States this morning. Georgia, alabama, kentucky, tennessee, and north and South Carolina are all affected. As fires in six southeast states this morning. Georgia, alabama, kentucky, tennessee, and north and South Carolina are all affected. As ried binion reports, the smokey air is becoming hazardous. Wildfires fueled by unusually dry conditions are causing Health Concerns for communities in the southeast. Upwards of 30 large fires scorching more than 80,000 acres in six states. And filling skies across the region with a smokey haze. The blanket of smoke so widespread that its visible from space. Captu the Health Impact of poor air quality has been particularly severe in tennessee. Where its landed more than 200 people in the hospital with breathing difficulties. Fire officials are carefully planning their battle against the flames. Taking the abnormally dry conditions into consideration. What we dont want is to put the fire out and have 50 or 60 yards of fuel ready for reignition. Effor ts to extinguish the fires hampered by a continuing drought. And the constant threat of high winds. What were going to be looking for is to have, again, the process in play to have the line constructed to continue the burnout operations and get it done before the wind hits. Some to evacuate. This is our home, you know. We just this is our home. We just didnt want to leave. Others bracing themselves for the full impact. The thought of losing everything you own is never a fun thing. Im reid binion reporting. Marched through the streets of minneapolis. This follows the announcement that a Police Officer now faces charges of seconddegree manslaughter for a shooting that killed a black man. Prosecutors announced the charge against st. Anthony Police Officer Jeronimo Yanez yesterday. He fatally shot 32year old Philando Castile during a july 6th traffic stop. Castiles girlfriend live streamed the shootings aftermath on facebook. She said castile was shot while reaching for his id armed. Yanezs Attorney Says yanez reacted to the presence of a gun. But prosecutors say it was an over reaction. Based upon our thorough and exhausted review of the facts of this case, it is my conclusion that the use of deadly force by officer yanez was not justified. In that sufficient facts exist to prove this to be true. If convicted, yanez could fac prison. A barbershop in waterloo is helping bridge the gap between police and the black community. The people at brothaz barber shop say customers and barbers are often times like family. One employee, donell rivers the second, wanted to find a way to help his young customers deal with topics like Race Relations between the community and police. He asked Waterloo Police chief dan trelka to make pamphlets that the barbers can give to their customers. Of us weve got our own clientele and different bases and we can extend that to help other people. If not plant the seed of ideals, but also working alongside the mayor and the chief of police and Different Things like that i think it will go a long way. The barbershop expects to get those pamphlets within the next few weeks. Some drivers want the Iowa Department of transportatio n to stop issuing tickets for things like not wearing seat belts or speeding. The drivers, who each face tra doing this after a polk county judge ruled the dot doesnt have the authority to issue tickets for most traffic violations. That case involved a 16 yearold who was fighting a speeding ticket. But the dot says other courts have upheld tickets the department has issued. Altoona police say a witness to a crash started beating a driver involved in the wreck. Hes now under arrest this morning. Police say 56 year old steven more than 60 times. The fight started after webb allegedly saw mrzena hit his daughters car at an intersection about a quarter mile away. He then try to drive away. Terry kellogg says was driving in altoona tuesday night when he noticed the fight. He was just punching the dude punching him punching him so i hurried out of the car and got up as quickly as i could and got out to him and tried to force him to stop. Mrzena is in Critical Condition at mercy e willful injury causing serious injury. Webbs daughter suffered minor injuries in the car accident. Two state legislators say iowa needs new laws regulating prescription pain medicine. It would be part of an effort to stop the states heroin epidemic. The centers for Disease Control and prevention say people with addictions to prescription pain killers are 40 times more likely to become addicted to heroin. Yesterday senator rob hogg from cedar rapids and representativ e abuse forum. They discussed how changes in the law could help cut down pain killer abuse. While overall heroin use has increased, experts say the number of deaths has dropped slightly this year. That could be a result of recent change in iowa law. In april, governor branstad signed a bill into law that makes it legal