Demand at the holidays. Obviously were anticipating more growth this year and thats why we have the need for all the additional folks. Three years ago, during christmas 2013, ups guessed wrong about the surge in Online Shopping and disappointed some buyers with after christmas deliveries. One driversupervisor remembers that year and says the Company Learned a valuable lesson. Get the holiday help in early. It created significant challenges for us. We worked to see a surge again. The u. S. Postal service is also on a hiring spree for holiday help now with hundreds showing up at job fairs in september in cedar rapids and des moines. The iowa usps district also needs 600 more people to get through the holidays and its not for cards and letters. Theres pressure for all the Delivery Companies obviously but postal workers are good about chipping in and making sure were successful. Have a good shipping experience. Extra help hired for the holidays might mean working only 4. Or. 6. Or maybe ei
A special edition of world news tonight starts now. Announcer from abc news, this is a special edition of world news tonight with david muir. Reporting tonight from the hurricane zone in florida. Good evening, as we come on the air tonight from jacksonville, florida. Hurricane matthew is churning right off the coast as we begin tonight. And right here behind me, that river, the surge is under way as were here tonight. Right here in jacksonville, you can see the water breaching the shore, rushing into the streets, flooding homes. In st. Augustine, families inn. The powerful waves eroding the beach and this historic highway. And look at the radar, spinning right off jacksonville, georgia and South Carolina in harms way tonight. In a moment, well take you up in the air with the hurricane hunters, flying right through matthew. But we reporter tonight, deadly Hurricane Matthew pummeling the Central Florida coastline. Already claiming at least two lives. You can see just how bad it has gotte
Offices. The Eastern Iowa Health center and Young Parents Network are cooperating on the collection and say 100 percent of donated dollars or diapers will go to those who need them. We often dont think of diapers as a necessity but it is really is and the fact its not covered by any federal program, you know no incentives or anything like that. Diapers are such a big need 80 dollars a month for a lot of people. Health has committed to purchasing 50thousand to get the program started. Organizers say those much smaller diaper drives would collect only a limited number of diapers and when those were gone, theyre gone. But with a diaper bank, the idea is to keep collections going off and on and always have enough on hand to help those who have trouble paying for this necessary infant product out of pocket. Beth . Thanks, dave. Us now with your first forecast. Chris, some of our viewers have had a little rain today. Will that continue . A weak upper level system is moving across eastern iow
Alerts. How they found her. Good evening. And its great to have you with us here on a monday night. And we begin with the new shockwaves tonight after the donald trump videotape. What he said about what he can do to women because hes a star. And then, what he did last night, right before the debate, bringing women who have accused bill clinton of wrongdoing and trying to seat them in his vip box, hoping bill clinton would have to shake their hands. And then somethi the two candidates walking onto that stage and not shaking hands themselves. And that was just the beginning. And tonight, the new poll here, taken right after news broke of that donald trump audio, take a look. Hillary clinton, opening up a doubledigit lead now with 46 of the vote to Donald Trumps 35 . So, tonight here, will trumps choice to go on the attack, to bring up bill clintons past, help or hurt . Abcs tom llamas, leading us off. Two hours before the debate, luring reporters to his hotel, promising a glimpse of his
Its really Serious Business to get the Community Back on its feet after a flood, not just like 2008 but a near disaster like we had in 2016. The city is also asking for the publics help with contributions to the fund. The information on that and the application process is currently on the citys website, you can also find it on the economic alliances website. In downtown cedar rapids, brea love, kcrgtv nine news. Some bu the process of opening from the flood. Coming up tonight at 6 well look at one business who will apply toward the fund. Turning now to the forecast and meteorologis t joe winters. We have a chance of seeing some frost tonight . The Iowa Attorney Generals Office closed its investigation into a cedar rapids officer involved shooting, deeming it justified. Calling the actions of officers ashley steil and Jeremiah White reasonable 12th, they responded to a domestic disturbance at 1735 edgewood drive northwest. When officers arrived, police say Markell Bivins was stabbing a