Though colder air is creeping ever closer, and well keep a close eye on that one. Have a good day today am showers, cloudy high 3945 winds nw 1020 alo 38 dbq 40 iow 44tonight mostly cloudy low 2632 winds w 510 alo 27 dbq 30 iow 30tomorrow partly cloudy high 4046 winds s 515 alo 40 dbq 41 ioww43tomorrow night showers late low 3541 winds s 1015 alo 36 dbq 36 iow 38 firefighters say they found a cedar rapids woman inside a burnt out mobile home. Fire crews responded to the home on the southwest side at 7 oclock last night. Firefighters arrived to the scene in the 23 hundred block of kelley street southwest to find the back half of the home on fire. Thats inside Grand View Village. During the search and rescue, woman inside the home. First responders pronounced her dead at the scene. The Fire Department has not released her name. The fire and the womans cause of death are still under investigation. For the first time this president ial race a republican candidate has at least 40 percent support from voters. A recent cbs yougov poll of Iowa Republicans puts ted cruz and donald trump well ahead of the 11 other candidates. Texas senator ted cruz reached 40 percent he was at about half of that just two weeks ago. Donald trump has 31 percent. Florida senator marco rubio is third at 12 percent. The steepest drop is retired neurosurgeo n ben carson, still in 4th but only at 6 percent. Everyone else in the field is at 2 percent or lower. On saturday, donald trumumspoke to about one thousand people at the Veterans Memorial coliseum in downtown cedar rapids. He talked for about 75 minutes on a variety of topics from terrorism to the care act. He also talked about the importanan of winning iowa. Trump says he remains confident that he will be the winner in february. One of those candidates with very little support in iowa is hoping to ange that today. Mike huckabee is making several stops in the state. The iowa faith and Freedom Coalition is hosting a party at the kava house and caf in swisher today. Thats at 5 30 this evening. E cbs you gov poll of Iowa DemocratsShows Hillary clinton maintaining a lead of only about 5 points. She has 50 percent, to senator Bernie Sanders 45 percent. The two will campaign throughout iowa this week after their debate saturday night. Sanders has 3 days of visits planned, all in western iowa, starting today. Clinton is scheduled for stops in keota, fairfield, and bettendorf tomorrow. Officials have still not said what killed a waterloo teenager who was found in the cedar river. Family and friends will remember the life of 18 yearold moe sed at First Baptist church of authorities found his body in the cedar river two weeks ago. Sed has been missing since october 22nd when he disappeared while riding his bike. Yesterday, the community remembered him at a visitation on what wouldve been his 19th birthday. Inina tv9 followup this morning. Attorneys for a man accused of killing his daughter in dubuque are questioning the confession he me to police. 62yearold robert stern faces a firstdedeee murder charge. Police say he admitted to shooting his daughter multiple times with multiple guns in june. His lawyers argued friday in court for a motion to suppress his confession. They said he was not fit to waive his miranda rights when police interviewed him after the shooting. Thats because of his physical, mental, and emotional condition at the time. The Ronald Mcdonald room at st. Lukes hospital in cedar rapids can provide a safe haven for patients families. The room is a supportive place during a difficult time. Kcrgtv9s Forrest Saunders is live at st. Lukes this morning. Forrest, the room has been there now . St. Lukes and Ronald McdonaldHouse Charities of eastern iowa western illinois decided to partner and create eastern iowas first Ronald Mcdonald family room at Unitypoint Health st. Lukes hospital. Now we can provide extraordinary care and provide our families s th a comfortable respite area. A placacto recharge and rest. A place that allows families to be lives. This family room is located on the second floor of center for womens and childrens health. Unitypoint health st. Lukes foundation is leading a 600,000 Capital Campaign to renovate the existing sleep rooms and family lounge into a familyfriendly and homelike environment that will provide amenities similar to those found in a traditional Ronald Mcdonald house, but within the walls of the hospital. In cedar rapids, Forrest Saunders, kcrgtv9 news. Thanks a lot forrest. A group of area seniors is taking time out to hehe young people. Theyre packing meals for children to take home for the weekend. The hacap program is called operation backpack. Kcrgtv9s Jill Kasparie explains the purpose and the mission in our show you care spotlight. 9 01 41 cans . From canned goods s to 9 02 06 these seniors from methwick a Retirement Community in cedar rapids are filling up dozens of bags. 9 14 18 they have them marked, how many goes in each bag. They have the routine down to a science. After all, they volunteer their time every other friday to help with operation backpack. 19 12 18 it dont take too long, no ha 9 15 53 the program started in 2008 with 134 students with eight schools. Now we have 73 schools and 2,400 students that receive food every friday. Students in grades k through 6 at Harrison Elementary in cedar rapids will receive the food that these seniors are packing up every other week. 9 16 10 i think the biggest detail is awareness. The fact that there are one in five students in our servicicarea that are at risk for foodod insecurity what it really means is going to be hungry on the weekends, thats the reason for this food. Availability so they can take food home on the weekends. And this definitely keeps the group busy. The demand keeps growing. 