Eileen loan is here now with your storm track seven forecast. Not as cold this morning, but still seeing 30s out there this morning. But a good 5 to 10 degrees above where we started while light, are helping. And they will pick up today. It will be pretty breezy this afternoon with gusts higher than 20 mph. Clear developing overnight. One person is dead after a car hits a tree. Waterloo police say a car caught fire after going off the road and into someones yard. Kwwls Amanda Gilbert joins us live in waterloo. You can tell us the ive been checking in with waterloo fire and police all morning. They did confirm that shortly after midnight. A driver drove off the road at the 500th block of newell street. The car ended up hitting the large tree behind me in this front yard. The car then caught fire. And Waterloo Police confirm that the driver was killed in the accident. They time. Waterloo Fire Department says it took about 5 to 10 minutes to put the fire out. They say the car was destroyed. Just a very sad story. There still are a lot of questions. Im out here this morning and i can still smell smoke. Im seeing what looks like burn marks and tire tracks in this front yard. Waterloo. Amanda gilbert. Kwwl news. The car did end up in someones no one inside the house was now onto decision 2016 coverage. Weve got 25 days left and some political heavy hitters are on the campaign trail. Including president obama and the first lady. Tracie potts has the latest on enough is enough this has got to stop right now Hillary Clintons most powerful voice. In disbel women. I cant stop thinking about frightening. And the truth is it hurts. Clinton tweets im in awe. Thanks for putting into words whats in so many of our hearts. President obama blames republicans for acting too late out of nowhere. trump natsot, its a disgrace. trump. Fighting fire with fire vehemently denying accusations by five women dont know who they are, they are made up stories, filed right before the election, right before the election. Wipe this is a conspiracy against hes now focusing on. To win. The other two florida and pennsylvania. Tracie potts, nbc news, washington. But not Donald Trumps recent republican senator who didnt drop her endorsement for trump instead saying this. Im not going to defend him on any of his remarks. So, theres absolutley no excuse there. I will continue to support the republican ticket, the republican party. She says her choice to stick with trump ultimately came back to the many flaws of Hillary Clinton as secretary of state including the use of pr continuing coverage this morning. Charges are pending against an iowa driver in a deadly crash this week. It happened near Pleasant Hill. The Polk County Sheriffs Office says Stephen Graber of Pleasant Hill died. Officers say dylan winker of waukee was driving a car going the wrong way. Investigators are looking into whether alcohol was a factor. A man accused of driving the wrong way on an interstate in vermont will be in court today. Five people were killed. The driver is charged with five in south korea, ten people were killed and nine others injured when their bus caught fire. The government says 21 people were on the bus when it smashed into survivors were able to get out by breaking the windows. Authorities suspect it started after a blown tire caused the bus to hit the guardrail. A school is put on lockdown as iowa sheriffs deputies chase after two suspects. It happened near an Elementary School in sioux city. Sheriffs deputies were pulling a car over for a traffic stop, but the car took off. After the suspects. Police caught one of them but at last check the other was still on the run. A man acquitted of murder earlier this year has been sentenced for something else. In august Perquondis Holmes was found not guilty in a shooting that happened 3 years ago. Police say after the shooting happened he took off for nebraska. Holmes entered an alford plea for avoiding an arrest. So the question is how much time hes been giving credit for the nearly 3 years he spent in jail waiting for the trial. The man charged with kidnapping a 4yearold is back in florida. He was found at a hospital in tennessee after he allegedly took her from her home. He is now in a florida jail. An eastern iowa man dies in a work related accident. Marcus essex, of waterloo, was hit in the head by a chain loading a trash bin last month. It happened as he worked for blac loud sound and found him unconscious on the ground. He died in cedar rapids this week. Someone gets hurt in a crash involving a school bus. It happened south of maquoketa thats in jackson county, heres a picture of the scene from our coverage partners at the telegraph herald. There were children on the bus at the time, but none of them were hurt. One person in the other car was taken to the hospital but we a semi crashes on an overpass you can see the trailer hanging over the bridge. Its believed the hydraulic system went out causing the crash. Amazingly, the driver was not injured. Some farmers around the Dakota Access pipeline site are arming themselves to protect their property. These farmers in north dakota are worried about violence breaking out during protests of the pipeline which would run through parts of iowa. A farmer says he got into an argument with protester hes now erring on the side of an altercation call them, and if it escalates to a point where youre in fear of your life, do what you need to, to protect yourself. He says officers were not there the day he