Drops. The best chance of see rain will arrive Late Afternoon and evening, mainly down to the south east. Sunday will be our last q qet day for some time, with mostly cloudy skies and temperatures in the low 30s. The start of your next work week brings our next big weather maker this system carries a lot of moisture and with the right temperatures, we could be ealing with accumumating snow. Make sure to stay with your First Alert Storm Team for the latest details. Thanks britley. New this morning, Christmas Day ended with gun shots in a waterloo neighborhood. Authorities say it happened near midnight in the 100 block of lafayette street. Thats just east of waterloos downtown. This is video of the Police Response overnight. Authorities say no one was hurt, and that they dont have any suspects in custody. We are still trying to get information on any evidence or dadage that may have been found at the scene. Police say an iowa city man broke into a home and five 20 yearold jerome brooks, junior faces multiple burglary charges. Officersrsay they were called to a home on south lucas street around 4 am thursday. A person living there told officers someone took a tv, a l ltop computer, and other items. Officers later found brooks with those items, and belongings reported stolen from area vehicles. Authorities are searching for an inmate who failed to return to the l ln county correctional center. The center released 45 yearold charles hobert, junior on thursday for a courtordered furlwugh. He was supposed to return ler in the day, but the center says he never showed up. He is servintime for stalking, forgery, and harassment. A woman is trying to help a riverside family recovering from a fire that destroyed their home. On wednesday, w w met amber keith. Back on december 15, she said she saw fire trucks leave the station next door to where she works at a Caseys General store. Soon after, keith learned a single mother and her three ildren lost nearly everything in that fire, including two cats. A box set up at keiths workplace received several donations for the family, including clothi, bedding, and some christmas toys. 27 30 when you go through Something Like that, you need turn to. I didnt know the community would help as much as they did. D. Of the three children. She told kcrg tv9, by phone, that she has not had an easy life. But she says tpe kindness people have shown in riveveide has encouraged h h. Officials say a bathroom ceiling fan caught fire and damaged a waterloo apartment building. The waterloo Cedar Falls Courier says firefighters went to the 36hundred block of ravenwoooocircle on friday morning. Fire crews extinguished flames in the bathroom of one unit. Authorities say other nearby apartments had smoke damage. Arson is the suspected c cse of bill clintons childhood home in hope, arkansas. Police say a passing motorist saw flames at the National Historic site friday morning. When f fefighters arrived,d,hey say one side of the building was completely overtaken. The towns police chief explained Different Reasons for why investigators think someone started the fire. A strong odor of accelerant. Theres also some graffiti around the point of the initial setting of the fire. Butted to we saw the number 55 and theres so another drawing. Not really sure what it is. Its a depiction of something. Officials say crews quickly put out the fire. The investigation is still ongoing. A new poll says americans believe 2015 was a step down for the wor d from last year. Violence and Mass Shootings weighed heavily in their opinions. The study found americans recognized those in san bernardino, california, a campus shooting in oregon, and the deadly s soting inside a Historic Black Church in south carolina. Close behind came the paris terror attacks and other isis attacks. The poll says americans are far less likely to say thee current year wasasetter for the us, compared with 2014. Kalikimaka were also here to say thank you on behalf of the American People that was president obama and the first lady thanking members of the military and their famimies at the Marine Corps Base in n neohe bay, hawaii. The first couple highlighted the Service Members efforts to keep americans free. President obama also called the six us troops killed in a suicide e mbing in afgfgnistan on monday brave and outstanding. On christmas eve, the president spent time calling and thanking us Service Members from each branch of the military and taking calls on christmas a few employees at the us cellular call center in marion. Its one of the companys few call centers in the country. On december 25th, operators phones ring often, not with complaints, but from gift recipients who need help with their new smartphones. Our highest volume start about 10 thihimorning through 1 oclock. Most of these are device activations today. One of the best days for associates to work. Most of the calls are happy calls, most of the folks have a new dedeice and are anxious and excited to use it. The workers also enjoyed a traditional holiday buffet to work through all the calls from people trying to set u utheir new devices. Volunteers from a synagogue staffed the reception desk at Mercy Hospital in iowa city. For Christmas Day, mbers of the Agudas Achim Synagogue took calls and helped peoeoe as part years. Its to allow those who regularly staff the desk to spend time with family during the holidays. The volunteer efforts are part of a committee in the e nagogue that promotes community involvement. Weather stayed calm for the Christmas Holiday for much of the midwest. But a much different story to our s sth. Heavy rain