We have a rather active week for christmasas. Ill haveethe details in a few minutes. Our top story this morning. An Iowa Community is mourning the loss of a wrestlerr who collapsed at aaeekend meet. Austin roberts was a senior at spencer high school. He was competing in the 220pound Weight Division when he collapsed. We reached out to the hospital where he died to learn more about the cause but have not heard back. The closeknit community of spencer now pulling a heartache for them. This was will live on, a go fund me page has been set up to help austins family and has already r rised more thth more than a day after the chase ends police find the suspect they were looking for. Johnathan martin is accused of leading police on a chase on 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 business there. 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 t teated for severe frostbite. The investigation is on going. One person is dead and dozens are hurt after a car crashed into a sidewalk on the l ls vegas striri. Police say the crash was intentional. The driver had a toddler in the car with her. Officers believe the woman droze off the street and onto he saw. I suddenly saw like people flying in the air because the car hit them, and it was like a bowling ball hitting pins i went into doctor my mode, it was hysteria, i mean im the driver left the scene. But has since been taken into custody and is being interviewed and tested for alcohol and controlled substances. Today, investigators hope to identify 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 investigators are looking into the crash. But it usually takes months to determme what went wwong in incidents like this one. The pilot of a small plane dies when he crashes his plane into a golf course in georgia. The pilot was the only person on board and no one on the golf plane clipped some trees on the rendered aid but unfortunately was not able to render aid enough to bring the pilot back. The cause of the crash is under two commercial jets bump wings and hundreds of passengers have to be rebooked on new flights. This happened in burbank yesterday both planes belong to Southwest Airlines and were pulld out of service for inspection. No one was hurt. An air france jetliner makes an Emergency Landing in kenya after a passenger reported a suspicious device in the bathroom. Nearly 500 passengers and crew on the paris bound flight slid down emergency slides. But the device was a fake bomb made`of cardboard and a household timer. Kenyan authorities are investigating. More than 90 people are still missing after a disastrous landslide in china buried dozens of buildings. Up to 20 feet of mud covering an industrial aree two w wrker dormitorres were hit by the mud, but no deaths have been reported. A city official said 900 people were evacuated and nearly were involved in the rescue effort. A boy scout leader is recovering after being attacked by a bear. It happened in a new jersey forest. He was leading three scouts. The boys were notthurt. The mann injuries are not believed to be lifethreatening. Following a vote to remove confederate monuments protests. The new orleann city councii recennly voted to remove several confederate monuments. Protestors carrying american flags went to the statues to demand they stay. A federal lawsuit has been filed to halt efforts to remove the monuments. And in souu carolina the Confederate Flag at the center of controversy. People waving it around in celebration. Marki ng the day South Carolina seceeded from our country back in 1860. E rally howeweer did draw several protesters who were against the partys message. One of whom was arrested, and charged with disorderly conductas well as possession of marijuana. Everyone deserves to enjoy are what situation you are dealing with at that ti. Two groups Work Together to help Holiday Season. Kwwls Amanda Gilbert joins us live in cedar falls she the groups. Ally its a Great Program started here. The Upper Cervical Health Center works with thh house of hope. They place ornaments on this tree with the names of kids living at the house of hope. Onthe back of the ornaments are what the kids want for christmas. A patient comes in. Chooses an ornament and then helps santa get the presents on that ornament to the child. All of these children are living these gifts might be all they are getting this year. It was like chuckecheese or something thats my favorite birthday. Thats y ur favorite place . Yes. Some patients at the health centwr delivered warm clothes some of these kids asked for toos like trains and legos. Others asked for things they needed like boots weve got you covered live in cedar falls. Amanda gilbert. Kwwl news. The house of hope on waterloo and e upper cervical center have its coming up on today in iowa. Snowstorms, floods, a deadly hurrricane. Were taking a look back at some of the years biggest