Today, but we will keep the morning rain drizzle and fog before keeping clouds skies for the afternoon. We have a rather active week for christmas. Ill have the details in a few minutes. Our top story this morning. At least one person is dead after a woman drove her car on the sidewalk of the Las Vegas Strip. Dozens more are injured and six people are in critical condition. Andrew spencer tells us investigators think the driver may have done it on purpose. deputy chief Brett Zimmerman lvmpd we have the Las Vegas Strip in a 1996 crashing through more than two she wasnt even trying to stop the car. She was just sitting there, like, just looking three or four men running after her, trying to stop the car. lt. Dan mcgrath lvmpd she went up off the street onto the sidewalk two, or possibly three, times. Inside that car, police say, was a threeyear old child. Witnesses say people scrambled to try and stop the driver. Antonio Nassar witness to a stop right here at the paris intersection, and then she was like. People were punching the window trying to get the, apparently, child out of the back seat. She accelerated agaiand just kept mowing everyoo down. Police say the child wass not hurt. At this point, police dont know why the woman drove down the sidewalk. deputy chief Brett Zimmerman lvmpd we know investigators are looking at all the Surveillance Video from the area interviewwng dozens of witnesses, trying to pinpoint exactly what police have the driver in custody. Overnight, they were checking to see if she had any alcohol or drugs in her system. Schools in parts of New Hampshire will be clsed today duuto Public Safety concerns. Information regarding safety at Public Schools has caused the district to close for the start of the week. Investigators say a threat emailed to the schooo district was detailed enough to take action. There does seem to be a lot obviously important because theyare talking about significant Public Safety and to that of the children. State and federal officials have been brought in to help find the source of the email. A french newspaper is reporring new details of the investigation into the man believed to have coordinated last months deadly terrorist attack in paris. The newspaper says the alleged ringleader hid in bushes for days leading up to the Police Assault in which he was killed. The french newspaper says investigators used a cell phone to confirm where he had been hiding. Following a ote to remove confederate monuments protests. The new Orleans City Council protestors carryingamerican demand they stay. A federal lawsuit has been filed to halt efforts to remove the monuments. An Iowa High School wrestler dies afteecollapsing during a tournament. Senior Austin Roberts went to Spencer High School in spencer, iowa. According to the Spencer High School facebook page, roberts collapsed on the mat and later at the hospital. Multiple Community Members say theyre rallying together during this difficult time. Im just proud of them. This is man that was loved by all and austin will live on. The storie will live on, no word yet on whaa caused his collapse. A go fund me page is now set up to support the family. 3 people are dead after a fiery head on collision in california. A driver took a uturn while crossing the border into mexico. And sped off going the driver crashed into another vehicle. Flipping over one car. The wreckage burst into flames. Investigators are still trying to identify the people involved in the crash. Two commeeial jets bumpmpwings and hundreds of passengers have to be rebooked on new flights. This happenedin burbank yesterday both planes belong to southwest aiiines and wee pupued out of service for inspection. No one was hurt. Required registration of drones begins today. Unmanned Aircraft Systems weighing between just over half pounun to 55 pounns must register the drone with the faa no later than february 19th. For anyone who purchases a drone after today. It must be registered before its first flight utdoors. The faa is waiving the five dollar fee until january 20th. Christmas came a little early for some families in eastern iowa. E organization collectedd chrissmas gifts for homeless moms and their children. Kwwls Amanda Gilbert joins us live in cedar falls with more details. Chiropractice in cedar falls placcd ornaments on this tree with the names of kids living in the house of hope and what gifts they want or need this yeaa for christmas. These kids and thier moms dont have a permanent place to live right now. Patients here then take one of the ornaments and help santa deliver the ornaments and help santa deliver the gifts othe ornamentsto for. Samta took a selfie with much . A lot. Place . Yes. Scarfs and warm clothes were some moms told me this might be the only time their kids get to see the