Saturday with low 60s likely on sunday. Have a great day today sunny and a little breezy. Wind sw 1020. High 66 tonight mostly clear. Wind nw 510. Low 39 tomorrow mostly sunny. Wind n 1020. High 54 tom. Night clear and lder. Wdlight low 28 thanks kaj. The transition to the new administration gets underway today. President elect donald trump is headed to the white house to meet with president obama. This as antitrump protesters are upset about tuesdays results. Abcs Elizabeth Hur reports from washington. A divided america. On display angeles. Protesters. Out in force. Less than 24 hours after that election stunner. Mos something horrific and unbelievable has happened. This morning. Donald trump is making his first trip to the white house as the new president elect. Promising to be a president for all americans. Trump to all republicans and democrats and independents across this nation, i say it as one united people. Trump will be the nations 45th president after beating Hillary Clinton who hoped to make history. And now urging her followers to support the president elect clinton we have seen that our nation is more deeply divided than we thought. Donald trump is going to be our president. We owe him an open mind and the chance to lead. And president obama. Is echoing that message. Inviting his successor to the white house. Obama it is no secret that the president elect and i have some pretty significant differences. We are now all rooting for his success and uniting and leading the country. Moinesarea high protest Donald Trumps president ial election victory. At least 3 high schools reported students walking out yesterday. In a statement, Des Moines Public Schools say students have the right to be heard. The district urged students to engage with issues that matter to them. The des moines area wasnt the only spot in iowans rallied to protest rapids, people who were upset about this gathered to try and reassure each other. Kcrgtv9s Samantha Myers was at a rally in green square in cedar rapids. On wednesday night people gathered here in green square to talk and spread messages of positivity. People held candles and signs with sayings like love trumps hate. Event organizer kelly dugan says she wants people to come together and stay positive. 05 23 30;24 we need to stand together and show people of all backgrounds that we care for them and they shouldnt be scared or frightened of the future of our country. And we will ensure that we are not going to tolerate hatred. There was university of iowa campus earlier wednesday where students and Community Members gathered. They took turns one byone sharing their thoughts on the election. I also spoke with a few Trump Supporters at the protest who say they recognize the nation is divided and trumps platform of making american great again is exactly what the country needs right now. In cedar rapids samantha so many of the National Polls indicated a different outcome in the president ial race. Directors of the Loras College poll say there are a few reasons. Early voters tended to support Hillary Clinton. But people who were undecided and voted on election day, tended to support donald trump. Another reason was the difficulty of polling certain blocs of the population in states like wisconsin, michigan, and pennsylvania. You have to remember its a snap shot. Its one little we were polling. With a margin of error its basically telling you, based on sample size and other issues. It could go within this range, plus or minus 4. 4 percent. Budzsiz says its important to note the margin of error when looking at the polls. And when considering that, he says almost all of the polls were very accurate. After six years of split government in iowa, republicans will control the governors office, the house and now the senate once legislature. Bills to impose new limits on abortion, defund planned parenthood, and other conservative priorities could not get through the state senate with democrats in control for the last few sessions. But democrats now cant stop such efforts if republicans advocate for them. Youll have to ask the gop if theyll present some of those issues. I dont know what well do when we get to that bridge we will cross it. Just because some republicans are in favor of certain things doesnt mean every other republican is too. Well just have to see. Republicans now hold 30 of the 50 seats in iowas state senate. This is the first time in 20 years that republicans will control all three elements of state government. With all the changes in the iowa legislature, the iowa house will welcome its youngest member 23 year old skyler wheeler. He will be be the next republican in district 4. My political views, i knew this was like a gold mine for a here. Its our home now and i get to represent it. When the legislative session convenes in january, wheeler will be one of 11 freshman House Republicans in des moines. Interviews for the next university of Northern Iowa president are taking place today and tomorrow. The universitys search and Screen Committee are meeting with 6 semifinalists. The candidates will be interviewed in a closed meeting. Uni provost jim wohlpart is currently university. The university of iowa is investigating a racist message someone wrote on a students door in a residence hall. The University Says someone saw it yesterday morning at the Burge Residence Hall and notified the housing staff. That prompted the university to issue a statement condemning the hate speech. Last month, someone put up racist posters at the universitys afro american, latino, native american, and lgbtq resource centers. The poster was also on a starting next school year, the state will have more control over education. So, leaders are hoping to get ideas for what the standards they should put into place. This is all happening because of the every Student Succeeds act, which is a revision of no child left behind. Under no child left behind, districts had to set aside money to provide offer tutoring to low income students. It also forced schools to bus students to higher performing schools if their parents asked. With the new federal law, fewer kids are eligible for free tutoring, and t struggling schools, unless they did so last year. Before the new act can take effect, the state has to work out several details. Thats why the Iowa Department of education is Holding Public meetings across the state. So we have the chance to design a plan that makes sense in the iowa context and the local School Context as well. The director of the department of education, ryan wise, explained the new law at a meeting in cedar falls last night. He also talked about what changes must happen before decide on a set of standards for schools and a way to hold them accountable. The new law doesnt eliminate standardized testing, which was a cornerstone of no child left behind, it just changes a little. Children in grade 3 thru 8 still have to take math and reading tests every year. Students have to take these tests twice while in high school. 