Killing one and injuring more than 100 others. And its homecoming weekend for the university of iowa. The annual parade could impact travel through downtown iowa city later tonight. Youre watching kcrgtv9. Now, from your 24 hour news source, this is kcrgtv9 news morning news. Plan on an increase in clouds today. This should keep our temperatures confined to the 60s for highs in all areas. The wind will continue to blow out of the north, but not as strong as yesterday. Like we experienced wednesday, a sprinkle could come out of the thickest clouds, but no measurable rainfall is anticipated in our area. Tonight into saturday, plan on clouds to hang on. Sunday, clouds should disperse somewhat, allowing a return to the upper 60s low 70s across the area. Next week, a warming trend is likely through wednesday with a seasonable cooldown right behind a midweek cold front. Enjoy high 67 tonight cloudy. Wind ne 510. Low 57 tomorrow mostly cloudy. Wind n 510. High 66 tom. Night partly cloudy. Wind n 510. Low 53 starting at noon today, cedar rapids wil flood zone to get back into the area. And its asking people who dont need to be there to stay away so large equipment can get in for cleanup. The flood zone will be open to everyone else starting at seven saturday morning. That klarge equipment will be in the area for a few weeks as as part of the flood recovery. As a safety measure, police will step up their patrols. Now that people are returning to their homes and businesses, many will be anxious to get properly. Starting at seven this morning, there will be drop off sites for businesses and non profits. The Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance is running the sites. Workers there are asking people let them know ahead of time if the sandbags are wet or dry, so that the bags can be stacked accordingly. 7 18, you get them here leave them here, the district and our Funding Partners and figuring out how to haul them away at no cost to the businesses. Businesses and non profits have four dropoff locations for sandbags. One is on the east side of downtown between the quaker oats and cargill plants. Another is next to the former chrome horse building in newbo. A third is the parking lot behind the shops on 16th avenue southwest in czech village. And finally, there one near Second Avenue and l street southwest in kingston village. The city has two locations for homeowners to drop off wet and dry sandbags. The noelridge pool site opens at opens at seven am saturday. Anyone who cant drop off sandbags should leave them at their curb. The city will start picking them up on monday, october 10th. The hesco barriers blocking bridge entrances over the cedar river are starting to come down today. But with that comes driving restrictions. The end to flood zone restrictions will come in stages. This morning, edgewood road crossing the cedar river bridges should be cleared today. But regular motorists will have to wait for the all clear saturday morning. The barricades and checkpoints will still be in place so police will still be standing at those checkpoints asking people to show id so the bridges in the downtown area will not open to the Downtown Public until 7 00 a. M. On saturday city Officials Say while the avenue bridges will open soon, there will still be Construction Activity going on. The means drivers will using the bridges again. A lot of people are eager to get back into the ellis boat harbor after this weeks flooding. Many of the boathouses along ellis road stayed afloat with minimal damage, but not everyone was so lucky. Kcrgtv9s mark carlson reports. 17 32 they were all kind of jammed together yesterday, and the neighbors on the hill heard a big boom about 5 30 this morning, they came running down and this is what they saw. Gloria rolfson had a hard time looking at her sunken houseboat thursday morning. 14 22 i was down here all the time. I just dont know what happened. 15 14 all our grandkids, our 10 grandkids come down, and spend tie, we have cookouts we have bonfires, and we have continue to drop, members of the Ellis Harbor Association say the goal now is to keep the rest of the homes afloat. 21 33 were trying to pull together to save as many as we can, but we didnt lose any to the railroad bridge, which is great. Association members say changes after the 2008 flood helped keep all the boats in the harbor. 21 04 we beefed up our brackets, or cables, and we have an inspection every year. While most houseboat owners will likely be back after the flood. Glor future holds. 16 19 we are sitting in the mud, my husband says no, buy a camper and put in on the other side. Mark carlson with that report. Some of the boathouses were moved at the northern part of the harbor. People living there say they think they can get everything back to normal in about two weeks. A judge in South Carolina will decide today whether authorities can continue shooting that injured three. The teen is also suspected of killing his father before the violence at townville elementary school. The boy is due in court this morning for an initial hearing. One of the victims, a six yearold boy, is on life support after being shot on the schools playground. His family says the boy remains in critical condition. As of right now, yes, he is on life support, but i dont want to go into full details on his injuries. Thats a private matter as of right now, but he is fighting every day, every moment to survive. And he will surviv the other shooting victims a firstgrade teacher and another student have been released from the hospital. Following the School Shooting in South Carolina, many schools active shooter plans are under scrutiny. Urbandale superintenden t steve bass says their philosophy is to make sure all adults know what to but security expert tom conley says Running Drills with everyone, including students, is the best way to make sure people are prepared for the worst. In urbandale, students are taught to go to the nearest classroom if the school is under a lockdown. Teachers are taught more specifics. Conley says doing that assumes a teacher is going to be there to lead the students in an emergency. Conley 10 30 ok so the teachers says run to the classroom. What if the classroom is locked . You want to give students options so they know what plan b and plan c is. Guides for schools. Its up to each school here in iowa how much to incorporate into their current plan. Fbi director james comey says it does appear some form of radical islam motivated the minnesota mall attacker. 