upper cervical chiropractice says theyve been working with the house of hope and doing this program for 10 years. Wewee got you covered live in cedar falls. Amanda gilbert. Kwwl news. The house of hope is a two year Transitional Program for homeless single moms. Emergency responders acting as santas helpers here in eastern iowa. Its the 17th year of the 911 Christmas Celebration at hills and dales in dubuque, a Residential Center for children and young adults with severe intellectual and phyyical disabilities. The kids were overjoyed at the and then you see things like this. Thats what makes use goodness. Thats awesome. He really wants those gifts. Hills and dales was also presented cash donation. Itll go toward supporting special events for the kids. Now this is a christmas present. A sister in the military. Now home for the holidays. Pulls off a Sweet Surprise at an all School Holiday singalong in minnesota. Dylan wohlenhaus was there. There are moments we anticipate. And inside the academy of holy angels gym during theirholiday conccrt. Emma zabinski wont sing a single note but yet. nats 19 21 dont cry yet. Im not, my eye started twitching. She is waiting for the planned moment her brother tom and sister martu. Students here sitting in the crowd. Have no idea is commg. nats 30 36 so where exactly do i go. I am going to take you to the edge here then im going to take you to center stage. Emma enlisted in the christmas. nats 491 04 for christmas today. Only the staff and some of their family were in on the surprise. Emma Zabinski home for the holidays 1 101 13 it means a lot to be able to coe and go. nats i missed you, i missed you graaful for. During her first deployment next year. Ema says its not likely she will make it home for the holidays. Its coming up on today in iowa. A familys christmas ruined. Crooks make off with all the gifts and the family dog but well tell you what a plus. Snowstorms, historic floods and a powerful hurricane all helped put 2015 in the record books. Well take a look back in our weather year in review. Plenty of fog out there this morning. Visibilities will be slow to improve today and we will keep a chance of rain in youre watching kwwl, weve got you covered with jerry gallagher, ally crutcher and meteorologist eilln loan. This is todaain iowa. Forecast on kwwl. From the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. See the screen for your complete when cigarette cravings hit, all i can think about is getting relief. Only nicorette mini has a patented fastdissolving formula. It starts to relieve sudden cravings fast. I never know when ill need relief. Thats why i only choose nicorette mini. When heartburn hits fight back fast tums smoothies starts dissolving e instant it touches your tongue and neutralizes stomach acid at the source tum, tum, tum, tum here is additionnl forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team rain continues to track through morrng, along wwh some drizzle and fog. The fog will be dense at times with many areas less than 2 miles visibility. Stormtrack7 Live Weather Network will show some of that fog this rning. Temperatures are mild. In the 30s and even upper 40s, but will be steady or falling much of the day today as the cooler air to the west heads our way. Northwest winds will take over and bring in cooler air. First we have to get and it will take much of the morning. A larger area of rain nd drizzle wii track through later this morning as the low is heading into northern illinois. As it tracks away, we will have dry air for tuesday before the next system heads our way for wednesday. Today. Mainly light rain and drizzle with areas of fog. Temperatures will be steady or falling all day with the northwest wivds. Winds will die down tonight and fog wiil reform. Lows below surfaces to get slipery by morning. Breezy on tuesday with highs back into the upper 30s to mid 40s and then the next chance of rain tracks in on wednesday with snow in the northern ccunties. We keep a chance of light snow in our area into thursday morning relentless snowstorms deadly floods and a powerful category 5 hurricane all madedeweather headliis this year. And as karin caifa tells us it took less than a month for 2015 to gov. Charlie baker r massachusetts its only been 14 days, folks and weve already beginning f fr parts of new england. Nearly every week for snowstorms blanketed streets, buried cars and strained peoples patience. mos everybodys just fed up. Boston had its snowiest season on record with in the spring several large tornadoes raked across texas. chris dewey tornado survivor it sounded like a jet then came the flooding. Days of heavy rain severalhomes were swept off their foundations. 