purple to spread awareness about suicide," people smiled and cheered, but what happeend that led to many students going home early isn't far from their minds. 06:52:22;12 "it's weird, it's really just not the same environment that we're used to. we're used to get really rowdy it's just, it's quiet." 06:55:10;03 ""it sucks that like he's not there he's missing out on homecoming and it's like we get to go and we're supposed to be having fun and celebrating." " people participated in a moment of silence befoe purple balloons. students say they hope their team is able to overcome the events of the morning. 06:52:34;00 "hopefully they're just going to push harder for him and we're just going to do our best out there for him." a school rallying together to show their support and raise awareness to suicide after an incident hit so close to home. school officials say no other students were near the shooting, and no other students were in any way involved. many parents did pick their kids up early after learning of thanks sam. if you know of someone in a situation where he or she might consider suicide, please have them call the national suicide prevention hotline. that phone number is 1- 800-273-talk, or 8255. it's available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. heavy rains continue to plague northeast iowa, causing flooding in areas that saw major these are pictures from the decorah police department's facebook page. police had to close an entrance at centrum plaza because water got so high in the parking lot. water also made its way through will baker park. and streams around the decorah area got high enough to cover bike trails. meteorologist joe winters joins us now with your first forecast. joe, we had heavy rain earlier this evening. is that over? an area of low pressure and state tonight. showers and storms can be expected to continue into the overnight hours. once this system moves east of the state the drying process begins. the weekend looks fantastic with a mostly sunny sky with highs in the 70s and lows in the 50s. tailgate and kickoff conditions for the panthers and iowa/iowa state game look perfect. have a great a few thunderstorms. wind: nw 5- 10. low: 57 tomorrow: mostly sunny and very comfortable. breezy. wind: nw 15-25. high: 72 back to you. the standing rock sioux tribe in north dakota received a mixed message today first a federal judge denied the tribe's request to stop construction that would take the pipeline under a lake near their reservation. but after that decision, federal agencies asked dakota access, the company building the pipeline, to stop construction on a 40 mile span of land along that lake. that will allow the army corps of engineers to review its decisions on whether the pipeline should go in that area. that move is giving the tribe new hope. win! i believe that we will win! it's like i said, it's bittersweet, we don't really know how to react, because although its good that it has been halted, the fight's not over, the fight's not over so it's a long standing argument. " the pipeline would go from north dakota to illinois, including through 18 counties in iowa. the tribe fears it could damage the environment and destroy their sacred burial grounds. the corps says it will work quickly to make a decision. department is searching for two people they say vandalized the newly installed bee branch project. this is a picture of the two suspected of doing the damage, taken from a surveillance camera. police believe they may be juveniles. they say they damaged water lines along the bee branch near the 400 block of rhomberg avenue late last month. repairs cost about 200 dollars. if you know who they are, contact dubuque police. human trafficking is considered modern slavery, and it happens all across the u-s. human trafficking victim shares her story, hoping to prevent it from happening to someone else. so far this year, the national human trafficking resource center says iowa has had at least 31 cases. but overall, the center has 115 calls about human trafficking in iowa this year. since 2007, the center has taken 676 such calls. kcrg t-v nine's phil reed reports that one woman is story. "he pulled out a gun and explained to me that he would give me all of my stuff back, if i just agree to his plan for one night. " marion resident kristina glackin was 18 years old and living alone in las vegas when her life changed forever. a guy who befriended the vulnerable teen with a troubled past at a mall forced her into sex trafficking. "he wanted me to sell myself, because he said he needed to get 400 dollars." she was hotel for seven days selling her body fearing for her life. the now 28 year old struggled to fight back tears as she thought about her cries for help being ignored. "i would start to tell these men what was happening, and that they were sitting in my car outside, and i would ask them, if i could just call my mom. they thought it was a sting, they thought they were going to get in trouble, nobody would help me." glackin says one man finally listened and took her to safety. but she says her mental and emotional scars wouldn't heal until years later glackin now wears her cross proudly and speaks at churches. she also volunteers with teresa davidson for chains interrupted. a group working to prevent sex trafficking. they say it's a problem here in iowa. especially in small towns. "perhaps there's not enough police presence, not as much dhs presence, no shelters there. small town people tend to be less suspecting." this is glackin's first time showing her face on camera when telling