And even a few low 60s are possible this is the warmest day, plus we have some rain in the forecast. Ill have that for you in a few minutes. Breaking news this morning. A man walks into an eastern iowa restaarant after bbing stabbed. Waterloo police arent sure where the stabbing happened. They learned about it after the victim walked into the perkins restaurant on University Avenue shortly after two this morning. The victim m s taken to allen hospital. Police are not sure of his condition at the time. Continuing coverage this morving. A Baltimore Police officer takes the officer is the first of six to go to trial in connection with freddie grays death. Andrew spencer has the latest. Officer William Porter testified that he knew freddie gray from his patrols of the west baltimore neighborhood. He said, quouoe, freddie lawyers asked if he was sorry gray had died, porter responded, absolutely. Gray died in april, aaweek after officers put him in the lt. During the ride, somehoo, gray suffered a broken neck. The van made six stops during his 45minute ride to the poice station. Pbosecutors allege porter should have called for a medic after the fourth stop, when gray asked for help. Porter testified that he didnt realize gray needed immediate medical assssstance until the last stop. With one of his attorneys at times demonstrating grays position, porter testified that people transported in wagons were never secured with seat belts certainly not the people he put in wagons roughly 150, he says, department in 2010. On wednesday, porter told the jury, quote, it is the sponsibility of the wagon driver to get the prisoner from point a to point b. During cross examination, the states attorney accused porter of doing nothing to protect freddie grays life. Porter calleddhat, untrue. Im andrew spencer, reporting the trial is expected to wrap up by the end of next week. An iowa woman shown on video abusing children at her inhome day care is going to prison. 29yearold Christina Williamson was sentenced to five years in prison. Heres video of her in court tueeay. The Pleasant Hill woman apologized to the families, saying she loved those children like her own. However the video shows otherwise shes seen stepping on a baby. Even throwing g he baby sickening. She was afraid of you and i didnt see it. Now i see it and choices. These families entrusted me with their children. The womans attorney asked for probation, but the judge denied that equest. Doctors saa the babies are not showing physical signs of abuse. A wanted man is on the run from us marshals in eastern iowa. Investigators were involved in a traffic stop Tuesday Morning in waterloo. Thats when one fired a weapon. The driver took off and hasnt been caught. Procedures in place to avoid bedbugs. After the library is infested. The e arnege stout l lbrary in dubuque had to get rid of two couches and hundreds of newspapers after bedbugs were found in a reading area. The areas okay now after professials came in with chemicals anddsteam cleananrs. The library plans to more thoroughly check returned items and inspect furniture on a weekly basis. Upset and is stirring up a debate. Its in Colorado Springs and shows santa. Telling people its ok to skip church this Holiday Season as long as theyre good people. We actually go to church because we need jesus, and thaas what wereecelebrating a a christmas, were celebrating the need for a savior. The notion that christmas is exclusively a religious holiday is no longer the case. Religious leers call the billbod misguided. The battle continues between uber drivers and cab drivers as one gets ragged by the others car. Take a look at this video taxi drivers in toronto are protesting uber upset the Ridesharing Service doesnt follow the same bylaws. As a taxi driver approches an uber driver. You can see the taxi driver getting dragged. Neither r ere hurt. The bomb squad finds a bomb inside a students backpack at a junior high school. It happened in mississippi. The ssool was evaauated and officees detonated the bomb safely. No one was hurt. Two students are being eight Supreme Court justices are hearing arguments over race in College Admissions at the university of texas. Its the second time the court has heard the case against the school, arguing against affirmative action in College Admissions. One judge is sitting out because she previously worked on it at the Justice Department. That sets the stage for a potential tie vote, which would resolve the case in the of june. An update to no child left behind. The law has now been revvped. This morning president obama will sign the every Student Succeeds act. it will give states more authority to decide how to use student test scoree in assessing teachers and schools. It will also end federal efforts to encourage academic standards like common core. this news might be an early holiday present for drivers and automakers across the country. Kwwls Amanda Gilbert joins us live in the newsroom with more details about some of the safest cars in the country. