Heres the storm track 7 forecast for today. We will have temperatures in the teens to near 20. Most chances for snow after tonights snow. Well talk more about that here in just a few minutes. New this morning. An eastern an eastern iowa woman is giving back. She traveled to a greek island with strangers to help refugees. She decided to do this because of her faith a a Family Member inspired her. Kwwls Amanda Gilbert joins us live this morning. You caught up with the pastor to hear what her experience was like. Waverly pastor Deborah Coble wise wanted to do someeing out the syrian refugee crisis. She was inspired after she learned that her sisterin law was a refugee who had travelled to the united so deborah met up with other United Methodist leaders from texas. And headed to a greek island. That island has become one of the first t tops for many migrants on their way to europe. She and the other leaders volunteered at a humanitarian camp. The pastor says she wont forget a moment when she gave a mom new and she had this huge smile. And i thohoght that one thing. Knowing what was ahead of her theres no way that those little bitty shoes could do what she needed to do. And yet to give her those boats. Deborah helped people get clean and dry clothes and shoes. She wooked the night shift. Something that i thought was interesting and very kind is when deborah left the island. She left most of her clothes and shoes at the island for refugees to wear. Weve got you covered live in the deborah brought back a life vest with her that one of the of what the people she met had gone through. Today, a former guard at a nazi death camp will go on trial in germany. Hes charged with 170thousand counts of accessory to murder. This is the first of up to four cases being brought to court this year, with connections to nazi war crimes. A notorious killer is denied parole for the 15th time. Sirhan sirhan shot and killed senator Robert Kennedy president kennedys brother back in 1968. At a parole board, he insists he does not remember the los angeles shooting. Another man also injured in the shooting is callng for his release. That man says sirhan shot him. But someone else shot kennedy. A man who spent three decades in prison on a rape conviction that was based, in part, on a single strand of hair was granted freedom. Im gonna spend some time with my family in his case, the judge said the hair evidence was faulty and in some cases, heres what hhs defense ttam had to say. And the fact that he had so the judge overseeing the case also said in court he believes the man is innocent. He spent two years in prison for a crime he didnt commit. Now. This man in minnesota is gettttng nearly a hhf Million Dollars to help make up for it. Because of a new state law. He was charged with rape, but those charges were dropped because the victim was lying. He says the charges have prevented him from getting a job. I live in the shadow all the minnesota is the 30th state to adopt such a law. Heroin its a growing problem on the streets of eastern iowa. And cedar rapids leaders are trying to bring it to light. In most cases the addiction starts from an injury where pain pills are and 85 percent of heroin users were Prescription Drug addicts first. Its an ongoing problem for Law Enforcement. For years and years when we come accross someone who has heroin on them, as a Police Attitude of Law Enforcement. So it is not a criminal issue, but a substance aduse health care issue. To help combat the availability of Prescription Drugs drop boxes have been places at all Law Enforcement locations in linn and johnson counties. And will soon be in Black Hawk County as well. Today, theedirector of the c dc will testify before a Senate Committee about the threat of the zika virus. Theyll also talk about the president s request for almost 2 billion dollars to fight it. The disease continues to rapidly sprrad across south erica. That threat is impacting the summer olympics in brazil. Us goalkeeper hope solo says she virus. She said if she had to make a choice today, she would not go to the summer games. The u. S. Olympic Committee Says it hasnt advised athletes to reconsider competing because o zika. A Wild Elephant goes on a rampage smashing neaealy a hundred homes. Take a look at the large animal in west india. Authorities say it wandered into the town from a nearby forest and startd knocking downnuildings. They say theheanimal didnt attack any people as it was just looking for food. It was eventually tranquilized and removed from the town using a crane. What looks like a routine dellery to the front door. Spills over into a cleanup job for a married couple. Take a look at this video out of miami. A ups driver carelessly tosses a package,causing its connnts to spill out. The delivery guy doesnt even bother to look back. Nothing actually brok. But the homeowner is not happy about it. It was the last thing i doorstep. This one particular time they just to pitch them over. The gate. He says the delivery guy had good reason to take better care of his packages two of the boxes were marked heavy, and the other one had a big red ups said in an email were investigating the incident. A rental home built in the 1880s is destroyed after it caught fire. A mother and her two children escaped the burning home in mornrnng. The exact causeeof the fire is still under investigation. Decision 2016. Another two bite the dust. Carly fiorina announced she will be suspending her race for the white house. She finished a distant seventh in tuesdays New Hampshire primary getting just four percent of the vote. New jersey governor Chris Chrisite also called his campaign quits after