Strength. You need to be president strong. You need strong. You cant play games. Yet with six weeks until the caucuses, trump is in the top tier against texas senator ted cruz. 27 41. If im wrong, im wrong. Ill say we didnt make it but i think that were going to win iowa and iowa is very important to me. A quiet week is ahead for republican president ial candidates visiting eastern iowa. Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee is due to spend monday all over the tv9 viewing area for a town hall meeting in toledo, a roundtable in van horne and then an evening stop at kava house and caf in swisher. Huckabee won the 2008 republican caucuses but has stayed far back in the pack for 2016. Last night in new hampshire, the 3 candidates for the democratic president ial nomination met for their latest debate. The top 2 in the polls will campaign throughout iowa this week. Vermont senator Bernie Sanders has 3 days of iowa stops planned, all in western iowa, secretary of state Hillary Clinton is scheduled for tuesday visits to keota, fairfield and bettendorf. The cbs you gov poll of iowa democrats, released today, showed clinton with a lead but only by 5 points 50 to 45 over sanders a mild sunday breaks out after the harsh winds earlier this weekend. Meteorologist chris havely joins us with the first alert forecast. Back to you. Attorneys for a man accused of killing his daughter in dubuque are questioning the attorneys for a man accused of killing his daughter in dubuque are questioning the confession he made to police. 62yearold robert stern faces a 1st degree murder charge. Police say he admitted to shooting his daughter multiple times with multiple guns in june. His lawyers argued friday in court for a motion to suppress the confession. They said he was not fit to waive his miranda rights when police interviewed him after the shooting. Thats because of his physical, mental and emotional condition at the time. Prosecutors are determining whether to file charges in the death of a waterloo girl. The waterloo Cedar Falls Courier reports 4yearold gracie buss died days after officers found her unresponsive in may. An autopsy found Blunt Force Injuries to her head caused her death. Police say they have completed their investigation and have given the results to the Black Hawk County attorneys office. A High School Wrestler from spencer died after he match on saturday. The superintenden t at Spencer Community schools confirms that senior Austin Roberts was in the title match in the 220 weight class at the spencer invitational. Roberts and his opponent walked back to the center of the mat when he collapsed. Roberts died at a hospital. He placed 8th in the class 2a state wrestling tournament last spring. Counselors are at Spencer High School today, offering support for those close to the young man. An eastern iowa group invited military veterans to participate in a deer hunt this week. The canvas all weekend. Was. Johnson county. , where organizers say veterans had the time and space to share their stories and heal. Kcrgtv9s brady smith explains how this event helps veterans plug back in to civilian life after deployment. The serene quiet of the outdoors is where healing happens for many veterans. Organizers with healing at English River outfitters or hero say not only with each other, but with their families and friends. We have found that by connecting through nature, that a great deal of healing happens. The calming that comes over them after theyve spent some time in the woods really lets them better interact with other people, even their families in many cases. Several stories about how sons have reconnected with their fathers through this type of program. Her o founder chuck geertz says this hunt started back in 2008 with only a handful of veterans. Now, it hosts a few hundred per year. This season, veterans got a special chance to hunt for deer near the coralville dam. Geertz, who is a veteran himself, says fellow vets from all over the country come to participate. Weve brought in some doubleamputees, weve brought in some tripleamputees, most of them from the iowa area. Theyre mostly ptsd soldiers, where theyre just trying to adjust back into a normal lifestyle after being deployed. Out side of this hunt, hero also offers a Life Skills Program that allows vets to use their unique skills to get back into the workforce. In johnson county, brady smith, kcrg tv9 news. Have you heard about the two across all 99 of iowas counties . Dennis lee of walford