To remember when the guns fell silent in ww1. Thats almost 100 years ago now. Its time to remember the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month music marking the press of the colors. The celebration here is usually the same. A crowd of 200 to 300 salutes the veterans of all wars and also those who served. Todays main speaker acknowlendege the debt of gratitude to anyone who served. Your service and sacrifce is the reason why we are here today. And we thank you from the bottom of our hearts. As is traditional here, organizers looked for the oldest veteran or veteran who served before anyone else. For that, they found one man who began in the military in 1940 that was of course 1 year before entering ww2. Organizers of course always remember the greatest generation. Men and women. Who served in ww2. Nearly a half a dozen. Live in cr, df kcrgtv9 news. Also today, veterans and their families can use the ymca of the cedar rapids metropolitan area for free. Veterans and their families can simply come into any of ymcas five locations. The y provide free y memberships to the families of military personnel who have been deployed, allowing military families to connect with programs and initiatives to stay healthy. Meteorologist Justin Gehrts has your first the outlook for the rest veterans day . While today will be cooler than the past few days have been, itll still be beautiful for midnovember. The veil of clouds from the morning will clear out in the afternoon as highs reach the lower 50s. A bit of a north wind will make it feel a tad cooler, though. We have a frosty night in the 20s ahead with a clear sky and light wind. Saturday and sunday will be filled with sunshine once again. Well reach the much of next week, well have fairly sunny weather and highs close to 60. Today mostly sunny. Wind n 1020. High 55 alo 52 dbq 53 iow 56 tonight clear and colder. Wind light. Low 28 alo 25 dbq 26 iow 29 nationwide against president elect Donald Trumps victory. In portland, oregon, the protests turned to what police are calling a riot. As thousands of people marched, some smashed store windows, lit firecrackers and started a dumpster fire. Some 4 thousand protesters chanted we reject the demonstrator s across the u. S. Between last night and early this morning. Abcs Marci Gonzalez reports. Jose quezada los angeles protester brad garrett abc news crime and terror analyst alt former fbi agent Marci Gonzalez abc News New York video provided by script nats we reject the president elect a second night of antitrump protests in cities across the country nats some turning violent . In Portland Police say a rally turned into a riot when demonstrator s starting vandalizing vehicles and buildings throwing things at police . And blocking this bridge . Nats take over the intersection and a major freeway in los angeles was shut down by crowds of people angry about angeles if i had one message for trump it would be that we are the people and we want our voices to be heard, and we will not stand down. Donald trump responded on twitter first writing last night just had a very open and successful president ial election. Now professional protesters, incited by the media, are protesting. Very unfair then changing his tune this morning, tweeting love the fact that the small groups of protesters last night have passion for our great country. We will all come together and be proud. Trump now back in new york city where concrete barriers, and sanitation trucks serving as barricades are set up outside of his home at trump tower. And a nofly zon is in place thin a 2 mile radius . Authoriti otecting e president elect enat how do you build a secure bblaround him when hes veral feet in the air wiher pot just like at the white house, there is now 24hour secret Service Coverage roughoutump tower, whether trum there are not . Anwhile, more proe planned for tonight Marci Gonzalez, abc News New York. Iowa congressman steve king says he expects the president elect to move ahead with plans to build a wall on the public television, the congressman says construction of the wall will probably start sometime next year. President elect trump made building a wall a big part of his immigration plan during his run. And he has repeatedly said he will make mexico pay for it. Congressman king says the next president will have to decide whether thats possible. While the transition is taking place, lawyers in san diego are trying to slow a civil trial against trump university. Donald trumps lawyer says he is going to ask the court to postpone the trial i dont know if he has any willingness to settle this case but its in my judgment that he has that option and it at least needs to be considered. If the case does move forward, mr. Trump may have to participate. Flash flood victims in dubuque will soon get some financial help to