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety awarded 61 cars as the safest vehicles of 2016. 48 cars that get a special. Even higher ranking because of their advanced crash prevention systesm and brakakng capabilities. The chrysler 200 is the only car made in the United States that made the list. Ford hasjust one winning model. The f150 supercrew. Now there were 20 cars that were winners of this safety award in 20 15 but they did not qualify under the new 2016 criteria. For a complete list of the safest cars of 2016. You can visit our website at kwwl dot com. Weve got you covered live in the newsroom. Amanda gilbert. Kwwl news. Many small and midsizee cars that made the list for safest cars in 2015 did not make the list for 2016. Many iowans re heading to california later thissonth to see the hawkeyys play in the rose bowl on new years day. Before the big game is the big a 13yearold who designed a with tutus and Point Company Northwestern Mutual asked kids to design one, this little dancer knew what it should look like. Here are all the ballets i want to visitl the russian ballet, moving parts on it. Peyton chardson has been d dncing since she was 3. And when the contest asked about her greatest adventure. She answered them with this. My greatest adventure is to travel around the world and visit all the greatesballet commanies and meet their and this is what youll see floating down the streets of rotating ballerina and swans dressed in gold bringing attention to childhood cancer. Every line and flutter is carefully constructed and inspired by kids battling for life with the grace and dignity of a ballerina. The vision of a child, the dream of a child, esp when theyre dealing with a rough spot on their journey is really, really powerful and were so thankful at northwestern m mtual to be a small part of f hat. Peyton invited hospital staff her nurses, doctors and friends to sign a vial. These will hold the roses that adorn the float. And be by her side during the parade. Come and ride along with me its coming up on today in iowa. Two sisters thoughtttheyd been through everything together. But their most recent adventure on the side of the highway tops them all. Plus. Hundreds at iowa students receive letters written by a world famous author. Breezy south winds will become windy from the southwest today, but it will help warm us up despite some clouds in the state. We stay mild, although not quite this warm as we head into the weekend, but we weve got you covered wit jerry galllgher, ally crutcher now your storm track 7 forecast on kwwl. But only jill ends up withet, spotty glasses. 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Here is additional forecast inforration from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team it will be windy and warm today with mild weather into the weekend, although we will have the chances of rain increasing by saturday night. Stormtrack7 live right now. They will get wet through the weekend. And it is warm. Temps are already climbing. They are in the 40s to low 50s already this morning with much of the same across theetate. South winds are helping out and they will pick up more as they turn to the southwest. They will stay gusty and will eventually turn more to the west for awhile thths afternoon as a system tracks to our north. This will keep some clouds over us for few showers to our north. We could see a sprinkle or two over us, but most of the moisture will stay north. That system will track away from us, but another will track toward us tomorrow and saturday with another chance o o showers y friday night. Although moisture is pretty limited. A much stronger s stem traccs in later in the weekend with more rain expected. Temps will stay very mild today with highs in the 40s to 60s in will be windy and warm with highs mainly in the mid to upper tonight drop into the low to mid tomororow afternoon with highs in amount and type of precipitation morning following heavy rain. This is the scene in much of oregon. Where theyre also dealing with landslides. Crews are trying to remove debris from highways. And in Washington State more storms are expected to hit parts of california today an area still recovering from a summer wildfire which left many peooe homeless. One town hall is opening up as a shelter during the storm. We also have bedding, that if they dont have any bedding themselves, that we can give to few days. Its coming up on today in iowa. As we wait to revisit the galaxy plus. Feeling like a grinch this morning . Thats okay. A new study says thats not a problem for your health. Stay with wwl, weve got you covered. And when you see news or if share. You can do that by going to our page stay up to date on breaking news and weather information. Foreclosure starts have hit i guess i never really gave much thought to the acidity in any foods. Never thought about the coffee i was drinking having acids. It never dawned on me that it could hurt your teeth. My dentist has told me your enamel is wearing away, and that sounded really scary to me, and i was like well can you fix it, can you paint it back on, and he