encountered protesters so he just wants to make sure hes Calhoun County is the latest to get ready to pay deputies additional overtime. Thats where protesters say they will attempt to stop construction on the pipeline this weekend. The sheriff says he feels caught in the middle of the fight between developers. And his neighbors. Borne and raised in Calhoun County, i worked for a lot of sensitive and i understand that, but i cant take sides. Im here to keep the law and ill do what im supposed to do. More than 100 protesters along the Pipeline Route in iowa. Up and running for the First Time Since heavy flooding. A popular market is back open. The newbo area in cedar rapids was one of the hardest hit areas. The newbo city market is home to 24 unique vendors, who were all happy through inspections before they could reopen. We feel fortunate there wasnt a flood. Potentially we were looking at not being here for a glad to be back. To celebrate being back open theres a celebration and the public. It starts at 5 oclock tonight. The water is long gone but the damage it caused still has some near shell rock last month when the Shell Rock River crested at record levels. Just two weeks after buying their first home a family found themselves in a homeowners nightmare. A gaping hole in this home left behind by flood waters. They were in the basement here, and all of a sudden the bricks came down as the two boys were nearly a mile from the Shell Rock River the family wasnt family only now getting help to clean up. A device used during openheart surgery has been linked to a bacterial infection. And now thousands of patients could be at risk. At least 28 cases have been reported in hospitals over the past year in three different states including iowa. Some heater cooler devices have been linked to a bacteria called n tm. And now the cdc is watch for symptoms. Signs of infection include night prince fans came out for a celebrity Prince Tribute concert in the pop stars home state minnesota. It brought out fans for a night of prince throwbacks. People showed up to honor the late pop artist. The starstudded event featured musicians from the past several decades. Stevie wonder, christina aguilera, and john mayer were a few of the big names on the celebrity iowa. Another retailer will close its stores for thanksgiving, after plus. As we hate to admit winter is coming. But this year we might be paying more for heat. 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 forecast on kwwl. Im chuck grassley, and i approve this message. My dad raised thirteen children, was married for nearly seventy years dad knew his time was near. Out of options, he finally called senator grassleys office. They got dad his medals. Just before he passed. How tall are you . How do we measure greatness in america . The height of our skyscrapers . The size of our Bank Accounts . No. Its measured by what we do for our children. Ive spent my life fighting for kids and families and it will be my mission to build a country where our children can rise as high as their dreams and hard work take them. That means good schools for every child in every zip code. College that leads to opportunities. Not debt. And an economy where every Young American can find a job that lets them start a family of their own. Working together. Respecting one another. And never giving up. I want our success to be measured by theirs. Im Hillary Clinton and i approve this message. Vernon im Monica Vernon, and i approve this message. Congressman blums Smear Campaign misleading and false. The truth Monica Vernon donated every pay raise to charity and helped build a homeless shelter but multimillionaire blum promised hed take only half his salary. Then in congress, blum broke his word and kept all the pay. Now he wants to cut Social Security and raise the retirement age. For your complete here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team stormtrack7 Live Weather Network cameras will be pretty clear this morning, but more clouds up to 20 mph at times today and tomorrow. Rain tracks in for the weekend, too. With some upper 40s to the west. All of us warmer than thursdays start. South winds are helping. They are mainly light now, but will become breezy today and really stay gusty through the night. A system to our south will tho our way today, but so will the larger system to the west. Between the two, we could have drizzle tonight with showers and storms by saturday afternoon. But temperatures will warm up. 60s and 70s over most of tomorrow. Along with the rain chances. Although they saturday morning with scattered afternoon. Mainly dry next you can expect to pay more to heat your home this winter than you spent last year. Thats because a colder winter is expected. The Energy Department today said Household Bills from october through march are likely to be higher for all four main heating fuels. Natural gas, electricity, heating oil and propane. Its coming up on today in iowa. Amazon is making a big push to hire employees ahead of the holidays. Plus. A lifesaver comes in the form of a dedicated four Legged Friend stay with kwwl, weve got you janesville, denver, tiffin and office depot is the latest retailer to announce it will close its stores for thanksgiving, after opening on the holiday last year. The store says shoppers will still be able to get deals online on its website, but its stores wont open until black friday at 6 am. Several stores that were not closed last year have announced th this year, including