finishing sixth with only 7 percent oo the vote. Christie lost by nearly 10 points to for someone once seen as a meantime senator Bernie Sanders and former secretary of state Hillary Clinton will face off in milwaukee tonight for the 6th time. The debate comes just days after senator sander victory in the New Hampshire primary. Tonights debate will be produced by pbs newshour. Itll takeelace at the university of milwaukee, starting at 8. Sanders is getting a big boost in fundraising. His win on tuesday quickly turned to big bucks. His Campaign Says it raised more than fiveMillion Dollars in the 18 hours after polls closed in New Hampshire. Half of that was raised in the first few hours after being declared the winner. The haul is even more than the threemillion sanderssraised after Hillary Clinton edged him out in iowa. Many are calling a new York Police Officer a hero for saving the life of a child. But the officer is giving all the credit to the baby boys eightyearold sister. Year old inside her Westhampton Beach home, saved her baby dispatccr ok, what isisyour address . Where do you live . Dont speak english. She calmly recited their address and phone dispatcher do you see his chest going up and down . Do you Southampton Town polle officer kristian Southampton Town police all the houseand he wasnt breathing at this point. Officer lorusso, formerly of nypd, is a father of 3. And was told the baby had had a sizure. officer kristian lorusso, Southampton Town police i started with pats on backkto dislodge if he was choking and i started with cpr three cycles of that, couple other than my own kids being bornthis baby crying. Amazing composure from the child lt. Susan ralph, southampton popoce dept. yes, she is 8 years old, was calm cool and collected on the phone with the 911 dispatcher, it is the family has signed up for cpr training at a nearby church if a situation like this happens again. Its coming up on today in iowa. Stop cramming people into airplane seats. One congressman wants to see changes b bt its not about comfort. Plus. While the cold weather is keeping people indoors, some dont get that option. But for some business booms with winter weather. Heres thebus stop forecast. Sunny and cold today. Well talk about chances for snow coming up in just a few minutes. Youre watching kwwl, jerry gallagher, ally crutcher and meteorologist eileen loan. This is today in iowa. Now your storm track 7 forecast on kwwl. Team. See the screen for your complete weather information. Here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stortrack 7 weather team from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. See the screen for your complete weathhr informationon here e s additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weher team from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather complete weather information. Here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather Team Good Morning im meteorologist kyle kiel. Threat tracker shows a sunny and cold day today. Tomorrow threat tracker is in the yellow, as there will likely be some slick spots on the roadways for your friday morning commute after a little bit of snow tonight. Well talk about that in just a moment. Behind that snow will be even more cold ir for the day on saturday. Temperatures from our weather trackers thsi morning. Another cold morning out there. Similar temperatures all across eaatern iowa this morning, mainly in the single digits. Temperatures will only warm into the teens throughoutt he day, but luckii our wind wont be too strong. The wind is pretty light as well, as you can see right now. Heres the storm track 7 Live Weather Network cameras across eastern iowa. We have a pretty quiet start across the area, and it will be a pretty calm day. Heres the storm track 7 live radar showing pretty quiet conditions righ tnow. No snow on the radar ike there was yesterday. Heres the satellite and radar from across the region. Ou can see th the clouds were on the decrease overnight so now we are left to track through later tonight. Skytoday with clouds tracking into the area between 88nd 10 oclock later tonight, and into the weekend. About an inch in most areas. Friday morning commute. With a mostly sunny sky. A mostly sunny sky during the then we warm up next week. The cold weather is easyyto ignore if youue outside for a short period of time. But many people work outdoors. Who were going about their daily route outside. Some tell us they do their best to stay warm others say they its marvelous i love the winter. Its crunch time, thats when you basically make a of Amazing Things out here. It seeee there truly is a season for everyone to enjoy here in iowa. The cold temperatures outside mean your heat is working overtime to keep you warm inside. And that means a boom in business for area businesses that fix furnaces. Thats because many of them bream down under the additional stress. A big reason is beeause some parts may already be weak, and they crack under the additional pressure. But its something that can easily be avoided. For the maintenance, you should get a tune up done on it that are weak or could become a problem ahead of time so your furnace doesnt go out in the the Service Manager says its cheaper to opt for the annual maintenance, because calls to get your furnace fixed at night or on the weekend can be a lot more its coming up on today in iowa. A new animated series has a ticket to ride with music from an iconic rock band. Plus. I young mom is grateful day, and the biih of her child. Together and smaller than the last time. One congressman wants to stop it. Hes looking to create a new law with