explained that it was not something that grows back, its kind of a onetime shot and you have to care for it. Its gonna help protect the enamel in your teeth. It allows me to continue to drink my coffee and to eat healthier, and it was a real easy switch to make. If youre doing everything right but find it harder and harder to get by, youre not alone. While our people work longer hours for lower wages, almost all new income goes to the top 1 . My plan make wall street banks and the ultrarich pay their fair share of taxes, provide living wages for working people, ensure equal pay for women. Im bernie sanders. I approve this message because together, we can make a Political Revolution and create an economy and democracy that works for all years. A report released today says november saw a ten percent monthly decrease in foreclooures. This was caused largely by a 15 percent monthly drop in foreclosure startss the lowest monthly total since may 2005. United airlines is bringing back free snacks for its Economy Class the frr snacks will be offered on all of uniteds flights in north america, the caribbean and between honolulu and guam. The move comes as the carriers new ceo works to put Customer Service back in the spotlight. Theres a new way to pay at walmart. Its a mobile Payment Service called walmart pay. Its introducing walmart pay at select stores. Allowing customers to pay with their smartphones. A nationonide launch is to be complettby the first half of next year. The Golden Globes nominations are announced this morning. The Hollywood Foreign press awards are for both tv and movies, and are usually a sign r which films s ill be nominated for academy awards. The Golden Globe Awards ceremony will take place on january 10th and be broadcast live right here on kwwl. A letterprfect day for hundreds of students in iowa. They receive letters from harry potter author jk rowling. Students wanted her to speak at the university of iowa. She couldnt. But still dear hannah, thank you very much indeed for your letter. Unfortunately, i receive so many letters and im not able to much as i would like to. Some say theyll keep trying to get her to come to eastern iowa. They already started making a video to send her. Again asking her to come speak. Thes good news for grumps being happy apparently has nooeffect on how long you might live. Previous studies have linked happineses to longevitt. But researchers now say thats not true. So while being sick makes you unhappy, just being grouchy is i suppose what we have is good news for the grumpy, or for illness. Scientists found the death rate among unhappy women was the same as those who were happy. Groups are showing up outside the Climate Change talks in some strangeoutfits. May the clean force be with you. Characters outside the summit. Jedi master yoda told the negotiators destroy the dark forces and take us to 100 percent clean. Thats the message. Were about a week away now from the most anticipated movie of the year. Star wars fans in california are alreredy at the theater. A tenen city went up as fans are hoping to get a chance at seeing the december 17th early showing. This movie is going to be amazing. I cant wait to watch home days will pass you know its like were just here star wars the force Awakens Opens in theaters nationwide a week from tomorrow. Two sisters thought theyd been through everything together. Nguyen shows us their most recent adventure on the side of the highway tops them all. 16 hi confirm for me where um the babys coming out right jenkins was driving. His very pregnant wife christina was in labor in the passengers eat. I was screaming it hurts hes coming. Hes there because theyre siters nd shes there e or everything, in the backseat, was clarissa. Screaming at her brother in law. Thank god he had as sense of a nurse who specialized in labor and delivery for 9 yyars. Shes see countless deliveries, but knew right away this was diffeeent. 1641 all of the sudden she let because you just let it out babys out. Yeah babys out baby crying paramedics are here yay. Ah theyre here right there on the side of the freeway. Carlo and christina, with clarissasshelp, welcomed their third child. Hey buddy i couldnt have the best person clarissa is family and to have her there. It meant the world to me. I talk know. What would i do without her . In the dark, lit only by a new nephew. I was like me and this baby are going to be bound together heres a live look from the today show plaza in new york this morning. Its home of this years Rockefeller Center christmas tree. Storm track seven meteorologist christmas. T its also that time for some awkward moments between co workers. Exchanges are coming up. Workers across the nation shared tte most uuusual gifts theyve received from a colleague during the Holiday Season. Among the gifts making the list. A squirrel toilet seat decal, a roll of duct tape, homemade sausages, bowling ball. And a picture of a bear. Storm track seven meteorologist eileen loan is back with another check of your storm track seven forecast. Windy and warm today