Weather is coming to a screeching halt tonight. Tonight. Showers and thunderstorms will roll through the overnight hours. Hours. Weatherfirst chief meteorologist terry swails starts us off with an update its not just a new school year in the Iowa City School district, its a new start time. Time. Fox 28 News Reporter u not just a new school year, its a new start time. Melanie morris tells parents about the change that begins tomorrow. Reporter this North Liberty mom is enjoying the last day of summer with her three kids her oldest starts School Wednesday at garner elementary. It will be an adjustment getting ready for school. Year. Junior and Senior High School students will be in school from 8 50 toe 4 00. Kids in junior high and high school do better if they start the school day later. Reporter the district made changes to discretionary buses prior advertising areas where it is needed the most. Its so much money we could devote to discretionary busing. Given that, we couldnt bus ev tw
Farewell to gene wilder, a star of the screen who learned his craft here in iowa. [singing] . Trying hard to make it like gary cooper . We begin tonight with a developing story out of palo where a shooting Investigation Continues now. Fox 28 news is told it happened before 5 00 this afternoon at palo auto salvage. Investigators say 59yearold david mcvay admitted to shooting 45yearold melvin roberts. Mcvay told roberts that he was trespassing. An updater began and he shot robert an argument began and he shot roberts in the leg. Mcveigh was taken david mcvay was take into custody. It remains under investigation. The white house has met the goal of relocating 10,000 Syrian Refugees in the u. S. Many fleeing a terror hotbed like syria has become a hot political issue. Republicans warn islamic extremists could use the Refugee Program to infiltrate the u. S. The Obama Administration said it did not take corners when it came to vetting the men, women, and children admitted. The state program
He was asked one more time, where was president obama born . And he still wouldnt say america. Trump under fire. But dodging birther questions. I feel donald trump cant win because tonight he was very clear that he believes that barack obama was born in the United States. Donald trump hasnt said anything. Donald trump has not said anything. Well. The media is not going to force trump to say anything he wouldnt say. Of him being a birther but he did and that came out of Hillary Clinton new York City Police officers guns drawn and chasing a crazed man through the street armed with a meat cleaver. The police gave him an opportunity to end it peacefully. The dangerous storm of the year is coming into focus. A monster. Samsung issuing a recall and could cost the company more than 1 billion. Now is the time to act. Protest and this time she did it wearing red, white, and blue. A passenger walked away from a crash landing that overshot the runway. The jets have won it. A good way to face one
Two but this tornado threat has gone down and i am not too concerned about that. Road warrior is out tonight. Anchor matt hammill is tracking the conditions in in the race for the white house both majorparty Vice President ial nominees are drumming up support in iowa. Tim kaine spoke to supporters in ames this afternoon. Right now mike pence is getting ready to speak in dubuque. He held a rally in mason city earlier today. Mike pence is getting ready to speak in dubuque. He held a race meeting in benton city. Statehouse reporter Stephanie Lee kicks off our vote 2016 coverage. Voting in 10 days. With the latest polls showing a tight race, democratic Vice President nominee tim kaine says it is not going to be easy to get to the white house and during his pitch to students, he encouraged them to get out and start volunteering because face to face contact is the key to victory. Tim kaine says the Millennial Vote in this election is important because they are the most passion. For issues th
Strongest active north of iowa city. That should move southeast and dissipate this evening beesome hind that skies are starting to clear. That means a good day for us tomorrow afternoon. Temperatures should peek somewhere in the upper 70s. A lot less humidity. With some sunshine around, looks like a beautiful midweek day. Thank you very much. Happening now a waterloo man is under arrest and facing charges accused of human sex custody this morning. They say they discovered the crime when th girls shoplifting at a local target. They say campbell met both girls online. He told them to come to waterloo from chicago for a better life. When they got here, campbell told them they would need to have sex to make any money. Police have now contacted the girls parents to let them know they are safe. Sadly in many cases, victims are not found and returned sadly, in many cases victims are not found and and trayed tray traded for more. Dora miller has more on the local efforts to stop the cycle befo