the mall of america. Amazon plans to add 1hundred and 20thousand Seasonal Workers to meet the expected increase in demand for the holidays. Amazon anticipates more Holiday Shoppers will choose to shop on line rather than at stores this year. They are adding seasonal positions at sites in 27 states thats a 20 percent increase over last years hiring. Samsung says it expects to take a big loss over its decision to stop production of the galaxy note seven. Three billion dollars in operating profit between now and march. The problems began in september, when samsung recalled twoand ahalf million note seven phones due to overheating batteries that could cause the devices to catch fire. Samsung then issued replacement ophnes with updated software and a new battery supplier. But those phones also caught fire. A service dog saves her handler from a house fire. It happened in missouri. The dog woke the woman up her to the smoke in the house thats why i think everybody there for; they take care of us. Her husband is just thankful his dog was his wifes side when she needed her most. Storm track seven meteorologist eileen loan is eileen loan is back with another check of your storm track seven forecast. Increasing clouds and wind today with highs in the 60s. Drizzle tonight saturday morning then scattered showers storms saturday afternoon. Highs in the 70s for the weekend and into youre watching kwwl. Weve got you covered. This is today in iowa. Darien why have the latest smartphone if you cant use it wherever you go . Switch to u. S. Cellular for our best plan yet 7 gigs of data per line for only 49. Or video chat at your secret fishing spot. All for just 49. The best part . We put towers in places the other guys dont. Because u. S. Cellular thinks you deserve a signal that works wherever you are. Switch to u. S. Cellular and get a whopping 7 gigs of data per line for only 49. Its troubling. Congressman blum actually cosponsored a bill that could make it legal for a woman to be fired even though women depend on it for critical care, like cancer screenings. I was diagnosed with breast cancer, and i know it was Early Detection that made a difference. Its not a political issue. Its about caring about all of our people here in this country. Accident. Someone dies after a car catches fire. Plus were hearing from a wellknown eastern iowa veteran this morning part of a larger and theyre going clownfree. A store that sells Halloween Costumes says theyve had it with the creepy clown craze so and im jerry gallagher. Storm track seven meteorologist eileen loan is here now with your storm track seven forecast. 30s out there this morning. But a good 5 to 10 degrees above where we started yesterday morning south winds, while light, are helping. And they will pick up today. It will be pretty breezy this afternoon with gusts higher than 20 mph. Clear skies this morning will end up partly sunny for the afternoon as clouds track in ahead of the next cold front. Highs today will be in the 60s. And we will warm up even more for the the forecast. Ill have that for you in a few minutes. Developing this morning. An overnight tragedy. One person is dead after a fire. A driver went off the road and hit a tree in waterloo around midnight. There still are a lot of questions as to what happened. Us more about what happened. Ive been checking in with waterloo fire and police all morning. They did confirm that shortly after midnight. A driver drove off the road the car then caught fire. And Waterloo Police confirm that the driver was killed in the accident. They are not releasing any details about the driver at this fire out. They say the car was destroyed. Just a very sad story. There still are a lot of questions. Im out marks and tire tracks in this front yard. Weve got you covered live in the car did end up in someones front yard, but the home was not hit. Also developing overnight Waterloo Police are v night at the Family Dollar on franklin street. Police tell us two robbers walked in with a gun. No one was injured. No details at this time about what exactly was stolen. After years of planning and a lot of work today a new interchange is set to open. The c57 interchange over 218 will open this morning. We first started hearing about the need to make changes at cedar wapsi several years ago after many serious crashes. Opening the overpass means three gravel roads including the new interchange. But some are frustrated. Rogers market has been on gresham road for building it with all the different meetings and everything but we still dont want it to happen the new stand is on waverly road and is now open and will remain open for three more weeks. The dot says gresham road where the stand sits right now will be barricaded after they people in the hospital after a crash. It happened yesterday afternoon in muscatine county. The state patrol says eric osborn did not yield and hit another car. A passenger in the other car from bettendorf was also hurt. Parents want people to slow down near a Waterloo School after a student was hit by a car. An eightyearold was riding her bike on idaho street near highland elementary this week, when she was hit. The driver was cited for not yielding. Hospital and is expected to to add a School Zone Speed limit in the area. Im scared for my kids walking with them. Im not blaming parents, theres a lot of parents that their kids have to walk by themselves. I think we need precautions in our area saying slow down. She has about 40 signatures so far and