with highs getting close are possible friday afternoon and saturday with rain likely on another round possible on tuesday. All milk milk milk milk milk okay funs over. Aw. Aw. Thirsty . They said it would make me cool. They dont sound cool to me. Guess not. You got to stick up for yourself, like with the name your price tool. Arent you lactose intolerant . Now on today in iowa hes in eastern iowa later today. This morning, were hearing from a republican president ial candidate whos been picking up momentum in the polls. Plus this is not what you expect to see along the side of the road. A semi explodes. And have you ever tried to talk your way out of a ticket . Wait until you see and hear one mans approach. Those of us who cannot carry a tune are jealous. Good morning, im ally crutcher. And im jerry gallagher. Storm track seven meteorologist eileen loan is here now with your storm track seven forecast. Very mild this morning with temperatures 50s in some areas. This is higher this morning. We have a few clouds, but will end up with partly sunny skies today and pretty warm temps. Highs will be in the mid to upper 50s and even a few low 60s are possible this is the warmest day, plus we have some rain in the forecast. Ill have that for you in a few minutes. Gusting higher this morning. We have a few clouds, but will end up with partly sunny skies today and pretty warm temps. Highs will be in the mid to upper 50s and even a few low 60s are possible this is the warmest day, plus we have some rain in the forecast. Ill have that for you in a few minutes. New this morning a suspicious last night. Everyone got out of the home safely. Police tell us firefighters think the fire might have been set on purpose. This afternoon, lawmakers in washington are getting a classified terror investigation. Tracie potts has the Surprising New information were already hearing from the fbi. I think the most urgent threat that we face here in the homeland is an externally inspired or potentially directed threat from terrorist groups. Today the fbi will tell lawmakers what its director could not say in public, when he dropped this bombshell about the San Bernardino shooters they were actually radicalized before they started courting or dating each other online. And online, as early as the end of 2013, they were talking to each other about jihad and martyrdom before they became engaged. That was before the rise of isis and before the us approved Tashfeen Malik to travel here on a fiance visa. Pronouncements about what could have been done differently. A year earlier the fbi says syed farook was talking to his neighbor about an attack. I mean in all honesty my greatest fear is more attacks and more dead americans. As investigators dig for clues in the couples smashed phones and hard drives, were also learning there may have been other targets this California High School farook inspected for work. Or another building or public gathering. Lawmakers are expected to learn more today from the fbi, Homeland Security and National Counterterrorism center. Also here the state department is supporting congress attempt to overhaul the visa waiver program. Anyone traveling here five years would be required to get a visa. Im tracie potts in washington, now back to you. Decision 2016 coverage a republican rising in the polls campaigns in eastern iowa today. City this afternoon meeting voters after a town hall with veterans in West Des Moines this morning. The most recent Monmouth University poll has him in third place in iowa behind ted cruz and donald trump. We wanted to interview rubio oneonone in iowa city, but his campaign told us the senator did not have time to sit down with us. Rubio campaigned in michigan yesterday where he was critical of the president s speech the other night. Heres the gist of the speech in stop being so discriminatory. End of speech. Donald trump also weighed in on the president s speech about terrorism. We cant be politically correct stupid people. We have a that a normal president can make the speech that he made the other night. Both sides of the aisle over his plan to keep muslims from coming into the us for now. Which is something the democratic frontrunner touched on during her stop american muslims, muslims around the world, in defeating the radical jihadist and the hateful ideology they represent. Instead donald trump is supplying them with new propaganda. Hillary clinton toured techworks in waterloo before heading to another town hall in urbandale. Meantime an eastern iowa muslim whos also a us veteran said trump can question his patriotism. But he also says he can laugh at him for making those comments. He says he was proud to serve his country. This is my country, okay, i was born here, the idea of defense was a big idea after world war 2 and you know its part of my job. The 1950s. He says he isnt too worried about trumps comments saying actions speak louder than words. One iowa homeowner is taking action with this big sign. Its hard to miss along jordan creek parkway in West Des Moines. The homeowner says he isnt for