Rain snow mix. Storm track 7 chief meteorologist Mark Schnackenberg an area of clouds will move across the region tonight a first days of 2016 will be quiet precipitation will be thursday with 20 chance of a light rain snow mix. Storm track 7 chief meteorologist Mark Schnackenberg the rose bowl now less than 24 hours away and our kwwl team in pasadena is excited as the players. Ron steele is standing now live at the rose bowl stadium. The excitement is building in anticipation of tomorrows at about 4 10. We had a chance to be at the rose bowl stadium today when the arrived for a team photograph. There were also plenty of hawkeye fans outside the gate taking pictures and offering well wishes to the players and coaches. The photo actually took very little time and you could tell the players were enjoying every moment of this experience. Earlier today mark woodley and i drove the tournament of roses parade route down orange grove blvd. In pasadena. There are rows and rows of bleachers set
Of the pac west athletic conference. Bob b overed the 1 182 rose bowll for kwwl. Even though they lost the game 40,000 iowa fans spontaneously singing at the end of t te rose bowl game. Ill never forget it. What an experience. So, its nice. Its been 25 years since iowas been here b. Lining up at the gate to take pictures of everything. Theres nothingglike an iowa fan. Oh my bob still using his classic oh my saying. Right now lets go live to brad hanson the uss iowa has turned into Hawkeye Central today, as nearly 20 thousand fans have descended on the battleship. Organizers say they originally planned for only about one thousand people. But of course, word got out about the rrly, and it wassannounced at yesterdays hawkeye huddle. That means hawkeye fans have turned out in droves to see the ship. The line stretching nearly a half a mile to et onebut worth the wait for many Iowa Iowa City i think its probably incredible. Im actually us navy from 6869, served in vietnam, and so i told cha
New years plans have changed for more than 40 iowa soldiers. Tomorrow morning, Iowa National guard soldiers will fly to missouri for flood aid relief. Flooding has been a cocnern in missouri for more than a week. The death toll in the state has risen to more than a dozen, major roadways are cut off, and thousands of people are last night informing them theyd be leaving new years day for missouri itll be a big change of climate and scenery for these soldiers but one i these aerial images give a glimspe of the disaster that has taken over the state of missouri. Flooding has displaced people from their homes, destroyed businesses, closed major roadways. And has been responsible for multiple deaths. A little more than three hundred miles away. Iowa National Gaurd soldiers in cedar rapids are preparing tanks and a Water Purification system to bring to missouri new years day. Is more important, its important to help people because they probably had new years plans too more than 20 thousand m