First, meteorologis t kaj omara has your first alert forecast, kaj. Overall, plan on another mild day. While the wind has backed off substantially, hold off on burning due to extremely dry conditions. A few showers may potentially flare up later today, however, amounts would be extremely light and probably under a tenth of an inch. Theres a better chance of getting missed by showers than hit by them. Plan on mainly dry conditions from wednesday into thursday with our next system set to bring us another rain chance later on friday. This system aso appears prtty moisturestarveddt this point. Looking ahead to the weekend, it shoulul be another spectacular one with highs into the 60s and lows dropping back to the 30s. Today isolated pm showers high 7177 winds sw 1020 alo 74 dbq 73 iow 74tonight isolated showers low 5258 winds s 510 alo 54 dbq 55 iow 56tomorrow partly cloudy high 7177 winds sw 515 alo 72 dbq 74iow76tomorrow night mostly e low 4248winds nw 5100alo 43 dbq 43 iow 49 4 people are hurt th morningter a crash with a car and a mini bus. Investigadors tell tv9 that the r ran a stop sign slamming ito the b. Thorities sayyhe crash happened just before 830 yesterday morning. It was at highway 281 and fairbank amish boulevard in buchanan county. First responders took one erson by helicopter to university of iowa hospitals and clinics. Ambulances ook the othh three injured to a hospital. The sheriff says the bus rolled in the crash. Initially the call was just a minibus and they hold quite a few people. So if it was a full bus, which it wasnt, thank goodness, we could have been dealing with a lot morepatients, whih again, makes the scene even more of a aeffort. The transportatio n director for northeast iowcommunity action transit says aadriver and two paasengers werereonboard the bus. He says the bus was going from fairbank to oelwein. Earlier this month, a waterloo man died in a crash about two miles south of yesterdays collision. 53yearold puled out in frrnt of a semii truck on fairbank amish hurt in the october 2nd crash. Police say a man hit a woman on the head with a gun then kidnapped her friend. And he now faces several charges. Police arrested 3 3 yearold tyray smith of waterllo for kidnapping and several weapons charges. Hes in jail on 500thousand dollars bond. Investigatrs say smith hit woman on the head around 4 yeserday morning in the 300 block of west 13t street. The gun went off whhn he hit her. The woman was able to drive away as smith shot at her vehicle. Smith then ordered the womans friend into his ca that person was able to escape when police puled over the vehicle. Remember, wwen you see newew, call newsline nine. That number is 3193659999. You and videos to newsroom at kcrg dot com. When former president bill clinton headlines his first rally for his wifes president ial campaign, hell be in iowa. Bill clinton will hold a rally before the jeffersonjackson dinner on saturday in des moines. The event is an important stop for presidfntial candidates looking for support. Pop star katy perry will join him. She endorsed Hillary Clinton earlier this year. This is video of the two of them at the final harkin stk fry last yer. Bill clinton has taken a more active role in recent weeks in his wifes campaign. On the democratic side. Vermont senator Bernie Sanders is moving on with his campaign after a 2 day trip to iowa. He met with students at William Penn University in oskaloosa yesterday. Sanders discussed his plan to make college moree fordable and bring down student Loan Interest rates. He says he would pay for the plan with a tax on wall street transactions with houses, hedge funds, and other speculators. Sanders also told a reporter recent polls show he has the momentum to win. I freely concede that we started off this campaign i was at 3 percent in the polls. And people thought i was a fringe candidate. Weve made a lot of progress in the last 5 months. Andi think we gota real shot to win thiu. A new cnn orc poll suggests last weeks democratic president ial debate gave sanders a boost. 29 percent of those surveyed bck sanders, hats up five points. Hillary clinton held sttady at 45 percent. Vice president joe biden, whos not officially in the race, is third at 18 percent. Theres a shortage in this country. Hospitals need more nurses. So unity point hospitls in dubuque, cedar rapids and waterloo are hostinnjobs fairs this week. A significant number of the nursing workforce is nearing retirement age in the next decade. Mand by hiring staff, now. Hospital Officials Say the hope is the new nurses can learn from the seasoned. Tv9s Forrest Saunders is live at saint lukes this morning. Forrest, they are seeing the same challenges with jursing staff there . S they are. Ii here with joni lahr of Unitypoint HealthHuman Resources why do you think theres this problem . How many nurses are you looking to hire . Unitypoint health st. Lukes hospital in dar rapids and Unitypoint Health finley hospihal in dubuque are hosting a job fairs on oct. 20 and 21 for those interested in pursuing careers in health care. The events, which will include interviews by managers and hospital staff members, are part of a systemwide effort to bring more employees into Unitypoint Health hospitas aad clinics. We are llking for inddiduals who are dedicated, caring and available to work, said john meyer, Unitypoint Health area recruitment manager. The job fairs are really a way for us to bring all these people together and speed up the process. Some managers are prepared to offer jobs onsite, the day f the