or against trump. He just wants to get people thinking. What inspired me to put the bad was in 1992 with ross perot, the little short guy with big ears and big mouth. Hes shaking up the establishment really well. Its also shaking up the internet. A picture of the sign is on reddit. With dozens of comments from people trying to decide if its meant to show support for him or not. That first reaction to the word isis. Is now becoming a larger problem for a teenager and her family. Thats because her name is isis. The girl is a junior in high school in new mexico. Graffiti was found with her name her mother believes the school isnt doing enough to step in. Was making a big old scene downstairs, yelling my name, cursing i felt like they were just going to ignore it and make it seem like it was just the terrorist act when it involved her. If youre wondering how she got the name. Her mother said she heard the name isis on a tv show. And liked it. The Iowa Chamber Alliance wants to bring more immigrants to iowa. And they have a plan to do so. Kwwls Amanda Gilbert joins us live in the newsroom with more details. Ally the Chamber Wants iowa lawmakers to make it easier to recruit immigrants. They say this will help the state fill jobs where there is a shortage of workers. The chamber talked about ways to draw more people and companies to iowa. They suggested more Economic Development across the state. And improving education so students will continue their education after high school. Iowa needs to keep more iowans in the state, attract new today the revenue estimating conference will meet to predict how much money the state will take in next year. Governor branstad will use the estimates to come up with a budget. During the october meeting. The conference lowered its estimate by 121 million dollars. The alliance also talked about Donald Trumps call to temporarily prevent muslims from immigrating to the country. The executive director of the alliance said we need to instead use dialogue thats more constructive with respect to immigrants. Weve got you covered live in the newsroom. Amanda gilbert. Kwwl news. The Iowa Chamber Alliance is a non profit group. It has members from the 16 largest chambers of commerce and Economic Development organizations in iowa. The suspect in the planned parenthood shooting is in court telling the court hes a babies. Thats what planned parenthood does. Three people, including a Police Officer, at a planned parenthood in colorado last month. Its unclear whether the prosecution plans to seek the Death Penalty in the case. More protests in chicago as demonstrators call on chicagos mayor to resign. Rahm emanuel says he will not step down after video shows a Police Officer shooting and killing a teen. It took a year for that video to be released. Yesterday, the mayor used a firestorm. I own it. I take responsibility for what happened because it responsibility with you. Since the video was released, the Chicago Police superintendent was fired. This week. The head of the independent Police Review and the chief of detectives both stepped down. And now, a Justice Department investigation has been launched into the police department. In court an Iowa High School of sexually abusing a student. Gerald johnson worked at Roosevelt High School in des moines. Johnson is accused of calling a student on her cell phone while month. A tense night on the road in alabama. An 18wheeler carrying chemicals explodes. Authorities say the driver stopped the truck, smelled something and then called 911. The sem later exploded. The interstate was shut down in both directioios. And People Living near the road were forced out of rescuing a cat up a tree isnt a big deal. Unless the tree is 65feet tall. People in chile organized a massive effort to bring the cat down. They used ladders, ropes and even a slide. When that didnt work, they set this up. They climbed up with a cage that had food and wattr. The cat finally came out. It had been up there for two weeks. He doesnt talk his way out of the craziest thing just going to pray my way out of i thought i d something wrong. Hello officers. How yall ing . Great, may y get out of the car . She asked me what do i do i told her im a singer, im a gospel artist, and she was like self stick, and there was action. You are so beautiful to me. And if it was 3 men, i would i loved it because it brought up together, and like i say, both of us left smiling and they made my day out there and im quite sure through at beautiful song that it made their day, so it worked out vvy well. To me. Yall like that. To all the drivers out there, click it or ticket, or you beter have we still have a lot to get to this morning including another alarming video about a popular gift right now. It went up in flames this time in a mall. Plus cyclone fans wait. And wait. And wait. Theyre camping out to get a great seat before big game tonight. Breezy south winds will become windy from the southwest today, but it will help warm us up state. We stay mild, although not quite this warm as with. Ill have the details coming