Sales already through the roof. Theaters all over the country already sold out. Many projecting it could break avatars box office record. Going to be a big one. Sure is. Take a look at this. This is not star wars. This is amazons new delivery drone. Being tested. Today, in case you havent heard, its cybermonday. Were going begin with the threat at the university of chicago. School is canceled all classes and activities today after fbi counterterror officials warned the urt about an online message about an attack on the main quad this morning. Alex perez son the scene. Reporter thats right. The university of chicago says that decision came this weekend after they got the call from the fbi saying there was an online threat about gun violence right here on the main quad at 10 00 a. M. Today. The faculty and staff and email late last night. Just how credible this threat may be and the specifics of this threat still not clear. But heres what officials are saying in a statement about extra s
Behind why the cedar rapids Traffic Cameras are in place. The city has appealed a d ot decision to take down 2 sets and move 2 other sets of cameras on interstate 380. Kcrgtv9s brea love reports the city says the cameras help with safety, iowa is the only state in the nation with permanent speed cameras on the interstate. But gary hughes is suing to take them down. Its unconstitutio nal. Section six of the state constitution says all laws have to be applied equally. His main argument centers on enforcement. Noting if a car has a bike rake or other object covering the license plate, that car would nototet a ticker. Hughes says the cameras are more about money than safety. I think its a basic flaw in the premise is that the city believes that increasing citations wilchange driver behavior, and condition drivers to being more safe. I think the opposite has occurred. Iowa dot director of traffic and safety steve gent admits the cameras can be extremely effective in getting drivers to slow
You might wonder where the race stands for i ia voters both democrats and republicans. On our website, kcrg dot com, theres a long and detailed look at the 16 candidates from both parties, with analysis from ui Political Science professor tim hagle. Thats online now. At kcrg republican president ial candidate john kasich was also set to talk to College Students in eastern iowa today. The Ohio Governor was scheduled to speak at coe collge in cedar rapids at 10 this morning, but his campaign cancelled that event. Kasich is still scheduled to speak at Iowa State University in ames later today. With the Iowa Caucuses now about two months away, you might wonder where the race stands for iowa voters both democrats and republicans. On our website, kcrg dot com, theres a long and detailed look at the 16 candidates from both parties, with analysis from ui political scienccprofessor tim hagle. Thats online now. At kcrg dot com. First, meteorologis t Justin Gehrts has your first alert forecastst
After a des moines officer is cleared of charges for shooting an unarmed man, the family wants answers. Theyre headed to the courtroom to find them the news starts in 30 seconds. Youre watching local 5 news at Accurate Weather Team and we start with your forecast first. It has been one of the warmest starts to november we have on records for iowa, and it will continue for one more day we had a lot of clouds around today in central iowa which kept us in the 60s, but some areas in western and eastern iowa did reach the 70s. Everyone will be mild tonight thanks to some clouds and fairly strong southerly winds of 1020 mph. Temps will only fall into the mid and upper 50s by thursday morning. It will be another mostly cloudy day thursday with a few showers possible, but many areas will stay dry. Highs will reach the mid to upper 60s with south winds of 1530 mph and gusting higher. A cold front will spark some thunderstorms for central iowa between 5 and 9 pm thursday evening and will also us