Citys south and west sides, saving drivers time. Theyll be able to get from highway 20 to 15161 in a matter of minutes. Versus 20 minutes taking the alternative route. But getting tp this point of the project hasnt come without growing pains. The city purchased 92 properties in order to pave way for the project. Some which required the city use eminent domain. Its really about our kids and and their kids, building a safe road network thats very much needed. Two lanes of the southwest arterial are expected to be complete in 2019. The other two lanes will be graded and ready to be paved. But right now there isnt money set aside to complete those lanes. Theyre optimistic theyll come up with that money within the next couple years. Live in dubuque, katie wiedemann, kcrg tv nine news. Expect this evening . Republican Vice President ial candidate mike pence campaigned in newton controversy over Donald Trumps vulgar comments against women. Pence has said he never thought about leaving trumps president ial ticket after hearing the eleven year old recording. He told the crowd in newton that he likes how trump never backs down, how he fights on, and how, the American People. Pence also said hes happy with how trump handled the situation during sundays debate. Id like to say it takes a big man to admit when you are wrong. He admitted and apologized, donald trump did that this last weekend. Last sunday night, 28 52 my running mate showed humility. He showed the American People what was in his heart. And trump spent his day, included a number of tweets that attacked fellow republicans, and especially House Speaker paul ryan. Several times trump criticized republicans for abandoning him, even suggesting that democrats are far more loyal to each other than are republicans and Democrat Hillary Clinton got a boost today in florida. Former Vice President al gore appeared with her and called himself exhibit a in proving that every vote counts in president ial elections. He was referring to him the 2000 election. Clinton stressed her plans to develop clean energy and reduce fossil fuel production. She hopes pushing Climate Change will help win over young voters. President obama also campaigned for clinton today in north carolina. Samsung is going to stop making the galaxy note seven smart phones permanently. The devices and even the replacements have been catching on fire. Yesterday, the company halted global sales of the recalls. That prompted criticism both for the faulty devices and for the companys handling of the problem. A judge will decide if this man is guilty of killing his girlfriend last year in dubuque. Eddie hicks, who is 27, faces a charge of first degree murder. Hicks cose a bench trial instead of a jury trial, claiming that Media Coverage of his case would influence a jury pool. Kahdyesha lemon at her home in june of last year. Prosecutors say he stabbed lemon 20 times with a paring knife. Hicks trial is set to start november eighth. The city of cedar rapids kicked off the first of what will be many projects to provide permanent flood protection for the city today. It would protect this, the newbo district, which took on some damage during the flood two weeks ago. Sinclair levee. Kcrgtv9s Dave Franzman joins us now live from near 16th avenue southeast. Dave, just how much protection will this part of the whole flood Protection System provide . Beth, youre talking about something, that by itself, would have eliminated a need for many of the hesco barriers in the newbo area. Specifically, the city would not have lined that avenue dividing the district into a dry and a wet side. The groundbreaki ng ceremony for the start of the First Permanent flood berm or wall system would have drawn attention anyway. But two weeks after the second highest crest ever on the cedar river it seemed even more timely. The earthen berm itself will stretch about two thousand feet from near a american museum. When finished, in about a year, it will hold back water to a river level of 20 feet. And that is significant. Well get to river stage 20 and go look at the history, weve been over 20 feet only in 2008 and 2016 and this is really a major step for the city because were out there doing sandbagging or manhole work every one to two years and that will eliminate that now. Eventually, this system will be part of a line of protection stretching up and down both sides of the cedar river. Even when complete, a river level like the one seen two weeks ago will still mean temporary flood walls. But it wont mean the city will need as many of those hesco sand barriers and the line would start a couple of blocks from here. What the city started today isnt the final solution. But franzman kcrg tv9 news. Were hearing more and more about the future of Driverless Cars, and now theres a plan to make them a reality here in iowa. Hear where and how soon you could take advantage of this, coming up. After a l cool change is heading in our direction. A cold front is approaching from the west. This front brings some light rain ahead of it and cooler northwest winds behind. As the sky clears tomorrow night, patchy frost is likely. Take care of the tender expected to round out the work week with seasonably cool weather. Have a great night tonight mostly cloudy. Wind s 510. Low 60 tomorrow light rain likely, mainly through early wind nw 1020. High 60 tom. Night mostly clear. Patchy frost possible late. Wind nw 510. Low 35 thursday mostly sunny. High 58 low 35 friday partly cloudy. High 66 low 41 saturday chance of showers and cloudy. High 71 low 55 monday chance of showers. High 74 low 54 tuesday partly cloudy. High 70 low 50 wednesday partly cloudy. High 66 low 48 thanks joe. Linnmar hih lunch policy. High 66 low 48 lunch policy. It says if a student doesnt have money in a lunch account, the student doesnt eat. We could soon be driving alongside Driverless Cars on busy eastern iowa interstate. Ill tell you about the project, then we need a little reminder to let the Little Things go. If youre in need of some inspiration, look no further than a differently abled mom whos dealing