Home. Felton was able to swim to rescue and eventually get help at uihc but wymer wasnt. Give the ice the opportunity to form and solidify a little better. The Johnson CountyEmergency Management agency says Water Activities become more dangerous this time of year than summer. Anytime we have situations where lake levels are high and low and weve got current forming bringing ice and debris into the lake, add that with strong winds and you got recipe for a problem. That combination also posed a problem for First Responders searching for wymer underwater. They struggled to sift through the sunken trees and other debris. The days are getting shorter as well were running into less and less Natural Light and we encourage people stay off the ice stay off the waterway. The Johnson CountyEmergency Management agency says even if you do decide to go on the waters always wear a life jacket or have it readily available because it really is an unsafe time to be out on open waters. Covering the corridor in Johnson County, steffi lee, fox 28 news. The news is hitting the community of solon very hard tonight. Tonight. Many gathered tonight to remember the young life lost. Lost. Fox 28 News Reporter dora miller is live in solon right now with more, dora . Very somber night tonight as students remember someone they all called a friend. Its clear his loss will have a lasting impact. A student, teammate and friend will no longer share the halls with the people here. Solon high wont ever be the same. Hes a student that everybody wants to have in class and i believe everybody was fortunate to have as a friend. His presence a loss that everyone who came in contact with him will feel. Listening to his coaches, listening to his teachers they will tell you that he was a great role model, extremely intelligent. He was so funny. He was really such a great person. He always made people laugh and hes such a great role model too. We actually were good friends, hes actually a really good role model. As his Close Friends left school today, lexi 04 56 51 he was my neighbor, he lived right down the road with me. They say they couldnt leave behind their memories of tanner. Over the summer a few years ago, we all mud fight in my backyard and it was so fun to have all those laughs together. I still cant believe it. It feels like a dream, like it doesnt seem real. Its crazy to think that someone from a small town that Everybody Knows is gone. But the overflow of support and the love shown by strangers will make his loss just a little easier to handle. We had an outpouring of we had an outpouring of phone calls from Community Members just asking what can we do to help . Its gonna be difficult, but well get through it. Counselors will be at the school all this week to help students and staff who need help processing tanners death. Covering the corridor in solon, dora miller, fox 28 turning to dubuque right now. Now. Where authorities are looking for the person who shot a two year old boy. Boy. It happened late last night on main street. First responders rushed the two year old to university of iowa hospitals and clinics where authorities are not releasing his condition. There have been no arrests in connection with this shooting. Now an update to last months bizarre Severe Weather outbreak. Outbreak. The National WeatherService Today confirmed a tornado touched down in the corridor on december 23rd. 23rd. It was a brief tornado, but it downed some trees in the hiawatha and toddville areas. The National Weather service says the torando was on the ground for a little over two miles with winds of 95 miles per hour. That ranks it as an ef1 on the enhanced fujita scale. Safe to say no more tornadoes in the forecast for a while here in iowa. Iowa. And it was a calm start to the week today after the long holiday break. Break. Chief meteorologist terry swails joins us now with today in oregon, two ranchers reported to a federal prison to serve time for arson. But its the actions of another group grabbing the headlines tonight. Tonight. Dwight hammond and his son steven were convicted of setting a fire on protected lands to cover up illegal poaching. The family disputes that, saying they were just protecting their land. Now, a group led by ammon bundy is responding by seizing a Federal Building on a nearby wildlife refuge. The group is believed to be armed and demanding that area ranchland be returned to the families who once owned it. There have been some tremendous abuses. They used the courts to prosecute and to basically take the land and resources away from the people. People. You might recall, bundys father had a similar standoff with authorities over his ranch in arizona in 2014. In a statement, the hammonds say they dont support the actions of bundy and his group in their name. The fbi is working to resolve the situation, peacefully. Turning right now to the white house, where president obama will announce new executive actions he believes would curb gun violence. Violence. The president met today with attorney general Loretta Lynch to ensure his actions would not violate the Second Amendment. Amendment. These are not only recommendations that are well within my Legal Authority and the executive branch but they are also ones that the overwhelming majority of the american people, including gun owners, support and believe it. It. But thats not expected to silence critics who say the president is trying to do the job of congress. In seven years in office, the president has tried multiple times to pass legislation through the house and senate. Each time, that effort failed. Besides the argument over the Second