for firstresponders and family members of addicts to have and administer narcan. The drug can prevent opioid overdoses from becoming deadly. Weve become depend on using strong pain killers for treatment of regular aliments, such as cancer and inadvertently many people have become addicted to those pain killers. Experts say one thing that does seem to be working well are the states Prescription Drug take back events. In the past 6 years, the state has collected 39 tons of left over Prescription Drugs through those events. Today, dozens of people plan to Dakota Access pipeline and alleged problems with construction. The board says it has received 22 official complaints as of late october. Some claim that crews left behind debris, released cattle from grazing areas, and disrespected their land. Members of iowa citizens for Community Improvement and others plan to hold a rally in des moines at 12 30 this afternoon. Then, they plan to speak during the Public Comment portion of the meeting that starts at one oclock. Today, you can get a sneak peak final phase for the Eastern Iowa Airport renovation project. Construction started a few years ago on the 55 Million Dollar renovation which included expanding and updating the terminal, baggage claim, and ticketing counters. The airport is just finishing the second phase of the process. This final part of the renovation starts after the new year and will be the biggest and most expensive. The airport is holding an open house this morning at 10 oclock. Officials will they also want the event to serve as a thank you to those who have worked on the project so far and for passengers dealing with the construction. A man known to ragbrai riders as mr. Pork chop has passed away. But riders will still be able to enjoy the legacy he left many areas this afternoon as temperatures warm into the 7075 range. Plan on gusty south wind to accompany the warm air. Tonight, a remarkably mild look likely with lows around 60. However, this will not last as our powerful cold front makes progress through the area later tomorrow morning. We will likely fall to around 40 by sunset, so ensure you have a jacket with you in a car when you leave tomorrow. In the wake of this front, the coolest air of the season will pour into the region as lows fall well down into the 20s and highs struggle to make 40 both saturday and sunday. Today partly cloudy, breezy and mild. Record highs possible. Wind s 1525. High 74 tonight partly cloudy. Very low 60 tomorrow windy with showers possible with falling temperatures. Wind w 2535 high 62 tom. Night a few sprinkles flurries are possible. Windy. Wind will gust over 35 mph. Low 29 his children plan to keep his memory alive. Mr. Pork chop passed away yesterday. 00 10 pooooooorrrrr rrrrrrrkkkkkkkk choooooopps bancroft, iowa native Paul Bernhard was 88 years old. He began selling pork chops in the 1970s. He gained a lot of attention when he started selling them on ragbrai in 1983. We featured him in this piece back in 2007, when he told along the ragbrai route. 1 09 he was eating a pork chop and we were visiting a lady came and said sir can you step aside so i can take a picture with pork chop bernhards children have been selling the same pork chops the past few years and plan to continue the tradition for next years ragbrai. Registration for next summers ride opened tuesday. Kcrg tv nine and kmry radio raised close to 36 thousand dollars during this years radiothon for variety, the compassion fund, which helps families with hospitalized children pay for expenses that insurance doesnt cover. If you still want to donate, we have a link under this story on kcrg dot com. The Outgoing Obama Administration says the Transpacific Partnership will not be up for a vote in a lame duck session of congress. In todays agribusiness report, president elect donald trump says he will withdraw from the trade deal. But right now, heres a look at morning its. Welcome to the agribusiness Obama Administration says the Transpacific Partnership will not be voted on in the lame duck session of congress. Republican and Democratic Leaders in they would not advance the trade deal in the elections aftermath and Obama Administration Officials Say the deal has no path forward. The Obama Administration has campaigned heavily for tpp. Now president elect donald trump says he will withdraw from the trade deal. Killing the deal would be a blow to agriculture. Many industries stood to benefit from new trade access. The Us Meat Export Federation says they will keep trying to get it passed. Tpp is something that we in the Meat Industry deal thats good for the industry, its good for producers for packers, for exporters, so were going to continue to keep plugging away at that and thats a very high priority. The livestock market had a nice little rally before noon. But the grain markets are seeing some red. Canada has expanded its bovine tuberculosis quarantines. Ag ca in