presidential disaster declaration for the counties that flooded in august. the money would help rebuild those cities. you're watching kcrg-tv9. now, from your 24 hour news source, this is kcrg-tv9 news morning news. first, meteorologis t kaj o'mara has your first overall, today will be a fabulous day. plan on highs into the lower to middle 80s with lots of sunshine from start to finish. our weather turns a little more unsettled late tonight into tomorrow over our northern tier or two of counties especially. storms are possible in this area both wednesday and wednesday night. by thursday, the northern half of the area may get in on some storms as well. otherwise, this is going to be a warm week with 80s. our next cold front arrives late this weekend with a return to average september temperatures for most of next week.today: patchy morning fog, then mostly sunny. wind: se 5-15. high: 83 tonight: chance of storms, mainly north. wind: s 5-15. low: 67 tomorrow: partly cloudy with a chance of storms, mainly north. wind: s 5-15. high: 87 tom. night: chance of storms. wind: s 5-10. low: 67 the man who served as waterloo's public safety city -- but not with all of the responsibilitie s. dan trelka will stay on as the city's police chief, but he will no longer supervise the fire department. trelka dealt with lawsuits that targeted waterloo police officers for using excessive force. on friday, two officers step down. during a news conference yesterday, trelka and waterloo mayor quentin hart said that's not the case. hundreds packed the city council chambers last night in support ot trelka. hart told reporters he wants trelka to focus on a community policing plan to rebuild trust in the city's police. " chief trelka and i through community meetings, best practices, outreach, conversations and a passion for this community have begun a process of community wide policing p toward regaining public trust that has been lost due to some of our short comings " " council members say they're unsure of what the exact changes of community policing will be. the city of waterloo settled multiple cases this year after lawsuits accused police officers of using excessive force. one of those came in january when the city agreed to a $2.5 million dollar settlement with the family of derrick ambrose jr. ambrose was 22. the city also settled 3 other cases recently. in 1 of them, an officer is accused of slamming a 17 year old boy face-first onto a sidewalk outside a hospital. an open records request shows the city paid the teenager to keep him quiet about a settlement. in another incident, the same officer is accused of pointing a stun-gun at a crowd. he then used it to allegedly shock a 31- year-old man who was helping with crowd control. a third incident involved a 13-year-old girl whom officers allegedly in all 3 cases, the police department justified the use of force. some people at last night's meeting say these cases show officers need to face harsher punishment. ""i don't believe if you did something wrong any you get a paid leave. if i do something wrong in my job i get fired " city council members say people should hear more from hart and trelka in the next couple weeks. governor terry branstad wants a presidential disaster declaration to help counties cleaning up from august flooding. 8 northern counties - allamakee, chickasaw, clayton, fayette, floyd, howard, mitchell, and winneshiek. the money would go to rebuilding damaged infrastructure in those counties. a damage assessment tallied 4-point-8 million dollars worth of destruction. now at 26 years since the americans with disabilities act passed, former iowa senator tom harkins is talking about the legacy of the bill that he championed... harkin will lecture to students at the university of iowa today on the act that created a more inclusive iowa memorial union main ballroom from 3:30 to 4:30 p-m today. harkin also addressed the democratic convention in july. he talked his role with the americans with disabilities act and how proud he is the a-d-a helped so many americans. over the counter treatments are generally the first line of defense in treating lice. studies now show a mutant type of lice is becoming more common in the united states, and traditional kcrg-tv nine's brea love joins us now. brea, is this type of lice in iowa? chris and nicole, it is. it's called super lice. it was tested for in 48 states and in 43 of those the bugs were 100% drug resistant. in the cedar rapids school district schools no longer do classroom head checks. that's because lice is considered a nuisance, not a health problem. if a student is feeling itchy, or a teacher notices some excessive scratching.. a school nurse can check them out. if they find live lice, a n and send a letter home to other students in the class. even though these are treatment resistant, that student is reccommended to closely follow the two week treatment plan, and keep repeating until it goes away. two weeks can be a long time to miss school, so officials recommend parents don't pull them out. 51:10 "it isn't a health concern, and it's unesscicarily making kids miss a lot of instruction. we encourage parents to bring their kids to school. lice don't have wings, they cant jump, they don't fly. its really that head to head contact." is to avoid head to head contact. and of course don't share clothing like hats, scarves, and hair accessories. research shows the best way to beat super lice is to use those treatments multiple times. if that isn't working visit a pediatrician. chris