and Daren Schumaker of cedar rapids are well on their way to attaining that goal. Since 2009, they have run hope to wrap it up next september with a run across delaware county. They are doing it as a fund raiser for the American Heart Association and to promote fitness. Denis and daren have been stepping across the miles in rain, snow, heat, cold and along the way some strange things have happened. One of the weirdest things was the first county we ran. We did in Benton County and we got shot at. Pheasant hunters. We came through a bridge and we had some fire at us so that was kind of strange. Kcrgtv9s John Campbell will tonight on the kcrgtv 9 news at 10. Some skiers and snowboarders are out on the slopes of sundown today testing out their skills. The dubuque resort opened for the season after weeks of mild temperatures. Plus in basketball, Northern Iowa shocks an Unbeaten Team once more. The panthers are the story in College Basketball today after upsetting the cyclones in des moines yesterday. Fun aspect of gravity. At Sundown Mountain resort in dubuque today, the resort opened for the season the latest opening in more than a decade. Kcrgtv9s brea love spoke with the general manager about the first day. Sundown Mountain Resort here in dubuque opened in 1972, and this is the latest start date since 2001. Sundown Officials Say with all of the recent warm weather making artificial snow is impossible. It has to be less than 30 degrees for it to stick. Sundown general manager mark gordon says finally get guests out on the slopes. We had a lot of pent up frustration with wanting to be open, and todays just marvelous we actually had a little party yesterday and the kids came out and it was just great for the staff and our customers because theyve all been waiting for a long time to get on their skis and snowboards and get out on the hill. Tonight at 10 hear from one ski instructor who told us a few tips for those coming out this season. In dubuque, brea love, kcrgtv9 news. Chris, instead of snow, well be getting rain this time of the year . Stay with your 24 hour news source, kcrgtv9. Difference maker for uni. This year, its been wes washpun. Stay with your 24 hour news source, kcrgtv9. This evening, lasting into part of monday morning. Showers will begin to develop this evening, and overspread much of the tv9 viewing area. Rainfall amounts should be under an inch, around 0. 7 or less. Temperatures will be mild for most of the night, but as the cold front sweeps through in the early morning, temperatures will cool quickly down to the upper 30s in many spots. Showers will come to an end by midmorning across eastern iowa, with brisk winds from the northwest. Temperatures on monday will hang steady around 40, then through the afternoon under mostly cloudy skies. Our next chance for rain arrives on wednesday, however temperatures may be pushing 50 by hump day. Tonight showers likely low 3642 winds sw 1015 alo 33 dbq 38 iow 39tomorrow early showers, m cloudy high 3743 winds nw 1525 alo 37 dbq 39 iow 41 thanks chris. Seth tuttle was the difference maker for uni. This year, its been wes washpun. Dont forget, he went to tennessee and then been a huge piece for coach jake. Stay with your 24 hour hawaii preparing for the diamond head classic. The panthers head into the tournament with a lot of momentum after knocking off 5th ranked iowa state in the big four classic. Its the second time this season uni has defeated a top 5 team. On saturday, cedar rapids washington grad wes washpun had the game of his career finishing with 28 points and 11 assists. Iowa state used several options to guard him, but he could not be stopped. In the buildings or just knowing that im going to have a heck of a game, but i always seem to turn it up a little bit in these situations. Every teams different. There are a lot of good teams in the country, this is one of them, carolina is one of them as well. You just got to believe in your preparation and believe that you can make games like this happen and make wins like this happen. I think thats the biggest difference. This summer and fall, wes put in a lot of time shooting jump shots, so that he can have the first half like he had tonight. He knows the way people are going to guard him and they arent going to want him driving to front of the rim. So he put in a lot of time shooting jump shots, and its paid off for him. Trt 37 oc paid off for him. The iowa Mens Basketball Team got back in the win column after holding off drake, 7064. The hawkeyes