Youre watching kcrgtv9. Now, from your 24 hour news source, this is kcrgtv9 news morning news. First, meteorologis t kaj omara has your first alert forecast, kaj. Day. Like yesterday, there is little chance of seeing sun, with steady temperatures into the 30s. In fact, theres very little chance of seeing sun through the next week. Our next area of low pressure arrives this weekend with sunday still being the day to watch for some snow, primarily in the morning. Slick roads are possible sunday morning with this first minor accumulation of the season. Moving into next week, the monstrously overhypedsocialmedia induced storm will primarily just drop temperatures and increase wind speeds cold. No record snow. While snow will probably accompany the frontal passage, determining the minor amounts will be the primary focus next week. Enjoy your weekend today cloudy. Wind nw 515. High 38 tonight mostly cloudy. Wind nw 510. Low 27 tomorrow mostly cloudy. Wind w 510. High 37 tom. Night rain snow
Prison population. Does that show, as Iowa Supreme Court chief Justice Mark Cady says, significant Racial Disparities in our system . If so, what can be done . What is the purpose of prison anyway, punishment, rehabilitation, the protection of society . What kinds of principles should guide us as we work toward criminal Justice Reform . We have a great panel today to discus sentencing reform in criminal justice. To my left, jerry Vander Sanden, a linn county attorney. Thanks for being on again, gerry. Jerry good morning. Its great to be here. Scott sara riley, an attorney at tom riley law firm. Sara, thanks for being on. Sara thank you for having me. Scott at the end, justin lightfoot, an assistant us attorney. Thanks for being on, justin. Justin good morning. Scott well, okay, jerry, maybe we can start with you. For, now decades now, weve been getting tough on crime. Have we gotten too tough . Are our sentencing procedures too much . Jerry well, youre right, we have gotten tough on cr
Who were in the parking lot. Most of them described the scene, saying they heard lots of screaming. Hyvee manager Michael Essex remembers being called to the parking lot and seeing a woman lying in a pool of blood. He says he then tried calming luerkens by talking to him. At that time he picked up the knife and stuck himself two times quickly. At that point, i decided i couldnt let this go any further, so i just kind of tackled him. The knife went one way and him and i were grappling, and then Marion Police pulled up next to us. The defense then questioned essex about luerkens state of mind at the scene. He said luerkens appeared to be quote flipping out, and appeared detached from what was going on. In that surveillance video, the witness Eric Breitbach pointed out luerkens as he approached donald in the parking lot. Coming up tonight at six, well hear testimony from a witness who says she tried to stop luerkens during the attack. Live in cedar rapids, brady smith, kcrg tv9 news. A ch
Ground landing on a busy road hitting a truck. How the quickthinking pilot saved lives. Good morning, america. A lot to get to this morning. Got that big new poll out this morning, senator marco rubio rising in the race for president. There he is right there. Walking over from starbucks. A little different from yesterday in the stretch limo and donald trump and hes here live in the studio. Well get to him. We will. First we begin with the breaking news overnight. An American Airlines flight forced to make an Emergency Landing. A passenger making threats on board that flight. Abcs Pierre Thomas has the latest and is here in the studio with us. Reporter good morning, robin. The American Airline flight left phoenix late tuesday afternoon with the expectation it would arrive at new yorks jfk about 4 1 2 hours later but that dramatically changed when chaos erupted midflight. Listen tower, could use a scare in the air for 121 passengers on flight 622. About ready to clear to land 19 right am
University of iowa shows how improperly fitted hearing aids can affect Language Development in hard of hearing kids. Youre watching kcrgtv9. Now, from your 24 hour news source, this is kcrgtv9 news morning news. First, meteorologis t kaj omara has your first alert forecast, kaj. Plan on some fog to start off your wednesday. While this fog may be locally dense, it doesnt appear itll last very long and should be out of the area by 9 or 10 am. Temperatures will take off once the fog burns away, leading to another day with highs around 70. This should be the end of the road for any 70s for a while as november reality moves in later this week in the form of a cold front. This front should generate some rain for us late thursday into thursday night. While a shower may linger through sunrise in our eastern counties on friday, this system will largely be gone and off to the east. Itll be much cooler too, with highs of only 5055. Enjoy your 3 newcomers and 1 incumbent are banding together after