nothing i can do" she now stats at a trailer with her boyfriend and her two kids. it's not the idea scenario she had planned for thanksgiving. , so she won't be home for the holiday. 59:02-59:13 "i picked up hours for thanksgiving just cause it wasn't gonna be at home and everybody being together and being happy." she is hoping to move back into her bright blue house by the spring, but says that won't happen unless she gets some help. 57:1 money to do it myself. otherwise i'd be done and be home. so we're just waiting on answers on when it can be done. because they keep saying the help should be coming well it'd be nice if the help was here and done." on camera tag "tonight at 6 hear what action clarksville city officials are doing to help flood victims. in clarksville phil reed kcrg-tv9 news" meteorologist joe winters joins us now. joe, it's feeling a lot chillier after a day of sunshine, low pressure makes its way east bringing clouds and rainfall. the clouds increase tonight with rainfall, across eastern iowa, developing through the day tuesday. rainfall totals could be near 0.5", with the best chance tuesday afternoon and evening. as the low moves east on wednesday to near chicago the rainfall comes to an end bringing quiet travel conditions through thanksgiving day. have a cloudy. wind: se 5-15. low: 32 tomorrow: breezy with showers likely. wind: se 15-25. high: 41 bruce and beth... the red cross helped 10 families across the state this weekend after their homes caught on fire. the fires impacted 26 adults including cedar rapids, waterloo and des moines. red cross volunteers helped them with shelter, food, clothes and medications. the organization says it comes as colder weather is moving into the state. they say heating equipment is one of the leading causes of home fire deaths. that's why the red cross is urging people to make sure their smoke alarms are working. they also suggest following the three feet rule, by keeping kids, pets and flammable items at least 3 feet away from a r and they say to not ever use a cooking range or oven to heat your home. a pretrial conference for former cedar rapids substitute teacher mary beth haglin did not take place today. haglin faces a count of sexual exploitation for a relationship she's admitted having with a cedar rapids washington high school student. her trial will take place in tama county on a change of venue. but today haglin was iron out last minute trial details. the judge says attorneys met privately instead. they'll argue about the felony charge against haglin in a pretrial hearing tomorrow. iowa's republican delegation is already reaching out to president elect donald trump, even before he reaches office. senators joni ernst and chuck grassley, along with congressmen rod blum, david young and steve king signed the letter. they want him to scrap the waters of the united states rule. it's designed to protect waterways and but it's gotten pushback from several industries, including agriculture. the republicans say the rule threatens the livelihood of iowa's farmers. supporters of the law point out that laws like this will help clean up iowa's water pollution problem. trump has not clearly outlined his intentions for the rule. police in three states are investigating shootings that killed one police officer and wounded three others yesterday. " "absolutely feel targeted. i was san antonio, texas, police detective benjamin marconi. a man shot him in the head while he was sitting in his patrol car. and police believe the shooter had stopped at the police station just hours before the attack. in st. louis, another gunman shot an officer twice in the face while he was sitting in his patrol car. but this officer, a sergeant who's 46, not only survived. he's already out of the hospital. " a job it is and tells you how much we have to appreciate our police officers. we have to understand the difficulties they go through, the sacrifices they undertake to protect us and protect our neighborhoods " police shot and killed the gunman in st. louis. he was just 19. in the kansas city suburb of gladstone, missouri, someone shot a police officer yesterday during a traffic stop. the officer's out of surgery and is expected to make a full recovery. and an officer in sanibel, florida, is also traffic stop last night. the weekend attacks happened three weeks after the shooting deaths of two des moines area police officers. urbandale police officer justin martin and des moines police sergeant anthony beminio both died after separate ambushes while they were in their patrol cars. police arrested the suspected shooter. the man who confessed to killing a minnesota boy nearly 30 years ago, will spend 20 years in a judge sentenced danny heinrich this morning. he led authorities to the remains of 11 year old jacob wetterling this summer. police say heinrich sexually assaulted and then killed the boy. heinrich abducted wetterling near his home in saint joseph in october 1989. a strike that workers had scheduled for this holiday weekend at o'hare airport in chicago is now on hold. " our strike until after the thanksgiving holiday." non-union janitors, baggage handlers, cabin cleaners, and wheelchair attendants want a raise. they want 15 dollars an hour and union rights. the workers now plan to strike on november 29th instead. more people will soon hit the road this week as they travel to their thanksgiving destinations. but those roads have been more dangerous this year with a rising number of traffic deaths. we look at what's hap to prevent more deaths. that's still ahead. after a day of sunshine, low rainfall. the clouds increase tonight with rainfall, across eastern iowa, developing through the day tuesday. rainfall totals could be near 0.5", with the best chance tuesday afternoon and evening. as the low moves east on wednesday to near chicago the rainfall comes to an end bringing quiet travel conditions through thanksgiving day. have a great night. tonight: mostly cloudy. wind:se 5-15. low: 32 tomorrow: breezy with showers likely. wind: se 15-25. high: 41 tom. night: showers likely. wind: se 10-20. low: 39 wednesday: showers likely, mainly early. high: 45 low: 39 thursday: cloudy and cool. high: 41 low: 32 friday: cloudy with flurries possible early. high: 41 low: 30 showers. high: 46 low: 32 monday: mostly cloudy. high: 45 low: 34 tuesday: chance of rain/snow. high: 44 low: 30 thanks joe. school marching mustangs. they're one of two marching bands heading to chicago to play in the mcdonald's thanksgiving parade. they performed for us earlier today at our studio in downtown cedar rapids. the marching band from them, and break a leg. some people say the korean war is the