Letter last week came too late for the biggest impact with millions already having voted early. One College Republican leader at uni isnt sure about that. But is pretty sure iowa remains a tossup state. Sot since im on a College Campus its very hillary here, shes going to win for sure then you come to Something Like this and hear the other side i think its going to be very, very close one National Polling Organization Says almost 25 million votes have been cast so far in early balloting. Thats about 19 percent of all the votes cast in the last president ial Election Year of 2012. Live in cedar falls, dave franzman, kcrg tv nine news. Former new york mayor Rudy Giuliani will be in eastern iowa tomorrow to campaign for donald trump. He and governor branstad will be at the vinton american legion, the hiawatha gop several Hillary Clinton surrogates are returning to iowa tomorrow afternoon. Vp nominee tim kaine will speak at Loras College in dubuque. And former president bill clinton will be at the Waterloo Center for the arts. Republican Chuck Grassley has been representing iowa in the us senate for nearly 36 years. And he wants another six years. The 83yearold grassley is running for his seventh term in office. But his challenger, democrat patty judge says its time has changed. Kcrg tv nines Forrest Saunders looks at grassleys candidacy in our ongoing series analyzing the eastern iowa races for federal office. In iowa, Chuck Grassleys name is almost as well known as corn. The new hartford man is one of the top 25 longestserving senators in us history. If he gets a seventh term, hell be iowas. What was it that drove you to this . Youve made a lifetime out consistently loved grassley back. Since the mid80s, hes won every reelection with more than 60 of the vote. But this woman and her cardboard cutout aim to buck the trend. Senator grassley, weve cast a lot of votes for you. But, your obstruction is responsible for the least effective senate, ever. Patty judge has hammered away at one of the weakest spots in grassleys armor, his refusal to of president obamas pick to replace Late Supreme Court justice antonin scalia. Grassley has the power as chair of the Senate Judiciary committee. Judge says the move is all political that grassley is stalling to keep a left leaning judge from what was a conservative spot on the bench. Grassley says hes just keeping up with tradition. For 30 years, democrats have said when we have republican president s if you have a vacancy in the last year of the presidency the people ought to have a voice. The new president ought to fill it. Grassleys alluding to these an Election Year and there were whispers a justice was going to retire. President bush should follow a majority of his predecessors and not name a nominee, until after the november elections. Like grassley, biden was judiciary chair at the time. Hes said his words from that speech have been mischaracterized. Biden points towards the end, when he calls for the senate and president to compromise. Cooperates with the senate or moderates his selections absent consultation, then his nominees may enjoy my support as did justices kennedy and souter. Outside of the judicial, grassleys legislative record shows strong support for Renewable Energies like ethanol and biodiesel. He championed Wind Energy Tax credits, helping make iowa a National Leader in the industry. I didnt have the slightest generating 31 of our electricity from wind. Thats just a taste of the senators experience on capitol hill. It all began in 1975 when a 41yearold grassley became one of iowas us representatives. The now 83yearold would be near 90 at the end of another term. Critics have questioned his health. Grassleys response. I ran three miles this morning, id invite you to come with me and you can draw your own conclusions. Polls have shown the senator with a commanding lead over judge, 18 points according to the latest polls. Officials at Quinnipiac University say grassley is headed toward an easy win, with 95 of the gop vote and a 26point edge among the crucial independents. Be sure to stay with tv nine and kcrg dot com on election night. Well have live onair updates twice an hour starting coverage on Facebook Live starting at nine. Then, at ten well have reporters across eastern iowa giving you live reports as the results come in. Dont miss complete election coverage here on kcrg tv nine. Meteorologist joe winters joins us now with our first alert forecast. Joe, what a warm start to november . An area of low pressure and associated frontal systems moves across the state bringing rain is across the southern two thirds of the state develops late tonight and continuing on wednesday. Rainfall amounts of 0. 5 are possible with much lighter amounts to the north. After thesis system exits the state we are in for a great stretch of weather that is expected to last into the early part of next week. Have a super night. Tonight isolated showers late. Isolated storms likely, mainly south of highway 20. Wind ne 515. High 61 back to you. Authorities have named the man who a Cedar Rapids Police officer shot this morning near coe college. The officer shot jerime mitchell, who is 37 and also goes by the name danky. Police say it happened around 1 15 am when an officer tried to pull mitchell over for a traffic a avenue northeast. Police say mitchell got into some type of altercation with the officer that led to the officer firing his gun, wounding him. Police say mitchell then tried to drive off, but he crashed into an Unmarked Police vehicle and another vehicle nearby. The Police Vehicle overturned, trapping an officer inside. Mitchell is now at university of iowa hospitals in critical condition. And the division of criminal investigation is now looking into the shooting. Us in the studio. Phil, there is no Police Body Cam footage of the incident . At this moment Cedar Rapids Police officers dont wear body cameras. But that is changing after todays city council meeting. City Council Passed a resolution that will let them get a department of justice grant that matches the money they will put up to buy body cameras. That grant is nearly 97 thousand dollars. Chief wayne jerman says the Police Department will get 126 body cameras over the next three years. During incidents like this morning when use of force is involved. Officers will be able to utilize it in the performance of their duties, and they can also assist in the investigation of incidents. The collection of evidence of just videoing the actions of individuals they come into contact with and not just the video portion but also the audio he says he wants his officers to have them on during any interaction with the all of 213 of his