The morning hours. We are in the skies. Although a few clouds are out there, especially to our south and east. We will see a few more clouds tracking in today with partly cloudy to partly sunny skies. Winds will be southeast at 5 to 15 mph and ahead of a system that will bring a chance of storms, along with a cool down for the weekend. Ill have clear skies. Although a few clouds are out there, especially to our south and east. We will see a be southeast at 5 to 15 mph and a big story this morning hurricane warnings for jamaica, haiti, causing flooding in jamaica. The powerful, category four hurricane is on a track that forecasters say could devastate parts of haiti. As reid binion tells us that country still trying to recover from an earthquake six years virtue of its trajectory, will. Underscoring the seriousness of the threat posed by Hurricane Matthew. We are expecting that there will be landslides, and that will mean also damage to agriculture. Forecasters warning some jamaicans, t
Some headaches. Ill have more on that in a few minutes. Our top story this hour. A new bill has been introduced by iowa lawmakers that would impact drivers across the state. He bill would make it illegal to talk on your cell phone while driving. Kwwls Amanda Gilbert joins us live in waterloo. Shes been looking into this. Finding out who anywhere in iowa. You will probably notice a good amount of people talking on theirrhones. I spoke with some people who said it seems like every 4th car someones either talking or texting. Right now it is illegal to text or sed out emails while driving in iowa. But not t alking. In fact. Only drivers with permits or intermediate license holders can not talk on this. And a lot of people i spoke with think this is a good idea. Takes a littte bit of accidents from using my phone so. A lot of police and sheriffs support this bill as well. But the American Civil Liberties right now 14 other states across the country say it is illegal to talk on your handheld
Our top story this morning. A change could soon be coming to iowa that would give more rights to felons. Right now felons are not allowed to vote. But the Iowa Supreme Court may soon relax or change that. Kwwls Amanda Gilbert joins us live this morning with reaction and this idea is getting a lot of reaction. Some closure may soon be coming. For a long time theres been confusion on which of iowas thousands of former offenders are eligible to vote. Right now the only way felons can vote is if their rights are restored by the governor. Several civil Rights Groups are speaking out. Saying the court should change this. And restore felons Voting Rights before the 2016 president ial election. Iowa is one of three state with lifetime voting bans for felons. Some iowans say there doesnt to be any change with the law because Voting Rights are restored to former felons after they prove to the governor they have changed. Others disagree. They say right now this ii disproportionately affecting the
We will keep you updated as more information becomes avaliable this morning. Switching gears as we check in storm track seven meteorologist eileen loan. Eileen its a cold one out there. Lets go right to storm track seven meteorologist eileen loan expire within the hour. We still running either side of zero with will have quite a bit of sunshine today. Tonight, however, snow will track in and through will just be cold. It will only be in the up for tomorrow as that snow tracks in. Ill tell you what we can expect coming up in a few minutes. Have chills down around 15 or colder in many areas in the advisory. Air temperatures are running either side of zero with light northerly winds. We have a few clouds tracking in slowly from the west, but most of us however, snow will track in and will continue through the morning hours. And into the be cold. It will only be in the Single Digits and teens above zero today. And it may take all in. Ill tell you what we can expect coming up in a few Polic
With only a few breaks here and there. We will be mild, though, with highs in the mid 30s. As the winds turn to the northwest, though, those temps could start slide. We will be colder tomorrow, butit warms up by the end of the week. Ill have that forecast for you in a few minutes. Our top story this hour. Getting your taxes done early can help protect you from fraud. Thieves are filing returns early and the easiest way to protect yourself is to file early. If you need help getting them done theressfree serviies avavilable. Kwwls Amanda Gilbert joins us live from the uni campus to explain how to take advantage of this free service. Accounting juniors. Seniors. And grad students at uni are offering free tax return help. They say every monday and wednesday night they will be in the Curris Business Building from 7 to 9. They are a part of a program called helping low income tax payers. Students will electronically a prepare and exile both federal and iowa tax returns for people. I spoke wi