9 20 47 when we did it last year i think we were packing just once a month and we would do maybe 120 bags for the month. So they were serving about 30 kids each week. And now thats increased to like i said we are doing over 300 bags every two weeks. Thats 650 bags a month those kids. 9 14 00 i think its wonderful. There are too many that need help these days and we just sort of side step them ananwe that have so much need to share. While the food no doubt brings a smile to the kids faces, the volunteer work also makes these folks smile too. 9 13 05 just to help and occupy a little bit of my time, in cedar rapids, Jill Kasparie, kcrgtv9 news. Hacap is a nonprofit that focuses on empowering families who live in poverty. If you want more information on operation backpack, we have Contact Information with this a major milestone today for people who own personal drones. And now you can take a look inside the white house decked out for the holidays, without leaving your home. Thats ahead in todays techbytes. Hey this holiday, u. S. Cellulars giving you 15 gigs of data for just 70 but i wanted a pony. [ gasps ] youre getting data. Ponysized data . U. S. Cellular sized data. 15 gigs of good, strong data you can actually use because it works in the middle of anywhere. Id like 100 youre getting 400 in promo cards yes switch to u. S. Cellular and get 15 gigs of data for just 70. The rain may be moderate at times with amount of 0. 1 to 0. 25 likely. Locally higher amounts may be found along or south of i80 as well. Well also have slowly falling temperatures through the day. Tomorrow, we are sitting in bebeween storm systems, t more rain isis likely to come our way by wednesday. Christmas eve and Christmas Day look to remain quiet around here with our next system arriving one again looks to stay as rain, though colder air is creeping ever closer, and well keep a close eye on that one. Have a good day today am showers, cloudy high 3945 win nw 1020 alo 38 dbq 40 iow 44tonight mostly cloudy low 2632 winds w 510 alo 27 dbq 30 iow 30tomorrow partly cloudy high 4046 winds s 515 alo 40 dbq 41 iow 43tomorrow night showers late low 3541 winds s 1015 alo 36 dbq 36 iow 38 thanks kaj. Now heres abcs reena ninan and Kendis Gibson now heres abcs reena ninan with this mornings t hi there in todays techbytes Important News for drone over sflss starting today, anyone with a drone weighing more than a half a pound must register it. It will cost 5 to sign up. But the faa is waiving that fee for the first 30 days. Sony working on a new battery that could extend your wow, online reports claim the company is both developing most sulfur and magnesium powered batteries. And you can now take a Virtual Reality tour of the white house, all courtesy of google, a new fiveminute video features 360degree views of holiday decorations as well as a cameo of the obama dogs, bo and sunny. Very neat there. Always good they keep dave, im sorry to interrupt. I gotta take a sick day tomorrow. Dads dont take sick days, dads take nyquil severe the nighttime, sniffling, sneezing, coughing, aching, when heartburn hits fight back fast tums smoothies starts dissolving the instant it touches your tongue and neutralizes stomach acid at the source tum, tum, tum, tum sidewalk with a toddler in the car on the las vegas strip. At least one person is dead, and 36 others are injured. Abcs reena ninan has the latest. Tragedy in sin city. I was shocked, like oh my god what is going on . this is las vegas, and this is christmas. Oveight, the vegas strip. Shutdown. A female driver. Crashing into a crowd. Near Paris Las Vegas and Planet Hollywood, the venue for last nights Miss Universe pageant. You can see people literally bouncing off. She was running over e erybody. Witnesses say the driver hit a group of people. Then drove people. It look like she wasnt trying to stop the car. Both hands on the wheel and going straight forward rough log this was intentional. This morning. Investigators confirm a child was also inside the car. We do know there was a toddler in the vehicle with the driver, whos 3 years old. And toddler is unharmed. Before driving off again. Witnesses. Jumping into action. Trying to stop the driver. From causing more harm. You can see three or four guys just punching the window. Make her stop and get the child out. A reporter with our las vegas affliate. On the scene moments after the crash kntv las vegas reporter rought verbate a witnesses tells me. This is around where he was standing. When he saw a car drive right here. Where you see those yellow cones. That is whehe we are told 37 people were injured. According to officials. The woman was eventually taken into custody. Tests are being done to determine if she was under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Reena ninan, abc news, new that crash took place just after the Miss Universe pageant finished outside the Planet Hollywood hotel and casino. At the pageant, a huge mistake on national tv. Host steve harvey accidentally announced that miss colombia won the title. He misread the card and, ultimately, miss philippines walked away as Miss Universe. 4 running shoes, two men, hundreds of miles to run. Two men are raising money by hitting the roads of every iowa county. This is a live look on our camera this morning. Kaj will be back right after the break meteorologist kaj omara joins us now with your first alert forecast. Plan on a wet start to the day with rain in the area. The rain may be moderate at ties with amount of 0. 