and tornadoes have devastated some communities. Some will be waking up to just a few snowflakes through the morning hours. As temperatures warm throughout the day into the middle to upper 30s our snowflakes with switch over to rain drops. The best chance of see rain will arrive Late Afternoon and evening, mainly down to the south east. Sunday will be our last quiet day for some time, with mostly cloudy skies and temperatures in the low 30s. The start of your next work week brings our next big weather maker this system carries a lot of moisture and with the right temperatures, we could be dealili with accumulating s sw. Make sure to stay for the latest thanks britley. Storms devastated southern the holidays, leaving several families homeless on christmas. The unusual Winter Weather created d vere thunderstorm s that killed and injured many people. Flooding hit many parts of tennessee, including chattanooga. Rivers overflowed, flflding also devastatat counties in mississippi while tornadoes ripped through the south, killing 14 people on thursday. On fridayin birmingham, alabama the governor declared a state of emergency. Weather surveyors down in several neighborhood s there. The damage that was done was confined to approximately ththt collapsed. We transported one patient from the scene, there were two others that were removed from the structure but reported no injuries. Many people across the sosoh spent Christmas Day cleaning up storm debris. Is santa a thief . Well, one polili department is pokininfun and makingnghe holiday figure the diamond headadlassic on a highnote with a win over byu in the 5th place game. Both teams came in with 84 records. Apparently the grinch was on santas nice list this year. Early first half action, iowa city y st grad Jeremy Morgan comes up with the steal. He takes it the other way. Splits the d and lays it in. Uni goes up 76. But byu takes over. Jordan chatman launches a three from the corner and hitstst. The cougars lead by 15. But uni slowly claws its way back. Wes washpun the catch and shoot three straightaway. Bingo. Deficit is 8. Ununtrailed 38 28 8 the break. The panthers go to work in the 2nd half. Waverlyshell rock grad knt carlson with the wide open deuce. Had 12 points off the bench. Uni down by y. Off the inboundsds pass. The giveandgo to bohannon in the corner. Money. The linnmar grad had 21 points. Uni down by six. Next panther possession. Washpun kis it out to morgan for three. He sticks the landing. Just like that. Panthers down by three. They get even closer. Washpun with 8 assists today. This one to Paul Jesperson who splashes in a hree. Panthers down by one. But thats as close as theyd get. Chase fifiher hits the catat and shoot three, then he gets the easy transition bucket off the missed free throw. He had a gamehigh 26. Byu wins 8476. Tons of nba action on this Christmas Day, including former iowa state head coach fred hoiberg with the bulls down in oklahoma seconds the first quarter, jimmy butler launches one high in the air that touches thhnorth pole and comes back down through the basket. Bulls led 5452 at halftime. They come back with a strong 3rd quarter. In transition, iowa native Doug Mcdermott knocks in the deuce off the window. Closing seconds ofofhe third, butler comes up with the steal and says dunk you very much. He had 23 points. Then its mcdermott with the 3ball corner pocket. Bulls go on to win 10596. Also, cavs and the warriors. A rematch from last years championship series. 3rd quarter action, steph rry with the bounce pass to draymond green. Get out of his ww. Warriors go up 8 8fter that jam. Cleveland doesnt panic. Lebron james decides to take the long three and hits it. He had 25. Cavs down five. But golden state always had an answewe. Curry drives, count the basket and one. Warriors win this battle, 8983. Verbal commitmtmts on this Christmas Day. The first is linebacker tymar sutton of Mckeesport High School in pennsylvania. Joining him is defensive back Romelo Webster from Hallandale High School in florida. In the last 20 days, coach m mt campbell has received 12 commitments and one graduate transfer. Merry christmas everybody, and family. Love you guys and go hawks. Hey there hawkeye fans. Welcome to california. Happy holidays from your own happy holidays to all the hawkeye fans. Looking forward to seeing you in pasadena. If anybody deserves a Merry Christmas and happy new year, its the iowa fan. And particularly the iowa football fan because of the incredible, unwavering support thth season. Trt 22 oc support this ssson. The iowa Football Team was on the practice field on this Christmas Day in pasadena. Coach f fentz continued h hs christmas tradition with the Hawkeye Santa cap. Im sure the players only wish to santa ferentz was a win in the rose bowl on new years day. Thanks scott. E last look at the forecast, some witl be waking up to just a few snowflakes through the morning hours. As temperatures warm throughout the day into the middle to upper 30s our snowflakes with switch over to rain drops. The best chance of see rain will arrive late aftetenoon and evening, mainly down to the south east. Sunday will be our last quiet day for some time, with mostly cloudy skies and temperatures in the low 30s. The start of your next work week brings our nene big weather maker this system carries a lot of moisture and with the right temperatures, we could be dealing with accumulating snow. Make sure to stay with your first alererstorm team for the latest christmas is officially over but today people are reliving festive moments from the holiday. In connecticut, one Police Department had