storms. Plus. For millions of people this was the weekend they were waiting for. So imagine how they react when the projector stops working during the new star warssovie. And. A family in for a holiday surprise in the middle of a school assembly. Youre watching kwwl, weve got you covered with jerryrygallagher, ally crutcher this is today in iowa. Now your storm track 7 forecast on kwwl. From theekwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. See the screen from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. See the screen for your complete weather information. Pere is additionnl forecast information from the kwwl ststmtrack 7 weather tete rain continues to track through the area this morning, along with some drizzle and fog. The fog will be dense at times with many areas less thaa 2 miles visibility. Stormtrack7 Live Weather Network will show some of that fog this morning. Temperatures are mild. In the 30s and even upper 40s, but will be steady or falling much of thh day today aa the rain. And it will take much of will have dry air for tuesday will be steady or falling all day with the northwest winds. Winds will die down tonight and fog will form. Lows below with highs back into the upper 30s to mid 40s and then the next chance of rain tracks in on our area into thursday morning late . More rain and snow on back toward normal for sundaa surfaces to get slippery by morning. Breezy on tuesday with highs back into the upper 30s to mid 40s d then the next chance of rain tracks in on wednesday with snow our area into thursday morning with a few rain showers tracking saturday as temperatures cool back toward normal for sunday. Back into the upper 30s to mid 40s and then the next chance of rain tracks in on wednesday with snow in the northern counties. We keep a chance of surfaces to get slippery by morning. Breezy on tuesday with highshsback into the upper 30s to mid 40s and then the next chance of rain tracks in on wednesday with snow in the northern counties. We keep a chance of light snow in our area late . More rain and snow on saturday as temperatures cool back toward normal for sunday. We have some School Delays this morning theyre running on the we have some School Delays this morning theyre running on bottom of your screen and are available on our website, kwwl dot com. Relentless snowstorms deadly floods and a powerful category 5 hurricane all made weather headlines this year. And as karin caifa repor it took less than a month for 225 to make the record books. Its only been 14 days, folks and weve already had 7080 of snow. Blowing snow nearly every week for three months ssraight snowstorms blanketed streets, buried cars and strained peoples patience. Everybodys just fed up. Of someone shoveling snow bostn record with 110 point6 inches. It all finally melted in july. Tornado siren and someone yelling get iiide get ininide in the springg several large tornadoes raked right above your head. Two people were killed in may after an ef3 tornado ravaged the city of van. Crests in wimberley and san a house just went by up the up. Mccombs husband is the only one who survived. At least 23 people died in the may floods. And in South Carolina. This will be a hihitoric rainfall event that we have never seen before. Relentless rain in october shattered records in charleston and columbia. Some places saw as much as 20 inches of rain. The historic flooding shut doon more t tan 500 roadssand bridgee it caused at least 11 dams to fail and killed at least 17 people. Hurricane patricia howled into the record books in october as the strongest hurricane ever in st 24 hours patricia wentt from a Tropical Storm to a 200mileper hour, category 5 hurricane. The storm reporting. National, international, and political highlights from the year. Its still to come. May the force be with you. And also with you. Churches catch star wars feeer. Plus. A sailor finds a way to surprise her siblings this Holiday Season. Youre watching kwwl. Weve got you covered in gilbertville, marion, hills and all of eastern iowa hollywood walk of fame later today. Samuel l. Jackson and christoph waltz, who both appeared in django unchained will speak at todays ceremony. This star coming just before the Christmas Day opening of his newest movie. The hateful eight. And no surprise hee. Star wars the froce awakens topped the box office this weekend. The movie brought in an estimated 238 million dollars. Making it the biggest north american debut of all time. Coming in second this weekeend the animated feature alvin and the chipmunks the road chip earned 14 the rrated comedy sister came in third place with 13pointfour million dollaas. Check this out horror for star wars fans. The projector at a hollywood theater stopped working in the middle of the movie it then restarted. But played 15 or 20 minutes ahead of where they left off. The theater gve fans a full refund and a voucher to come back. And the fooe awakens. In church. A special themed service in germany. Around 500 people carrying light sabers and dressed up as their favorite characters attended the mass. The congregation watched clips from the original film on a large screen during the service, and the organist played the iconic theme song. The mass ended with twoopastors using light sabee as props during a reading from the bible. 