22yearold dahir adan is suspected of storming the mall and stabbing 10 people early this month. He was stopped when an offduty Police Officer shot him. Soldiers. Comey discussed the possible terror connections at a house judiciary hearing. It does look like at least in part he was motivated by some sort of inspiration from radical islamic groups. Which groups and how, were not sure of yet. He says they will continue to investigate the attack. A train crash injured more than 100 people on thuresday in northern new jersey. Today investigators are trying heading into the terminal. Good morning its. Plan on an increase in clouds today. This should keep our temperatures confined to the 60s for highs in all areas. The wind will continue to like we experienced wednesday, a sprinkle could come out of the thickest clouds, but no measurable rainfall is anticipated in our area. Tonight into saturday, plan on clouds to hang on. Sunday, clouds should disperse somewhat, allowing a return to the upper 60s low 70s across the area. Next week, a warming trend is likely through wednesday with a seasonable cooldown right behind a midweek cold front. Enjoy mostly cloudy. Wind ne 1015. High 67 tonight cloudy. Wind ne 510. Low 57 tomorrow mostly cloudy. Wind n 510. High 66 tom. Night partly cloudy. Wind n 510. Low 53 plan on an increase in clouds today. This should keep our temperatures confined to the 60s for highs in all areas. The wind will continue to blow out of the north, but not as strong as yesterday. Like we experienced wednesday, a sprinkle could come out of the thickest anticipated in our area. Tonight into saturday, plan on clouds to hang on. Sunday, clouds should disperse somewhat, allowing a return to the upper 60s low 70s across the area. Next week, a warming trend is likely through wednesday with a seasonable cooldown right behind a midweek cold front. Enjoy your weekend today becoming mostly cloudy. Wind ne 1015. High 67 tonight cloudy. Wind ne 510. Low 57 tomorrow mostly cloudy. Win heres a first look at good in this mornings gma first look, two Sisters Dream vacation turned into one familys nightmare. 42yearold robin from chicago and her sister from denver found dead in their room mysteriously passing away during the trip of a lifetime. They were staying at a luxury 2,000 a night resort in the say shells. A chain of islands in the indian ocean known for beautiful beaches and highend resorts. The trip was part of a monthlong vacation in africa but days after posting these pictures, a terrible end. Discovered when an employee of the hotel tried to wake them in their villa. Coming up at 7 00 a. M. , well have the latest on the investigation. With your gma first look, im mara schiavocampo, abc news, new mara schiavocampo, abc news, new york. When heartburn hits, fight back fast with tums smoothies. It starts dissolving the instant it touches your tongue. And neutralizes stomach acid at the source. . Tum tum tum tum . 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Sot witness people were running every way it was mass chaos after the train barreled through this station in hoboken new jersey leaving debris everywhere and passengers stunned. Nats are you ok . . In these images you can see passengers scrambling off the mangled 3 car train moments after the crash. Sot witness we ran over there were a lot of peoplekicking out windows trying to exit the train. Many of the injured were on th eplatform . Inc luding 34 yr life after being hit by flying debris. More than a hundred people were hurt including the trains engineer . Thomas gallagher, who was later released from the hospital and is said to be cooperating with investigators. Sot ntsb presser the ntsb will analyze the facts, determine the probable cause of the accident and issue a report of those determination s. Surveillance video shows the train heading south toward hoboken from Spring Valley new york. Shortly before 9 am thursday morning . The train . Inching closer toward the station . Never slows down. Sot blaine it went through the air traveled about another witness you just heard a kaboom the whole place shook. Just shook. Tag investigators will be here on the scene for at least another week trying to figure out why . The train sped into the station the way it did. They hope to recover the event data recorder as well as 2 cameras on the train. Stephanie ramos abc news hoboken new jersey trumps Vice President ial governor mike pence, is taking a few days off the campaign to prepare for next weeks debate. This comes after trump faced criticism for his preparations for mondays debate against Hillary Clinton. Hillary clintons Vice President ial pick is also taking time off in North Carolina to prepare. The first and only debate between the two men is tuesday night at 8 00. First responders have been working around the clock to help with flooding in cedar