you saved many lives on sept. 11. Honoring the legacies. Etch ed into history, and into the hearts of those too young to remember. Sot i am 15 years and three months old, so i knew you for three months. I feel like ive known you forever. Tag those grieving family members of all ages, saying this day never gets any easier, but that it is so important to be here. Carryin g on the ago to never forget. Mg abc news ny dozens of 911 ceremonies were held across eastern iowa today. Kcrg tv 9s jordee kalk went to an Interfaith Service memorial at Cornell College this afternoon. Jordee, the college added Something Special to campus today. Yes, they added a peace pole at the colleges chapel in 2002. A couple dozen people several prayers from different religions. The schools chaplain says the goal is to understand and learn from one another, while remembering the lives lost on 911. Singing. Some students sang to the group. Others shared experiences how 911 changed their own lives. A key part in to
Mate mike pence held a round table discussion with Union Members in cleveland. He told labor leaders its president Barack Obamas fault that companies are moving jobs to mexico. Jobs are moving to mexico. And your manufacturing, its incredible whats happening. Right now, as we speak, their negotiating deals to move out of ohio and go down to mexico. Trump promised to stop companies from leaving the us. He also confirmed that he will participate in all three president ial debates. Joins us now with your first alert forecast. Justin, it was a warm one out there for people enjoying labor day. Warm, muggy weather is here for the next couple of days, and that will fuel the potential for heavy rain. Skies are partly cloudy tonight and a few storms are possible late, mainly northwest. That slight storm chance ends in the morning, but more storms may fire up again late in the day. Once again, the most likely place for that is in northern and central iowa. Heavy rain is possible. Highs will reac
For our chances with rain kaj . Plan on another breezy and warm day. Storms will be knocking on the northwest door later today and into the night. Heavy rain is possible out of any storm given the amount of heat present. A few storms northwest of waterloo will carry the risk of a few strong wind gusts as well. Overall, the weather pattern will be very active for the next 36 hours with heavy rain the main risk going into wednesday. Rainfall totals over 2 still appears possible over the northern half of the region. By thursday morning, the rain is gone and off to the east with our next cold front coming in here on friday. This ont ll ve ideal wthernditions saturdaye highest chance is in the northwest. Warm and muggy. Nd sw 1020. High 89 night storms become likely. Heavy rain possible. Wind sw 515. Low 70 tomorwstormskely. Especially late in the afternoon rough eveni. High 84 m. Night y candidates are back out trying to persuade more voters to cast a ballot for them and their cause. For d
Morning news. First, meteorologis t kaj omara has your first alert forecast, kaj. Plan on another breezy and warm day. Northwest door later today and into the night. Heavy rain is possible out of any storm given the amount of heat present. A few storms northwest of waterloo will carry the risk of a few strong wind gusts as well. Overall, the weather pattern will be very active for the next 36 hours with heavy rain the main risk going into wednesday. Rainfall totals over 2 still appears possible over the northern half of the coming in here on friday. This front will also bring a rain chance with it. This weekend will be great, and the iowa iowa state game will have ideal weather conditions saturday night with a kickoff temperature in the upper 60s. Today a chance of storms in the afternoon. The highest chance is in the northwest. Warm and muggy. Wind sw 1020. High 89 tonight storms become likely. Heavy rain possible. Wind sw 515. Low 70 tomorrow storms likely. Heavy rain is possible, es
Kevin briggs has accumulated many stories from his time spent talking with people ready to jump from the golden gate bridge. Hes been the subject of documentaries, written a book now hes bringing his message to iowa as suicide rates climb across the country. Its so empowering when the individual comes back over that rail, they did it, it takes a lot of courage to come back over that rail and face everything that pushed you over that edge. Briggs says the key is communication people something many people do. In johnson county, the Crisis Center offers a crisis hot line that gets one thousand calls a month, and recently started a mobile Crisis Center where Mental Health professionals actually go and visit with people who are considering harming themselves. We were averaging 15 calls a month, and that has sky rocketed to 34 or 35 calls a month the last couple months. Briggs says everyday people can going to say to their friends or lovedones. And be ready with resource materials and a plan