Amendment, critics say the president is also overstepping his authority, doing the job assigned to the legislative branch by the constitution. Constitution. Whatever side you come down on, experts say it is a delicate matter if the president wants to avoid a constitutional challenge. Challenge. Fox 28 News National correspondent jeff barnd explains. Explains. The Second Amendment to the u. S. Constitution gives americans the right to bear arms. Can an executive order weaken the Second Amendment . One expert says the guildlines mapped out for the use of executive power and the interpretation of those initiatives can get murkya that original gray area is far grayer than it has ever been roger peel ahn says a president s unilateral powers are hard to challenge by congress or the courts. Thanks in part to fdrs new deala when Congress Gave up a lot of its lawmaking authority to the executive branch. As a result, weve got a very unclear situation as to where the president s authority to make regulations endsa and the congress authority is overstepped in wake of the 2012 mass shooting at sandy hook elementary schoola president obama was stonewalled in congressa and took it upon his own to put forth nearly 2dozen executive orders to reduce gun violence. But 2 years later, president obamas most assertive initiativesa like tracking lost or stolen gunsa or strengthening backround checksa have faced significant obstacles. Almost none of those intiatives went into effect a i will veto that. I will unsign that so fastbut how fast can the next president undo mr. Obamas gun control initiativea . If the president passes an executive order with respect to gunsit will take less than a new york minute for the new president to undo what the president has done. Scholars are generally split on whether the president is overextending his constitutional authoritya some say the president clearly has discretion about how to enforce a lawa but whether he should make thema is still up for debatea im jeff barnd reportinga the planned executive action is already creating backlash from republicans who say obama is acting more like a king than a president. Republican jeb bush claims president obama has a pattern of taking away the rights of americans. Both marco rubio and donald trump promise to throw out the orders if they make it to the oval office. Still to come on the fox 28 news at nine. Nine. A math prodigy the national level. But first. First. Im matt hammill live in the newsroom. More than a few nervous people watching their Retirement Funds today. What youll want to do in the weeks ahead to be ready for more whos the rebel now . No way. Yes way savor an egg mcmuffin any time you like. A fresh cracked egg, melty cheese, canadian bacon and an english muffin with real butter. Mcdonalds all Day Breakfast menu. Yeah tomorrow morning on fox28 morning live, were getting you ready for nfl playoffs. anchor as you get together with your friends to watch the games, some ideas for what kind of snacks to have well see you tomorrow at 7am that sound ended a volatile day for the markets. It wasnt as bad as some feared, with investors making up some of their losses by the end of the day. Still the major us markets slipped one to two percent in value. Experts say you can blame this most recent round of financial uncertainty on china. China. Regardless of the reason, days like today can make just about anyone with a nest egg a little nervous. Nervous. Fox 28 News Reporter matt hammill is in the newsroom tonight with more on what this all means for your money, matt . Scott and karen, the new year is when a lot of people are advised to take a look at their retirement to see if its balanced or too risky. A day like this can really make you wonder about the year ahead. Ahead. This is one of the worst starting days for the dow in over eight years. Ding ding ding mike foley and Financial Advisors across the corridor watched it happen a slap in the face as markets plunged 467 points at the worst on the first trading day of 2016. Mike foley Platinum Advisory Group it might be time to buckle up your seatbelts and might be a great time to reevaluae with your financial advisor. About half of all full time tied to stocks. Marv in North Liberty says hes invested for his familys future but he tries not to look at the statements. I got another 20 years or so before i retire and then im retired military so i got that to fall back on. If you cant manage your emotions you cant manage money. Investment advisor mike tryon says volatility is the new normal. China terrorism and Interest Rates will continue to cause peaks and valleys. The good news theres a vote in november. Historically going into an Election Year the administratin is going to do everything in their power to have all cylinders hitting so actually leading up to an Election Year the markets tend to do better. Foley says its all about our tollerance for risk and a bad day is a good day to reevaluate. When the market is down. If youre losing sleep then the market is not the right place for you to be in. Ding ding ding advisors say you can run from arent any good places to hide your money and still get a return. Tryon says despite the bombings despite ebola if you had invested ten grand in 2009 today it would be worth 25 thousand dollars. Matt hammill fox 28 news. Matt thanks. Another impact on the markets is plunging crude oil prices. Prices. But thats generally good news for consumers at the pump. Gas buddy reports the average price of a gallon of gas in iowa remained steady last week, but well below two dollars a gallon. Experts say theres little sign with demand expect to fall