911 caller a house just went by up the river and theres a person in it wth a spotlignt. Laura mccomb, her husband and their two children were inside that house. laura mccomb its coming husband is the only one who survived. At least 23 people died in the may floods. And in suth carolina. Have never seen bbfore. Relentless rain in october shattered records in charleston and columbia. Some places saw as much as 20 inches of rain. The historic flooding shuttdown more than 500 roads and bridges. It caused at least 11 dams to fail prompted hundreds october as the strongest storm to a 200mileper hhur, category 5 hurricane. The storm weakened before making landfall along mexicos west coast. Look at some of the national, international, and political highhghts from the year. Its coming up on today in iowa. How often do you go to the bank . Plus. A neighbor steps in to hehe after someoneeteals a familys prereents. And their dog. Stay with kwwl, weve an increasing nu man sternly where do you think youre going . Mr. Mucus to work, with you. Its taco tutuday. Man youre not coming. I took mucinex to help get rid of my mucusy congestion. Im good all day. [announcer ] mucinex keeps working. Not 4, not 6, but 12 hours. Bank or Credit Union Branch in months. Nearly four in ten americans havent visited a bank or credit union in at least six months. Thats according to a report released today by bankrattdot com. The finding is five percent more than when the question was asked nearly two years ago. The mad dash by last minute christmas shoppers is already underway ris clackum tells us stores s arent the only place that are going to be crowded. natsound shoppers natsound man ive been feeling the pressure for weeks, but even more so now again expecting deep discounts over the next few days at bbick and mortar stores. On practically everything because its too late to get it online. sot Rebekah George retailmenot. Com 23 28 time without paying those heavy, expedited, shipping fees Rebekah George with retailmenotdotcom. Says preffr doing last minute Shopping Centers found george retailmenot. Com 46 54 want to have updated sales and inventory in real time. Thats something that the big box Something Else to keep in mind if shopping between now and fridd. Roads areregoing to be jammed. More americans than ever before. Over 100 million. Are traveling this week to be home for christmas. And as the new year approaches. Youre likely to be making a list of resolutions. An Online Survey finds 67 percent of American Adults are making resolutions for 2016. Of those. 33 percent say theyll be making Financial Resolutions. Whether it be to pay off debt or to save more. The study found Financial Resolutions to be the second top resolution. And a Community Comes together to help a family when thieves take their dog and all their christmas presents . A neighbor found the dog and rescued him a few blocks away. Then, a Harley Davidson dealership stepped in to replace the presents. Motorcyclists rolled in wearing santa costumes giving the family their christmassback. I dont like expressing how i mickey. This is amazing i want this happen. A group called ride to giie stepped in to save christmas. Its coming up on today in iowa. Most 9yearolds have a very precise idea of what they want for their birthdays, and they cant wait to tear open their presents. But one girl has decided to give praised as one of americas best mayors who governed as a pragmatist. Bernie sanders passed more amendments in a Republican Congress than any other member. Cracked the gridlock with john mccain to strengthen veterans healthcare. Bernie sanders. A consistent, principled, and effective leader. Sanders im Bernie Sanders and i approve this message. Children in need shes giving them her own birthday gifts. Police in massachusetts posted a story about the girl on their facebook page. They say she donated her gifts to toys for tots. Thats a program run by the Us Marine Corps that collects Holiday Gifts for children whose families cant afford them. Her mom says she was brought up in a w wy that focused on storm track seven meteorolgist eileen loan is back with another check of your storm track seven forecast. Winter officially begins tonight just before 11 pm, but it will still feel like fall with highu in the 40s the next few days. Wee willhave some rain today and ok, were here. Heres dad. Mom. The twins. Aunt alice. You didnt tell meunt alice was cocong. Course. Dont forget grandpa. Can the test drive be over now . Maybe just head back to the dealership . Dont you want to meet my family . Yep,otally. Its practically yours, but we still need your signature. The volkswagen sign then drive event. Zero due at signing, zero down, zero deposit, months payment on a new jetta and otherlect models. What if the sweet stevia leaf was discovered. Before the sugarcane. And everything had fewer calories. Truvia. Dozens