is working to get more before police say someone was hit by a car yesterday on dubuques west side. They tell our coverage partners at the dubuque telegraph herald that it happened at the intersection of pennsylvania avenue and radford road around 5 30 last night. No other details have been released. This morning a woman is pretty lucky after her suv was hit by a train. Kim bradfield from janesville is expected to be ok. It couldve been much worse. She was on 260th street in bremer taken to the university of iowa hospitals and clinics, but again were hearing shes expected to be ok. Decision 2016 coverage this morning today, former president bill clinton goes to ohio after spending two days in eastern iowa. He spent time in cedar falls, independence and mount vernon yesterday campaigning for his wife. He focused on an issue thats been a hot topic for some time. Example of how we have stopped listening to each other. How we with people who lives are different from ours but share our future. Weve got to get over that. All of us. President obama will also be campaigning in ohio today. The democratic nominee has been in california for a fundraiser. Hillary clinton also dropped by a Campaign Field office to meet hes called a disaster. Theres hardly any part of america that he has not targeted. The election is 25 days away. Donald trump has been campaigning in the polls show a very close race there. Trump went back to something he talked about a lot a few weeks ago Hillary Clintons stamina. And you know when shes over leave her there. Theyer tough people. Theyre just going to leave her there. Theyre not going to help her up. Theyll say let her come up when shes ready, these are tough carolina. Peace through strength. Thats what many Iowa Veterans say trump will deliver if hes elected. More than 150 former officers and enlisted Service Members are coming together to stand behind trump. I think that very clearly these National Security which is not locker room talk its the talk between the media and the individual candidate and those supporters. People in eastern iowa. The group also said its time to move past what they call the failed foreign policies of Hillary Clinton and the obama administration. A former president ial candidate could be in hot water. A judge has found probable cause for a complaint of misconduct against new jersey governor chris christie. This is connected to the christie knew about the lanes on a bridge being shut down a few years ago. It was allegedly ordered by christie Staff Members who wanted to get back at a mayor for not supporting christie. The case now goes to a prosecutors office, which will decide whether to bring the issue to a grand jury for opening to honor a former president. It will have dozens of exhibits dedicated to richard nixon. The museum is in california. The former president s brother and grandchildren were there for the opening. In court today the former ce drugs. Martin shkreli was arrested last year on allegations of securities fraud. Hes accused of looting a company of 11million dollars to pay off investors he was suspected of defrauding in a hedge fund he ran. Clown costumes are flying off the shelves in some stores. But not after all of the recent reports in a way we could be protecting people, if someone unknowingly dresses as a clown, i mean, i love clowns, but if someone dresses as a clown unintentionally scares somebody, who knows what could happen . This week mcdonalds said they would be scaling back appearances by Ronald Mcdonald because of the creepy clown craze. A 30degree morning keeps gardners on their toes in eastern iowa. Thats the case at the dubuque produce to help feed those in need. They harvest more than two thousand pounds of produce a year. They hustled to protect what theyve got when the cold weather settled in yesterday. You know, three weeks ago, we were getting lots and lots of comes to a screeching halt when the days get shorter and the season gets cooler. In order to get to provide fresh produce, we need to make this happen as greenhouse, so they can grow food year round. Right time right place for an officer on a train. A woman went to the hospital when she started having contractions. She was told to come back later. So she and her husband were on their way home but when they got to the train he said my wifes in labor so right away i turned around. Saw her standing their hunched over holding her stomach ran right over. On the job. Last year, he helped deliver a healthy girl. Coming up in 10 minutes another trilling finish to a playoff series. Next stop Wrigley Field in chicago for last nights winner. Plus remember the goonies . This video of what looks like a strange ship has people disappeared. The forecast from storm track seven meteorologist eileen loan is up next. Youre watching kwwl, weve got you covered with jerry gallagher, ally crutcher and meteorologist eileen loan. Now your storm track 7 forecast on kwwl. From the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. See the screen for your complete weather information. Here is additional forecast information from the kww team stormtrack7 Live Weather Network cameras will be pretty clear this morning, but more clouds will track in for the afternoon. It gets breezy, too, with winds temperatures this morning are in the 30s and 40s with some upper are mainly light now, but will become breezy today and really stay gusty through the night. A system to larger system to the west. Between the two, we afternoon. But