rapids. One Area Organization decided to give back to those men and women with a la its. Here is a live look at. Stay with kcrgtv9. Meteorologist kaj omara joins n plan on an increase in clouds today. This should keep our temperatures confined to the 60s for highs in all areas. The wind will continue to blow out of the north, but not as strong as yesterday. Like we experienced wednesday, a sprinkle could come out of the thickest clouds, but no measurable rainfall is anticipated in our area. Tonight into saturday, plan on somewhat, allowing a return to the upper 60s low 70s across the area. Next week, a warming trend is likely through wednesday with a seasonable cooldown right behind a midweek cold front. Enjoy your weekend today becoming mostly cloudy. Wind ne 1015. High 67 tonight cloudy. Wind ne 510. Low 57 tomorrow mostly cloudy. Wind n 510. High 66 tom. Night partly cloudy. Wind n 510. Low 53 thanks kaj. Flooding along the mississippi is changing some fall plans for one park in dubuque. High water is forcing it to close down for the season almost a month early. Stay with your 24 hour news source, kcrgtv9. Its. At. Its heres what you need to know today. People and businesses that evacuated parts of cedar rapids can head back to the flood zone at noon today to start the cleanup process. With cleanup underway, the city of cedar rapids has set up sandbag dropoff sites across town. They open this morning at 7. Some Business Owners in manchester say more needs to be done afte t years. A train going full speed into a new jersey terminal crashed on thursday, killing one and injuring more than 100 others. And its homecoming weekend for the university of iowa. The annual parade could impact travel through downtown iowa city later tonight. Youre watching kcrgtv9. Now, from your 24 hour news source, this is kcrgtv9 news today. This should keep our temperatures confined to the 60s for highs in all areas. The wind will continue to blow out of the north, but not as strong as yesterday. Like we experienced wednesday, a sprinkle could come out of the thickest clouds, but no measurable rainfall is anticipated in our area. Tonight into saturday, plan on clouds to hang on. Sunday, clouds should disperse somewhat, 60s low 70s across the area. Next week, a warming trend is likely through wednesday with a seasonable cooldown right behind a midweek cold front. Enjoy your weekend toda y becoming mostly cloudy. Wind ne 1015. High 67 tonight cloudy. Wind ne 510. Low 57 tomorrow mostly cloudy. Wind n 510. High 66 tom. Night partly cloudy. Wind n 510. Low 53 for the many oncall first responders, Police Officers, and firefighters, the return to normal is longawaited. But until their routine is normalized, there is one place providing relief. The cedar Rapids Masonic Lodge john english says he and his wife came up with the idea when trying to come up with a way to give back to first responders. With most working long 12hour shifts, he says the fraternal orders temple was the perfect spot to provide a warm place to rest and grab a bite to eat. For the many oncall first responders, Police Officers, and firefighters, the return to normal is longawaited. But un is normalized, there is one place providing relief. The cedar Rapids Masonic Lodge is providing hot meals and a place to relax for those working. Crescent lodge mason john english says he and his wife came up with the idea when trying to come up with a way to give back to first responders. With most working long 12hour shifts, he says the fraternal orders temple was the perfect spot to provide a warm place to rest and grab a bite to eat. ,12 14 46;17 weve had a lot of guys from a lot of different lodges overnight which has been really busy . First responders say the long days they faced were a little easier with the help of english and the volunteers at the lodge. After this weeks flooding the newbo district business, tornados pub and grub, hopes to reopen soon. Thats even though it was on the wet side of the citys temporary flood wall. The city set up hesco barriers on 16th avenue southeast, leaving most of newbo dry to the west buildings flooded to the east. Owner tom slaughter and his family stayed inside tornados during the flood. Sandbags protected the building, and they used pumps to fight the rising water. Slaughter says he wound up with only about a foot of water in the basement. He thinks he can clean that up on his own without filing a Flood Insurance claim. We may lost the water heater. Besides that we didnt suffer any damage we stayed every night since last friday, we have the citys decision to leave his business and others on the wet side of the 16th avenue flood wall. But the city says it had to put the hesco barriers on solid pavement, and the street was the only option. Members of the American Red Cross are trying to keep morale high as people start to return home. They dont know exactly whats going on. Theres lots of anxiety. Theyve lost their homes. Theyve maybe lost some of theyre going back to. And theyre more concerned with that than they are the Living Conditions the red cross housed more than 60 people at st pauls United Methodist church. And housed dozens of people at the Cedar Hills Community Church this week. The red cross is also supplying free clean up kits for those who did have water damage. People from the federal Emergency Management agency, or fema, toured flood counties. They took photos, spoke with homeowners, and measured how high flood waters rose inside buildings. Theyll send that information to the governor. Then, governor branstad will decide if hell ask president obama for a federal disaster declaration, which would qualify the area for federal aid. Theyre just tryi