are injured after a woman drives down the sidewalk along the Las Vegas Strip. Plus. And the winner is. Not her. Well show you how an awkward moment stole the show. And guess what . Its not the first time a moment like this has aa hes known as a modern daa geppetto. Well tell you how an American Family brings joy to kids who good morning, im ally crutcher. Jerry has the day off. Storm track seven meteorologist eileen loan is here now with your storm track seven forecast. Showers and drizzle continue to track through the state, with re rain heading our way from the south this morning. We also have fog. Iowa dot cameras are showing many areas with it this morning. Visibilities are down to zero in a few places and nice now, but will be slowly falling throughout txe day with northwest winds takingover. Ey will be 5 to 15 mph today, but we will keep the morning active week for christmas. Ill have the details in a few minutes. Slowly falling throughout the day with they will be 5 to 15 mph today, but we will keep the morning rain drizzle and fog before keeping clouds skies for the afternoon. We have a rather active week for christmas. Ill have the details in a few minutes. New this morning. A woman dies after a mobile home catches fire in cedar rapids. It happened in the 23hundred block of kelly street southwest sunday night. Firefighters found the back half of the home on fire. During the search, fire crews found the woman inside the home. She was pronounced dead at the scene. The cause a ad manner of the deatatand the fire is under investigation. More than 35 people were injured after a car crashed into a crowded sidewalk on the Las Vegas Strip. And 36 others injured. At least six of the injured are in critical condition. Police say the vehicle drove off the sidewalk after hitting a car, then drove back onto thh sidewalk and there was an lady, an africanamerican lady, and it looked like she wasnt even and there were men running after and she just wasnt trying. Investigators say while they think the crash may have been intentional, they pointed out this was not an act of terrorism. The driver is now in custody. Today, investigators hope to idntify the victims of a small plane crash. Five people died when the small plane went down in california yesterday. It took investigators three hours to find the wreckage. Federal invvstigators aree lookinn into the crara. But it usually takes months to determine what went wrong in one person was killed when a Greyhound Bus crashed into an s v in texas over the weekend. The crash left one person in the suv dead, while another one was hospitalized with serious injuries. Police say 16more people on the bus were injured as well, but their lives are not in danger. Investigators are looking into what happened. A boy scout leader is recovering after being attacked by a bear. It happened in a new jersey forest. He was leading g hree scouts. The boys were not hurt. The mans injuries are not believed to be lifethreatening. The friend and former neighbor of one of the San Bernardino shooters is due n court for a bail and detention hearing. Enrique marquez is charged with conspiracy to commit crimes of terrorism and federal weapons charges. Prosecutors say he bought the` two assault rifles the attackers used in the massacre. 14 people were killed and more than 20 wounded. More than a day after the chase ends police find the suspect they we looking for. Johnattan martin is accused of interstate 380 between brandon and jesup saturday morning. Officers tried to pull him over on a request from Hardin County hes accused of breaking into a businesssthere. Police tell us martin crashed the car he was driving and ran away through a cornfield saturday. Yesterday martin called for an ambulance from a waterloo home to be treated for severe frostbite. The investigation is on going. An Iowa High School wrestler dies after collapsing during a tournament. Senior Austin Roberts went to Spencer High School in spencer, iowa. According to the Spencer High School facebook page, roberts collapsed on the mat and later died at the hospital. I really dont know what happened. It looked like things were going ok and then all of a out, a go fund me page is now set up to support the family. A funeral will be held today to remember the life of a young man gone too soon. In the cedar river a little more this morning at the First Baptist church in waterloo. For more details head over to our website kwwl. Com prosecutors are reviewing the death of a 4yearold rl who died last june to determine whether to file charges. An autopsy determined that gracie buss suffered serious head injuries but it didnt confirm how she got those injures. Waterloo police have turned the case over to the Black Hawk County attorneys office. Decision 2016 coverage now. The last