Good day at 9a starts right now. Good right now. Going to be cold a whole lot later. Get ready to snuggle in. Were glad youre with us on this tuesday, december 12th. All right. Ahead this morning were celebrating National Gingerbread house day. With major sugar rush. Well catch up with local chefs at National Harbor to see how they brought this giant display honoring the district live and get this, the entire thing took 340 hours and 200 pounds of powdered sugar to build. Wow. It looks spectacular. I wouldnt where it goes after its done. Somebodys belly. A lot of sugar. Every attempt ive made at Gingerbread House forget about it. You have to have double the candy. You eat the candy. Put it on. Eat the candy. Expert on the way to get the answers to all of our questions. Outside right now. You better get yourselves ready by this time tomorrow well be dealing with arctic blast. Weve been talking about it all morning. Expected to keep temperatures below the freezing mark. Lets send things
We see crashes with passing, so lighting and marking will help drivers better visualize and assess the speed of farm equipment. Here in iowa researchers say increasing visibility would decrease crashes from 164 to 65 annually. Weve put a link to the study on our website, information. In iowa city, mark carlson, kcrg tv nine news. Nearly 500 jobs are going away in iowa city as a company reduces its work force. International Automotive Components has 600 hourly employees right now, but will reduce that to 160. Theyll also cut nearly 40 salaried positions, leaving them at 39. Iac says theyre forced to make the cuts because of the downturn in the dodge dart, but with that vehicle phased out. Lets check in now with meteorologist justin gehrts. Justin, itll be a little chillier overnight . A light wind and clear sky will lead to a cool night in the 30s with patches of frost. Tomorrow will be another seasonably cool and sunshiney day with highs returning to the middle to upper 50s. The weeken
The u of i athletics director said that the planners kept one key goal in mind. As we did this project, one of the key principles was to enhance the fan experience. I am excited that is people see this that they will see that it has been accomplished. The north end zone has not seen renovation since 1986. Construction starts next year, but existing stands will not be removed until this the football season is over. If you are a Ticket Holder in the north end zo will be replaced, but you have first pick in 2018 based on your priority points. For information on how to reserve your seat in the new in zone, go to cbs2iowa. Com. As iowas creative corridor continues to grow so does the commute for many. Many. Theres thousands of people in iowa city that that to work and we have thousands of people coming from cedar rapids area down to iowa city and as people know that drive city to work. As people know that drive 380, it is very congested. Reporter corridor rides is looking to reduce congesti
Across eastern iowa due to the clear skies overnight and the cool temperatures. As the sun comes up that frost will disappear as temperatures warm into the middle to upper 50s once again. A few clouds will be with us throughout the day, but it wont be too terribly bad. Well call it party sunny. Winds will continue out of the north throughout the day, but begin to shift as the evening progresses. Winds will soon push out of the south allowing for our temperatures to warm into the 60s for saturday and especially for sunday. Today mostly sunny. Wind nw 510. 52 to 58 tonight partly cloudy. Wind s 510. Low 39 alo 38 dbq 39 iow 39 36 to 42 thanks britley. Hillary clinton and donald trump met last night at a catholic fundraiser in new york city where candidates usually trade lighthearted jabs. As andy rose reports, this year, the jabs had an edge. The annual al Smith Memorial the president ial candidates to show their fun side in the campaigns home stretch. But once again little is typical ab
Again, 2016 hasnt been a Political Year that is traditional. Because this is a friendly dinner for such a great cause, donald, if at any time you dont like what im saying feel free to stand up and shout wrong at me while im talking. Ive known hillary a long time. This is the First Time Ever ever that hillary is sitting down and speaking to Major Corporate leaders and not getting paid for it. The al smith also raises money for catholic charities. The archbishop of new york hosts the annual event. Suicide bombers this morning are trying to stop the Iraqi Military from getting to mosul. Isis took control of that countrys 2nd largest city more than 2 years ago. Abcs Angelica Spanos reports. Nat blast a series of explosions shakes the city of kirkuk as we see some of the nat many people trapped and caught between the crossfire of isis fighters and the Iraqi Kurdish coalition. Sot escapee, translated we managed to escaped to the kurdish controlled area we were brought to f here i was extreme