minimum standards for how small and close seats can be. Bu the tennesseee democrat says its about safety, not comfort. Hes concerned airlines are putting too many seats on planes. To be evacuated effectively if needed. The problems continue to mount for twitter. The social media giant sayssit lost two million users in tte last three months of 2015. That news caused twitter stock to drop 12percent yesterday. At the end of last year. Twitter had around 305million active users. Twitter has been struggling to win over new users for some time. Launching new products to try to address the issue. Youtube plans to take on streaming serviceu such as netflix and hulu. Youtube released three madefor youttbe movies. Its also launching a new series. Its clearly a response to similar moves by competitors. The original content is a part of youtubes red subscription it costs about 10bucks a month to do away with the ads and get access to youtube originals and the companys music service. So whats netflix doing to compete with youtube . Theyre building a kids show around the music oo the beatles. It will be a new animated original series called beat bugs. The series will feature five bug like creatures living out childhood adventures to the music of the fab four. And speaking of music. A new study found people who listen to music out loud together at home spend more time with loved ones. They also spend more time hugging. Familii spent an average of three hours and 13 minutes of more time together. A sheriffs deputy comes to the rescue when a young woman goes into labor. But thats not the whole story. She didnt know she was pregnant. She says shed been so busy going to class and work. She just had no idea. She started feeling sick. Went to the bathroom. And delivered a baby boy jusx as a deputy arrived at her home. He helped keep the baby safe and pregnant and he just came out so its outstanding anytime, anytime you can help you know. Mom and baby both seem to be doing well. Its coming up on today in iowa. An astronaut catches stunning images from the International Space station. So, let me get this straight u. S. Cellular has the phone youre looking for, a network thats built to give you coverage way out here where the other guys dont, and 6 gigs for only 40 a month. Thats a lot less than verizon and at t. With one of those other guys . Switch to u. S. Cellular now and get 6 gigs of data for 40 a month plus get 300 back. [ echoing ] just sayin. vo want to be happy with your next vehicle purchase . At enterprise, we guarantee it. Head to your neighborhood enterprise car sales and let the people who buy more vehicles than anyone. Earth in outer space. A british astronaut caught this view from the International Space station. The footage shows a series of lightning bolts striking earth with a view that is truly out of this world. The astronaut also just became the first astronaut representing britain to carry out a space walk. Storm track seven meteorologist eileen loan is back with another check of your storm track even forecat. Heres the storm track 7 day forecast. Fter a few flurries friday we will see a mostly sunny sky friday and into saturday it will be very cold. Then we track in a chance for accumulating snow as we head into valentines day, its coming up on today in iowa. Dozens of vehicles. An Online Campaign is picking up steam to boycott beyonc. Well tell you why and what her supporters are doing about it in iowa. Were down to nine. Seven republicans and two democrats competing in the next state on the list. South carolina. This morning an update on the president ial race. And another important moment later tonight. Plus a company well known in the midwest paying an 80million and a small act of compassion turns into a big reunion. A man whos been living on the streets for a long time will see his family again. Good morning, im ally crutcher. And storm track seven meteorologist eileen loan is here now with your storm track seven forecast. Good morning. Its another cold morning with temperatures in the sivgle digits acrss most of eastern iowa. Wind chills are also below zeeo, but not o bad with a north wind between zero and ten miles per hour. We will continue with the light wind throughout the day today as High Pressure moves through. Heres the satellite and radar showing the clouds disisipating over the area. We will have a mostly sunny sky today, but our next system is up in the Northern Plains this morning, and that will track into our area by later tonight bringing the chance for light snow. Heres a check of future track. You can see no snow during the day, a mainly sunny sky expected. Still very cold out there. Late this afternoon clouds will be on the increase, with light sow anan will continne through the overnight, and out by friday morning commute. Heres the storm track 7 forecast for today. We will have temperatures in the teens tonear 20. Most chnces fornow after tonights snow. We begin with decision 2016 and a smaller field as the race for the white moves on. Two more republicans are out heres the stoom track 7 forecast for today. We will have temperatures that here in just a few minutes. And a smaller field as the race for the white moves on. Two more republicans are out as the focus shifts to the south. Tracie potts tells us the stakes with Chris Christie and Carly Fiorina out its a make or break jeb bush and marco person do you want behind the well im not going to let somebody pound me. I have a the men and women of South Carolina i believe want a consistent conservative. But donald trump has led every poll here in the last six months. In clemson, he hammered hillary clinto. And her