a little fun interrogating santa for stealing cookies from children across the world. Take a look santa caluas what kind of name is that the naugatutu Police Released this parody video of santa claus getting thrown in the slaamer. The officers pretended to not know who santa was, after they caught him breaking into homes. The Police Charged santa with burglary and animal cruelty for leaving his reindeer on rooftops they did let santa off the hook of course, to finish his Christmas Mission santa claus didnt enjoy too much snow here in eastern iowa, but he was able to catch the waves in florida check out all these sasaas geared d to surf in cocoa beach on christmas eve. About 650 people surfed the high tide to break the Guinness World record for the most santas surfing at once. Event to help raise money for local charities. Organizers hoped to raise more than 30thousand dollars this year. Christmas newborns got some special treatment at a Childrens Hospital in pittsburgh on Christmas Day. They receive these red stockings to keep them snug and cozy. A group of volunteers also brought them handmade hats. All newborns this month will also take home the Childrens Book i love you snow much. Courtesy of the panera bakery. Meals on the holiday. Eastern iowans help those in need by lending a hand and some warm food on Christmas Day. Were just a little more than a month out to the iowa caucus. And one president ial candidate will be talking to iowa voters during Campaign Stops next week. Good morning from gun shots broke the silence on christmas night in waterloo. We have the latest on the investigation. A family is keeping their spirits high during the holidays, after a fire devastated their home is year. Organizations make sure seniors can enjoy a traditional holiday meal on christmas da youre watching kcrgtv9. Now, from your 24 hour news source, this is the kcrgtv9 saturday morning news. But first, meteorologis t britley ritz has your first alert forecast, britley. Some will be waking up to j jt a few snowflakes through the morning hours. As temperatures warm throughout the day into the middle to upper 30s our snowflakes with switch over to rain drops. The best chance of see rain will arrive Late Afternoon and evening, mainly down to the south east. Sunday will be our last quiet day for some timemewith mostly cloudy skies and temperatures in the low 30s. The start of your next work week brings our next big maker this system carries a lot of moisture and with the right temperatures, we could be dealing with accumulating snow. Make sure to stay with your first alert s srm team for the latatt detaiai. Thanks britley. New this morning, Christmas Day ended with gun shots in a waterloo neighborhood. Authoties say it happened near midnighf in the 100 block of lafayette street. Thats just east of waterloos downtown. This is video of the Police Response overnight. Authorities say no one got huand that they don have any suspects in custody. Theres no available information yet on evidence or damage. Sometimes christmas doesnt go as planned. Thats especially true for one cedar falls almost everything in their home a little more than two months ago. T tre wont be any gifts under their tree this year. Kcrgtv9s Forrest Saunders tells us why the familys ok with that. His christmas, chrisisartins famililwont be giving gifts to one another. Its not out of protest or anything. Their christmas was changed byhis. Nat siren early morning, october 12th some oily rags spontaneouslslignited in martins garage. The fire got large. His oldest daughter saw the flames and woke up the family. We looked out the back and there was a huge, enormous fire three stories tall. It was our entnte garage with our c cs inside. It was just up in flames. The family, including their two cats, got out safe. But the flames spread to the house. Crews were able to put it out, but not before the fire did a considerable amountntf damage. Two cars loss bedrooms destroyed. The only clothes they had were what was left in the basement laundry. It got worse. Even spots that werent touched by pretty much lost everything in the fire. If it wasnt burnt, it was smoke damage. For the first time, martin and his family were without a home. The foururad to make do livingng on top one ananher in hotel rooms for a short time. Theyve since rented a home and started renovating the property they lost. Plus, slowly buying back what was destrtred with insurance dollars and a lot of help from the community. Every time i think about it, i start tearing up. We have so many friends and so many people helped us, who we didnt even know. People dropped off clothes on our porch, that we didnt know. They didnt leave a note. Chriss wife, bettina fabos, admits there were some tough moments. But, if you think christmas aftft losing so much sounds sad, bettina says think again. To her, its eye opening. The thing that weve learned about this whole fire is that, things dont matter at all. Its like people matter. Your loved ones matter. In that spirit, the annual Gift Exchange will take a break this year. Santa can keep his other plans. You know, i think ust like a wondedeul meal, maybe watching a movie together, being around each other is plenty enough for christmas this year. Proof that people, not purchases, often make the best presents. In cedar falls, Forrest Saunders, kcrgtv9 news. Chris martin says he and his family are expecting to move back in june once the renovations to the home are complete. Several dozen senenrs in the iowa city area enjoyed a warm, holiday meal on christmas. Elder services and the Optimist Club of coralville sved me