her story. how dare i try to hide that or hide who i am, or hide that there is hope. it's not about what people's perspectives of me is, but them having a real perspective of god, and who he is, and his ability to heal." in cedar rapids, phil reed, kcrg tv9 news cedar rapids police say they have officers who work with the iowa division of criminal investigation on internet and other types of solicitation kcrg dot com. we're following breaking news tonight. police say a driver hit a pedestrian this evening. it happened sometime around 8:15 near first avenue and 22nd street southeast. we have a crew on the scene and will bring you the latest details on our saturday morning news and kcrg dot com. decades after a world war two hero with ties to dubuque died, his body has now been found. schmitt graduated from what is now loras college, and was a roman catholic priest. he died aboard a battleship on december 7th, 1941 during the pearl harbor attack. the u-s navy chaplin saved 12 people on the ship before he died. his remains were lost for 75 years, but earlier this week, d-n-a evidence helped identify his remains. schmitt's legacy inspired the city to name the former "city island" after him. schmitt island is now home to memorial plaza. "his legacy is beyond even the city. we have reports of the other parts of the world where there's been certain things dedicated to fr. al. " loras college will host a memorial mass on saturday, october 8th at christ the king chapel. in a kcrg t-v nine update tonight... the show will go on for upcoming production of the play, "tribes," at theatre cedar rapids. the company made that decision after the show's t-c-r says it reached out to cast a hearing impaired person for one character in the play who's deaf. but no such person auditioned, so the theatre cast someone who can hear. that led to a public backlash against t-c-r. the show opens october 21st and runs through november 12th. this was a big day for one hawkeye fan who finished her final round of radiation therapy. clapping, herky! cheering. herky! dubuque at her appointment today. herbst, who is 36, is recovering from a non- cancerous brain tumor. one of her nurses worked to get herky to the holden comprehensiv e cancer center, and the university of iowa shared this video. the center invites all patients to ring a bell after their last round of treatment. still ahead, we look at the recall that says people should stop using this smart remembering the victims of the september 11th attacks. but coming up we look at kind of threats we still face, 15 years later. state tonight. showers and storms can be expected to continue into the overnight hours. once this system moves east of the state the drying process begins. the weekend looks fantastic with a mostly sunny sky with highs in the 70s and lows in the conditions for the panthers and iowa/iowa state game look perfect. have a great night and a safe weekend. tonight: lingering showers and a few thunderstorms. wind: nw 5- 10. low: 57 tomorrow: mostly sunny and very comfortable. excellent for football! wind: nw 5-10. low: 50 sunday: mostly sunny. high: 75 monday: mostly sunny. high: 79 tuesday: showers likely. cooler. high: 69 wednesday: partly cloudy. high: 69 thursday: partly cloudy. high: 70 friday: chance of storms. high: 71 saturda 73 forget that terrible day. " ceremonies to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the september 11th attacks are already underway. congress observed a moment of silence this morning in remembrance of the victims ahead of the of terrorism still exists. t-v nine's alex miller who's in our washington d-c bureau spoke about the with the former acting director of the defense intelligence agency. it was the worst attack on american soil. september eleventh ushered the united states- and the world- into a new frontier of terrorism. the intricately orchestrated attack has not been replicated to this day. but former acting director of the defense intel shedd - says the threat has not been reduced. 05 anybody who believes this is going to end any time soon is wrong.. flatly wrong. he says times have changed--- and radicalization through social media and the internet is part of a new normal law enforcement must keep track of. 125 today, you have a far more distributed network of individuals who don't necessarily go off and train and plan a major attack. nightclub shooter omar mateen. shedd believes that case highlights law enforcement's challenge to adapt. 510 we've had difficulty with it. mateen was investigated twice--- and shedd says law enforcement should never ave closed the book on this terrorist. 730 there has to be something between an open investigation and a closed one. and--while this new type of terrorism is emerging --- shedd believes terrorists are still planning mass attacks. different kinds of attacks -- coming from different groups - with different objectives. but the goal is the same. 159 both of them create a condition the fear. shedd doesn't see these future--- 854 we have a determined enemy coming at us in one way or another. but he does see americans adapting-and giving up personal freedoms to make themselves safer. reporting in washington, i'm alex miller. the white house renews the national emergency threat every year since the that we've gone with an elevated terrorist threat level. today governor branstad ordered all u-s and iowa flags on state property to fly at half staff to honor the september eleven victims. the attacks killed nearly three thousand people. the governor's ordered continues until sunrise monday. today the u-n