officers one day. And he says is ok with releasing footage during incidents to the public as long as it doesnt hurt an investigation thanks, phil. Waterloo police are investigating a shooting that injured a man this morning. Officers found the man on the ground with multiple gunshot wounds around 10 30 on rhey street, near franklin street. The man went to the hospital. Police arent releasing his name or condition. Dubuque county is seeing as many cases of thats led to an outbreak in dubuque schools. Find out what the district is doing to stop the spread of the disease. Next here on tv nine. The Iowa Department of health dubuque. And now its trying to figure out whats behind the increase. Dubuque schools say 20 students and Staff Members have come down with the mumps since t the School District asks students to stay home for five days after they experience mumps symptoms because it is commonly spread through coughing and sneezing. Usually by six years of age, students will get two doses of the measles, mumps and rubella or m mr vaccine. But 13 to 15 year olds in dubuque for some reason, have a pretty low rate of immunization. Only 57 percent of this age group is vaccinated. Comparatively, Black Hawk County has 93 percent, linn has 80 and johnson has kcrg tv nines Katie Wiedemann has been looking into this. Katie, are these low vaccination rates in dubuque causing the outbreak . The School District says its not, they say all of the students whove had mumps, have in fact been vaccinated against it. School nurses in dubuque say they havent dealt with a mumps outbreak in many many years. Right now school Staff Members are watching kids for symptoms. Thats ti painful salivary glands, fever and headache. School custodians are using standard protocol for cleaning school buildings, so nothing above and beyond the norm. Each time doctors confirm another case, the school sends out a letter to parents and the media, explaining ways to stop the spread of the illness. During the testing stage when youre waiting for the confirmation, you really need to be not going out in the public for a minimum of 5 day or longer state of iowa requires all students have two m mr vaccinations. They do grant exemptions for religious and other reasons. But they tell us that vaccine is only 88 percent effective. So dubuque schools is trying to figure out if the couple dozens Students Affected here in dubuque are part of that small percentage whos vaccine didnt work. Live in dubuque Katie Wiedemann kcrg tv9 news stay with your 24 hour News Associated frontal systems moves across the state bringing some rain. The best chance for thirds of the state develops late tonight and continuing on wednesday. Rainfall amounts of 0. 5 are possible with much lighter amounts to the north. After stretch of weather that is expected to last into the early part of next week. Have a super night. Tonight isolated showers late. Wind ne 510. Low 55 tomorrow showers and isolated storms likely, mainly south of highway 20. Wind ne 515. High 61 tom. Night gradual clearing. Wind n 515. Low 44 44 friday sunny. High 65 low 42 saturday mostly sunny. High 65 low 44 sunday partly cloudy. High 64 low 45 monday mostly cloudy. High 62 low 44 tuesday mostly cloudy. High 59 low 42 58 low 40 bye week. Scott westerberg has the story. With no game on the schedule over the weekend, the hawkeye players had friday and satu whole lot of nothing. Just laid low back in dubuque with my family and my two nephews and just got to hang out. Lot of sleep. Lot of ice baths, just tried to get my body Feeling Healthy again. I got to go home, relax a little bit, do a little fishing and relax, so it was nice to be able to take a little break. I went up to ikes house for a couple days, hung out with him back in cedar falls got to watch some game on saturday and relax. A few of for, sit in the stands and enjoy another football game. Went to the michigan Michigan State game, just sat there with my friends and watched the game. It was a little weird especially when youre surrounded by a sea of green. It was a little weird, but i had to support my school. I wore some iowa gear in the stands as well. I went and watched my brothers game. He plays at coe, so i was in cedar rapids watching the kohawks stay undefeated. C oach schulte runs a good tight ship out there in cedar watch them and go back and watch the old team. Setting a hundred or so college kids free for the weekend seems like a scary situation, but coach ferentz trusts his players to act appropriately. We talk to our guys every time they leave campus, for spring break, after the bowl game or whatever about being smart and being safe. At some point they have to make decisions on their own and you just hope they have a Good Foundation to go off of. And by all accounts, the bye week was pretty uneventful. In iowa city, scott westerberg, tv9 the cubs will try to stay alive in game six of the world series tonight in cleveland. This season has brought back a lot of memories for all cubs fans including myself. I remember the last time i interviewed the late great harry carey on the cubs home opener back in 1997 after the cubbies had started the season 06. What about the 06 start are you worried for this team . Heck ya i am worried at this rate we end the season 0162 heck ya i am worried. I had the Weather Channel on and it was 29 degrees is your voice gonna be alright for the 7th Inning Stretch . Freezing is 32 isnt it . We are 3 degrees under freezing. You will practice warm up for that 7th Inning Stretch . Oh geez i forgot all about that. You have to sing harry. I have to remember the words. Cedar rapids i thought we used to go their and their was a nightclub 42 oc thats des moines oh i miss harry. I hope his spirit is with the cubbies tonight. Its time to announce 3 new finalist for the kcrg tv9 athlete of the week sponsored cedar rapids toyota. All three are state champion Cross Country runners. Athlete number one is the 2a state champ Anna Hostetler of midprairie. Athlete number 2 is the 3a champ Adrianna Katcher of Center Point Urbana and athlete number 3 is baily nock of iowa city west who won the 4a state title. To vote go to rg 10 00. Why are you up . How am i supposed to sleep . Ive been married less than 24 hours, and my wife isnt speaking to me. Perhaps you can think of this in a more positive light. In one day, youve managed to do what it takes many couples decades to achieve. knocking on door hi. Hey. You couldnt sleep either . Of course not. Me neither. But i just had a tickle in my throat. Not profound marital problems. What are we gonna do . I dont know. Please, tell me how i can fix it. Glad you asked
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