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. Dylan wohlenhaus was there. There are moments we anticipate. And inside the nervous too. Started twitching. She is waiting for t te planned moment her brother tom and sister martu. Students here sitting in the crowd. Have no idea is coming. So where exactly dooi go. I am going to take you to the edge here then im going to take you to center stagg. Emma enlisted in the virginia. Will deploy overseas next year. And as far as her brother and sister knew. Would not be making it home this christmas. We e ave a big surprise for you for christmas today. Only the staff and some of their family were in on the surprise. It means a lot to be able to surprise them and be home with come and go. I missed you, i mmssed you too we can take those moments and reflect on what we are grateful during her first deployment next year. Emma probably will not make it home for the holidays. Its coming up. A baby otter spends its first few hours playing with its mm and were getting a look at the adorable hehet disease. Asthma. Diabetes. 7 out of 10 americans take prescription drugs. But in the last 7 years drugs prices have doubled. Hillarys going to take on the Drug Companies. Require medicare to negotiate lower drug prices. Let people buy their prescription drugs from countries like canada at half the price. And cap monthly prescription costs for every american. The Drug Companies have been over charging long enough. Its time to fight back. Im Hillary Clinton with another check of your storm track seven forecasas. Winter officially begins tonight just before 11 pm, but it will still feel like a few snow showers thursday likely into turday with snow mixing in, too, as temps cool off. Check this o ot cuteness overload. a cuddly newborn otter pup had guests crowding the outer deck at a california aquarium. The furry fluff all took in its ocean tidepool. Mommy otter spent her morning feeding the pup and grooming it. Aquarium trainers say the momsspriority 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 to leave the safe haven offthe open its coming up on today in iowa. A major mistake at the Miss Universe pageant well show you what happened and why everyone is talking about it,. Plus if you plan to give. Or receive. A drone this Holiday Season, theres something you need to do or you could face fines. And a family y s heartbroken when someone steals their gifts. And the family dog. But things are starting to look up for them. The story in our next half hour youre watching kwwl. Weve got you cove hey this holiday, u. S. Cellulars giving you 15 gigs of data for juzt 70 but i wanted a pony. [ gaspsp] youre getetng data. Ponysized data . U. S. Cellular sized data. 15 gigs of good, strong data you can actually use because it works in the middle of anywhere. Id like 100 youre getting 400 in promo cards yes switch to u. S. Cellular and get 15 gigs of data for just 70. Paris theres a lot to do on a dairy farm. Nobodys gonna do it for you. You have to get out there and do it yourself. Bernie sanders is a wellknown friend of family farms. Bernie cannot be bought out by big money. Bernies opinion cannot be purchased. Its time for our next president to get in there, roll up his sleeves, take off the gloves, and take on wall street, take on big business, take on big money, and get the working class back to where they should be. Hes a rock. Gather to honor the life of an iowa teenager. Months after his disappearance. Plus. Iowans without a home learn ththyre getting help through the holidaa season. And a huge flub at the Miss Universe pageant. Makes the good morning, im ally crutcher. Jerrys off. We do have some School Delays this morning those are running on the bottom of your screenenand you can find them online at kwwl dot com. Storm track seven meteorologist eileen loan is here now with your storm track seven track through the state, with have fog. Iowa dot cameras are showing many areas with it this morning. Isibilities are down to zero in a few places and below 2 miles in many falling throughout the day with northwest winds taking over. They will be 5 to 15 mph today, but we will keep the morning we have a rather active week for slowly falling throughout the day with northwest winns taking over. They will be 5 to the morning a rather active week for christmas. Ill have the details in a few minutes. Over. They will be 5 to 15 mph today, but we will keep the morning afternoon. We have a rather active week