Polls open an hour from now. Im Jerry Gallagher and im ally crutcher a cold front tracking through the area this morning is squeezing out a few showers but will quickly clear out. Temperatures are in the 50s with the clouds but have dropped into the 40s with the clear skies behind. East and will stay mainly 1015 mph for the rest oe now. Northwest winds will stay decision 2016 todays the day millions of americans cast their votes. Were keeping an eye on results nationally and here in iowa, one key race were watching is iowas first Congressional District. Firstterm republican congressman rod blum faces democratic challenger Monica Vernon. Us live in the telegraph herald newsroom with more on both candidates. Good morning shirley. Good morning ally and jerry. Political experts say this one will be a close race. Freshman congressman rod blum background. His opponent is Monica Vernon, former cedar rapids councilwoman. When it comes to the issues. Blum is wants to reform the culture of and w
Temperatures are actually warming up a bit this morning. Back into the upper 30s to low starting to pick up. They will be mainly around 15 mph but gusting to 25 mph today before dying down this evening. We also have pretty clear skies out there this morning. That will continue today with mild temperatures, too. Aiming for the low to mid 60s this afternoon. We cool down for veterans day, though as a cold front tracks through. Ill have that forecast for you in a few minutes. For the transition. President elect trump starting to think about a cabinet and hundreds of people who will have key roles in his administratin. Today, hes heading to washington to meet with the current president. Trump and his wife melania will meet with president obama at the now, it is no secret that the president bush and i had some pretty significant differences. But president bushs team could not making sure we had a smooth transition so that we could hit the ground running. President obama says he is rooting f
Good morning, im ally crutcher. And im jerry gallagher. Temperatures are actually warming up a bit this morning. Back into the upper 30s to low 40s over most of the kwwl viewing area. That is due s they will be mainly around 15 mph but gusting to 25 mph today before dying down this evening. We also have pretty clear skies out there this morning. That will continue today with mild temperatures, too. Aiming for the low to mid 60s this afternoon. We cool down for veterans day, though as a cold highways blocked, crowds erupting. Across the country a number of protests from people who do not support our countrys next president. In california several hundred people blocked one of the busiest freeways. Not their president. Hey, ho ho, donald trump has. Proteistng into the election victory that shocked the world. Philadelphia. To oregon. And down through the west coast to los angeles. Some demonstrators there setting fire to a donald trump effigy. Others blocking the highway. In new york as ma
Right now. In the 30s to the mid 40s. But we may not climb too much more today with north winds at 5 to 15 mph. They will be mainly 1015 mph will gust higher for much of the day before dying down this evening. While cooler than we have been seeing, this is winds die down and will lead to a rather chilly night tonight. Ill have more coming up. Breaking news this morning. Waterloo firefighters rescue a man after a fire. It started in an abandoned Apartment Building. Kwwls Amanda Gilbert joins us live in waterloo with the latest. Im at the 900 block of commercial street and waterloo firefighters confirm a fire started in this abandoned three this morning. They say the fire is now out and no one was injured. Take a look at this video right here. Firefighters rescued a man who and down a ladder. The man said he believes other people were in the building he time the fire started. But firefighters have not found anyone else at this time. Waterloo police say this is an but they do occasionally
While cooler than we have been seeing, this is actually closer to where we should be for veterans day. In the upper 40s to mid 50s. Gusty winds die down and will lead to a rather chilly night tonight. Ill have more coming up. Waterloo firefighters pull a man from a fire. Now the man they saved is in jail. Chad bruce now faces trespassing charges kwwls Amanda Gilbert joins us live in waterloo with more on started a fire accidentally shortly after three this morning. In the abandoned Apartment Building behind me. No one was hurt in the fire but as you can see from this video. Firefighters did have to rescue a man named chad bruce. Who was trapped on the second floor. Bruce was then arrested for owned. Looked like it was ready to be live in waterloo, Amanda Gilbert, news 7 kwwl. We did some digging this morning. According to county tax records, the building was built in 1906. The property is currently listed on the city of waterloo website as for sale. According to the Black Hawk County j