Through, i just cant imagine. Imagine. The death toll from fridays attacks now stands at 132. At least 352 others are injured many of them critically. This tragedy hits close to home for several people in cedar rapids including one family in particular. Members of he French Community in the corridor say being thousands of miles away from home makes it even more difficult to deal with the tragedy. Tragedy. Fox 28 News Reporter steffi lee is here to show us how they gathered tonight to find strength. A cedar rapids familys son was actually in the soccer stadium, when the first terrorist set off a explosion. He is all right the family sayay tonights silele vigil isnt about making a political statement its about healing. Healing. We werent able to get a hold of him for a few hours. So i think the waiting was the hardest t rt. The luebe family says their son trevor witnessed the chaos that shook this soccer stadium in paris. Paris. No one at the soccer match knew what was going on they thou
Imagine going about your average day when someone attacks you from are working to address with a class designed to teach potentially lifesaving skills. Skills. Fox 28 News Reporter dora miller is live in iowa city to explain, dora . The class taught right here at the university of Iowa Police Department is only for womena many first timers in the class say its taught not only to defend themselves, but to learn more about who they are. Are. Selfdefense is something to be taken seriouslya nats no especially when your life depends on it. Nats no oleta 09 37 18 we do a very good job with this program educating women about what Sexual Assault really looks like. And in this rape aggression defense class its not about meeting violence with violencea jenn 06 46 17 i had never thrown a punch in my life. It starts with the mind. Firsttimers, like jennifer wyatt, say thats what theyre taking away from the course. Jenn 06 45 43 they talk a lot about visualization and being prepared in your mind, s
The next mayor of waterlrl, defeating former mayor tim hurley. Hurley. Turning to cedar falls now, there were only two names on the ballot for mayor tonight, but there are three men earning votes. Incumbent jon crews ended his reelectio bid after election nigig, but rules required his name stay on the ballot, despite endorsing jim brown. Meanwhile, Dave Halterman, who finished third last month, mounted a writein cacaaign to take the top post. Post. That writein campaign appears to have been unsuccessfulas crews endorsement of jim brown helped himail to an easy victory tonight. Tonight. A bit of a dreary day across eastern iowa. Iowa. Despite a few flakes, at least the heavy snow stayed about the rest of the night . Night . Chief meteorologist terry swails joins us now with your weatherfirst forecast, terry thanks. Turning to cedar rapids now. Now. A jury is now seated and Opening Statements delivered in a first degree murder t tal. Trial. This case is focused on a man accused of killin
Check of your forecast. Thanksgiving will be wet but warmer with temps in the 50s. Our current temps right now are in the 20s and 30swinds are from the south around 510 mphsatellite and radar shows partly cloudy skies tomorrow morning will be a cold start for the kids with temps in the upper teens. But our monday planner shows sunny skies and new tonight, tonight,the belgian capital of brussels is completely locked down. For part of the day, people were ordered to stay in place inside stores and cafes. Cafes. The terror alert is at the highest level ever. Authorities in belgium say there is a serious and imminent threat for a terrorist attack. Schools and subways are shut down. Police say terrorists connected to the paris attacks that killed more than one hundred people may be in tonight president obama appears to be taking a tougher stand against isis. He is now vowing to destroy the terrorist group. He made the comments at the end of a nineday trip in malaysia. The president also use
Its also the virtual capital of the european union. A union of half a billion people. But its also the city from where hundreds of fighters have left to fight for isis in syria, o they have good reason here to be back to you. Police thanked the public and the media for not talking about the raids on social media. New detaiis in a double Homicide Investigation out of des moines. Police say a man is in custody, and the two vicdims are a woman andder dadaghter. Police went to a home alonggull avenue around seven last night. They found the two victims inside. The suspect is recovering in a hospital. This makes the 15th and 16th moines. Thankfully it didnt take long to restore power to thousands of people this morning after a car crashed into a powerrpole. A viewer sent us this picture from the area of hillcrest and ridgeway. Waterloo police tell us it happened around 11last night Midamerican Energy had the power restored aaut two hours later. At this point, police dont know what caused the