Whats happening, whats the story with trumps comments . Places like chile, ireland, uk, brazil. Despite all the attention, all the talk, all the drama, theres still a big question what will it mean on election day . Experts like hagle say, thats still the Million Dollar question, how many people will show up to vote. In johnson county, mark carlson, kcrg tv nine news. If today were election day, Hillary Clinton would likely win. Thats according to a Research Project by the university of iowas Tippie College of business. As of this morning, clinton shares were selling for 80point6 cents. That means traders from around the world believe she has an 80point6 percent chance of winning the popular vote. Trump shares are selling at 20point3 cents. Trump, Iowa Governor Terry Branstad says he will continue to push for trump to be the next president. What he said 11 years ago on that bus is reprehensive and offensive. Unfortunately, hes not the only that has said things like that and theres some
300 foot perimeter and out of sight and out of sound under iowa law it is not a problem. A president ial rally at the same time does tend to boost satellite voting turnout. Normally 400 to 500 absentee voters have shown up to vote at cornell in recent president ial years. And another early voter agreed it provides motivation. Everyone knows whats going on and i think its a about it Dave Franzman kcrg tv9 news. Eastern iowa county auditors offices have seen an uptick in requests for early voting ballots as we get closer to the election. In johnson county, more than 13thousand registered voters requested ballots. And of the people that requested about 47 percent have returned their ballots. In linn county. More than 21thousand people requested ballots. And 36 percent have returned them. Nat coffee house before heading to cornell, bill cedar rapids newbo area. The former president made time for selfies and hand shakes. The people over at the clothing shop raygun dropped in. They handed cl
Weipert says this is really a hiccup in a much larger process. Weipert says all votes will be counted, and hes confident they will get to the bottom of the cause. Right now theyre trying to identify how many people received ballots with Black Hawk County return addresses. This is video of officials testing election equipment right before they sent those absentee ballots out. Officials have been in contact with Black Hawk County and told them to be on the lookout for Johnson County ballots. Weipert says they should soon know everyone w which voters are affected by this, well start calling them, sending them letters, letting them know. If youre somebody that received one and you mailed your ballot to Black Hawk County, weve already communicated with their office, theyll send any voted ballot back down our way. This mistake wont come as an extra cost to tax payers. Weipert says the vender who misprinted the ballots will pay any staff overtime costs. In iowa city, mark carlson, kcrg tv nin
Counted some votes. Hand counting, could result in more votes because you were individually inspecting every ballot otherwise we count the votes via the scanners that we have he calls the rumors of a rigged election an insult. Long hopes he is right. I think we live in hopefully a pretty just society,where that doesnt happen,. Miller says poll watchers from both parties were weekend. Those people make sure there is no funny business going on at the ballots. There were none out in linn county today, but he expects to see them out in full force on election day live in cedar rapids, phil reed, kcrg tv9 news congressman steve king is weighing in on Donald Trumps claims that the election is rigged against him. I wouldnt say its completely unsubstantiated partially unsubstantiated, id agree with that. But, i would look back at the 2000 election and the say that, if al gore had not accepted the decision of the supreme court, we would have had discredited elections back then. The congressman s
When rescue crews finally found her, they placed her on a back board. Fire fighters above ground used a tripod to pull her out through a nearby man hole. A rescue effort some city leaders say could have been avoided. Other people had to put themselves in harms way in order to be able to rescue someone from that space. City leaders from several departments will meet later this week to ways to keep people from trying to explore the mine shafts. In dubuque Katie Wiedemann kcrg tv9 news. That dangerous old mine shaft in dubuque is not alone. The Us Department of agriculture says iowa has about 27 hundred of these mine shafts across the state. About six months ago, some des moines homeowners discovered one under their house when a sinkhole opened in front of their home. Historians say it dates moines coal company. The usda said an air shaft in the old coal mine probably eroded over time and caused the collapse. Meteorologist joe winters joins us now with our first alert forecast. Joe, a lit