security council strongly condemned north korea's latest nuclear test. the council will now start discussions on quote "significant measures" against the communist country, including the united states, japan and south korea called for the meeting. earlier today north korea claimed with their nuclear test, they can put a warhead small enough to mount it on top of a missile. that blast came just days after north korea test fired three ballistic missiles. " john kerry, u.s. secretary of state "china, russia, the united states... everybody shares the concerns. we're trying still to monitor, to find out precisely what took place. " u-s defense secretary ash carter says the its nuclear program. stop using the samsung galaxy note seven cell phone. that warning came today from the consumer product safety commission. samsung and the commission are working together on how to recall two and a half million of the new phones. it's because a problem with the battery can cause the phone to catch fire. a government recall would outlaw sales of the phone. in the meantime, samsung has offered customers a different phone along with a 25 today general motors issued a recall of more than four point two million vehicles. the automaker says a defect can prevent air bags from deploying, and seat belts from not working properly. it's linked one death and three accidents to these problems. the recall includes several g-m makes and models from 2014 to 2017. go to kcrg dot com for the full list. we'll get a last check of your weekend forecast the final touches onto friday night lights. " natsot: "yay mariners!" " we asked u.s. cellular customers to show us all the beautiful places they get coverage with our strong signal. you posted from the seashore. you showed us this sunset. you posted from the farm. and you adventured way out there... a lot of amazing places. ?? u.s. cellular put towers where the other guys don't. so join our network, and start sharing your moments cotton candy girl now." " meet 3 year old beatrix hart from seattle, viral sensation because of this video. the mariners caught her going bezerk while eating her cotton candy at their game wednesday night on the jumbotron. but beatrix says she wasn't on a sugar rush when she made that face. " : "because i was just being silly with my cotton candy and i was eating it all." " that was actually the first time beatrix had joe... an area of low pressure and associated frontal systems move across the state tonight. showers and storms can be expected to continue into the overnight hours. once this system moves east of the state the drying process begins. the weekend looks fantastic with a mostly sunny sky with highs in the 70s and lows in the 50s. tailgate and kickoff conditions for the panthers and iowa/iowa state game look perfect. have a great night and a safe weekend. tonight: lingering showers and a few thunderstorms. wind: nw 5- 10. low: 57 tomorrow: mostly sunny and v 15-25. high: 72 thanks joe. that does it for us tonight, but don't go away. night lights.. lets start off with the junior cy-hawk series. city 9.2. here is how ryan surprise teams this year but they had a real test tonight against cedar falls. trojans are hoping to keep the good times rolling against another top ten team... if you like defense this wa luke gillett sets up the screen to sam gary but he is smacked by dillon doyle... then hayden clausen trying to get things going on the ground....doyl e and dillon shephard will have non of it. the trojans didn't fare much better on offense... evan plitz scrambles...an d has is world rocked by bryce pilcher. flitz was in trouble all night....colin klatt and nick hanson team up for the sack... then flitz again goes down at the hands of hanson. the game but iowa city west would find their offensive mojo in the fourth....beati ng cedar falls 17 to 10. thanks joel it has been a great start for xavier 3-0 tonight at benton community. xavier came out all jacked up with a goal of making it back to the dome.. and they jumped on benton right from the start erick rodriquez with the 5 yard touchdown run for the games first score...and that had them on xavier with a big play from their special teams.. maliki wilson goes 55 yards before they can drag him down.. maliki is having a big year..and that set up who else maliki gets to the outide and runs over a tackler for six more.. and the saints took a a 20 nothing lead quarterback bryce schulte for the 4 yard touchdown run and xavier beat benton community to rais lone tree is taking advantage of their first year playing 8 man football.. the lions were at springville tonight in the battle of 3-0 teams.. and the orioles with a big play early.. quarterback cavanaugh riley gets outside and it was a foot race to the goal line and track start jevonte squires runs him down.. and then the lone big hit to keep cavanaugh out of the endzone.. no points for springville and moments later it was pouring lone tree with a big play sam furhmeister with the catch and he takes off for the endzone but he fumbles into the endzone but brock smith is their to make pounce on in the endzone for six.. and the lions defense came up with some big skies to make the interception.. and then moments later his teamate drake hotz comes up with another int. tough night to throw the ball and lone tree took a 13-nothing lead on the big time run by sam furhmeister bouncing off tackles for six.. and lone tree beat springville to raise their record to 4-0,.. we are just getting started we will have more highlights on the endzone

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