Southwestern Saskatchewan were added to a list of more than 30 farms. The Canada Food Inspection Agency reports 33 farms in alberta under quarantine. Which started when an alberta cow tested positive for tb at a us packing plant. The agency has only confirmed one case. And the source of the infection is still unknown. Though they say the strain found. Is not the same as any strains detected in canada to date. Free. They would lose that status if another case is confirmed within 48 months. A series of separate highly pathogenic Avian Influenza outbreaks have sparked import bans of poultry products in the us center for Infectious Disease research and policy compiled reports on outbreaks of h5n8 in several and hungary. Hong kong has now banned poultry imports from tos so far this year. Hong kong had imported 10 thousand metric tons of poultry. And that wraps up the agribusiness report. Thanks for tuning in. Hope to see you again next time. Well post a video every day in the agriculture section of kcrg. Com. Im david geiger with the agribusiness report. Trt oc standard a trip to the emergency room can save your life. But the cost once you recover can catch you off guard. Well explain the laws that stay with tv9. Its. Plan on a warm and windy day. Many areas this afternoon as temperatures warm into the 7075 range. Plan on gusty south wind to accompany the warm air. Tonight, a remarkably mild night continues to look likely with lows around 60. However, this will not last as our powerful cold front makes progress through the area later tomorrow morning. We will likely fall to around 40 by sunset, so ensure you have a jacket with you in a car when you leave tomorrow morning. In the wake of this front, the coolest air of the as lows fall well down into the 20s and highs struggle to make 40 both saturday and sunday. Today partly cloudy, breezy and mild. Record highs possible. Wind s 1525. High 74 tonight partly cloudy. Very mild. Wind s 1020. Low 60 tomorrow windy with showers possible with falling temperatures. Wind w 2535 high 62 tom. Night a few sprinkles flurries are possible. Windy. Wind will gust over 35 mph. Following a medical emergency, patients but Getting Better physically is just one aspect of going to the emergency room. Heres abcs dr. Timothy johnson. When you or someone you love is are . A trip to the emergency room can, of course, save your life. But it could also send you into shock . When the bill arrives. Saddled with thousands of dollars of medical bills from an out of network doctor. These Surprise Medical Bills have many experts concerned since few patients would pause to ask an er doctor hey, are you in my Insurance Network . A new article from researchers at yale report that many er visits involve costly outofnetwork treatment. The researchers studied more than two million visits to the emergency room . On average more than one in five doctors involved in the emergencies were outof network for the patient. In some communities . Out of network docs accounting for 89 percent of er claims. And in these cases, Insurance Companies only pay a small portion of the bill. Patients . Left holding the bag, shelling out, on average, 622 dollars. In some states . Laws protect patients from these surprise costs. But in many cases the situation that unfortunately may leave those recovering from emergency situations . With one more surprise to recover from. With this medical minute, im dr. Timothy johnson. Trt oc republicans at the state house are making some decisions ahead of the legislative session. They know their leaders for the session and some have ideas about what might be on the agenda. Stay with your 24 hour news source, kcrgtv9. Its. This is kcrgtv9 news Early Morning news. Developers hope to hear more from state officials today about a proposed casino in cedar rapids. This plan calls for a smaller building with big money going to non offices can take months to build. One man in eastern iowa won a seat asking for votes on the day of the election. In the final days of the election season, eastern iowa gun shops saw a jump in sales. But some owners said it didnt last long good thursday morning its 530 on november 17th. Here is a live look at. First, meteorologis t kaj omara has your first plan on a warm and windy day. Record highs will likely be tied or broken in many areas this afternoon as temperatures warm into the 7075 range. Plan on gusty south wind to accompany the warm air. Tonight, a remarkably mild night continues to look likely with lows around 60. However, this will not last as our powerful cold front makes progress through the area later tomorrow morning. We will likely fall to around 40 by sunset, so ensure you have a jacket with you in a car when you leave tomorrow morning. In the wake of this front, the coolest air of the season will pour into the region as lows fall well down into the 20s and highs struggle to highs possible. Wind s 1525. High 74 tonight