Joins us now with your first alert forecast. Plan on the rain to exit the area very quickly this morning leaving the Daylight Hours dry and quiet. Temperatures will bounce back into the lower 80s south and upper 70s towards the north. Our next area of low pressure is not far off though, and will begin to impact our weather beginning tomorrow. Plan on some showers and storms in the area friday night. This weekend continues to look great with highs into the 70s and lows into the 50s. The plan weatherwise for saturday night continues to be unchanged with clear sky and comfortable temperatures for football into the 60s. Today gradual clearing. Wind nw 515. High 82 tonight increasing clouds. Wind light e. Low 62 tomorrow showers and thunderstorms likely. Locally heavy rain possible. Wind s 510. High 78 tom. Night lingering showers and a few thunderstorms. Wind nw 5 10. Low 57 the auditorium were in is just huge. If the audience happens to look up during a show, theyll see something quite un
Developing right now tensions are espeicially high in the korean peninsula. North korea just had their fifth and Largest Nuclear test. Test. It was first detected as a fi earth quake in the same spot as a nuclear test in january. State media in the isolated country touted the successful nuclear test as elevating the countrys arsenal. They also say it was in reponse to Stronger International sanctions handed down earlier this year. Leaders in china japan and south korea all condemned the nuclear test. That comes as president barack obama is leaving a nearly week long trip to asia. He arrived morning after he was briefed about this latest test on air force one. White House Press Secretary josh earnest says the president will continue to work with us allies in asia to make sure there are serious consequences. At the capitol president obama has invited the top four congressional leaders to a meeting next week. Week. It hasnt been officially announced but sources in the white house say Repu
Your screen. Crisis Response Agency foundation 2 in cedar rapids helps answer those calls. Kcrgtv9s Dave Franzman joins us live from jefferson. Dave, at this point, do we know how the boy is doing . Beth, investigators tell us the 15yearold student was transferred to the university of iowa hospitals and clinics, and there is no current condition update. However, police de morning as life threatening. Immediately following the shooting, the school went on a lockdown with students unable to come and go. Some parents gathered outside wanting to take their students home for the rest of the day. The lockdown ended just before ten oclock. Classes continued for available. A number of students told tv9 about half took the option to leave early. I havent talked to my daughter yet, but just the situation going on i want to bring her home and well discuss the events that happened today Cedar Rapids Police do not believe the student who tried to take his own life attempted to enter the school with
Should be a substantial break with very little activity around the midday hours, with storms increasing in coverage again for the Late Afternoon and evening hours. These storms may impact some football games, and they are worth monitoring today and tonight. The weekend continues to look excellent with highs around 70 on saturday and mid70s on sunday. Iowa iowa state football continues to look great with clear sky and kickoff temperatures in the upper 60s. Have a great weekend toda y showers and thunderstorms develop. L possible. Wind s 510. High 78 tonight lingering showers and a few thunderstorms. Wind nw 5 10. Low 57 tomorrow mostly sunny and very comfortable. Breezy. Wind nw 1525. High 72 tom. Night mostly clear. Excellent for football wind nw 510. Low 50 thanks kaj. Weve seen spirited protests in central iowa over the bakken oil pipeline. A major decision could come down today on a suit from the north dakota to temporarily stop the pipeline. The tribe and other protestors claim it
Why they are up there in a live report. Youre watching kcrgtv9. Now, from your 24 hour news source, this is kcrgtv9 news morning news. Our next area of low pressure is knocking on the door today with a chance of will be two rounds of rainfall with the First Arriving in our northwest counties early today. There should be a substantial break with very little activity around the midday hours, with storms increasing in coverage again for the Late Afternoon and evening hours. These storms may impact some football games, and they are worth monitoring today and tonight. The weekend continues to look excellent with highs around 70 on saturday and mid70s on sunday. Iowa iowa state football continues to look great with clear sky and kickoff temperatures in the upper 60s. Have a great develop. Locally heavy rain possible. Wind s 510. High 78 tonight lingering showers and a few thunderstorms. Wind nw 5 10. Low 57 tomorrow mostly sunny and very comfortable. Breezy. Wind nw 1525. High 72 tom. Night