few ays of campaigning befefre the holiday have many of the republican candidates meeting in New Hampshire today. Tracie potts has more on the latest war of words between Hillary Clinton and donald trump. voice of donald trump r president ial candidate 00 03 reaction to whwht Hillary Clinton sot Hillary Clinton d press super burned in democrat Bernie Sanders on dealing with isis and syrias sot Bernie Sanders d president ial candidate 28 33 isis. cbs face the nation super burned in sot marco rubio r president iallcandidate 33 36 out. The Syrian People are going to take assad out. Jeb bush is still trying to get traction. Saying trumps not serious cbs face the nation super burned in sot jeb bush r president ial his news from he shows. Ted cruz. Steering ted cruz r president ial candidate 511 00 what kind of numbskull thinks that the suv in your driveway is at least six candidates are scheduled to be in new over ted cruz want to kill us . The first caucuses and praries are nowowjust over a month away. At least six candidates numbers show trump up 16 points over ted cruz and marco rubio. Tracie potts, nbc news, on the democratic side, Bernie Sanders is averaging 8 points ahead of Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire, but shes leading by 25 nationally. Two groups worked together to make sure homeless childrr can joy christmas and see santa this year. Kwwls Amanda Gilbert joins us live in cedar falls with more details. The house of hope and the Upper Cervical Health Center worked together to make sure christmas came this year. Even if it was patients at the upper cervical center helped santa deliver fts to moms an children staying at the house of hope. The house of hope is a two year transitional shelter for single moms. Some say without this program. These mom and kids might not have been able to see santa. Theyre in a situation that is not their fault and there may not be with helping. I wasnt able to provide christmas for my kids without these two groups have been working together for 10 years. And how this works is patients come in and picked up an ornament from his tree. Each ornament hassa name of chillon it and what he or she wants for christmas. Weve got you covered live in cedar falls. Amanda gilbert. Kwwl news. The center does other programs with the house of hope. They did a ladies night out and collected coats for moms and kids staying at the shelter. Awkward momentntat the Miss Universe pageant has everyone talking this morning. It came down to two contestantss. Miss colomma and miss philippinene. Pageant host steve harvey accidentally announced colombia as the winner. Miss colombia was given the sash, the i h he to apologize. The first runnerup is colombia. Miss universe 2015 is phillippines. cheers believe it or not, we found out this is not the first time a mistake like this has happened. In a mrs. World pageant back in 2006, mrs. Costa rica was crowned the wiwier when she wassctually first runnerup. Steve harvey sent out this tweet after the mistake stating i want to apologize emematically to iss philippines and miss colombia. This was a terribly honest human mistake and i am so regretful. The only problem with his apology tweet is he spelled philippines and a toy story as we head into christmas week, how one man is bringing j y to kids in need, by creating oneofa kind gifts in his own workshop. Joe fryer went to Washington State to meet the man with the remarkable christmas spirit. Humble workshop. nats sawng th soundtrack for a car is this . vern ah, this is a ferrari joe yeah he has been called a modernday mister geppetto. movie nats now i have just the name for you. Pinocchio though heinles white beard and red cap. Might also conjure up comparisons. To santa. heinle sot of course hes a bigger scale than i am. Yeah, hes got reindeer and i dont. nats edging like santa. This great grandfather builds a fleet of toys. Each year. Child. nats wrapping verns toys he donates them to the more than 600 eedy families. That amount of time for kids would push a tire around, that was his toy. So he understands. Better thn most. A toy is something no child should go without. Its why. 8 years ago. Until last year. When vern yeah, right. Today. She is healthy. Aad the workshop is heinle delivered his final geppettos hands. And santas heart. Joe fryer, nbc news, kent, washington. Iowa. How much do moviegoers love star wars . Fans erupt after a faulty projector ruins their movie watching experience. Plus. One eastern iowa commuity is trying to bring back their roller rink that was destroyed from the 2008 floods. Pleey of fog out there this morning. Visibilities will be slow to improve today and we will keep a chance of rain in e forecast this week. Ill have morrcoming youre watching kwwl, weve got you covered with jerry