And welcome to power lunch. Stocks are holding into the green. We have the dow up 122 points. S p is up by about 11 right now. But take a look at the tenyear note, because the yield is 1. 72 , a rising dollar, rising yield continue to be themes in todays mark. Were seeing nice gains in financials. And Energy Stocks among the biggest winners on that index at this hour. Take a look at chesapeake, trance ocean, marathon oil, free port mcmoran in the green right now. Im michelle carusocabrera. Americas trade deficit widening in august as we imported more goods than we exported. Mortgage applications climbing 3 last week and that was driven mainly by refis. Justice Department Says they have arrested an nsa contractor accused of stealing classified materials. Well have much more on that story in just minutes during our live interview with the assistant attorney general john carlin coming up here on power lunch. In the meantime, were counting you down to the big september jobs report on frida
Dunkerton coop they tell me they are also being instructed not to weve got you covered, live in black hawk county, elizabeth amanieh. Kwwl news. Secretary of agriculture bill northey says as of today19 percent of corn and 43 percent of beans have been harvestedbut is behind the fiveyear average and to show you just how big of a deal wet crops are take a look at everything corn is in pop, gum, toothpaste, shampoo, makeup and even diapers eastern iowa continues to recover from last months flooding and help is coming from the state. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources says iowa has seen nearly 10 more inches of rain than normal for the 2016 water year. Just in september alone the statewide average was more than six inches. That makes it the wettest september in 30 years. All that rain caused the cedar. Shell rock and wapsie the groundbreaking for a permanent Flood Control levee is today the sinclair levee in cedar rapids will provide protection for the newbo district up to a 40 year
At him too. He just threw some money at him. Rosa says everyone at the closeknit store, is pretty hurry up and open the cash register. But also hopeful, hell Police Officers using the Surveillance Video from inside the building, they are also using nearby video cameras to hopefully get some more details. Heres a still shot of the suspect. His eyes the only thing visible. But take a close look tonight, police are asking for if you have any information, give Waterloo Police or cedar valley crimestoppers a call. A cash reward is avaliable. There are a few video cameras throughout the storemostly near the cash register, now, a new City Ordinance is on that would require businesses to have a camera near the door. Something that could have been very helpful in this situation. Weve got you covered, Lauren Moss Kwwl news. Thank you, lauren. The Waterloo City Council voted on a version of that camera ordinance last week. Waterloo police say the current ordinance is out dated. If passed some bus
Violent. Its a new trend but clowns have clowns have been a major scare factor at the heart of darkness for years. But unlike the recent neighborhood sightings people are asking for these scares. Even more than usual the haunted attractions seeing an increase in numbers this year. But ask owner Kevin Schultz if the clown empedimic has helped business . Ive heard about it, so what we did is started sending people stand outside their windows at 3 a. M. ; just stare in. It seems weekend. Clearly a joke no it isnt a clever marketing scheme. But as a veteran haunter schultz has a few theories on why something that is totally different than being human, but you are trying to look over happy, it starts messing with your emotional level and starts making you feel uneasy. Like it could also be threatening. The clowns in this haunt getting the best of me a time or two nat but they certainly arent the only scares in this place. From zombies to bloody mary chasing after you or scarecrows that come
Behind the front than yesterday at this time. Winds are turning to the northwest and picking up speed. And will be gusty all day. Clouds and a few showers track through today, too, especially through the middle of the day. Before clearing out by this evening. We could see a few showers today but you will mainly notice falling temps throughout the day. The winds die down tonight and the skies will be clear. Leading to the coldest temps of the season so far. Ill have that frosty forecast for you in a few minutes. Month from the decision day. People are lining up to vote early. So far, about 38 hundred people have cast their ballots in black hawk county. Tracie potts is in washington this morning with the latest on the president ial race which includes new details about leaked Clinton Campaign emails. We have to investigate hillary clinton. This is donald trump as he puts it shackles off trump tells fox news bill House Speaker paul ryan i dont want his support; i dont care about his suppo