sunning loss in New Hampshire. Honestly women dont like her. Men dont like her take a look at whats happening to her. Black lawmakers are coming to clintons rescue. The Congressional Black Caucus will endorse her today and send members to states like South Carolina with the people in South Carolina are angry right now and they colbert last night. Hell face off w wth hillary cliion at a debate tonight. Sanders win is paying winning New Hampshire. Im South Carolina holds its gop primary on february 20th. H. Then, its a big one. March first is super tuesday. Virginia, georgia, alabama, tennessee, arkansas, oklahoma and texas all have primaries that day. This morning, the standoff at an oregon wildlife refuge could finally end more than a month after it started. The fbi surrounded the refuge. The final four activists inside say theyll leave theirrweapons behind and surrender this morning. Theyre the last of the protesters who took over the refuge in early january upset about federal landpolicies. Several activists were arrested weeks ago. One died after being shot by secretary of state john kerry is trying to strike a deal to end syrias civil war. Hes in germany right now. He says hes hing to reach a a agreement on a ceasefire that would allow aid into syria as soon as this week. New this morning. An eastern iowa pastor journeyed toa greek island to help out with the refugee crisis. Wls amanda giiert joins uu live in the newsroom. She caught up with the pastor about this. Waverly pastor Deborah Coble wise travelled after learnjng that her sisternlaw was a refugee. Baby crying thats a common sound on a greek island right now. nat this is where the refugees are processed and some of them stay. Debra coble wise came here with six ther pastors. This is a photo album i put togetherr they were there when 4 boats came in. She says they remember reflection of the life vests, but they could hear the screams of the people. They were drenching wet and pretty much nonresponnive. Bra says it was scary as they rushed to get people in this is rachel. Shes a pastor in texas. She had to get her knife out a couple of times to cut children out of their clothing. She says its incredible they were even able to reach the island on this makeshift boat. Thats it. Its two big rubber bladders and then they put plywood in the flooring and then they fill it full of 40 or 50 people. On that . On that. They buoyant and really work is a whole nother matter. Most of them dont. Thats why so many people die. These are folks like you and me. These are middle class people. These are teachers. These are shop keepers. These are landowners who have lost in our country right now. Is that some refugees are not like you and me. This week, the director of National Intelligence said this about isis. One technique theyve used is taking advantage of a torrent of migrants to insert operatives into that flow. Thats a scary thought. But its nn something debra is thinking about. Who in their right mind puts their baby in an ocean to cross an ocean like that to cross a strait of water like that unless its so bad back home. Deborah brought home one of the life vests a refugee was wearing so she wont forget what they went through. Weve got you covered live in the newsroom. Amanda gilbert. Kwwl news. Deborah left most of her clothes and shoes at the island when she left for other refugees to wear. More sanctions for north korea. The Us Senate Approves legislation designed to derail that countrys drive for nuclear weapons. It comessafter recentntmissile tests by north korea. This morning, were also learning that countrys leader is accused ofofexecuting his military chief for corruption. Sad news this morning. Two sheriffs deputies in caliirnia have died. Their plane crashed i ito the side of a mountain. They had just finished helping officers on the ground arrest a suspect. Investigators say its too early to tell what happened. They did not call for help before the plane crashshd. Our commuuity is a strong one and we will come through this around each other as we come through this difficult time one of the deputies started his Law Enforcement career 27 ears ago. The other served in the Army National guard before being hired by the sheriffs department. Theres a firestorm over a new song by one of the biggest pop stars. Many peopl call beyonce new song formation anti law enforceceent. So now, there are competing rallies one to protest the song. The other to show support for the singer. The time now is several people are in the hospital this morning ter a pile up. It happeeed on the road east of cleveland. Dozens of cars and at least 15 trucks were involved. We know some people were seriously hurt but no deaths have been reported. An agribusiness giant will pay a hefty ne to settle fferal allegations. Monsanto will pay 80 Million Dollars. The company was accused of not accounting for millions of dollars paid to distributors as rebates. That distorted the companns earnings reports. The ceo paid back three million, even though regulators say he did social media has a power that can be a problem at times. But it can also be very powerful in a good way. Which is exactly what were seeing this morning. Liz nagy tells us about a chicos life is about to almost 40 years. Tuesday night, time in decades. Can you be reay friday or saturday . She is heard telling her brother. You going to come yes lupe said. Hes spent almost 10 years walking and living on the streets of downtown miami, coming to this spot of the Adrienne Arsht center for food and comfort. It was there that chico met gaby. Theres people out there that give a damn about Little Mexican americans like me, he