. But we have to do any choice for it. And he says not everyone is able to buy a car. Some students have to resort to praying in a corner in the hallway or the library so they now uni does have a room Muslim Students can go to for prayer. And i saw it yesterday. And its not that big. Students at uni alongwith iowa state and the university of iowa are asking for a permanant space open throughout the day that students can easily access. Weve got you covered live in cedar falls. Amanda gilbert. Kwwl news. Uni staff tells kwwl the administration is looking into it and working with students. A mother is frustrated after no charges can be filed against a woman who atteteted to take her son from a school bus stop. Thankfully the boy got on the bus safely and unharmed. Police say there is still a lot to do with tis case. Because the woman was under obvious mental stress. She told police she tried to take him because she hallucinated and genuinely thought the boy needed her help. And police say they cant arrest her for that right now. she lied to the bus driver and trelka he problem we are having is we are unable to because of hh obvious mentt health crisis. Chief trelka says the investigation is far from over. At last check, the woman is still in the hospital for mental evaluation. About four thousand hogs are killed when a nursery burns. It happened in wellman tuesday you know, were incredibly passionate about farming and raising pigs, so to have Something Like this happen, its quite shocking, the company is staying positive since the rest of the buildings and farming tools thee own are still standing. The cause of that fire is still being investigated. Three people and a dog are all lucky to be alive after a Small Plane Crashes in florida. The dog is doing well after being treated for a fractured front paw. The three people on board are in fair condition also with broken bones. Family members took the dog home from the vet to recuperate. Decision 2015 coverage now that hes won the election were harts goals as waterloo next mayor. Hart ran on five different platform issues, with safer streets right at the top. He says fixing that is going to be a Community Wide effort. Hart believes it will be to build trust between Law Enforcement and the community. Particular Law Enforcement when theres a response to a crime expanding community policing, working with out police chief. Hart takes office next month. For some people, finding the right Healthcare Plan is a real problem. Through the healthcare marketplace theres limtied options and if you need a specific prescription drug, it may not be covered under the plan. Bertha needs a new health plan. The Breast Cancer survivor cant oncologist and i im going to do it. She doesnt want to with a generic. But cant find a plan that covers brand drug femara, which can cost month. The goal of that drug is to keep the cancer at bay close to onethird of midtier aca Exchange Plans limit coverage of branded cancer and hiv drugs, but like narrow doctor networks. Brand drug limits are becoming more common. If you can actually narrow the networks, you can give bigger discounts. Were constantly balancing access and affordability. Cvs and express scripts. Which negotiate when they start wielding the power and saying were representing this particular in, or um, and so forth, i think scripts and cvs formularies. He worries their push for discounts is driving too much of the process. I think that could limit access to the right drug for the right person. The drug benefit firms new this morning. Researchers at the university of iowa say women with advanced Breast Cancer are surviving longer with initial surgery. They studied women diagnosed with stage four Breast Cancer between 1988 and 2011. The survival rate increased from 20 months to 26 months. They credit surgery removing the tumor. An early peek at the november job numbers looks good. The private sector added 217 thousand jobs last month. Expected. And makes it more likely the fed will raise Interest Rates this month. The labor departments federal jobs report is due out friday. It started with a simple happy birthday written on a cake. But it ended up sending a big message about helping people lisa aldrich, thank you so much for sharing your story. My people would say, look at her, shes so nice. I shared it hopefully so that people would consider that they should be nicer. Lisa aldrich bought the sheet cake at meijer in gaines township on saturday for her sisters birthday, which also happened to fall on bunko night. She asked a worker to write, happy birthday mandy, smiled and thanked her, but didnt notice the handwriting until a few minutes later, and actually didnt mind it. Then, it was spotted by another meijer worker. She said did you get that here . I said yeah. other workers gathered around the cake, then one thanked lisa for being so nice to the decorator, who normally stocks get all these messages from families that struggle, it just breaks my heart to think about all the meanness that people have to endure because theyre not just like everybody else. She posted a photograph of the cake, and her story, the next day on facebook. So i thought i should probably share something just because i think just being nice matters when you dont know the story for a while today, more than 1000 people an hour were sharing her post everywhere from canada, to jamaica, to ireland, to australia. I dont even know how that happened, all