job other unityyoint Health Hospitals across the state and in illinois and wisconsin are hosting similar job fairs this month. There are over 100 clinical openings in cedar rapids and about 40 clical openings in dubuque. A majority of these needs are fr reggtered nursess but there re alssopenings in the following areas registered nurses licensed practical nurses medical assistants occupational and physical therapists surgical techs respijatory therapists pharmacy technicians atient care techs certifieed nursee aides Lab Assistants a significant number of the nursing workforce is nearing retirement age in the next decade and unitypoint healt wants to be ahead of this hiring staff now that can learn from our seasoned nurses to maintain our high level of care. This is especially true as more nurses are needed to care for our aging population as the baby boomers reach age 65 and beynd. Additionally with the Affordable Care act hosptals are expected to continue seeing an increase in those seeking out health care. Cedar rapids job fair details what st. Lukes hospital job fair when wednesday, oct. 21 from 37 p. M. Where st. Lukes hospital, nassif heart center, third floor dubuque job fair details what Finley Hospital job fair when tuesday, oct. 20 from 37 p. M. Where finley hospit auditorium well check baa in with jjni in our next half h hur. Back to you guys ii the studio. Tv9s Forrest Saunders. Thanks a lot forrest. Parking is about to get easier for visitors to the university of iowa hospitalsndinics and ui childrens hospital. Officials expect to open a new 700 spot underground parking ramp right outside the main hospital in the next couple of weeks. Work is nearly complete on the 10million dolar project, and inspections will start soon. Officials say it will likely open by the end of the month or early next month. The country. And the surge in fan support overwhelmed the web. The new movie had some troule. In todays teccbytes. Good morning its. Overall, plan on another mild day. Whil the wind hold off burning due tt extremely drdr cocoitions. A few showers may potentially overall, plan on another mild day. While the wind has backed off substanally, burning due to extremely dry conditions. A few showers may potentially flare up later today, however, amounts would be extremely light and probably under a tenth of an in. Theres a better chance of getting missed by showers than hit by them. Plan on mainly dry conditions from wednesday into thursday with our next system set to bring us another rain chance later on friday. This systemalso appears pretty moisturestarved at this point. Looking ahead to the weekend, it should be another spectacular one with highs into the 60s nd lowdroppipig backko the 30s. Today isolated pm showers high 7177 wis sw 1020 alo 74 dbq 73 iow 74tonight isolated showers low 5258 winds s 510 alo 54 dbq 55 iow 56tomorrow partly cloudy high 7177 winds sw 515 alo 72 dbq 74 iow 76tomorrow night mostly clear low 4248 winds nw 510 alo 43 dbq 43 iow 49 nowowheres abcs rrna ninan and Kendis Gibson with this mornings techbytes. Hey there, in todays techbytes, demands for tickets to upcoming star wars movie breaking the internet. The they were s sposed to go on sale after the trailer. Amc theaters also dn for a time. The tech giant announced its latest doodle from google contest. It graces the homepage for a day. Its open to those in kindergarten tough 12th grade. New scooter in town, a twoheel handsfree device that can reach speeds of up a retail price of 314. 12k3w4r hello, santa, id take one of those. And beforet was honey in these honey nut cheerios, it was honey being collected. And honey getting mama. And honey that was i didnt think id have a heart attack. 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Everyone but biien is weighing on this decision. Especially supporters. Nats never quit video shot of draft biden. 2 videos out. Lots of questions. Nats Kristin Welker will you run . . . Biden laughs and still no decision. T how about this . Btle comebacks from biden potentially aimed at the 2 democratic frontrunners. Hillary clinton and Bernie Sanders. Biden i dont consider republicans enemies. Theyre friends, a possible response to clintons debate answer wn asked . Whih enemy she is most proud of. Hillary probably the republicans. Clinton later calling her answer tonguein cheek. And. Was this one for the self described democratic socilist Bernie Sanders . Biden im not oneef these guys you know, ts go after the rich and the powerful and theyre the problem. Theyre not a problem. Trump vs bush . Trump suggesting president George W Bush was to blame or the 9 11 attacks. And bush stepping in to once again dend his brother. Sotbush cnn does anyone actually blame my brother for the attacks on 9 11. If they do theyre totally marginalizing our society. A brand new poll out has donald trump and ben carson neck and neck at the top marco rubio next, but still several points behind. Tag polling on the demcratic side shows voterthink clinton is a stronger leadethan biden but thep is more likale. As the vp gets closer and closer to a decisson. Abc news has leened hes held talks with potential supporters and democrats. In early primary states. Stephanie ramos abc news washington. Gop president ial frontrunners donald trump and ben carson could soonnet their own secret service details. The department of Homeland Security says it received offici requests from both campains and they are under review. Partrtf the review process will include consulting with congressional leadership. Federal