Republicans by a wide margin in national polls. Its still tight here in iowa in recent polling against ted cruz. Yesterday, trump stopped at the university of iowa yesterday where plenty of supporters and protestors showed up. Kcrgtv9s Sarah Mccarthy has more. This space inside the university of iowa fieldhouse was completely filled with people waiting to hear from republican president ial frontrunner donald trump. But not everyone was a supporter. Scenes like this stopped Donald Trumps speech at least half a dozen times tuesday night. An organized group of protestors with bright red tshirts reading i stand with my muslim neighbors interrupted trump with plastic whistles. For one iowa city mother, shes here for her son. Stand up when he sees things that he doesnt agree with, so i feel like i needed to be here. I really feel strongly that love is more powerful than hate. But several supporters also stood in the crowd including several university of iowa football players. Cj beathard and
Around at minimum, and possibly generate some rain or snow saturday night into sunday. Looking ahead to next week, a substantial storm system is still on track to impact parts of iowa in the tuesday wednesday time period. Stay tuned today 3036 32 iow 33tonight scattered flurries low 2329 winds w 1015 alo 26 dbq 27 iow 26tomorrow m cloudy, sct. Flurries high 3137 winds nw 1020 alo 34 dbq 33 iow 34tomorrow night mostly cloudy low 2127 winds nw 515 alo 22 dbq 22 iow 24 a mysterious substance shouldnt impact flights this morning at the Eastern Iowa Airport. A hazmat team arrived late last night to investigate. They found it at baggage claim, which is where we find tv9s Forrest Saunders live this morning. Forrest what did Airport Security tell you when you arrived . Chris, nicole, its back to business as usual here at the Eastern Iowa Airport. Though, totally different scene. Airport police had closed off this entire area, the bag an unknown authorities are telling us this started just befo
The mid 20s to low 30s to start the day. Winds are light to tracking through and they will stick around for the day. By this evening, we could have a few showers tracking through, but most will hold off until after midnight. And even then will be light through sunday. We should be able to climb back into the upper 30s to low 40s this afternoon as the winds turn back to the south. It will become breezy tomorrow and we will stay mild, but we have a few showers tracking through and a larger system heading our way for tuesday. Ill have more on that system in a few minutes. New this morning. A new waterloo restaurant is damaged after a kitchen fire this waterloo firefighters responding to tokyo bay just after 3 this morning. They believe the fire started in the kitchen area. When they arrived they saw heavy smoke coming from the damagughout the entire building. Tokyo bay which just opened up a couple months ago is expected to be closed for quite some time. While repairs are made. Also new t
County. Which is required. Whenever he moves ocations. In 5 days anytime they change anything he needed to change it phsyical damages sheriff fisher says hes worried about thhchild. And he wants the mother to take responsibility. The department of Human Services is now looking into this case because investigators found out there were other children who were living in the house when tackett moved in back in november. Weve got you covered, Lauren Moss Kwwl news. If upton is convicted she could face up to two years in prison. And a central iowa woman stays home because of slick roads still ends up in a crash. A des moines dart bus crashes through dishes for saving her life. I was sitting in the liliing room watching tv. And the walls were in the bus driver. And one passenger were hurt but are expected to be okay. Police are still investigating the cause of the crash but suspect a medical condition is to blame. Road conditions are slowly improving following a snnw storm that came through t
Nation has lawmakers concerned. Including some here in iowa. They are meeting today so congress can come up with a plan of action. Kwwls Amanda Gilbert joins us live in the newsroom. This has been a big problem for a while. There will be a hearing today on the heroin and Prescription Drug abuse epidemic affecting commmunities throughout the nation. The Senate Judiciary committee will be meeting. And it will be chaired by iowa senator chuck grassley. According to the centers for disease control. The rate of deaths from Drug Overdose involving perscription drugs and heroin increased by 200 percent between 2000 and 2014. The goal for todays hearing is to learn more about what is being done to combat this and how congress can help. This epidemic has reached iowa. According to the Iowa Department of public heath. The number of Overdose Deaths more than doubled from 2005 to 2014. Weve got you covered live in the newsroom. Amanda gilbert. Kwwl lawmakers say they hope todays hearing will lead