with the same showing just how far a positive attitude can take you. Vo laurel burns was born with no arms. Depending on amazing dexterity, determination and a supportive family, she has tackled independent living, college and motherhood. Sot laurel its beautiful to watch them grow and do all these new things. You want them to turn out independent and my kids do a lot of things independently. Sometimes i used to feel guilty about it. My kids have to do kids should have to do they should have to be part of a family and help out. Nat yeah shes the best, shes special. Fida on cam laurels inspiring story is reaching more people through her websitelaure ls home dot com where shes also raising money to build an accessible home for her family. Find a link at momseveryday. Com. Im fida georges. A driverless network could be the future of transportation between iowa city and cedar rapids on interstate 380. The Iowa Department of transportation has plans for a Pilot Project to move both people and goods. Kcrg tv nines phil reed joins us from along i380. They will have to put High Definition maps into the automated vehicles. Those maps will constantly update road conditions. And the vehicles would be driving on this exact highway behind me alongside cars being driven by humans dot Officials Say they chose to test out the technology on 380 because of the high volume of freight traffic the Pilot Project will cost them more than 2 million dollars. They say most traffic accidents are human errors, and they see this as a imagine a future where vehicles arent crashing, where you understand whats happening over the next hill and around the next curb, things we cant see today. But the vehicles will know whats coming ahead. We think it will help freight move more efficiently, and we think it certainly is going to keep people safer which is certainly where were focused. They hope to test out the cars sometime next year tonight at 10, hear from a truck driver who does not think these vehicles would be his job. Live in linn county, phil reed, kcrg tv9 news. A policy at one Eastern Iowa High School is leaving some students without lunch. But it comes with a catch. Hear how the district developed this policy, coming up. No money, no lunch. Thats the and that policy of refusing to serve food to students if their lunch account is zero is common. We checked with other districts, and many make kids do without if they dont have lunch money. The linnmar district tightened up this policy this school year after going 8thousand dollars in the red. Thats because kids ate lunches they didnt pay for. So starting this school year zero or negative balances mean no food. Kcrg tv9s jordee kalk went to the cafeteria to see nat theres a lot of options. 400 students file through this line, just in the first lunch shift at linnmar high. . . Nat . . Sophomore henry morray is in the crowd. Nat 40 09, i got my veggies. The district picks a signature meal for every lunch period. It has to have the right composition of protein, calories and vegetables to satisfy ud patty, but i usually get the salads, something to tide me over. At the check out line, payment is through their student id. Connected to an account that parents can deposit lunch money into. And this system protects students privacy if they qualify for free lunches. Nat 40 55, thank you but for families who pay for lunch, if the balance when money in the account is dwindling, parents do get a notification. 29 19, we have automatic email in place. Parents dont have to sign up for it. An email goes out once the balance reaches about 15. Daily reminders happen until someone deposits money. But if the balance reaches zero, or goes negative, then the student goes without lunch. 43 04, like yesterday i reached an expiration day in my balance by that was only for a day or 2 and today students, like henry, say they know when their lunch money is running out. But its up to parents to replenish the account. 43 17, yeah my parents got me covered to fuel up and get ready for another round of classes. 41 32, you can never be late too lunch in marion, jordee kalk, kcrg tv9 news. Elementary school and middle school, dont go hungry if their lunch accounts are empty. They get an alternate lunch like a sandwich. That practice is similar to what the Cedar Rapids School district does. Now heres a look at some of what youll see at 5 30 on abc. World news tonight is next with the latest on the race for 2016 and the republicans jumping ship on donald trump. His poll numbers tanking. And trump now tweeting hes free to run the country however he wants. Coming up permanent levee to protect the newbo district from future flooding. And the republican partys Vice President ial candidate. Mike pence. Rallies supporters here in iowa. Tonight at 6. Will host Dubuque Wahlert starting at seven. This will be last live volleyball game of the season. Again, its all on kcrg nine point two. Lets go back to joe now for a final look at tonights forecast. After a mild and sunny day a cool change is heading in our direction. A cold front is approaching from the west. This front brings some light rain ahead of it and cooler northwest winds behind. As the sky clears tomorrow night, patchy vegetation by covering it. A sunny to partly cloudy sky is expected to round out the work week with se tonight, breaking news. Donald trump declares hes no longer shackled, and unleashes on several big names. Blasting Republican Leaders for turning their backs on him. And back together, al gore tonight at Hillary Clintons side. Also breaking, the deadly plane crash on main street in one american city. Emergency crews rushing to the scene. The and tonight, samsung now says it will stop mauckking that phone question. That customers should stop using it. But how can americans be sure the person next to them on the plane and in that subway is listening . The suspect running into traffic on a busy interstate. The officer chasing him and hazering him. And the fbi on the case tonight. The chilling video discovered on youtube. The man, the girl who appears tied up behind the door