again that prices will spike anytime the butterburger is made of just three cuts of fresh midwest beef. Nothing more, nothing less. So we got the sirloin, the chuck and the plate. No fillers; thats it. All prized cuts, all wellmarbled for richness and flavor. This is where those three wonderful cuts of beef come together. You can just tell that blend is working in there. And we sear them, and that seals in the juices of the burger. It doesnt get any better than that. And thats the culvers butterburger. Still to come on the fox 28 news at nine. Nine. A teen whos taking his already advanced math skills to a whole other level. Where his skill with numbers is taking him next when the fox 28 news at nine continues. Someone just got a free 6 subway sandwich. Just text offers to 782929 to sign up for weekly text offers. And youll get a free 6inch sub when you buy a 30oz. Drink just for signing up. You cant deal with something by ignoring it. But thats how some president ial candidates seem to be dealing with Social Security. Americans work hard and pay into it, so our next president needs a real plan to keep it strong. elephant noise donkey noise hey candidates many teens dream of scoring the game winning shot or the decisive touchdown in a pivotal game. That all comes from the glory of competition. Competition. But its not exclusive to sports. Fox 28 News ReporterMellaney Moore introduces us to. To. An iowa city teen preparing to take on a big challenge on a national stage. Stage. Looklive this week West High School in iowa city will be subtracting one of their students so he can be added to a National Math competition in seattle. And th the minimum value of the square root of x2 y2 if 5x. Junhee lee is representing the midwest in the american mathematical societys who wants to be a mathematician sophomore20 10 14 i guess i really like just solving the problems. Theres like an inexplicably good feeling. Thursday the west high sophomore will compete against nine other students from across the country. Lee says the competition will focus mostly on highschool level math. Thats something he finished up two years ago. Now he takes math classes at the kirpes, math teacher, math club sponsor20 25 28 he took advanced placement calculus bc, the most challenging ap calculus class thats offered as an eighth grader and i had him in class. Lee won the Regional High School math championship as a seventh grader. He won state in eighth grade. 20 31 he thinks of others and considers others and is very, very gracious and humble in his interactions and success. If lee wins the competition, he would take home 5,000 for himself and 5,000 for the West High School math department. 20 06 21 im guaranteed to lee says he looks forward to that potential prize money. But also the sum of all the experiences. Like traveling to washington for the first time and meeting other young mathematicians. 20 08 13 i get to compete with them so i get to see what thats like and i guess if i do well here, i guess it would kind of be a big confidence boost. Looklive lee will be leaving for his mathematical adventure on wednesday. Covering the corridor in iowa city, Mellaney Moore, fox 28 news. Still to come on the fox 28 news at nine. Nine. It was the first day of service for a number of new leaders here in eastern iowa. Some of the new names that will lead their communities. Communities. And president clinton is coming to iowa, and hes making a return trip to a Historic Site in cedar rapids. Where you can catch a glimpse when the fox 28 news at is the economy rigged . Well, the 15 richest americans acquired more wealth in two years than the bottom 100 Million People combined. My plan make wall street banks and the ultrarich pay their fair share of taxes, provide living wages for working people, ensure equal pay for women. The middle class will continue to disappear unless we level the playing field. Communities across eastern iowa welcomed new leaders to office today. For many towns, this is the day when newlyelected mayors and City Council Members formally begin their terms. Terms. In cedar rapids, that included a new representative for district two, councilman scott overland. Overland. Weve built up a great head of steam and we need to keep the momentum going, and there will be lots of issues that come up over the next four years and i think we all have to keep that in mind that we got to keep this momentum going. Going. Overland was sworn in along with incumbents scott olson, ann poe and susie weinacht. The city council will hold its first meeting of 2016 next tuesday at noon. Meantime, in iowa city, Council Members selected their new leadership. They elected Jim Throgmorton to serve as the citys mayor. Mayor throgmorton is currently serving his second term on the city council. Councilman Kingsley Botchway the second will serve as mayor protem in waterloo, today marks a new chapter and moment of history. History. Quentin hart was sworn in as the citys first African American mayor. Hart already served eight years on the city council. After his election in december, hart said he will focus on bringing the Community Together against violence there. A calm start to the week today after the long holiday break. Break. So when will chances of snow return . Return . Chief meteorologist terry swails is here now with terry thanks. Now to the middle east, where unrest is spreading after saudi arbia executed a man critical of that countrys government. Government. To make matters worse, anger over the execution is splitting right down the same religious fault lines as other recent conflicts. Conflicts. The main players this tim