for christmas. Ill have the details in a few minutes. Today, iowans will gather to honor the life of a teenager. A funeral for moe sed will be held at ten thirty this morning at the First Baptist church in waterloo. This is video of a gathering in seds honor late last week. The teens body was found in the cedar river earlier this month. The waterloo west student had been missing since october. His family invites the community to join them today. One person is dead after a mobile home catches fire. It happened jsut after seven last night on kelly street southwest in cedar rapids. When firefighters arrived they pronounced dead at the scene. The cause of e fire andndthe cause of death are both under a High School Wrestler from iowa dies after collapsing at a meet. Austin roberts was a senior at spencer high school. He placed eighth at the 2a state wrestling tournament last year. He was competing in the i really dont know what happened. It looked like things were going ok and thennall of a out, we reached out to the hospital where he died to learn more about the cause but have not heard back. At least one person is dead, this morning, after a woman drove her car on e sidewalk of the Las Vegas Strip. Dozens of people are hurt. As 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 oldsmobile leaves the road and pedestrians. Like, it literally looked like she wasnt even trying to stop the forward, not even moving. The windshields were busted, and there were, like, three or four mennunning after her, trying tt stop the car. lt. Dan mcgrath lvmpd scrambled to try and stop the driver. Antonio Nassar witness she rode the sidewalk. She came to a stop right here at the paris intersection, and thee she was like. People were punching the window trying to get the, apparently, child out police say the child was down the sidewalk. depyty chief brett video from the area interviewing dozens of witnesses, trying to pinpoint exactly what happened. Andrew spencer, kwwl police have the driver in custody. Overnight, they were checking to see if she had any alcohol or drugs in her system. Three people die in a fiery crash on the interstate. Authorities say a driver took a u turn while crossing into mexico and sped off the wrong ay on the interstate. The driver crashed into another car, killing both people inside. The cars burst into flames. One person dies when a Greyhound Bus crashes into an suv. This happened in texas. The driver of the suv died and a passenger has serious injuried. Police say 16 people on the bus were hurt. Investigators are looking into the cause of the crash. The friend and former neighbor of one of the San Bernardino shooters is due in court today for a bail and detention hearing. Enrique marquez is charged with conspiracy to commit crimes of terrorism. And federal weapons charges. Purchased the two assault rifles used by syed farook and his wife in the massacre that left 14 dead and more than 20 woundee. A french newspaper is reporting new details about the man who allegedly coordinated last months deadly terrorist attack in paris. The paper says the ringleaders hid in bushes for days until the Police Assault happened, where he was killed. The french newspaper says investigators used a cell phone breaking news this morning. Belgian Police Detain five people following two days of raids related to the paris attacks. Yesterday, police raided a home in brussels cloo to a popular touristt area. The raid lasted five hours. Authorities said two men were takn into custody for questioning, but gave no further details about them. Prosecutors are expected to lease statement later today with further details on the arrests. Schools in parts of New Hampshire, will be closed today due to public investigators believe a threat emailed to the district was detailed enough to take action. That email mentioned specific planned acts against two nashua schools. Working together with the police department, the superintendent of schools made the decision to cancel all classes across the schools. There does seem to be a lot happening throughout the country because they are talking about ssnificant Public Safety and to that of the children. State and federal officials have been brought in to help to find the source of the email. Plaques are dedicated to two Police Officers killed in the line of duty. The new york city detectives were shot in their patroo car by a lone gunman, who later killed himself. The gunman made angry social media posts about Police Killings of two black men. One year ago, two of new of the badge they wore, and that wasstherefore not o oly an attack on thee two good bravav men, but an attack on all of us, an attack on everything we the offiiers were promoted to detective after their deaths. Yesterday, family members and fellow officers laid wreaths at the site of the shooting. The plaques are going up outside new this morning. Christmas comes