protect their homes from high waters. The us giving dubuque more than 30 Million Dollars for flood protection. Flash flooding like this during heavy rainfall often causes damage to homes in downtown dubuque. More than 8 Million Dollars of that grant will pay for things like, replacing basement windows, putting in a sump pump, and fixing cracks in the foundation. The city says it plans to spend between 15 and 18 thousand dollars on each home. Thats a huge relief for homeowners. I hope we do get grants ya know, or something to take out that. Your pocket, it becomes too much ya know. In less than 17 years, various president s have declared some part of dubuque as a disaster at 6 different times. Hud designed the Healthy Homes program for lowincome families. To find out if youre eligible, we have a link with this story on kcrg. Com. Creating a healthy environment is at the goal of todays dedication for the new university of iowa stead family Childrens Hospital in Million Dollar building started in the fall of 2012. University of iowa Officials Say the mission of the facility is to improve the health and wellbeing of children and their families. Special details in the hospital help minimize stress and provide comfort to young patients. Matthew 25 is inviting people to check out their newly renovated headquarters today. The nonprofits permanent building is now located on 201 3rd ave sw in cedar rapids. Matthew 25 focuses on strengthening neighborhoods on the west the Organization Says the newly renovated building will allow them to expand their programming, as well as their urban farm production. Tonights events start at 6 and include a Ribbon Cutting ceremony, live music, and an art display. Were accepting nominations for our annual 9 who care program. Once again, tv9 and our show you care sponsors will honor 9 outstanding volunteers whove made a difference in their communities. To nominate someone, just go to kcrg. Com care. Weve seen some states and large cities put an well take a look at the Health Drinks of consuming too many of these especially with diabetes. Meteorologist Justin Gehrts updates our temperatures coming up in your the past few days have been, itll still be beautiful for midnovember. The veil of clouds from the morning lower 50s. A bit of a north wind will make it feel a tad cooler, though. We have a frosty night in the 20s ahead with a clear sky and light wind. Saturday and sunday will be filled with sunshine once again. Well reach the lower 50s tomorrow and upper 50s on sunday. For much of next week, well have fairly sunny weather and highs close to 60. Today mostly sunny. Alo 52 dbq 53 iow 56 tonight clear and colder. Wind light. Low 28 alo 25 dbq 26 iow 29 tomorrow sunny. Wind sw 515. High 52 alo 52 dbq 50 iow 53 tom. Night clear. Wind sw 510. Low 33 alo 33 dbq 32 iow 33 sunday sunny. High 59 low 33 monday mostly sunny. High 58 low 39 tuesday partly cloudy. High 59 low 38 wednesday partly cloudy. High 62 low 41 friday chance of showers. Windy. High 55 low 49 saturday mostly sunny. High 47 low 31 thanks justin. The past few days have been, itll still be beautiful for midnovember. The veil of clouds from the morning will clear out in the afternoon as highs reach the lower 50s. A bit of a north wind will make it feel a tad cooler, though. We have a frosty night in the 20s ahead with a clear sky and light wind. Saturday and sunday will be filled with sunshine once again. Well reach the lower 50s tomorrow and upper 50s on sunday. For much of next week, well have fairly sunny weather and highs close to 60. Today mostly sunny. Wind n 1020. High 55 alo 52 dbq 53 iow 56 tonight clear and colder. Wind light. Low 28 alo 25 dbq 26 iow 29 tomorrow sunny. Wind sw 515. High 52 alo 52 dbq 50 iow 53 tom. Night clear. Wind sw 510. Low 33 alo 33 dbq 32 iow 33 sunny. High 58 low 39 tuesday partly cloudy. High 59 low 38 wednesday mostly sunny. High 60 low 39 thursday partly cloudy. High 62 low 41 friday chance of showers. Windy. High 55 low 49 saturday mostly sunny. High 47 low 31 seen as good for health. But how much of a risk of diabetes comes from drinking plenty of them . That number. Could be jarring. Cnns Kim Hutcherson has the details. Adults who drink sugary beverages regularly have a 46percent higher risk of developing prediabetes compared to those who avoid or rarely consume them. Thats according to researchers at tufts university. They analyzed information from the framingham heart studys offspring cohort. A program that monitors mul that contribute to cardiovascular disease. Data on more than 16 hundred middleaged people over a 14year period was studied. Researchers found that higher intake of sugar sweetened beverages defined as colas and other carbonated beverages, along with fruit drinks like lemonade and fruit punch was associated with increased insulin resistance, a