and nicole? a program that makes "micro" loans to start-ups and other small businesses in cedar rapids is looking for more applicants larry hemann started a one-man concrete business with the help of a micro loan from cedar rapids and its partner agencies. hemann says without the $10,000 loan, his business would have failed. even a larger business, like the pig and porter restaurant, also depended on a micro-loan to open this summer. "i think it's important to get that info out there it's important to take advantage of it. it helps small businesses like us" the cedar rapids city council - contributed $75,000 to fund the second year of the program. the city is now accepting applications from those who don't qualify for loans elsewhere. investigators have a man in custody suspected of setting off bombs in cities in the northeastern part of the country. that's only after a shoot out that injured some officers and the suspect. fabulous day. plan on highs into the lower to middle 80s with lots of sunshine from start to finish. our weather turns a little more unsettled late tonight into tomorrow over our northern tier or two of counties wednesday and wednesday night. by thursday, the northern half of the area may get in on some storms as well. otherwise, this is going to be a warm week with many days going well into the 80s. our next cold front arrives late this weekend with a return to average september temperatures patchy morning fog, then mostly sunny. wind: se 5-15. high: 83 tonight: chance of storms, mainly north. wind: s 5-15. low: 67 tomorrow: partly cloudy with a chance of storms, mainly north. wind: s 5-15. high: 87 tom. night: chance of thanks kaj. in this morning's "gma first look" a wrongful death lawsuit leveled against jim carry, saying he's responsible for the overdose of his on and off girlfriend katrina white. sh drugs. the coroner ruling it a suicide. now white's estranged husband is blaming carey. mark ber on thing obtained the discussion to white despite knowing white was prone to suicide and depression. the actor telling abc news cat's troubles were long before i met her and her tragic end was dan abrams weighs in live in 7:00 a.m. with feel a cold sore coming on? only abreva can heal it in as few as two and a half days when used at the first sign. to block the virus and protect healthy cells.. don't tough it out, knock it out, fast. abreva. if you have allergy congestion, muddling through your morning is nothing new... ing rhinocort? allergy spray. powerful relief from nasal allergy symptoms, all day and all night. ? ? try rhinocort? allergy spray. plane in isolation for a time at an airport in the manila airport officials say the plane was under threat and put in a special isolation area after it landed. now they are saying the plane mistakenly sent a distress call before landing at the airport causing some concern. passengers were later allowed to get off the plane. airport operations continued as normal. a wisconsin teenager working to get her pilot's license died in a plane crash along with her instructor. the plane went down as 16-year-old olivia dahl and her 69-year-old flight instructor, ralph keller, bay sunday night. authorities believe keller had control of the plane when something went wrong. the f-a-a website shows keller had what's called a conditional license to fly. with that license, the pilot must have a yearly medical review. authorities say they expect this to be a lengthy investigation. authorities in phoenix suburb have released the name of the pilot of a plane that caught fire and crashed into a home. they've also released air traffic control audio describing the 20844 i'm having an emergency situation..fire on the wing...fire in the airplane. just before the fire, several scheduled skydivers jumped out of the plane. they were a part of a pyrotechnic skydive jump show at the town fair and landed where they had planned to. the pilot, ryan kilgore, reportedly tried to put the fire out before jumping out of the plane himself. another pilot doesn't blame him for jumping out of the plane. "i think in this case with the airplane in fire, actually exploding, and he had no other choice but to bail out. received his commercial pilot's license back in may. the couple living inside the home was able to get themselves and their pets out without injuries. their home is a total loss. a preliminary report from n-t-s-b on the crash should be issued within a week or two. dubuque wants to use more alternative energy and less electricity. the city is now hoping to get some estimates and plans to install solar panels on its here is a live look at . stay with kcrg-tv9. meteorologist kaj o'mara joins overall, today will be a fabulous day. plan on highs into the lower to middle 80s with lots of sunshine from start to finish. our weather turns a little more unsettled late tonight into tomorrow over our northern tier or two of counties especially. storms are possible in this area both wednesday and wednesday night. by thursday, the northern half of the area may get in on some storms as well. otherwise, this is going to be a warm week with many days going well into the 80s. our next cold front arrives late this weekend with a return to average september temperatures fo fog, then mostly sunny. wind: se 5-15. high: 83 tonight: chance of storms, mainly north. wind: s 5-15. low: 67 tomorrow: partly cloudy with a chance of storms, mainly north. wind: s 5-15. high: 87 tom. night: chance of storms. wind: s 5-10. low: 67 thanks kaj. dubuque could put solar