forgotten war. thousands of americans died at that time. and we're looking at how some people are now pushing to make sure their names are never forgotten. and an eastern iowa marine who died in world war two lies tonight in his final resting place. that's still ahead here on your 24 hour news source, 48 million americans, 16.2 million of them children, are living in these households. vo: in order to address food insecurity in her community of fayetteville, arkansas, mother of 2, jessica mcclard started the little free pantry movement. she was inspired by little free libraries, which are small free-standing structures that offer books to the public to borrow at will. jessica sot: my little free pantry is 100 percent open source, which means that the community supports it at their discrt turnover at her site is very high, emptying in 30 minutes from the time stock goes in. liz on cam: more little free pantries are popping up all over the country - for more information on how you can start one or help the mission - visit momseveryday.com. i'm liz hayes. plans are in the works for a 36 thousand americans who died during the korean war. kcrg t-v nine's ted fioraliso reports from our washington d-c bureau on the push to make changes at the war's national memorial. the battle-scarred faces of american soldiers are frozen in time in these statues and etchings at the korean war veterans memorial. "it was a man-to-man, bayonet to bayonet kind would know. he was there. "if you were going to pick a place in the world to have a war, you wouldn't have picked korea." our soldiers faced rough terrain, hot summers, sub-zero winters. "every month, 1,000 american soldiers died and 3,000 were wounded." weber wanted to honor our korean war dead. in the early 90's, he was on the team that helped create the memorial. it opened in 1995, but something was always have a wall of remembrance included in the memorial in the original design. at that point in time, there was a tremendous controversy about the vietnam wall. because the soldiers who served in vietnam and survived felt the memorial didn't honor their service. it only honored the services of those who fell in battle." but slowly, opinions changed. weber and others spent years petitioning congress to make a wall of remembrance joined house speaker paul ryan as he signed a bill authorizing the wall. president obama made it law shortly after. "the wall will be built here - on the back edge of the memorial. while we know where it will be, we still don't yet know what materials will be used or what the design will be." "we're looking at least $25-30 million to build this through the design concepts, the architect. we still need to hire an architect, we still need funds to hire an architect and get through the approval process. the construction is easy piece." the wall of remembrance, people will visit the memorial and say, 'are you telling me that in three years that many men died because freedom isn't free?'" "freedom truly is not free. it takes sacrifice - human sacrifice - for that to happen." in washington, i'm ted fioraliso. also in washington d-c today, family buried the remains of th two. private first class wilbur mattern died in august 1943 while fighting on a pacific ocean island. a non-profit found his remains at a burial site in june of last year. they buried him today on the 73rd anniversary of his death at arlington national cemetery. this year iowa is dealing with a growing number of traffic deaths. up next we look at what they say may be causing it, and what they're doing to stop it. it's next on t-v nine. officers will be out in force across iowa, focusing on traffic safety. but those efforts won't help meet one year- long goal. after three straight years of fewer traffic deaths, the state patrol was hoping for even lower numbers this year. but the goal of keeping highway october. kcrg-tv9's dave franzman joins us now dave, traffic deaths so far this year are up from last year. bruce, as it stands today 351 people have died in accidents on iowa roadways with a month and a half to go. that's an increase of almost 23 percent over the prior year. at the current rate that could mean a death toll of nearly 400, which would be the highest number in almost 10 people driving faster on interstates for the higher number of deadly accidents. and iowa d-o-t students found traffic on the four major interstates up about an half mile an hour compared to the same time last year. but the average rural interstate speed is still just below 73 miles per hour or barely above the speed limit. one trooper says good weather and lower gas prices could play a role in ways you might not expect. "with gas prices down, there may to be more people putting more be a risk factor put yourself in the situation where you can get in an accident, a fatal one." troopers believe distracted and impaired driving also play a significant role as well as the use of seat belts and speed. iowa's seat belt usage rate is high compared to most states but 41 percent of those killed this year weren't buckled up. even with an enforcement push this week for the holiday, it's too late for year. but state safety regulators are hoping to push some changes with lawmakers for next year that might make a difference. and we'll tell you about those potential changes tonight at six. thanks dave. we'll be right back. some peopl doing to try to make roads safer, with winter on its way. and dubuque schools is talking about a book that some parents want to ban from tonight at 6. final look at tonight's forecast. after a day of sunshine, low pressure makes its way east bringing clouds and rainfall. the clouds increase tonight with rainfall, across eastern iowa, developing through the day tuesday. rainfall totals could be near 0.5", with the best chance tuesday afternoon and evening. rainfall comes to an end bringing quiet travel conditions through thanksgiving tonight, breaking news. just as millions begin to travel for thanksgiving, the major storm turning deadly tonight. the 40-car pileup. and now the new storm moving in right after, just in time for the holiday. also breaking, there is word coming in right now of a horrific and deadly school bus crash. reports of several elementary school children who did not survive. the earthquake and tsunami warning near the toque shia nuclear plant. the images coming in. the urgent manhunt after a veteran officer in texas is shot and killed in an ambush. the surveillance video released late today. another officer shot while in his patrol car in st. louis. four officers targeted in 24 hours. and the new message late today from president-elect donald trump. the race to fill his cabinet.