risk factor for type two diabetes. People who drank a median of six 12ounce drinks a week had insulinresistance scores roughly eightpercent higher than low or nonconsumers. This study adds to a significant body of research that has linked sugary drinks with an increased diabetes risk. The good news is that if its is reversible through Lifestyle Changes like diet and exercise. For todays health minute, im Kim Hutcherson. There is a record breaking crop coming out of iowas fields and that requires a lot of storage. What local bins are doing to accommodate the surplus, nex welcome to the agribusiness david geiger. There is a record breaking crop coming off the fields. And that means. There has to be a lot of storage. In marion county. Harvest started off in the last week of september. Now theres just a bit of beans and less than 10 are full. Its been a real challenge for the industry to get everything put away. From what ive heard from across the state, i think everybodys worked hard to try and get that done and maybe have done some things that you wouldnt consider normal. Tracy gathman says corn has been off the thats after a great year. Last year. And wed never probably see that again. And to be honest with you, this years been as good if not better than last year. At the two rivers coop in tracy iowa. Gathman says its been a struggle navigating storage. Were over full, we got about 600,000 bushel of corn on the ground at our otly location. We got about 800,000 bushel of grain that weve moved to off site moving it right into the grain flow, in the cargill eddyvi lle in order to finish up making room. And try to get this crop put away. Putting crop on the ground is not optimal. Corn has the potential to warm up in the middle of the pile. The moisture and heat causes the grain to rot. We prefer not to put any on the ground if we can help able to take the crop. And with this crop it called for a few dramatic measures. The quarterly grains stocks report had on farm storage up six percent. Thats another problem as farmers are swapping out old crop for new. Were seeing some bins that from what we can tell were probably full from last year, yet coming into this year. Because were seeing some people bring crop into town during harvest that weve not bins filling up at the tail end of harvest. Theyre looking to expand the number of bins they have. A new administration in january will cause reorganizing at the cabinet and subcabinet posts. While Congress Also reorganizes. That will impact the timing of the next farm bill. According to iowa senator chuck grassley. It takes months to get into office. Putting legislation on hold. Grassley says that would mean there wont be a farm bill in 2017. But he thinks working together. The agriculture committees should be formed quickly in a bipartisan way. Because farmers need an early bill. If the price of corn was near the cost of production, i wouldnt be saying this but i think we need to do a 2017 farm bill instead of a 2018 farm bill and preserve crop insurance. And stop the Environmental Protection agencys waters of the us rule. Which is on hold in us courts. And thats all the time i have for the show today. Thanks for tuning in. I hope to see you again next time well post a video every day in the agriculture section of kcrg. Com. Im david geiger with the agribusiness report. Trt oc standard thanksgiving is 13 days away. Aside from that awkward can of cranberry sauce. Thoughts of getting turkey ready for november 24 abound. Including a recipe for turkey brine. Stay with kcrgtv 9. Thanksgiving. Im going to show a good one. Slice up 1 onion. To our onion, 1 2 brown sugar, 1 cup kosher salt, pepper, tbsp of thyme leaves, 3 cloves of chopped olives, 2 tbsp chopped ginger prepared vegetable stock. Take our brine mixture, turn it on high and boil. Then pour this in about a 4 gallon container. Hot mixture, a ll thawed turkey and were going to smooth this in our mixture. Leave this in the fridge for 812 hours. Then rinse off our brine. The next step is leave the turkey out to air dry, salt little oil and cook it like you would at home. I hope this brine recipe makes your thanksgiving be a family success. Some veterans have a hard time adjusting to live back in the United States after serving. Look into some of the ways organizations in eastern iowa are helping them get back on their feet. Meteorologist Justin Gehrts saluted them in cedar rapids this morning. Youre watching kcrgtv9. Now, from your 24 hour news source, this is kcrgtv9 news at midday. Today is veterans day, a day when america honors all men and women whove served in the military. As ceremonies and presentations mark this day, franzman, live at the Veterans Memorial coliseum on mays island in cedar rapids. Dave . Chris veterans day always happens on nov 11th. Because it begins a day to remember