panels of electricity and to produce more power. the city has voted to ask for proposals to install solar panels on several buildings. that's according to our coverage partner, k-d- t-h. the city wants to install panels on its six fire stations, the carnegie- stout public library and at the dubuque regional airport. so it's asking companies to submit proposals that detail where panels should go, how much they would cost and how much electricity are due october 20th. right now, only the city's municipal services building has solar panels. other eastern iowa cities like cedar rapids, north liberty, lisbon and tiffin have already put panels on city buildings or are considering them. kellogg is issuing a recall for one of its popular breakfast foods. the possibility of listeria will allow you to have no problem letting go. stay with your 24 hour news source, kcrg-tv9. what you need to know today. a murder trial in dubuque is in the jury's continue for robert stern accused of shooting and killing his daughter. dan trelka will now oversee just the police department in waterloo and not the fire department. this follows lawsuits facing officers for the use of excessive force. authorities have a man in custody suspected of planting bombs in new york city and new jersey. law enforcement took him after a shoot out. super lice is something health officials say you should look out for with your kids. this type of bug is drug governor branstad wants a presidential disaster declaration for the counties that flooded in august. the money would help rebuild those cities. you're watching kcrg-tv9. now, from your 24 hour news source, this is kcrg-tv9 news morning news. first, meteorologis t kaj o'mara has your first alert forecast, overall, today will be a fabulous day. plan on highs into the lower to middle 80s with lots of sunshine from start to finish. our weather turns a little more unsettled late tonight into tomorrow over our northern tier or two of counties especially. storms are possible in this area both wednesday and wednesday night. by thursday, the northern half of the area may get in on some storms as well. otherwise, this is going to be a warm week with many days going well into the 80s. our next cold front arrives late this weekend with a return to average september temperatures 5-15. high: 83 tonight: chance of storms, mainly north. wind: s 5-15. low: 67 tomorrow: partly cloudy with a chance of storms, mainly north. wind: s 5-15. high: 87 tom. night: chance of storms. wind: s 5-10. low: 67 a series of terror bombs is under arrest and in the hospital. he's charged with attempted murder after shooting two police officers -- as well as getting shot during the exchange. authorities think he may be the one responsible for a bomb that exploded on saturday in new jersey and another in new york. as abc's maggie rulli reports, he's not cooporating with police. took police to outside a bar in new jersey... where it ended in a dramatic scene. pkg nats gunfire crossing two states the search for the suspected serial bomber ends in gunfire "there's a guy shooting a gun, shots fired, shots fired" unfolding just three hours after police sent a text alert and released an image of the suspect: 28- year-old ahmad khan rahami the owner of this bar in linden new jersey sees a man sleeping in his hallway and calls the police... the officer immediatly recognizes the suspect the suspect fired on him. rahami flees on foot with a gun in hand shooting randomly.. as other police officers pursue him nats officer: one with multiple shots, the officer's awake. the officers fire back... bringing down rahami - who's now recovering in the hospital. nats up:eyewitness: "oh, man, it was wild!" the take down - 48 hours after the first device exploded on this new jersey boardwalk... nats: "shut down the run, get them out of the boardwalk." then thi hours late pressure cooker is found just 4 blocks north... and the next night, five pipe bombs are found at this new jersey train station. and as police try to disarm them... video surveillance and information gathered from that unexploded rahami is a naturalized american citizen born in afghanistan... and the fbi found more bombs when they searced his apartment. officials also tell abc news that rahami travelled to afghanistan and pakistan ? telling authorities he had a wife in pakistan. brad garret former fbi analyst: if he has made frequent trips to afghanistan than investigators, in particular the fbi are going ot have to figure out who he visited and what was the real purposes of his trips. o/c close authorities tell abc news that rahami is refusing to answer any questions, or even give his name.... right now they're digging into his life online and that trip to afghanistan - tyring to find a motive and to make sure he was working alone. maggie rulli abc news new york new york's governor says one-thousand additional state and national guard troops some 140 heads of state and government leaders are meeting in new york this week. it's for the annual united nations general assembly. today, president obama is hosting a leaders summit on the refugee crisis. u-s secretary of state john kerry urged leaders to help donate funds to deal with the growing problem. ""the gap between the funds that we have and the funds that we need remains enormous. today, the united states remains the world's largest donor of humanitarian assistance and refugee relief and we are proud of that, but we would be even more satisfied if the need were ended." " more concrete progress is