i did was buy a the womans Facebook Post has been shared more than 1hundred30 thousand times. Its coming up on today in iowa. Holiday lights are meant to add some cheer to your day, but a unwanted side effect interference with your wifi. Plus. With less than a month to go before christmas, tis the season to score the ugliest sweater out there. Clouds from early today will clear out and leave us with sunny skies today. While we should warm to above normal temps, today may be the coolest in the next 7. Ill have that warmup for you coming up. Youre watching kwwl, weve got you covered with jerry gallagher, ally crutcher now your storm track 7 jill and kate use the same dishwasher. Same detergent. But only jill ends up with wet, spotty glasses. Kate adds finish jetdry with five power actions that dry dishes and prevent spots and film, so all thats left is the shine. From the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. See the screen for your complete weather information. Here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather Team Sunshine will take over for the next few days, but those clear skies will allow areas of fog to form tonight into friday morning. We could see a few snow showers tracking through saturday night, too, but we will be mainly dry for the forecast. Stormtrack7 Live Weather Network cameras will start with clouds today but end with sunshine. Our temps are in the upper 20s to mid 30s this morning, but it is much colder to the west. Sheldon has really dropped. Mainly due to clear skies and a few inches of snow on the ground. We had a blanket of be tracking out of the area this morning and we will end up with mainly clear skies for a couple of days. A weak front will track in from the west over thee weekend, but moisture will be limited. We do warm up. Today will be mainly in the 30s and 40s with a few 50s in the midwwst with a lot more 40s and 50s for friday. We will clear out the skies and highs will climb back into the upper 30s to low 40s over most of the viewing area today. Areas of fog form tonight with lows in the mid 20s andndwe will get even warmer tomorrow. Highs aim for the mid to upper 40s for friday afternoon with mainly sunny skies. We stay mild through the middle of next week and pretttdry, too. A weak system will track through saturday night and may squeeze out some snow showers, but motly we stay dry. Its coming up on today end up with mainly clear skies for a couple of days. A weak front will track in from the west over the weekend, but moisture ll be limited. We do warm up. Today will be mainly in the 30s and 40s with a few 50s in the midwest with a lot more 40s and 50s for friday. We will clear out the skies and highs will climb back into the upper 00s to low 40s over most of the viewing area today. Areas of fog form tonight with lows in the mid 20s aim for the mid to upper 40s for and pretty dry, too. A weak its coming up on today in iowa. Two restaurants are joining the number of fast food establishments cctting sugary drinks frfrm kids menus. Plus. Star wars fans will need the force and galactic amounts of cash to clean up at a new auction. Stay with kwwl, weve got you covered. If youve noticed your wifi signal sl this holiday, ford americas beststelling brand is giving you more. The ford holiday sales event. With 0 financing for 60 months on 2015 f150 and focus and 2016 fusion and escape. Plus 1,000 dollars Holiday Bonus cash its the best gift ever. Now during the ford holiday sales event get 0 financing for 60 months plus 1,000 dollars Holiday Bonus cash on select vehicles. Your Holiday Light display. A new study says Holiday Lights can cause electrical interference interrupt signal strength. But. Your Holiday Lights may not be to blame. Or may just be partiay to blame. Hats becauselectrical interferen can come from severerl sources, like lamps, microwaves, Baby Monitors and cordless phones. The Auto Industry is roaring, but more americans are taking out longer auto lans. Experian, which tracks americas auto finance market, says loans with terms of six to seven years are showing the fastest growth. Longer auto loans are often criticized because they leave borrowers underwater for years. Soft drinks are off the kids menus at two popular restaurant chains. Applebees and i hop are only serving soft drinks to children by rereuest. The move is tte latest to trim back on kids drinking soda. Many School Districts have pulled soda machines from cafeterias and menus. The cdc says Childhood Obesity has more than doubled in the last 30 years. tis the season to score the ugliest holiday sweater. In just a few years, the ugly christmasweater trend has become entire families andworkplaces. Uglychristmas swwaterdotcoo is one of the biggest sellers of intentionally hideous holiday sweate. Two brothers started the business innate 20 12. And this year, theyre on track to sell more than fivemilliondollars worth. It looks like some of this years most trendy baby names are getting filtered through social media. Kid namesike lux, valennia, willow and ludwiwi are gettingg more popular. Theyre also all names of filters used to tweak images on instagram. Another trend royalsounding names like prince, king, princess and reign. Tradition isnt totally gone. Baby center dot com 2015s most popular baby names are sophia and jackson. With the impending release of star wars the force awakens, a retailer is holding its first ever auction of star wws collectibles. More