when the guns fell silent in ww1. Thats almost 100 years ago now. Its time to remember the 11th hour of the 11th day colors. The celebration here is usually the same. A crowd of 200 to 300 salutes the veterans of all wars and also those who served. Todays main speaker acknowlendege the debt of gratitude to anyone who served. Your service and sacrifce is the reason why we are here today. And we thank you from the bottom of our hearts. As is traditional here, organizers looked for the oldest veteran or veteran who served before anyone else. For that, they found one man who began in the military in remember the greatest generation. Men and women. Who served in ww2. Nearly all of those would be on the 90s now and were down to about a half a dozen. Live in cr, df kcrgtv9 news. Some veterans struggle after leaving the military and too many end up homeless. In ease action program, or hacap, has a mission to help Homeless Veterans with a different approach. Kcrgtv9s bruce aune explains Operation Home. We send our military men and women off to fight in foreign lands, hoping theyll come home with tales of the opposite. After some complications from an ied attack that we had, i was progressively spiraling down. Derek wittenbergs Second Military enlistment included a tour in afghanistan. And his return to civilian life two years ago was not what he planned. Its kind of hard to relate to that. It wasnt like it was before. I wasnt the same person. This time, he was homeless. The for henry frank. He served in the army more than 30 years ago. When i went in i did my tour at ft. Stuart, georgia. I stayed there pretty much the whole time, even though we did desert training; cold weather training. Frank never saw combat, but his life changed dramatically problems left him with no home, no money, and no prospects. You show obvious signs of being homeless, its very difficult to get a job. Hacap says 40 per cent of iowas homeless are veterans and their families. Thats a startling statistic that hacaps Operation Home strives to eliminate. The whole sole purpose of the program is to end veteran homelessness. So we prioritize helping veterans who are bridges, sleeping on benches, and we find a lot of folks sleeping in their car many are even harder to locate. Were sleeping on our friends couch. Were sleeping in a garage. Some of us that are in close groups go on what we call camping trips. and theyre just going from place to place to place. And its hard to track them. And its not always easy to convince Homeless Veterans that help is available. Sometime your pride gets in the way, especially if youve never asked for help before. Thatd be the thing. Youve worked all ur life, and youve done things, then all of a suddeyhav the street and resistant to any type of services, our case workers and our outreach workers go back, and they go back, and they go back and begin to form a relationship with that person. And theyre no l problems than can include substance abuse, money management, mental issues, and much more. Dealing with those is important, but Operation Homes priority is housing. 0; operate under the house first, and then we wrap the services around them. And this federally funded program is working, serving about 200 Homeless Veterans in eastern iowa each year. A year later about 80 per cent of the folks that we serve are still in permanent housing, which is really a great number, and, i think, a testament that this approach does work. I really cant thank them enough, because i never really had to go through this before. This was a first time issue for me, going to a shelter like that, and saying i really needed meteorologist Justin Gehrts has your first alert forecast. Justin, is there more sun in the forecast for the next couple of days . Are we going to have good weather for this weekends Football Games . While today will be cooler than the past few days have been, itll still be beautiful for midnovember. The veil of clouds from the morning will clear out in the afternoon as highs reach the lower 50s. A bit of a north wind will make it feel a tad cooler, though. We have a frosty night in the 20s ahead with a clear sky and light wind. Saturday and sunday will be lower 50s tomorrow and upper 50s on sunday. For much of next week, well have fairly sunny weather and highs close to 60. Today mostly sunny. Wind n 1020. High 55 alo 52 dbq 53 iow 56 tonight clear and colder. Wind light. Low 28 alo 25 dbq 26 iow 29 Emergency Responders are evacuating a Small Community in southeastern minnesota after a Train Derailment this morning. Local media report a Union Pacific train went off the tracks near the town of ellendale. One of the cars involved was carrying liquid petroleum gas, which is highly says there were no injuries to the crew or the public. Investigators are en route to determine what caused the