0. To 0. 2. 2 likely. Locally higigr amounts may be found along or south of i80 as well. Well through the day. Tomorrow, we are sitting in between storm systems, but more rain is likely to come our way by wednesday. Ristmas eve and Christmas Day look to remain quiet around here with our next system arriving this weekend. T ts one again looks to stay as r rn, though colder air is creeping ever closer, and well keep a close eye on that one. Have a good day today am showers, cloudy high 3945 winds nw 1020 alo 38 dbq 40 iow 44tonight mostly cloudy low 2632 winds w 510 alo 27 dbq 30 iow 30tomorrow partly cloudy high 4046 winds s 515 alo 40 dbq 41 iow 43tomorrow night showers late low 3541 winds s 1015 alo 36 dbq 36 iow 38 thanks, kaj. A Spencer High School student just hours after competing in a wrestling match. Shocked by the news, family, friends, and teachers are remembering his impact. Stay with us on tv9. Itit. Hello to you on your monday youre looking live on our city cam. Its december 21st and this is what you need to know today. One woman is dead this morning in cedar rapids after firefighters find her body in a mobile he fire. Now, they investigate the cause of the fire and her death. One person is dead and more tha 30 others hurt aftft a womananrove onto the sidewalk las vegas. Police are now saying it was intentional. Family and fries will gather today to mourn the life of waterloo teen moe sed. His funeral is this morning. Republican and democrat 2016 president ial hopefuls will make Campaign Stops in iowa today and this week leading up to the holidays. Iowa voters. And unity point st. Lukes hospital in cedar rapids is getting ready to celebrate the oneyear anniversary of its Ronald Mcdonald family room. Youre watching kcrgtv9. Now, from your 24 hour news source, this is kcrgtv9 n ns morning newsws first, meteorologis t kaj omara has your first alalt forecast, kaj. Plan on a wet start to the day with rain in the area. The rain may be moderate at times with amount of 0. 1 to 0. 25 likely. Locally higher amounts may be found along or south of i80 as well. Well also have slowly falling temperatures through the day. Tomorrow, we are sitting in likely to come our way by wednesday. Christmas eve and Christmas Day look to remain quiet around here with our next system arriving this weekend. This one again looks to stay as rain, though colder air is creeping ever closer, and well keep a close eye on that one. Have a good day today am showers, cloudy high 3945 winds nw 1020 alo 38 dbq 40 iow 44tonight mostly cloudy low 2632 winds w 510 alo 27 dbq 30 iow 30tomorrow partly cloudy high 4046 winds s 515 alo 40 dbq 41 iow 43tomorrow night showers late low 3541 winds s 1015 alo 36 dbq 36 iow 38 cedar rapids firefighters say they found a womans body inside a burnt out mobile home. Fire crews responded to the home on the southwest side at 7 oclock last night. Firefighters arrived to the scene in the 23 hundred block of kelley street southwest to find the back half of the home on fire. Thats inside Grand View Village. During the search and rescue, fire crews found a woman inside the home. First responders scene. The Fire Department has not released her name. The fire and the womans cause of death are still under investigation. A High School Wrestler from spencer has died after he collapsed on the mat during a match this weekend. Senior Austin Roberts was in the title match in the 220 weight class at the spencer invitational on saturday. The superintenden t at Spencer Community schools confirms that. Roberts and his opponenwalked back to the center of thth mat when he collllsed. He later died at a hospital. The School Superintenden t says his death was tough on his schoolmates. Austin was a student that was bigger than life in many wws, a large young man, 220 pounder student, with a laugh as big as any room you can put him in. Good kid he placed 8th in the class 2a state wrestling tournament last spring. A crisis Team Provided grief counseling at Spencer High School yesterday. A woman intentionally drove on the las vegas strip, killing one person and injuring more than 30 others. It happened in front of the paris hotel and casino. Authorities have ruled out terrorism. Police say the driver had a threeyear old in the car. Neither of them were hurt. Police are holding the woman while they investigate this crash. Waterloo police are investigating a stabbing that sent a woman to the hospital. Officers found the woman in the 400 block of riehl street around 4 45 yesterday afternoon. She had at least one stab wound police havent said how seriously she was hurt. Police have not made an arrest. Prosecutors are determrming whether to file charges in the death of a waterloo girl. 4yearold gracie buss died days after officers found her unresponsive in may. An autopsy found Blunt Force Injuries to her head caused her death. Police say they have completed their investigation and have given the results to the Black Hawk County attorneys office. Gun charges for trying to set his mothers garage on fire. According to the waterloo cedar falls courier, 29 yearold kyle hattrup tried to set a fire at 728 rie street on saturday afternoon. Police say the fire was out after officers arrived and also found out hattrup assaulted his mother. Later when officers were looking for him, police say hattrup pupued out a gun. Now he is in the Black Hawk County jail. Having a loved one in the hospital is difficult at any time, but especially around the holidays. Unity point st. Lukes hospital in cedar rapids has a space in the hospital to make the stay a little more comfortable for families. Tv9s Forrest Saunders