partly cloudy. Very mild. Wind s 1020. Low 60 tomorrow windy with showers possible with falling temperatures. Wind w 2535 high 62 tom. Night a few sprinkles flurries are possible. Windy. Wind will gust over 35 mph. Low 29 thanks kaj. A proposed cedar rapids casino is on the agenda Gaming Commission. Wild rose entertainment wants to build a 40Million Dollar boutique casino in downtown, across from the doubletree hotel. It would be much smaller than the plan the commission rejected two years ago. Casinos in iowa must have a nonprofit partner. And as kcrg tv9s Forrest Saunders reports, wild rose is pairing with the newlyformed cedar River Alliance for gaming. Plans are still in the works, of annual gaming revenue. Thats more than the state minimum of three. It could add up to a lot of money for charitable needs in the county. Wild rose is averaging about 1. 5 million per casino. Given that ours is probably that were the second largest city in the state wed be north of that. The boutique would be smaller than the last proposal by Cedar Rapids Development group. This time, fewer games, no restaurants. The total cost is a fraction of what it was 40 compared to 164 million. Wild rose thinks reduction will decrease the amount of revenue loss felt by nearby casinos a Sticking Point for Gaming Commissioners last time. Im not guaranteeing what the commission will do or wont do. But, i know that something scaled down has a lot better chance than what was proposed before. Developers may get some insight into what commissioners are feeling during their meeting, thursday morning. The groups agenda shows discussion time for wild roses intent to file for a license. Commissioner and former chair Jeff Lamberti said the group will likely talk about timing for the application. But, also how members feel about the overall state gaming market. Lamberti said quote i believe the market is pretty saturated. Whether a specific proposal market studies. That was kcrg tvnines Forrest Saunders. Market study right now to determine the impact on other area casinos. The Group Expects to file the gaming application in the next four to six weeks the linn county board of supervisors will swear in its newest member this morning. Stacey walker won the election for the district two supervisor. The cedar rapids native has served on an Area Task Force trying to reduce poverty as a method of decreasing violence. A Wartburg College senior is soil and water commission. And he was a write in candidate. Jesse kielman campaigned for just 10 hours on election day. He says he was interested in the position, but didnt really consider it until his mom called and told him she wrote him in. So, kielman decided to ask his friends to do the same. 33 37, i had a lot of people tell me maybe if you ran campaign that was mire 10 hours i would vote for you, thats a fair criticism ill take that after the first of the year. He wont be able to vote because theres already a commissioner from his ward, but he will have input. Republicans in the iowa house will keep their top leaders for the next legislative session. Linda upmeyer of clear lake will again serve as house speaker. And Chris Hagenow from Windsor Heights will be majority leader. They say there have been no formal discussions about what the republican majority will focus on next year. But they expect issues to include tax cuts, water are hungry for change. People were frustrated with washington. In iowa we want to fight against the same type of environment. What my voters told me may be different, well come and put it together, listening to folks in our own districts. The next legislative session begins on january some eastern iowa Gun Shop Owners say they arent seeing as many customers as they usually do after an election. They say gun owners fear new politicians could introduce new restrictions on weapons and ammunition. So generally, they stock up. But following this election, store owners says there wasnt the usual rush. One owner says sales were up about 25 percent for three weeks before the election. After trumps victory, sales fell back to normal. Another owners predict there wont be any significant gun restrictions. I would say people are maybe getting a little more informed about. You need to go do something about this legislation wise. Buying up ten guns and having them in your basement doesnt change the laws traugh says he had several buyers order new guns the day before the election. The next day, they canceled the orders. Iowa congressman Dave Loebsack has joined other democrats in calling for president his appointment of white house chief strategist. Altogether 169 house members oppose the appointment of steve bannon. Loebsack says bannons bigotry and hatefilled statements should have no place in the white house. Bannon is the former ceo of the conservative Breitbart News network. Bannon and the news site have been criticized for appealing to nationalists and