gallagher, ally crutcher and meteorologist eileen loan. This is today in iowa. Now your storm track team. See the screen for your complete weather information. Here is additional forecast information frfrm the kwwl stormtrack 7 team rain continues to track through e area this morning, along with some drizzle and fog. E fog will be dense at times with many areas less than 2 miles visibility. Stormtrack7 live weather neeork will show some offhat fog this morning. Temperatures are mild. In the 30s and even upper 40s, but will be steady or falling much of the day today as the cooler air to the west heads our way. Northwest winds will take over cooler air. First we have to get rid of the rain. And it will take much of the morning. A larger area of rain and drizzle will track through later this morning as the low is heading into northern illinois. As it tracks away, we will have dry air for tuday before the next system heads our way for wednesday. Today. Mainly light raiand drizzle with areas of fog. Temperatures will be steady or falling all day wih the northwest winds. Winds will die down tonight and fog will freezing will allow some surfaces to get slippery by morning. Breezy on tuesday with highs back into the upper 30s to mid 40s and then the next chance of rain tracks in on keep a chance of light snow in our area into thursday morning with a few rain showers traaing through as temperatures cool back toward something to quick mention allamakee and Vinton Shellsburg quick mention allamakee and Vinton Shellsburg schools are delayed 2 hours this morning. Mother nature put up a spectacular show in the sky near Washington State this weekend. These are images of the Northern Lights just east of the city. The sky lit up in green, purple anan pink. Is usually in winter. From places like northwestern canada or alaska. But the Northern Lights can sometimes be seen as far south as new orleans. Its coming up on today in iowa. It may be Setting International box office records, but for at least one movie audience, star wrs the force awakens was almost a disaster. Plus. If youre heading out to visit family this holiday season, youre in luck. Gas prices are at a sixyear low. Well tell you whats bringing the prices down. Youre watching kwwl. Weve got you covered in bernard, onslow, morley and all of eastern iowa travelers. The averag so how ya doing . Enough pressure in here for ya . Ugh. My sinuses are killing me. Yeah. Just wait til we hit ten thousand feet. Im gonna take Mucinex Sinusmax. Too late, were about to take off. These dissolve fast. Theyre new liquid gels. And youre coming with me. Wait, what . you realize i have gold status . Do i still get the miles . New Mucinex Sinusmax liquid gels. S. Dissolves fast to unleash max strength medicine. Start the relief. Ditch the misery. Four cents over the past two weeks. To odollars and ixcents a gallon. That brings gas prices back to where they were in april 2009. This drop comes from a decrease in crude oil prices. The costter barrel is wn several dollars. If oil prices dont rebound quickly. We could see the price of gas shed another few cents as we head into the new year. Talk about Opening Night horror. A theater full of star wars fans pitched a fit when the projector failed right in the middle of the film friday night. It then restarted. But played 15 or 20 minutes ahead of where they left off. Most people thought they were about to see the ending of the movie and miss the plot developments. Its been seven years since the to the 2008 floods. Now some people in the cedar valley are trying to bring it back. Hre the last moments of e drome after suffering major damage in the 2008 floods it for many of those who grew up in the cedar valley the rollerdrome holds fond memories. And theyope to create future memories with todays children. Check this ut cuteness overload. a cuddly newborn otter pup had guests crowding the outer deck at a california aquarium. The furry fluff ball took in its first few hours of life in the ocean tidepool. Mommy otter spent her morning feeding the pup and ggooming it. Aquarium trainers say the moms priority is puffing up the babys fur so that it will float. The baby otter quickly became the center of attention. The otter is so cute and lovely and all that kind of stuff and its just so good. The otters will eventually have leave the safe haven of the open ocean tidepool. To search for food. Its youre watching today in iowa on when cigarette cravings hit, all i can think about is getting relief. Only nicorette mini has a patented fastdissolving formula. It starts to relieve sudden cravings fast. I never know when ill need relief. Thats why i only choose nicorette mini. 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And are able to have a merry christmas. Good morning, im ally crutcher