up. Youre watching kwwl, weve got you covere with jerry gallagher, ally crutcher and meteorologist eileen loan. This is today in iowa. Now your storm track 7 team. See the screen for your complete weather information. Here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team it wil be windy and warm todaa with miid weather into the weekend, although we wii have the chances of rain increasing by saturday night. Stormtrack7 Live Weather Network cameras are pretty nice right now. They will get wet through the weekend. And it is warm. Temps already climbing. They are in the 40s to low 50s already this morning with much of the same across the state. South winds are helping out and they will pick up more as they turn to the southwest. They will stay gussy and will eventually turn more to the west for awhile this afttrnoon as a system tracks to our north. This will keep some clouds over us for the day and may squeeze out a few showers to our north. We could or two over us, but most of the moisture will stay north. That system will track away from us, but another will track toward us tomorrow and saturday with another chance of showers by friday night. Although moisture is pretty limited. A much stronger system tracks in later in the weekend with more rain expected. Temps will stay very mild today with highs in the 40s too60s in the middest today and a few more highs mainly in the mid to upper 30s, but that is still well above average. A few showers may track ino the viewing area tomorrow afternoon with highs in the upper r 0s to mid 50s. More showers possible saturday with and monday. Another system keeping the post office very busy right now. We told you about her only Christmas Wish yesterday and this morning youll see that wish come true. Plus. Diamonds may be a girls beses friend. Buu right now, theyre more important to families in need. A surprise donation to tell you about next. Youre watching kwwl. Weve got you covered in shellsburg, lisbon, lansing and all of eastern iowa some shoppers rethinkig. A mall near seattl was evacuated this week after a hoverboard caught fire. A mall employee tries to put it out but not before smoke fills the area, forcing everyone to get out. Nobody was hurt. What a finish in the nba last night. Detroit hosting memphis. Pistons up 9290. The grizzlies matt barnes lets it fly from halfcourt and buries it. They win 9392. Its a big night for College Basketball fans right here in iowa. Iowa state hosts iowa and cyclone fans have been waiting outside hilton for the best seats in the camp out for the cyclones. But are thrilled with ththmild weather were having right now. One brave little girl in new york. Is catching the attention of the thousands of people across the world. Sterday, we told you about the girl who was badly burned in a fire. Now, shes asking for only one she wants christmas cards and people from all over the world i think it was a good idea because the kids got to learn christmas that would make her feel better and lift her spirits. We first told you about the girl yesterday on today in iowa and some f you told us on twitter on facebook you plan to send cards to her from eastern iowa. She is now being flooded with cards. This video shows her receiving countless cards in the mail. If youd like to send one to her, weve posted the address on our homepage in a story about her. Along with the cards, people have also donated more than 150thousand dllars to a you caring page for her. Bells ringing this time of year is nothing new. But what ended up in a red kettle mightbe. Was dropped into a kettle. The value about 35hundred know that somebody would give something of this value, something personal like that of themselves. Other cities have also seen jewelry being given anonymously. As a reminder, you can catch us as we help team up with the salvation army. Were ringing bells and also having a friendly competition to see who can raise the most money through our metal in the kettle competition. Amanda was in cedar falls two weeks ago ringing a bell. I did so in cedarrapids last weekend. Ron is in dubuque on saturday. And ill be in coralville on the 19th. We also have kettles online which you can donate to anytime. You can find that infnfrmation on its youre wawaching today i i iowa on wake up in your first home. Wake up in a home youve made a bit bigger. Wake up in a home with a new address. Wake up in a home that doesnt even have an address. As your life evolves, your dream home evolves too, and protecting it takes committed support. At American Family insurance we support your dreams. See how you can save with check out the amazing christmas check of your storm track seven recast. Windy and warm today with highs getting close to record highs. A few showers are possible friday afternoon and saturday wit rain likely on sunday. And it may be heavy at times. Tuesday. Were taking a live look at Rio De Janeiro this morning. This is copacabana beach. It stretches more than 2 miles down the coastline. Theres another hour of today in
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