than 6 hundred Action Figures are being sold at a retailer in new york. Items include darth vader helmets, stormtrooper blasters, autographed lightsabers, and vintage film posters. They range from 1hundred to 35 thousand dollars. The Online Auction will be held december 11th, a week before the films release. Heres a live look at storm track seven meteorologist eileen loan s your storm track 7 forecast with another check of your storm track seven forecaat. Mostly sunny skies today with highs aiming for the upper 30s to some low 40s, but this will be the coolest of the next week. Highs will climb into the mid to upper 40s today and tomorrow and even stay in the mid 40s through midweek. Mainly dry with a few snow coming up a tragedy thatts hard to wrap your head around. This morning, police are searching for the motive behind a mass shooing. Thaa left 14 dead. Plus what does a vote in washington mean for the future of testing at schools in iowa . D a thousand Dollar Lottery ticket would be nice. But what happened xt to the man hhding the Winning Ticket is what has people saying they cant believe his luck. Good morning, im ally crutcher. And im jerry gallaghe. Storm track seven meteorologist eileen loan is here now with your storm track seven forecast. Clouds are keeping temps up a bit this morning. Mainly in winds at 5 to 10 mph. We have a few areas of light fog. Mainly to the northwest, but most of us are keeping clouds over us. It is acting like a blanket and keeping us warmer than areaso the west. E clouds will clear out this morning and we will have mainly sunny skies today. That wiil help get us back into the upper 30s to low 40s over most of t te viewing area,long with some help from the winds turning to the minutes. The top story this morning a massacre at a holiday party. This morning, police are trying to figure out why it happened. It all started yesterday in california. Has the latest on the investigation this morning. As the investigation continued overnight. Police and federal agents shared new information about the killing spree. There had to be soke degree of planning, came with a purpose. There are still three active scenes right now. The Inland Regional Center where at least 14 people were killed. 17 injured. The roadway where 28yearold syed farook. And 27 yearold tashfeen malik. ,were killed during a hootout with police. And farooks home in nearby redlands, where investigators continue to search for anything that may help them understand hoho. And why it happened. We have not ruled out terrorism. Heres what investigators do know. Farook, an environmental specialist with San Bernadino county for 5years. Was at a Holiday Gathering with coworkers. When he left suddenly. Then according to police. Returned with malik both armed with assault rifles, and semi automatic pistols and opened fire. Like police. Family members of the suspects are searching for answers in theragedy. I have no idea why he would do that, why he would do Something Like this, i am in shock myself. Shock. And grief. That continues this morning to grip this shattered community. Jay gray nbc news san bernidino, california. A coworker says the shooter showed no signs offnusual behavior before the massacre. In light of the tragedy, californias governor scaled back wednesdays capital Christmas Tree lighting ceremony. The tree was still lit, but the event was five fifth graders are suspended this mmning. Police believe they wanted to attack students on a field trip. New Jersey Police say the students were cght when teachers found a written plan of the aatack. Investigators say the studenens built a device and brought it to school but police say the device was not explosive. British warplanes are carrying out airstrikis in syria. This comes just hours after the parliament gave them the green light to bomb isis targets. Four Royal Air Force jets took off from a british air base soon after the vote. Two army pilots are killed in a Helicopter Crash in tennessee. The chopper went down near fort campbell. It crashed during a routine training exercise. The names of the pilots have not been released. Fort campbell is home of the 101st airborne screaming eagles, the armys only air assault division. A close call for a man on the tracks. Check out this video from portland. A man in a wheelchair fell out and onto the tracks. He also had a doo on his lap and a train could be seen coming down five strangers jumped in to help carrying the man and his dog off the tracks in time. A man is behind bars this morning accused of a black friday crime in dubuque. Shawn cade junior. From rock island illinois. Was arrested by east moline officers. Hessaccused of robbing the dutracc Community Credit union in dubuque friday morning. He allegedly told the teller he it took 37 years, but Police Believe they finally solved aa murder mystery. A 59yearold man has been charged with murder in the death of a woman in south carolina. In 1978. The break in the case came when a new detective took a fresh look at the evidence. If it hadnt been for all the wonderful, just glad after all this time, especially for her sister. The suspect was a rson of interest many years ago. But was not arrested at the time. Police are looking for a real life grinch this morning. Someone stole a Salvation ArmySurveillance Video from a Convenience Store in indiana shows us what happened. The man and the woman go up to the counter. As the employee walkssaway the man