[applause] i want to get your questions. I want to orient you to who the heck am i. I was raised by two incredible parents. They were civil rights activists. We are who we are as a country because we Work Together and stood together. My dad by the time he was older, the hail was like beach balls falling from the sky. Let me tell you when this tsunami hit my town. I fed, dad, you grew up in the mountains of North Carolina. He said, dont you disrespect me. My dad was born to a single mom in a segregated world. I know my Family History back to slavery was just poverty, poverty, poverty. He would tell me, dont tell people i was poor. Tell them i was po. I could not afford the other two. But he was born in america. My father would tell me that he is who he is because of a conspiracy of love. People not related to him were willing to fight for him. My fathers mom could not take care of him. It was the community who took him in. No college in my familys history. They told him, you are going t
I live in west liberty and im so proud to be on stage in support of Kamala Harris and i am very happy to be caucusing for her this year the iowa caucuses. I believe we all have a responsibility to place someone in the white house who represents both me, my daughter, and my community. It is time we give back respect, equity, and intelligence at the top. [applause] people justly,at not based on their race, religion orientation. Stage,set on the debate justices on the ballot. There is so much at stake in this election and we must use our voices to elect someone who will do just that. She is my choice and i will share my voice for her now and at the caucuses and i hope you will too. Iter donald trump was elected saw my community, my friends and my family felt like they no longer had a voice. Most of this was in part by the rhetoric that was happening and repealing forward thinking policies that were put in place to protect us in the first place. I feel like we needed a leader who was stron
Started yesterday morning south winds, while light, are helping. And they will pick up today. It will be pretty breezy this afternoon with gusts higher than 20 mph. Clear skies this for the afternoon as clouds track in ahead of the next cold front. Highs today the forecast. Ill have that for you in a few minutes. Overnight. Someone dies in a crash in a yard. A car went off the road along the 500 block of newell street in waterloo. It happened around midnight. The car hit a tree and then caught fire. The person who died was the only one in the car. Their name has not been released. Well keep following this story and bring you the latest on air and online as we learn more about it. After years of planning and a of work today a new interchange is set to open. The c57 interchange over 218 will open this morning. We first started hearing about the need to make changes at cedar wapsi several years ago after many serious crashes. Opening the overpass means three gravel roads including gresham
Still seeing 30s out there this morning. But a good 5 to 10 degrees above where we started yesterday morning south winds, while light, are helping. And they will pick up today. It will be pretty breezy this afternoon with gusts higher than 20 mph. Clear skies this morning will end up partly sunny for the afternoon as clouds track in ahead of the next cold front. Highs today will be in the 60s. And we will warm up even more for the weekend. But there is rain in the forecast. Ill have that for you in a few minutes. Breaking overnight. One person is dead after a car hits a tree. Waterloo police say a car caught fire after going off the road and into someones yard. Kwwls Amanda Gilbert joins us live in waterloo. You can tell us the latest on what happened. Ive been checking in with police this morning. They say shortly after midnight. A driver drove off the road and into the yard behind me. This is on the 500th block of newell street. The car ended up hitting a tree in the yard. And then c
Eileen loan is here now with your storm track seven forecast. Not as cold this morning, but still seeing 30s out there this morning. But a good 5 to 10 degrees above where we started while light, are helping. And they will pick up today. It will be pretty breezy this afternoon with gusts higher than 20 mph. Clear developing overnight. One person is dead after a car hits a tree. Waterloo police say a car caught fire after going off the road and into someones yard. Kwwls Amanda Gilbert joins us live in waterloo. You can tell us the ive been checking in with waterloo fire and police all morning. They did confirm that shortly after midnight. A driver drove off the road at the 500th block of newell street. The car ended up hitting the large tree behind me in this front yard. The car then caught fire. And Waterloo Police confirm that the driver was killed in the accident. They time. Waterloo Fire Department says it took about 5 to 10 minutes to put the fire out. They say the car was destroye