46 45, assessment and testing are critically important but it needs to be in balance. And it needs to make sense. We need to know how students are doing and where they need support and assessment should in line with whats being taught in the classroom education says it will take Public Opinions to make a draft version of the state law to present this january. Then the department will hold more meetings after that with a final proposal coming in march. The Cedar Rapids CommunitySchools Foundation is hosting a new type of fundraiser, which has leaders stretching out of their comfort zone. Kcrgtv nines brea love tells us about lip sync for learning. Between classes you will find walking the halls. It may be for supervision, but hes gets to spend time getting to know his students. His goal is to give them what they need to succeed. 29 33education is the future of our kids, and anything we can do to make that more authentic for them, i think is a good things for kids. Thats why hes performing in the inaugural lip sync for learning. Its a night of lip sync battles with city leaders. That includes administration from three cedar rapids high schools. For 120 seconds, they will dress up, get on stage, and lip sync a song. Only one act can be crowned the schools in cedar rapids. 27 19there was really not much hesitation for that, 2 minutes of embarrassment is worth the amount of funds that have helped our students here at metro high school. The Cedar Rapids CommunitySchools Foundations mission is to help better schools buildings. Its redone classrooms and provided more hands on materials for students. Organizers say the foundation fills in the gap where state and sector funding cant reach. This year, it wanted to find a new way to raise money for its general fund. 25 18its really outside peoples comfort zone to do this, but they all realize its for the kids, its for Public School education, and you know what two minutes of embarrassment raises a lot of money. As for galusha, theres only one plan ahead of the biggest part of the game plan. In cedar rapids, brea love, kcrgtv nine news. The competition starts at 6 30 tomorrow at information on this story online just connect with our website, kcrg. Com. A Coffee Company is making sure iowans are wellcaffeinated. And the group is seeing a positive result, growing their dubuque based business. But right now, heres a look at opening farm markets. Good morning well see a stronger wind out of the southwest, which will help to drive temperatures well into the 60s across the area. This will be time of the year. Our next cold front will pass through the region dry going into our veterans day, but itll be cooler for sure with highs limited to the 5055 range. This weekend couldnt be better for midnovember with highs in the 50s on saturday with low 60s likely on sunday. Have a great day today sunny and a little breezy. Wind sw 1020. High 66 tonight mostly clear. Wind nw 510. Low 39 tomorrow mostly sunny. Wind n 1020. High 54 tom. Night clear and colder. Wind light low 28 thanks kaj. Demand is helping it expand the business. This week verena street coffee is moving into a larger building in the citys industrial park. Owners of verena street coffee roast and package several flavored coffees. The Company Started in 2010 in a small production square foot facility with 15 people working there. Weve come along way every year we get more and more exposure. But theres just a ton of Coffee Business out there and weve barely scratched the surface so far. Verena street coffee is now on the shelves of about 800 Stores Across the country. President elect Donald Trumps team has launched a new website. How its crowd so todays tech bytes. Stay with donald trump and some republicans in congress, those in d. C. Say theyll take swift action on president elect trumps agenda. Republicans will control the white house, senate and the house for the first time in 10 years. Democrats cut into the republican majorities in by much. Though House Speaker paul ryan had well publicized reservations about trump, he says the newly elected president deserves credit. This needs to be a time of redemption, not a time of recrimination. We all need to rededicate ourselves to making America Great and making it a more perfect union. Each of the top 4 leaders in congress, the top democrat and republicans in both house and senate, have talked with trump since the election. A north dakota lawmaker says donald tr the bakken oil pipeline. Congressman kevin cramer helped write trumps pro oil energy plan. Now, he says trump could help the progress of the pipeline that will run from north dakota to illinois, cutting through iowa. A portion of the route in north dakota has been the site of protests in recent months. The Standing Rock sioux tribe says its concerned the pipeline will harm Drinking Water and cultural sites. But the Company Building the pipeline, dakota access, says its moving ahead with the project. Now for a quick check on your well see a stronger wind out of the southwest, which will help to drive temperatures well into the 60s across the area. This will be about 15 degrees above normal this afternoon for this time of the year. Our next cold front will pass through the region dry going into our veterans day, but itll be cooler for sure with highs limited to the 5055 range. This weekend couldnt be better for midnovember with highs in the 50s on saturday with low 60s likely on sunday. 1020. High 66 tonight mostly clear. Wind nw 510 in todays techbytes Donald TrumpsTransition Team has launched its official website. . Greatagain. Gov. Am is offering refurbished phones from the onli store. Customers can pick up refurbished 6 s and 6 s pluses. There is research linking use of your smartphone and problems with speech. Those two use their phone close to bed time had a harder time falling asleep and slept less well. They think the blue screen interrupts the production of melatonin. Have a great day. . Jennifer martinez just gave herself a raise. 253 a month to be exact. 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