slips the kettle into his jacket and takes off. Fourlegged members of the force are being remembered for making the community safer. The Cedar Rapids Police department has had k9s for many years. Now, overlooking downtown from a park, is a memorial dedicated to the 23 k9s that have served. Curt buckles has had his dog, narco, ff more than six years. You know we have a great bond and someday when he can no longer come to work with me its going to be a sad Rapids Police department now were at the ceremony. Five of them can sniff out drugs. The other can detect explosives. Muslim students at all the three public universities in eastern iowa are speaking out for he same cause. They are asking for a permenant prayer space on campus. Kwwls Amanda Gilbert joins us live in cedar falls. She spoke with several students about this. The university of norther iowas campus who say they would like a permanannt spot they can go to thats open throughout the day and that is located closer to the center of campus. They tell me its important that they tell me its very important they pray 5 times a day. Its running between classes. Work and extra curricular. One student tells me sometimes she just finds a corner in a class. We struggle to find a place to but thats not always easy. Another student. Who you see praying here. Tells me he and his friends bought a car so they coululdrive to the Islamic Center in waterloo to pray. Staff tell me the administration is working with students to find a comfortable praang at. Thehe universsty of iowa and iowa state are also looking into weve got you covered live in cedar falls. Amanda gilbert. Kwwl news. Several muslim stuuents also say this would be a chance for other students to learn more about their culture and religion. Uni will soon have to finda new athletic director. Troy dannen has been hired by Tulane University in new orleans. His last day at uni will be december 31st. An interim ad will be named as uni does a national search. New thi morning many students and parents wont like this a vote to raise tuition at thh university of iowa. The board of regents voted for a threepercent increase beginning next fall. Rates were raised earlier this year at uni and iowa sta e. At that time. Iowas rates were not increased. The board president says the numbers can always change depending on the legislature. Legislative request and that april may time frame. Our june meeting would be a reflection of that appropriate request or the need to raise tuition. The legislative session begins next and when lawmakers go back to work they might have to make deep budget cuts. Thats what House Republican pat grassley says. He says the state is facing hundreds of millions of dollbrs in expected new costs, so tough decisisons will be needed. In washington, the house votes to give states more power to make decisions over how to use student test scores. Lawmakers voted to rewrre no child let behind. The bill is considered a compromise and would end the federal effort to encourage academic standards like common core. One lawmaker says washington has been micromanaging the natins classrooms for too long. Tte bill would keep in place a key feature of no child left behind annual reading and math testing of students in grades three through eight and once in high school. The senate will vote on it next weeee and the ppesident is expected to sign it. A new 360 Million Dollar have a new name when it opens next year. It will be called the stead Family University of iowa childrens hososital. Maquoketa natives jerry and mary joy stead gave 25 Million Dollars for the project. Theyve now donated about 54 million to the university. Lightning strikes twice for a loloto player. A man wins and then wins again minutes later. Linda mumma has the story out of customers at this modesto mini mart on coffee road after one of i is gulars. Therelike 6 or 7 guys. Beat the odds. It couldnt have happened to a better guyy winnii the lotto not once. But twice. In just a matter of minutes. Its amazing. Unbelievable. Fast mart manager lakhvir singh. Says he sold the winninntickets. To rodney meadows. Last week. Outside to scratch it, three and the third one that was the 10 million. I cant even believe what a 10 million looks like. The storr tells me meadows was in such disbelief. Ticket twice. So we scanned here and it was like ten zero zero zero. They say is isnt thee thoussnd dollars one tiue on a crossword puzzle. Hes 25thousand dollar scratcher last month. And a 30thousand dollar ticket last year. Making it one of winner at the stop save on coffee road in modesto. Last years 1pointfe Million Dollar winner from another location down tt road. Also sttped in to buy tickets. And offered the new winner his two cents. Yoocan only spend so much money, you can only live in one house and you can only drive ellred mitzenheimer this morning includii a holiday concern hovering over a popular gift this morning. Plus politeness pays off in retail sales right . Well maybe not. Find out what a study says this morning about shopping habitt. Clouds from early today will clear out and leave us with sunny skies today. While we should warm to above normal temps, today may be the coolest iithe next 7. Ill have that warmup for you coming up. [cough, cough] mike . Janet . Cough if you can hear me. Dont even think about it. I took mucinex dm for my phlegmy cough. Yeah. But what about mike . Guess what . It works on his cough too. Cough guess what . It works on his cough too. What . Stop nt pull me spoiler alert she doesnt make it only mucinex dm relieves bothwet and dry coughs for 12 hours with two medicines in one pill. Start the relili. Ditch the misery. Lets end this. Team sunshine will take over for the next few days, but those clear skieu will allow areas oofog to form tooight into friday morning. We could see a few snow showers tracking through saturday night, too, but we will be mainly dry for the recast. Stormtrack7 lle weather neeork cameras will start with clouds today but end with sunshine. Our mid 30s this morning, but it is much colder to the west. Sheldon has really dropped. Mainly due to clear skies and a few inches of snow on the ground. We had a blanket of clouds all night, but they will be tracking out offthe area this morning and we will end up with mainly clear skies for a couple of days. A weak front will track in from the west over the weekend, buu moisture wiil be limited. We do arm up. Today will be mainly in the 30s and 40s with a few 50s in the midwest with a lot more 40s and 50s for friday. We will clear out the skies and highs will climb back into the upper 30s to low 40s over most of the viewing area today. Areas of fog form tonight wih lows in the mid 20s and we ll get even warmer tomorrow. Highs aim for the mid to upper 40s for friday afternoon with mainly ` sunny skies. We stay mild through the middle of next wwk and pretty dry, too. A weak through saturday night and may squeeze out some snow showers, but mostly we stay dry. Many in western iowa are dealing with single digit temperatures this morning. Right now were taking a live look out of sheldoo where theyye still dealing with the snowy weather. As eileen just mentioned, thh city was just at negative degrees tonight with lows in the mid 20s and we will get even warmer for the mid to upper 40s for friday afternoon with mainly sunny skies. We stay mild through the middle of next week and pretty dry, too. A weak system will track through many in western iowa are dealing with single digit temperatures this morning. Right now were taking a live look out of sheldd where theyre still dealing with the snowy weather. As eileen just mentioned, tt city was juss at negative degrees within the past half hour. Its a Birthday Celebration we can all marvel at this morning. 100. 11 years ago. Plus the science of shopping. Can music in the store affect what you buy and how much you youre watching kwwl. Weve got you covered in marquette, eeport, brandon and all of eastern iowa many people a lift this holiday theyre a popular gift, but are also raising some safety concerns. A louisiana family blames a hoverboard for destroying their a woman says her sons hoverboard caught fire as it as charging. Causing the damage you see here. In alabama, someone posted this video of a hoverboard on fire. The Consumer ProductSafety Commission says its aware of these cases and is looking into it. Weve all been there before. We buy Something Like ann outfit but then never wear it. And wonder why did we get it in the psychology. Tts morning, weere learning about the science of shopping. For example if something is in the middle of a shelf and the price ends in nine studies show shoppers are more likely to bby it. Also, how sales clerks treaa customers can also influence shoppers. This is interesting. Research shows rude sales people in Luxury Stores can cause customers with lower self esteem tospend more. And if you think the music you hear is random think again. The right kind can make shoppers happier and lose track of time. Studies show pop music leads to a movie prop from one of the most famous christmas movies ever made is now back in cleveland. Many of us fell in love with a christmas story. The house used in the movie has become a tourist attraction in cleveland. But up until now, the house was missing an important prop used in the film. The red ryder range bb gun. In the movie, nine year old ralphie wants only one thing for christmas the bb gun. His mom wasnt thrilled wih the idea. But of courre ralphie gets the bb gun. A museum paid 10 thousand dollars for the gun which is being planned in eastern iowa this week. The party is for a woman whos now 111 emma hough was born on a farm in fayette county, graduated from upper iowa, and taught biology and physical education. In her spaa time emma enjoys ercising, playing bingo, and she and i never knew each other until i came here, so i put her in as my poa. She has hillcrest caretakers say they plan to host a special party for emma this weekend. At last check the oldest youre watching today in iowa on k wwl. And heres a look at todays birthdays. Happypybirthday from kwwl. Jill and kate use the same dishwasher. Same detergent. But only jill ends up with wet, spotty glasses. Kate adds finish jetdry with fe power actions that dry dishes and prevent spots and film, so all thats left is the shine. For better results, use finish jetdry. Lets get these dayquil liquid gels and go. But these liquid gels are new. Mucinex fast max. Its the same difference. This one is max strength and fights mucus. Mucinex fast max. The on cold and flu liquid gel thats maxstrength and fights mucus. And they turn out to be the big hit. The bride and groom kick back at the Minnesota Wild hockey game. The bride is still wearing her wedding dress. Shes now known as the burger bride. And the groom got some bonus points making sure her dress stayed nice and clean