white supremacists. Iowa representativ e steve king says he sees no issue with high level security clearances for the president elects family. Trying to get top security clearance for his adult children. But trump says thats not true. He recently tweeted that it was a typically false news story. King says if trump wanted to clue his children in on high level white house policy, he should be able to. If donald trump, president elect, wants to bring his family members into highlevel positions where they would need security clearance, i do not have a philosophical or a legal or a logical reason why that shouldnt happen. Yesterday, the president of the Czech Republic for her interest in becoming the new Us Ambassador to prague. Trumps president ial Transition Team hasnt confirmed that appointment. Some sixth graders are trying to stop the arguing and fighting theyve seen since the election. These students belong to whats called a joyologist club at at their school in carlisle, south of des moines. The group is trying to spread joy to their classmates. Theyre also coming up with ways to reach out to students who might deal with others feelings. Were trying to like get the drama to go away, but like, its kind of hard to get everybody to stop. The students say they also wish adults would grow up, act more like children, and spread joy like they are trying to do. After this years controversy about the high price of epipens, drug prices are in the spotlight. The Associated Press did a review of congressional efforts will likely be tied or broken in many areas this afternoon as temperatures warm plan on gusty south wind to accompany the warm air. Tonight, a remarkably mild night continues to look likely with lows around 60. However, this will not last as our powerful cold front makes progress through the area later tomorrow morning. We will around 40 by sunset, so ensure you have a jacket with you in a car when you leave tomorrow morning. In the wake of this front, the coolest air of the season will pour into the region struggle to make 40 both saturday and sunday. Today partly cloudy, breezy and mild. Record highs possible. Wind s 1525. High 74 tonight partly cloudy. Very mild. Wind s 1020. Showers possible with falling temperatures. Wind w 2535 high 62 tom. Night a few sprinkles flurries are possible. Windy. Wind will gust over 35 mph. Low 29 a cheese compa precautions with some of its products. For fear of salmonella poisoning. Stay with your 24 hour news source, kcrg tvnine. Lower wednesday. Banks gave up some of the huge gains they made since last week, but technology and consumer helped target surpass wall street expectations for the third quarter. But, the retailer did see a decline in its store traffic. The retailer also raised its Sales Outlook for the Holiday Shopping season. Revenue for the company fell more than one billion dollars. The removal of pharmacy and clinic sales are partially to blame for the decline. An Associated Press review of drug prices found the cost of nearly 30 brandname and generic medications have not changed despite and Senate Committees have issued more than a dozen subpoenas, collected documents and publicly shamed Company Executives over high prices. The Federal Reserve reported that us factory output rose slightly last month. Officials believe greater production of cars, home electronics, and appliances boosted that number. Thats despite the relatively strong dollar which has made us goods more expensive overseas. 4c Foods Corporation is voluntarily recalling several cheese brands nationwide brands include 4c grated cheese, homestyle grated cheese, and cento grated cheese. The recall is for 6 ounce vacuum sealed glass jars with best by dates between november 12th, 2016 and november 12th, 2018. No one has reported getting sick from the cheeses. You can find a list of the recalled cheeses on kcrg dot com. Its heres a live look at on our city cam. Plan on a warm and windy day. Record highs will likely be tied or broken in many areas this afternoon as temperatures warm into the 7075 range. Plan on gusty south wind to accompany the warm air. Tonight, a remarkably l look likely with lows around 60. However, this will not last as our powerful cold front makes progress through the area later tomorrow morning. We will likely fall to around 40 by sunset, so ensure you have a jacket with you in a car when you leave tomorrow morning. In the wake of this front, the coolest air of the season will pour into the region as lows fall well down into the 20s and highs struggle to cloudy, breezy and mild. Record highs possible. Wind s 1525. High 74 tonight partly cloudy. Very mild. Wind s 1020. Low 60 tomorrow windy with showers possible with falling temperatures. Wind w 2535 high 62 tom. Night a few sprinkles flurries are possible. Windy. Wind will gust over 35 mph. Low 29 thanks kaj. Heres a look at todays top today, the iowa race and Gaming Commission is set to