Alert forecast, kaj. Plan on a mild, breezy day out there with highs going well into the 50s. The warm front pushing through this morning will be replaced by a cold front by midafternoon. In any event, highs should be hit around the lunch hour with widespread mid50s likely. Tonight into tomorrow, dry weather is anticipated with temperatures still well above normal. Our storm system is still on track to impact eastern iowa this weekend with light rain as early as friday night. For at least the entire weekend, precipitation will stay in the form of rain in all areas, and that rain may be heavy at times. Thunderstorm s are also possible saturday night into sunday. Rainfall amounts of at least 12 are likely with higher amounts approaching 3 in any areas that see repeated heavy rainfall. Creeks and streams will likely respond with rises on the smaller basins likely. Next week, the weather trends cooler, with any remaining moisture going to light snow later monday, if our temperatures can dr
And Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on what is already a very busy wednesday morning. Weve got breaking news as were coming on the air at this hour. A largescale Police Operation aimed at the mastermind of the terror attacks on paris, abdelhamid abaaoud. Officials initially believed he was in syria, but clearly there is some suspicion he could in fact be very close by, possibly on the outskirts of paris. Want to give you an idea of where this is all happening. Its in saintdenis, a suburb north of paris in some apartments that are actually about a mile from the soccer stadium that was attacked on friday. At least two people have been killed. Seven others arrested. The siege lasting about seven hours. Police say at least five officers have been wounded as well. Lets get right to nbcs chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel in that neighborhood this morning. Richard, good morning, what are you seeing and hearing . G
And back here in the us dc. House republicans opposing to bring tenthousand Syrian Refugees to america until screening can be tightened. President obama however remaining lowkey on describing his plans for isis. And speaker of the house paul ryan saying in response the world needs american leadership. And also just in tonight two air france flights have been diverted. The first one headed from los angeles to paris, was diverted to Salt Lake City because of a security incident. A bomb threat was called in from the ground according to a u. S. Government official. The plane landed safely, and passengers terminal the second one which was on its way to paris from washington, dc. , has been diverted to halifax Authorities Say it did land safely we spoke with native syrians who are living in eastern iowa and they think its the result of fear and misinformation. Kwwls Hillary Maglin has more. sot. Cg newman abruissa syria native it has affected me of course. I grew up in damascus, syria. I sti
Just udder devastation and sadness and were the teachers but i cant even imagine being the parents and our hearts just went out to the parents and the family. The wagner sisters, along the nonprofit embarc were huge forces in helping organize those searches for him. They say they are thankful and proud of this community for coming together. You may remember, moe sed is a refugee from burma. Officials with the Waterloo School district say the ethnic minorities of burma have different cultural norms regarding death. Well talk about that in the story im workin on for tonight at six. Moe seds family released a statement. It says our family is not sure what to say as we grieve the loss of our son. We are thankful for the support of the police and sheriffs departments and the entire Cedar Community for the many ways everyone came together to support our family during this difficult time. New charges filed for this man originally only charged with attempted murder for trying to kill his mothe
They do study abroad programs. One of the victims was an Exchange Student from california. Despite this, local universities dont expect many changes to their programs. The university of dubuque says they dont have students in paris right now. But did during the summer. Changes. Weve already been thinking about this a lot. And i would say that one of the things that we probably will change is more at the moment the university of dubuque has students studying in other european countries, like ireland. We also reached out to Clarke University they said their study impacted. Another rainy day. Lets go to storm track seven chief schnackenberg. Hes tracking rain. From the kwwl stormtrack for your complete weather information. Here is additional forecast slowly through the plains states and will bring showers and a few storms to the kwwl viewing area today through wednesday. With the extended fall on wednesday as a cold the university of Northern Iowa campus still reeling after two students d