a little early for some Homeless Children in eastern iowa. Two groups join together to get santa to arrive a little early. Kwwls Amanda Gilbert jos us live in cedar falls with the details. The Upper Cervical Health Center placed ornaments on this tree with the names of kids living at the house of hope in waterloo. The back of the ornaments haveewhat he or she wants for christmas. Patients then came in. Picked up an ornament and helped santa get these gifts to the kids. Selfie with santa with his new camera. The house of hope is a two year transitional shelter. Themoms a christmas for them. So i just wanted to do my part with helping some people donated scarves and warmrmclothes to hell out. And on the back of these ornaments some kids asked for things like legos and trai. Others asked for things they need like boots. Weve got you covered live in cedar falls. Amanda gilbert. Kwwl news. The house of hope and the Upper Cervical Health Center have been working together for 10 years. Sad news from former president jimmy carter. His grandson has died. He broke the news during a Church Service in georgia yesterday. Theres no word yet whether carter was suffering from any illness. The former president had his own health scare this summer, when he was diagnosed with brain cancer. But he recently announced hes been cured. The last few daas of campaigning before 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. nbc meet the press super thats Donald Trumps reaction to what Hillary Clinton said about isis in saturdays debate abc news super burned in showing videos of donald trump insulting islam and muslims in order to recruit more radical jihadists. nnc meet the press super burned n voice of donald trump r president ial candidate 18 22 nobody has been able to back democrat Bernie Sanders on dealing with isis and syrias president nbc meet the press super burned in sot Bernie Sanders d president ial candidate 28 33 assad, i want to see him go. But that is a secondary issue cbs face the nation super burned in sot marco rubio r president ial candidate 34 36 werr not going tt take assad out. The Syrian People are going to take assad out. Jeb bush is still trying sot jeb bush r president ial candidate 41 45 he said that isis is not a cruz. Steering clear of trump. Is taking aim at president obama on Global Warming sot that the suv in your driveway is a bigger threat to our security than a bunch of lunatics who want to kill us . The first caucuses and primaries are now just over a hampshire today. The latest new hamphiree numbers s how trump upp6 points over ted cruz and marco rubio. Tracie potts, nbc news, washington. On the democratic side, Bernie Sanders is averaging 8 points ahead of Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire, but shes leading by 25 nationally. Former presiient bill clinton will hit the campaign trail next month to stump for his wife. Campaign aides say hell start headlining events in january some with his wife and some hell be been largely behind the scenes. Some people in the cedar valley are fighting to bring back the rollerdrome. Seven and a half years after flooding destroyed it. You can see the damage from the floods of 2008 here. The building. Torn down three years later. Many people in the cedar valley kids and grandkids to experience it. Kristy they grew up here. It was a memory for them, it was a memory for my kids. Its a memory, now i want to have for my grandkids. A petition crereted a week ago now w as more than 26 hundred signatures. A private Space Company will try to get back into the spaceflying game today spacex is set to launch its falcon9 rocket from cape canaveral, florida. The companys space flights have been on hold since one of its rockets exploded in june. Todadaspacex will also try for the fourth time to safely land a rocket after a flight. That would allow engineers to reuse flights far cheaper. If you own a drone. Or maybe hope to get one later this week, remember you need to register them. That registration starts today. And if you complete the form before january 20th, the faa is waiving the five dololar fee. For anyone who buys a drone after today. It must be registered before its first flight outdoors. Its an unfortunate mistake and one youll likely hear a lot about today. The Miss Universe pageant came down to two contestants. Miss colombia and miss philippines. Host steve harvey accidentally announced colombia as the winner. She gets the sash, the crown, and takes her winning walk. The only problem she was the runner up. Harvey rushes back on stage and correctly announces miss philippines is this years winner. Heres the reaction is colombia a huge celebration when and then theyre silent after harvey announces his mistake. Steve harvey tweeted an apology laa night. But ead it carefully. He spelled philippines and colomibia incorrectly. Its coming up. A former r astern iowa ollege