authorities are investigating after a hacker released information from the personal account of the head of the cia. The aleged hacker ho says hes a High School Student claimed to recently access director John Brennans email account. He said he did it because he was angry at the plight of the palestinians. So far, the fbi says theres no evidence that he accessed classified informtion. This mmrning, paraampian oscar pistorrs is under house arrest. South african officials released him yesterday after serving only about a year for killing his girlfriend, reeva steenkamp. A judge found him negligent in the 2013 valentnes day shooting and sentenced him to a fiveyear term. Canada has a new Prime Minister this morning. Canadian voters elected liberal Justin Trudeau to the office by a large margin. That ends Stephen Harpers 10 years of conservavave leadershh. Trudeau is the sosoof late prime minier pierre trudeau. His victory could mean better ties with the us for the rest of president obamas presidency. Harper disagreed with obama on his reluctance over the keystone xl tt iran nuclee agreement. A man who led police on a chase and then crashed into a truck and a bus is oing to prison. A judge sentenced him to more than a dozen years to trying to evade police during d chase that ended in cedar rapids. Heres a look at on our citycam this morning. Meteorologist kaj omara will have a look at your school day forecast coming up right after meteorologist kaj omarfirst alrt forecast. Overall, plan on another mild day. Wile the wind has backed off substanally, hold off on burning dd to extremell dry nditions. A few showers may potentially flare up later today, however, amounts would be extremely light and probably under a tenth of an inch. Theres a better chance of getting missed by showers than hit by them. Plan on mainly dry conditions from wednesday into thursday with our next system set to bring us another rin chance later on friy. This systememalso appears pretty moisturestarvee at this pointnt looking ahead to the weekend, it should be another spectacular one with highs into the 60s and lows dropping back to the 30s. Today isolated pm showers high 7177 winds sw 1020 alo 74 dbq 73 iow 74tonight islated showers low 5258 winds s 510 alo 54 dbq 55 iow tomorrow partly ccudy high 7117 windd sw 515 alo 72 dbq 744 iow 76tomorrow night mostly clear low 4248 planned prison break. A report of a fort madison prison Shows Security failed to do its job. A man knew when guards would be distracted and took advantage of the situation. That story coming up. Keep it right here on tv9. Heo from tv9. Heres a look city cammhis morning. Windy again today, but not as strong as yesterday. Its october 20th and heres what you need to know. That wind yesterday kept local Fire Departments busy as field fires popped up all around eastrn iowa. On whether Vice President joe biden will join in the 20 16 race. Were hearing from just about everyone except joe biden. Bidens potential competitor Hillary Clinton is getting a boost from her husband president bill clinton and katy perry at a rally in des moines this weekend. The Emerald Ash Borer is in linn county. Tree experts say homeowners have two choices with their ash trees save them with pesticids, or cut them down. And Unity Point Health hospititls in dubuque, cedar rapids and waterloo are hosting job fairs this week to help fill nursing positions and other hospital needs. Youre watching kcrgtv9. Now, from your 24 hour news source, this is kcrgtv9 news morning new first, mettorologis t kaj omara has your first alert forecast, kaj. Overall, ppan on another mild day. While the wind has backed off substantially, hold off on burning due to extremely dry conditions. A few showers may potentially flare up later today,however, amounts would be extremely light and probably under a tenth of an iich. Theres a better ance of getting missed by showers than hit by them. Plan on mainly dry conditions from wednesday into thursday with our next system set to bring us another rain chance later on friday. This system also appears pretty moisturestarved at is point. Looking ahead to the weeked, it should be another spectacular one with highs into the 60s and lows drrping babak to the 30s. Today isolated p p showers high 7177 winds sw 1020 alo 74 dbq 73 iow 74tonight isolated showers low 5258 winds s 510 alo 54 dbq 55 iow 56tomorrow partly cloudy high 7177 winds sw 515 alo 72 dbq 74 iow 76tomorrow night mostly clear low 4248 winds nw 510 ao 43 dbq 43 iow 49 firefighters in eastern iowa say theres a high risk for fires today. This after dry conditions and strong winds helped fuel several field fires yesterday. The re in washgton county was theheresult of a weekend burn, which high winds rekindled yesterday morning. The fire burned a barn and a whole lot of field, near 180th street and spruce avenue. Fire Officials Say someone was burning trash on saturday night,and even days later this type of situation could happen again. Its obvious, dont be burning, especially on a windy day, but until we get some rain, i wouldnt recommend any burning at all. Firefficials are urging you to keep a close eye on the area where the burn was conducted. No one was hurt during this fire. And a field fire in Fayette County burned 120 acres. No one hurt in this one either. It hppened on 30th street near the oeewein Municipal Airport yesterday afternoon. The fairbank fire chief believes sparks or hot metal on a stalk chopper started the fire. As our dry weather conditions continue, dubuque and delaware counties are t