e today. at least 45 countries are expected to make humanitarian aid pledges. before you pop an eggo waffle into your toaster this morning, double check the box. kellogg has recalled 10- thousand cases of eggo nutri-grain whole wheat waffles in 25 states, including iowa. the company says these waffles the recalled waffles are available in 10-count packs with "best if used by" dates of november 21st and 22nd 2017. there have not been any reports of illness, but kellogg is asking consumers to throw away the affected products. consumers can obtain a full refund by contacting kellogg by phone at 1- 800-962-1413 or check the company's website. a drug resistant form of lice may have back to school. there are cases of lice every year, but now those cases are becoming more prevalent and difficult. kcrg-tv nine's brea love joins us now. brea, what is this type of lice outbreak that's growing in the u-s? chris and nicole, it's called super lice. it's a mutant, drug resistant bug and they're currently found in 48 states. iowa is one of those. drug resistant lice is something cedar rapids schools have seen before. lice is most commonly found on the elementary level, schools do not do classroom head checks anymore, but if a student is feeling itchy a nurse will check them out. if any live nits are found, the school must notify the parent, and there's protocol in place. 48:50 "the parent gets a copy of that so they know what the treatment protocol is and then we send a letter home to the classroom to notify parents there is a case of head lice in your child's classroom, please check your child's head. " lice is considered a nuisance not a health problem, so it's not reccommended for students to just best to do whatever you can to stop it from spreading. so that means, if you have lice making sure to follow the two week treatment process correctly, and of course no sharing hats or touching heads. chris and nicole, avoiding activities like those can make all the difference. after spending the day in iowa, the runningmates for donald trump and hillary clinton are onto their next williamsburg, virginia today. yesterday, he spoke at giese manufacturing in dubuque. like trump, the indiana governor talked about how to prevent homegrown terrorism after bombings in the new york area. he also said the federal government should be more careful about who it allows into the country. " compared to hillary clinton's plan to expand our refugee program by 550%, when donald trump becomes president of the united states, we will have extreme vetting from immigrants coming from troubled parts in the world, we will suspend the refugee program coming from syria until we know who earlier, pence met with supporters at the music man square in mason city. democrat tim kaine is in los angles today, taping episodes of the ellen show and jimmy kimmel live. yesterday, kaine spoke at iowa state. the virginia senator focused his speech on encouraging younger voters to get out on election ""donald trump has had a passion through his whole life too, but the problem is that passion is donald j. trump. nothing about anybody else. nothing about a policy that matters to him. his entire passion has been looking out for number one." kaine also talked about the democratic party's plan to try and make college more affordable by easing the process of refinancing student debt. with the election now seven weeks away, a lot of iowa counties are making sure votin state law requires a test. johnson county started testing its machines this week. the voting machines are about ten years old, but the county says it's confident the equipment will work on election day. johnson county plans to spend about one million dollars for new machines next year. all ballots in iowa still require pen and paper. a hiawatha man is considering filing a wrongful termination lawsuit against a cedar rapids sandwich shop. justin knapp says capriotti's sandwich shop doing the right thing. on september 10th, security video caught what could have been a theft. a customer picks up sunglasses on a table, then left. knapp posted a picture of the alleged thief on facebook, saying if the glasses were returned in 24 hours no one would call the police. knapp says the man came back a half hour later, furious, saying he had taken the sunglasses by accident. knapp says he was fired a few days later for violating that customer's privacy. that i got fired for doing the right thing. and i'd do it again. " knapp was an assistant manager at the shop. capriotti's declined to comment. a jury in dubuque will now decide if a man is guilty of murder. the prosecution says robert stern shot and killed his daughter last year. up next... this morning's right after the break. overall, today will be a with lots of sunshine from start to finish. our weather turns a little more unsettled late tonight into tomorrow over our northern tier or two of counties especially. both wednesday and wednesday night. by thursday, the northern half of the area may get in on some storms as well. otherwise, this is going to be a warm week with many days going well into the 80s. our next cold september temperatures for most of next week.today: patchy morning fog, then mostly sunny. wind: se 5-15. high: 83 tonight: chance of storms, mainly north. wind: s 5-15. low: 67 tomorrow: partly cloudy with a chance of storms, mainly north. wind: s 5-15. storms. wind: s 5-10. low: 67 we'll be right back. stay with killing his daughter is now up to the jury. robert stern of dubuque is on trial for first degree