player goes for the records books in the nfl plus. Some good news if you plan on doing any holiday traveling this week. The forecast from storm track youre watching kwwl, weve got you covered with jerry gallagher, ally crutcher and meteorologist eeleen loan. Now your storm track 7 forecast on kwwl. From the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. See the screen or your complete weather information. Here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team rain continues to track through fog will be dense at times with many areas less than 2 miles visibility. Stormtrack7 30s and even upper 40s, but will be steady or falling much of the and bring in cooler air. First rain and drizzle will track this morning as the low is next system heads our way for wednesday. Today. Mainly light ran and drizzle with areas of down tonight and fog will reform. Lows below freezing will upper 30s to mid 40s and then the next chance of rain tracks in on into thursday morning with a few rain showers tracking through Christmas Day mainly late . More rain and snow on saturday down tonight and fog will reform. Lows below 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 light snow in our area into thursday morning with a few rain late . More rain and snow on saturday as temperatures cool back toward a big night for former uni Panther David johnson. Going into yesterdays game. He was just one touchdown shy of the cardinals franchise record in the First Quarter he put himself in the books scoring his 10th touchdown of the season he goes on to score two more in its still to come. Dog and all their christmas presents but the Holiday Season is starting to look up for the family. Plus. Many of you probably have plans to hit the road this week. Good news about what youll see nationwide as you travel. 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. Two dollars a gallon, according to tracker gas buddy. Here in iowa were even lower, were down to one ninetyfive a gallon and some areas are down even more. Gas prices nationally are back to where they were in april 2009. Fewer people are going to the bank. Nearly four in ten americans havent visited a bank or Credit Union Branch in at least six months. Thats according to a report released today by bankrate dot com. Atm visits were not included in the numbers. Christmas is only four days away. And mail carriers are sure to be busy. The Us Postal Service says today is going to the be their busiest delivery day of the year. The agency expects to handle 30 million items today alone, and 15 billion pieces of mail for the entire season. And if you havent shipped those presents yet. If you use Priority Mail today. Your presents should make it in time for christmas. Christmas comes early for some dubuque firefighters and police rolled in to hills and dales with lights and sirens blaring. Hills and dales is a Residential Center for kids and young adults with disabilities. And we cant forget about santa and mrs. Clause. They rode in on a fire truck. This. Thats what makes use smile, dont we . And then i get really wants those gifts. This is the seventeenth year for this event. Its a community effort. Were Emergency Responders and others in the area raised money for the past couple of months to buy the gifts. 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 christmas back. This is amazing i want to say typically doesnt cry shed a tear or two when the dog returned. Its were wrapping up today in iowa with the forecast from storm track seven hey this holiday, u. S. Cellulars giving you 15 gigs of data for just 70 but i wanted a pony. [ gasps ] youre getting data. Ponysized data . U. S. Cellular sized data. 15 gigs of good, strong data you can actually use because it works in the middle of anywhere. Id like 100 youre getting 400 in promo cards yes switch to u. S. Cellular and get 15 gigs of data for just 70. Developing overnight one person is dead and dozens are hurt after a driver crashes into sidewalks on the Las Vegas Strip. Police believe she did it intentionally. Today, the communtiy will honor moe sed. His funeral is scheduled for 10 30 this morning in waterloo. The teens body was found in the cedar river earlier this month. Hed been missing since october. Eileen is back with another check of your storm track seven winter officially begins tonight just before 11 pm, but it will again on wednesday. Some snow may mix in to the northern showers possible Christmas Day thanks for joining us, the today show is next and well be back in 25 minutes with more news and weather. Have a great day. Good morning. Chaos on the strip. A woman with her toddler in the back of her car repeatedly plows into pedestrians on the Las Vegas Strip overnight. One dead, dozens injured, and Police Believe she acted intentionally. A live report this morning. Feuding frontrunners. Donald trump fires back after best recruiter during the