temperatures will warm up. 60s and 70s over most of the area today with a lot more will be light. Today. Increasing clouds and wind with highs in the 60s. Temperatures dont drop too much tonight with drizzle continues saturday south winds. We stay mild through monday with a few showers and storms sunday afternoon. Mainly dry next week, although a few showers may track through at night. We cool again for the end of the this morning people are being asked to stay inside in bermuda just to this morning people are being asked to stay inside in bermuda just to be safe. Theres quite a bi tens of thousands of people are without power. Winds up to 115 miles an hour swept through the island. Still to come this morning another recall you need to know brake plus what is that . This morning some are calling it vernon im Monica Vernon, and i approve this message. Congressman blums Smear Campaign misleading and false. The truth Monica Vernon donated every pay raise to charity and helped build a homeless shelter for women and children, but multimillionaire blum promised hed take only half his salary. Then in congress, blum broke his word and kept all the pay. And raise the retirement age. Heres some of our top stories this morning. One person is dead this morning after a car hits a tree. It happened overnight in waterloo. Police say a car caught fire after going off the road and into someones yard. No one else was hurt. After years of planning and a lot of work today a new interchange is set to open. The c57 interchange over 218 will open this morning. Opening the overpass means three gravel roads will shut down. And a popular market is back open. The newbo area in cedar rapids was one of the hardest hit areas from last months floods. Thats where were taking a live look out of this morning. A celebration and benefit is happening later today in the market yard. Honda is recalling hundreds of thousands of cars. 350thousand civics. Their parking brakes might be bad. The recall affects 2016 civics sold in the us. Honda says no crashes or injuries have been reported they spotted the problem through warranty claims. The company will start letting this morning, the cubs know who they will play with a trip to the world series on the line. Last night the dodgers and nationals in the final a ninth inning with two out and two on. La leads by a run. Here comes star pitcher Clayton Kershaw to close it out. Hes working on just one day of rest after pitching tuesday on three days rest. Let the celebration begin for the dodgers and their fans. They win 43. They face the cubs in the nlcs beginning saturday night in chicago. Game one of the American League championship series between toronto and cleveland is tonight. Its only a pre season game, but a and Archie Goodwin throws down the monster dunk to give his team the win in the final seconds. A dunk that would make Michael Jordan proud. A little girl is making big waves in the ring. She may be tiny but little ayanna is mighty. The 4yearold from kansas is triple her age. Shes a fast learner. I tell you had a whole bunch of her in this gym theyre champions right there. She has plenty of time to practice before her First Official match. She has to be at least eight years old to compete. Fire prevention week is the perfect time for a lesson that could protect your entire family. This is the annual evansdale Fire Department open house. Theres a lot going on including a chance to learn. An Obstacle Course teaches kids to stay low escaping a fire. Experience being in a house fire with none of the dangers as they climb through low to the ground and go against the wall and stuff. Hell pick a volunteer to feel with like the back of their hand to see if the doors hot and if the doors hot then we have to go out another way. Firefighters are urging families to talk about an escape plan this week d everythings bigger in texas. Even the alligators. A recordbreaking 13 foot gator was caught in a small texas town this week. It weighs more than 900 pounds. The National Wildlife refuge says the gator has been a nuisance in the lake where it was caught. Video from a different lake has it shows a hazy blur on lake superior. A photographer says he watched what looked like a massive ghost ship bob up and down in the water for about 30 minutes before it disappeared. It looks li ke aship. It looks say to all of your viewers, happy halloween. haunted ship sightings arent unheard of there. There are more than sixthousand known shipwrecks in all of the at the same time. And itll be easy to spot where to go because the pumps are pink. This month many retailers are donating three cents of every gallon of e15 sold to the National Breast Cancer Foundation linn coop of marion is one of many spots where the pumps are pink. You can find a list of all that are participating on our website at eileen is back with another good morning. Onetwo punch. First Lady Michelle obama delivers a stinging and emotional takedown of donald trump over his alleged treatment of women. It is cruel. Its frightening. And the truth is, it hurts. Republicans blaming them for trumps rise. Theyve been feeding their base all kinds of crazy for years. Trump now lashing out at the women who claim they were targets of his unwanted advances. Theyre horrible, horrible liars. Can the trump ticket bounce back from whats become an avalanche of accusations . Well ask his running mate, governor mike pence, when he joins us live. Brutal storms
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