murder. both the prosecution and defense have rested their cases, the defense without even calling a witness. police say in june of 2015, who was 27 and had autism. the two lived in the same house. in court yesterday, prosecutors closed their case after calling to the witness stand several experts from the iowa division of criminal investigation. prosecutors say robert stern considered his daughter a burden and that she quote "pushed his buttons." they say he killed her so he could make more time in his life for a waitress he was infatuated with. stern's defense attorneys also rested their case but did not call any witnesses to the stand or based on one statement? she pushed my buttons. " stern's attorney says prosecutors were not able to prove stern was the one who actually shot and killed kimberly. the trial of this man is also in the hands of a jury today. david miller is charged with first degree murder in the death of sabrina janish. investigators say they found her body strangled and stabbed multiple times in the driveway of a home north of shellsburg last year. over the counter treatments are generally studies now show a mutant type of lice is becoming more common in the united states, and traditional treatments don't work. kcrg-tv nine's brea love joins us now. brea, is this type of lice in iowa? chris and nicole, it is. it's called super lice. it was tested for in 48 states and in 43 of those the bugs were 100% drug resistant. in the cedar rapids school district schools no longer do classroom head checks. that's because lice is considered a nuisance, not a health problem. if a student excessive scratching.. a school nurse can check them out. if they find live lice, a nurse will call parents and send a letter home to other students in the class. even though these are treatment resistant, that student is recommended to closely follow the two week treatment plan, and keep repeating until it goes away. the best way for students to prevent spreading lice is to avoid head to head contact. and of course don't share clothing like hats, scarves, and hair accessories. research shows the best way to beat super lice is to use those treatments pediatrician. chris and nicole? waterloo is applying for a grant to pay for replacing ash trees the city cuts down. the city council has approved asking the northeast iowa community foundation for more than 15-thousand dollars. the city is in process of removing thousands of trees before emerald ash borers infect them. the invasive beetle made its way into the area in 2014. the iowa county conservation at lake iowa park in ladora. the insect has now made its way into 36 counties in the state. most of them are in southeast iowa. tonight the cedar rapids kennedy volleyball team takes on the city high little hawks. the game is at 7 o'clock in cedar rapids. if you can't make it to the game, you can catch it on kcrg 9-point-2. the crop hunger walk in coming up in a couple of weeks. on saturday, october 2nd you cn in marion to help end hunger around the world. the walk starts at 1:30 and is free will donation. 25 percent of the money raised will get divided up between three food agencies--churches of marion pantry, greene square meals, and linn community food banks. the remaining money will go to church world services for international poverty relief efforts. you can find more information by going to crop hunger walk.org and typing in your zip code. kaj will have one more check of your forecast next. before, he oversaw the police and fire departments. the waterloo mayor says he wants trelka to focus on building a trust between the city and the police after several lawsuits for excessive force. today, former iowa senator tom harkin is talking about the legacy of the americans with disabilities act. harkin will lecture at the university of iowa on the act that created a more inclusive society. the session is in the iowa memorial union main ballroom from 3:30 to 4:30 p-m. in just a few minutes 87 veterans will leave the eastern iowa airport for an honor flight to washington d-c. it's the 25th eastern iowa honor flight. the veterans will spend the day touring the various now, one last look at this morning's weather, kaj... overall, today will be a fabulous day. plan on highs into the lower to middle 80s with lots of sunshine from start to finish. our weather turns a little more unsettled late tonight into tomorrow over our northern tier or two of counties especially. storms are possible in this area both wednesday and esdayni. y tr of the are 80s. our next cold front arrives late this weekend with a return to average setemng fog, inly north. wind: s 5-15. low: 67 tomorrow: partly cloudy with a chance of storms, mainly north. wind: s 5-15. high: 87 tom. night: chance of storms. wind: s 5-10. low: 67 we certainly hope your is local news update in about 20 minutes. also make sure to join us at eleven for the kcrg- tv9 good morning, america. terror takedown. the dramatic shootout with the suspected bomber in broad daylight. >> there's a guy shooting a gun. shots fired. >> taken down in a gunfight with police, the moment he is chased by two officers both shot during the arrest. and what we're now learning the new surveillance footage as he planted those bombs. his trip overseas. and what authorities found in his home. and terror is front and center on the campaign trail. >> i'm saying we'll have to start profiling. >> hillary clinton calls donald trump's comments fuel for isis and his son sparks outrage comparing syrian refugees to skittles.