derailment. A cedar rapids man is frustrated with the time its going to take to repair his washer. Its under a recall because the machine could break apart. Samsung issued a voluntary recall of nearly 3 million top load washers made between march 2011 and now. The company says the drums in these washers may lose balance, triggering excessive vibrations and the top mike gray says hes had his samsung washing machine for three years and hasnt had a problem with it yet. But he wants it fixed. Samsung is giving customers two options. The first is a 150 dollar loyalty incentive. The second is an inhome repair. Gray chose to have the repair and says he made an appointment with samsung. He says he took time off work to have the repair Company CalledNational Service alliance come out, but they never showed up. 16 00 28;08 my main concern was that a lot of other people in cedar rapids are probably taking time off of work to meet with he says when he called National Service alliance, they told him they are getting a lot of calls and cant keep up. They also say they dont understand why samsung is setting up appointments because the parts to fix the machines are not ordered yet. Tv9 reached out to samsung and it says it is reaching out to gray to help. The Iowa Supreme Court is siding with a Lower Court Ruling that governor branstad had the authority to close 2 mental acted within his authority when he vetoed funding for the centers in Mount Pleasant and clarinda last year. Democratic lawmakers and the president of the largest state employees union had sued branstad over the matter. They argued state law limited the governors ability to line item veto funding that lawmakers had approved. Branstad said the facilities were not suited for modern Mental Health care. In a tv9 followup this morning. One more city has opted out of linn countys minimum wage increase. Its set to go up a 1025 an hour in 2019. Alburnett passed an ordinance that keeps the wage at 725 at its meeting last night. Ely voted to opt out of the wage increase at a meeting last month. Robins has already passed two readings for a similar ordinance. A third reading is scheduled later this month. The highway 965 bridge over the iowa river in Johnson County is open three weeks ahead of schedule. Contractors may need to do during the day. The bridge has been closed since september after engineers found structural issues earlier this year. We lost another music legend last night. He left one of the most influential songbooks in modern music. We remember, Leonard Cohen, one of the most recognizable singers and songwriters in the last five decades. Meteorologist Justin Gehrts updates our temperatures coming up in your first alert forecast. Stay with the past few days have been, itll still be beautiful for midnovember. The veil of clouds from the morning will clear out in the afternoon as highs reach the lower 50s. A bit of a north wind will make it feel a tad cooler, in the 20s ahead with a clear sky and light wind. Saturday and sunday will be filled with sunshine once again. Well reach the lower 50s tomorrow and upper 50s on sunday. For much of next week, well have fairly sunny weather and highs close to 60. Today mostly sunny. Wind n 1020. High 55 alo 52 light. Low 28 alo 25 dbq 26 iow 29 tomorrow sunny. Wind sw 515. High 52 alo 52 dbq 50 iow 53 tom. Night clear. Wind sw 510. Low 33 alo 33 dbq 32 iow 33 sunday sunny. High 59 low 33 monday mostly sunny. High 58 low 39 tuesday partly cloudy. High 59 low 38 wednesday mos partly cloudy. High 62 low 41 friday chance of showers. Windy. High 55 low 49 saturday mostly sunny. High 47 low 31 the world has lost another Leonard Cohen has died at age 82. He released his fourteenth and final album just weeks ago. It foreshadowe d his death. Heres a look at Leonard Cohens legacy. If there is one song. Leonard cohen, the songwriter of hallelujah, suzanne and bird on a wire, has died at age 82. Cohens management said in a statement thursday that he has passed away, and a memorial will take place in los on his death were given. Cohen, also renowned as a poet, novelist and aspiring zen monk, blended folk music with a darker, sexual edge that won him fans around the world and among fellow musicians like bob dylan and r. E. M. He remained wildly popular into his 80s, touring as recently as earlier this year and releasing a new album just last month. His hallelujah became a cult hit when it was covered by musician jeff buckley in 1994, and has become a modern standard since. Leonard cohen dead at age 82 fitness goals fail when the goal our fitness expert will tell us how to set goals that will keep you motivated in the weeks and months to come. Thats next on tv9. Thanks for staying with us. That are trying to achieve different goals in their fitness life is how do i stay motivated . I start off really, really