talk about a possible casino in cedar rapids. Wild rose entertainment wants to build a 40Million Dollar boutique casino in downtown, across from the doubletree hotel. Wild rose is teaming up with cedar River Alliance for gaming as its nonprofit partner. President elect donald trump is Holding Advisors and political leaders. That includes former secretary of state Henry Kissinger and South Carolina governer nikki haley. Hillary clinton made her first public appearance since conceding the election saying she is disappointed with the results. A barbershop in waterloo is hoping to help fix Race Relationships between people in the city and the police. An employee at brothaz barber shop asked the police chief for some pamphlets to give to their customers. The shop expects to get those pamphlets hawks get ready for a trip to illinois. Picture in the locker room with the players around you showed it all showed the emotion this this was really an important one for this football team. It really scott and the fact they were r but the most important thing we got nailed two weeks ago we really got a nailed thats not fun so you know the question is how was your response gonna be couldnt be prouder of our guys the way they got up off the mat went back to work last week so to see them feel better about themselves its hard to buy that feeling feeling. Tough job when he motions up here how do you get back down here and ready to play football again . You it is similar to last week only there end of the far we had a couple days practice the guys are wired in we need this to sustain that right through the end of the game on saturday. Mabin out for the rest of the regular season what do you see in manny what did you see in the game that that that you like going into this one. He played a really good game saturday made a couple of mistakes and it also made a couple big plays for us big break ups in the Fourth Quarter 2 critical plays an interception so yeah he just has to stay focused and basically just has to do his job he doesnt have to play for everybody just take care of his position akrum really showcased his talents in this game you constantly say you need him to to be at 200 pounds why is that so important for it to be at 200. I would settle for 190 right now or 195 would be fine were not trying to bust his chops its just a matter of to play in this conference when youre the ball carrier everybodys trying to nail you its just the nature of the position and so being a little bit stronger i having that that maturity just makes you more durable and i hes a really good player is a we just want him to be able to run the whole race thats the only reason we are staying in him about that. Remind you of Ronnie Harmon a little bit. In some ways i hate to throw that complement out there because ronnie is one of the best players ive been aroundin my career the likeness i think would be the fact to tell you know he does have a good ball skills he can catch a football do something with it besides just run it and he has the ability to make guys to make miss too and those are things that you really dont teach guys they have that. Bluders bunch hit the road tonight to take on the hawkeyes got off to a fast start jumping out to a 2415 First Quarter lead. Ally disterhoft with two of her game high 20 points. North dakota came back and tied the game at 42 in the third quarter. But iowa with a spark from Hanna Stewart off the bench. Stewart playing in her home state had 8 points. And a big game from freshman Kathleen Doyle off the pine 11 points and iowa pulled away down the stretch for the 7560 win to raise their record to 30. The competition will get a lot the iowa men tomorrow night when they host 20 seton hall in the gavitt games at Carver Hawkeye arena with an 8 06 tip off. Its a great opportunity because you know this is a team that is gonna be the ncaa tournament we are playing an ncaa Tournament Team they know that they expect that we would like to be there as well. Sot oc there as well the iowa Volleyball Team was at home tonight trying to get above. 500 in the big 10. The hawkeyes hosting rutgers. 1st set, iowa jess janotta blasts one through the blocks to put the hawkeyes up 2415. Match point, iowa sets it up for kasey riter who gets the kill off the block, hawkeyes win 2516. Set two, reghan coyle absolutely destroys this ball for the kill, one of 10 on the night. Later in the set, hawkeyes go back to riter who finds the corner. Iowa wins 31 youre watching kcrgtv9. Now, from your 24 hour news source, this is kcrgtv9 news Early Morning news. Smokes filling the skies. Six across the southeast. A haircut and community activism. A waterloo barbershop hopes to ease tension between police and black customers. Severely beaten. Police say a witness to a crash attacked the driver that tried to get away. Good thursday morning its 5 oclock on november 17th
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