received a big game from walkon Nicholas Baer off the bench. He filled in for Jarrod Uthoff who dealt with foul trouble throughout the game. Baer finished with 13 points, 7 rebounds and six blocks. His teammates, including uthoff were happy to see him step up. And get a chance to play. When i came to iowa, i always wanted to come to iowa, and coach mccaffery gave me an opportunity to walkon. I always envisioned myself as a player, not just as a practice player. When you come here you want to have a chance to compete on the floor. We just had a really good game today. Hes tremendous. Thats what you need out of a bench player. He really showed up tonight. Hes one of the hardest workers on the team, every day he brings it in practice. Im so happy for him to see that success from him. Hes a freshman, so he hasnt really been there. He brings great energy, he knocks down all of his shots, he doesnt try to do too much. I like the way he plays. Trt 43 oc the way he plays. And tonight for our sunday night spotlight, big ten College Basketball analyst jess settles will join me to recap the big four classic and look ahead at conference play for all three teams. The iowa state woMens Basketball Team was hoping to extend its winning. Cyclones hosting alcorn state. Cy dressed up like santa. Jadda buckley with the long pass ahead to Bridget Carleton who spots up and hits a three. That set off a bunch more threes. Crosscourt pass to emily durr. That ties it up 1010. Then buckley kicks it out to Seanna Johnson for a three of her own. Cyclones starting to build a lead. Then its Nicole Blaskowsky from the top of the key. Shes got it. It was a career day for durr. She finished with 14 points, including four 3pointers. Iowa state crushes alcorn state, 9141. Uni women hosting tulsa. Plenty of christmas sweaters. Amber sorenson gets the scoring started with this 3 pointer. She finished with 17 points. Later, Benton Community grad madison weekly with the catch and shoot three. Panthers up 102. Big game from center jen keitel. Buries the long two. She finished with 21. Uni wins 7559. Nfl action, bears and the vikings. 1st quarter, minnesota bridgewater going for stefon diggs who makes a great over the shoulder catch. Vikings go up 70. 2nd quarter, closing seconds before halftime. Bridgewater hits Jared Mckinnon and he does the rest. Stretches at the end for the touchdown. Vikings led 177 at the half. Bridgewater had a career game with four touchdown passes, he also ran for one. Here it is, huge lane up the middle. He does his superman leap and scores. Vikings win 3817. Kansas city chiefs going for their 8th straight win at baltimore. 3rd and 1, charcandrick west says forget the first down, i want a touchdown. He goes 38 yards to pay dirt. Chiefs go up 70. And their defense got involved with the scoring as well. Tyvon branch gets an early Christmas Present picking up the fumble and taking it back 73 yards for the touchdown. Kansas city goes up 2414 at halftime. 4th quarter, the defense gets another touchdown as Marcus Peters comes up with a thanks josh. Meteorologist chris havely will have another check of your sunday forecast, up next. Stay with hey this holiday, u. S. Cellulars giving you 15 gigs of data for just 70 but i wanted a pony. [ gasps ] youre getting data. Ponysized data . U. S. Cellular sized data. Because it works in the middle of anywhere. Id like 100 youre getting 400 in promo cards yes switch to u. S. Cellular and get 15 gigs of data for just 70. Plus 400 in promo cards. Cedar rapids are joining forces to help hundreds of children. Theyre packing meals to make sure each and every kid has meals for the weekends. Their story is our show you care spotlight, coming up on the kcrgtv9 news at 10. And now to First Alert Storm Team meteorologis t chris havely for your final forecast. Showers will begin to develop this evening, and overspread much of the tv9 viewing area. Rainfall amounts less. Temperatures will be mild for most of the night, but as the cold front sweeps through in the early morning, temperatures will cool quickly down to the upper 30s in many spots. Showers will come to an end by midmorning across eastern iowa, with brisk winds from the northwest. Temperatures on monday will hang steady around 40, then slowly drop through the afternoon under mostly cloudy skies. Our next chance for rain arrives on wednesday, however temperatures may be pushing 50 by hump day. Thanks chris. Thanks for joining us for kcrgtv9 news at 5 30. Be sure to tune in again for