strong and then something happens, life happens, right . And i tend to get off track. So my advice to you is to set, what we call, smart goals. What smart stands for is theyre specific, theyre measurable, theyre attainable, theyre relevant and theyre time driven. So lets the best when ive got something im working towards. For example, maybe im looking to participate in a 5k, or a half marathon, or a something of that nature thats an athletic event. Its a very specific thing that im looking to accomplish, say the 5k. Its a measurable situation. So ive got this number of weeks to prepare for whenever i need to achieve that specific goal. Its very, very attainable. I know i can do it if i know i can do it. A lot of times i use a mantra what the mind believes the body can achieve. So if you know you have the skill set and youve drawn out the plan that is very specific and time driven, then you know you can attain that specific goal. Its relevant to you. We talked about r being relevant. If you dont want to run a 5k, dont sign up for a 5k. Nothing wrong with that. Maybe want to leave my house and i want to be able to walk around the block. Or maybe i want to be able to spend more time being active with my kids or my grandkids out at the park. That is appropriate as well. It just needs to be something that means something to you, if youre excited about it, then the work that you need to do to accomplish that goal doesnt seem like work at all. Thats what its all about. Lastly,it something thats a long term goal lets go back to the example i used, say the 5k or the half marathon. Thats not something thats going to be accomplished in 23 weeks, for me at least. So i need to be able to break that large goal into small little segments. So for example, maybe im going to partake in a program called couch to 5k. That is a specific Running Program that maybe not being a runner or not being a walker for activities and athletics and then taking you step by step by step to achieve that longterm goal. Last but not least, make them really relevant to yourself by putting them in writing. When you have something thats in front of you regularly, it becomes very relevant and very attainable and you wont forget to actually accomplish it. Thanks so much for staying with us. Develop your smart goals today, im feryl york, your midday. We are honoring nations veterans today. This morning president obama he talked about the form of service he said whenever the world makes you cynical; whenever you seek true humility, and true selflessnesslook to a veteran. Here in cedar rapids a crowd of 200 to 300 saluted them in Veterans Memorial coliseum. Another night of protests nationwide against president elect Donald Trumps victory. In portland, oregon, the protests turned to what police are calling a riot. Some 4 thousand protesters chanted we reject the president elect Police Arrested about 50 linn countys minimum wage increase. Its set to go up a dollar each year until it tops out at 1025 an hour in 2019. Alburnett passed an ordinance that keeps the wage at 725. Ely voted to opt out of the wage increase at a meeting last month. Robins has already passed two readings for a similar ordinance. A third reading is scheduled later this month. Were accepting nominations for our annual 9 who care program. Once again, tv9 and our show you care sponsors will honor 9 nominate someone, just go to kcrg. Com care. Now, one last look at this mornings weather, justin. While today will be cooler than the past few days have been, itll still be beautiful for midnovember. The veil of clouds from the morning will clear out in the afternoon as highs reach the lower 50s. A bit of a north wind will make it feel a tad cooler, though. We have a frosty night in the 20s ahead with a clear sky and light wind. Saturday and sunday will be filled with sunshine once again. Well reach the lower 50s tomorrow and upper 50s on sunday. For much of next week, well have fairly sunny weather and highs close to 60. Today mostly sunny. Wind n and colder. Wind light. Low 28 alo 25 dbq 26 iow 29 tomorrow sunny. Wind sw 515. High 52 alo 52 dbq 50 iow 53 tom. Night clear. Wind sw 510. Low 33 alo 33 dbq 32 iow 33 sunday sunny. High 59 low 33 monday mostly sunny. High 58 low 39 tuesday partly cloudy. High 59 low 38 wednesday mostlsunny. High low 39 thursday partly oudy. High 62 low 41ray ance . Announcer today, were saluting our veterans with a tried and true thanksgiving. Carlas making a decadent sweet treat with merrin dungey. Marios frying up a turkey with cajun twist. And michaels serving up a meal to some real american heros. Thanksgiving dinner is served, right now, on the chew. [ cheers and applause ] . Good afternoon and welcome to the chew you know, we have been having celebrations for thanks giving for nearly 400 years, so who are we to mess with tradition