said. And after she shot this when asked how it feels to talk to her bother again, lupe replied, its awesome. I am so overwhelmed. Hugged chico. Thank you very much, he said. I want you to be there when my sister gets here, he to you. Shes going to come to my house, said d gaby. So is he. Theyre a godsend. They are my heroes now; they are my heroes. They are my people now, my saints, he said. Chicos nightsson the streets are numbered. Im just dumbfounded, you know. I might not be coming back, he said. Hes not coming back. Hes going home to his his sister will be diving to miami from nnrth carolina, ssarting tomorrow morning. She hopes to be in downtown miami by saturday afternoon. We still have a lot to get to this morning including another tough road trip for the cyclones. Iowa state hopes to leave the state of texas with an overtime win. Plus this is a valentines day moment 70 years in the makingng a moving s sry about a later. Heres the bus stop forecast. Sunny and cold today. Well talk in just a few minutes. 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 7 from the kwwl stormtracc 7 weather team. See the screen for your complete weather information. Here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. See the screen for youou complete weather information. Here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather te. See the screen for your omplete here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weqther Team Good Morning im meteorologist kyle kiel. Threat tracker shows a sunny and cold day today. Tomorrow threat tracker is in the yellow, as there will likely be some slick spots on the roadways for your friday morning commute after a little bit of snow tonight. Well tk about that in just a moment. Behind that snow will be even more cold air for the day on saturday. We will start you off with the trackers thsi morning. Another cold morning out there. Similar temperatures all across eastern iowa this morning, mainly in the single digits. Temperatures will only warm into the teens throughoutt he day, but luckily our wind wont be too strong. The wind is pretty light as well, as you can see right now. Heres the storm track 7 Live Weather Network cameras across eastern iowa. We have a prett quiet start across the area, ad it will be a pretty calm day. Heres the storm track 7 live radar showing pretty quiet conditions righ tnow. No snow on the radar like there was yesterday. Herere the satellite and radar from across the region. You can see there is an area of high us scattered light snow showers, are tracking it all. Weve got then by tomorrow afternoon, we this will be a very light, heres the storm track 7 overnight. Heres the storm be very cold. Then we track in the ballpark known for the Green Monster now has Something Else that sticks out. A huge ski ramp. Starting today the big air at nway Event Features olympic skiers and snowboarders. The grand prize is 150thousand dollars. I guess its a new way to slide into home plate too. This didnt look like a good idea in the first place. Thankfully, everyones ok after quite a tumble in the that story on the way plus, putting a prce tag on all the savings at the pump. Do you have any idea how much you could save this year because youre watching kwwl. Weve got you covered in garrison, gilbertville, guttenberg and all of easterr iowa iowa state hopes to get on a roll before then. Last night, the cyclones head to year ago when they were ranked ninth. This time around, iowa state is 14th. The cyclones looking good iowa state up 8. But the red raiders would not go away in thihi one. It would go overtime and texas tech comes away with a threepoint win 8582. In cedar falls, uni on a oll lately. Hoping to keep it going against missouri state. The panthers hot early. First two trips down the floor Paul Jesperson back to back threes. Jesperson wasnt alone Jeremy Morgan from the arc morggn led the way with 21. Uni wins its fifth in a row 8369. Next up for the panthers a trip to Wichita State on saturday. Some excitement off the court turns into a scary situation. At kentuckys game last night watch a fan having a good time. Hh picks up a girl, but thats when things go wrong. Luckily both were ok but they might be a little black and blue. Plenty of royal blue in iowa this week. The Kansas City Royals world series trophy is in urbandale. Fans lined up to get a picture with it at a hyvee store. Pretty much. Kind of a lifetime life. And i hope hank this is thth start of something for himm we watch the royals every night. It was cool. This is the trophys only stop in iowa. Cheaper gas means extra cash for you. But how much. 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A war two veteran from virginia reunites with his giilfriend from the w wr. Norwood flew to australia to reconnect with his longlost love. They met in london shortly before dday. After the war, he returned to the us. They wrote to each other, but eventually married other people. His wife passed away and she got divorced. Then last year, one of her sons tracked him down and they reconnected through skype. They plan to spend valentines eileen loan is back with another there are many sides to basketballlltar an fashion n on russell westbrookok and with coverage in the middle of anywhere from u. S. Cellular, he can find some new ones. Russells brussels. Russell speaking. Paleontologigi. Hashtag trex. Park ranger. Where am i . And t. V. Spokesperson. Thats my line. I gogoit. Wiwi u. S. Cellular, you can do all the things you like, from the middle of anywhere. That is my line vo with thousands of quality preowned vehicles. 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