Kopelman has the latest. This was a really rare situation and in which the dynamics werent really there to support a tornado touching down. However there was just enough spin in the mid levels of the atmosphere that supported this funnel cloud developing. There was a report it touched down which did lead to a tornado warning. It included the another part of linn county and that led to tornado sirens sounded across the entire county which is the only way the Emergency Management can sound those sirens thats why you may have heard them in cedar rapids. This was a weak funnel cloud and weak tornado and no damage was record. Right now showers and storms on the radar near and south of i80 producing locally heavy rain in washington and also in portions of keokuk and iowa counties. They will fade away within the next couple of minutes. Feeling in the air throughout the night. Temperatures will fall down into the mid to up certificate 60s by morning and patchy fog in the Morning Hours so you want to give yourself extra time as you head to work or take the kids to school. Coming up ill let you know how much longer usual need to hang onto the umbrella. Nearly 10 of eastern iowas dont have health insurance. That means just in cedar rapids more than 10,000 people are in trouble if they have a medical concern. That could change soon. Connor morgan shows how one corridor man uses his own hardships to help the homeless. This man spent half his life climbing the corporate ladder. It almost killed me i ended up in the emergency room almost 5 years ago and i nearly died. He needed to make a change and 5 years later hes asking change, what is going to sustain our community and the Homeless Population in our community . Reporter that question is creating an organization kr care a van. If i bring supplies hopefully theyll allow me to engage in conversation. In the conversation i can link them with community resources. Reporter his goal get those living below the poverty line medicaid. These people dont have a primary care physician because they are uninsured. Without question they all use the emergency room as their primary care physician. That costs or local hospitals 900 per person that is uninsured per visit. Reporter working with local health care providers, churches and colleges he is raising to raise 20,000 to buy a u haul that deliver the goods by urgency regardless of whether or not were raising the money were doing this. Reporter covering the corridor Connor Morgan fox28 news at the. The organizers of cr var a van need your help to get it mrooufg. They launched a gofundme page a couple days ago. To learn how you can help visit your website fox28 news. Com. Basic needs are trying to be met the long term goal is to work with entities to better understand the Homeless Population and how people can be helped. You can find out more about the plans on our website. Right now iowas officials are trying to figure out why so many released inmates become repeat offenders and end up back in prison. New data from the Iowa Department of corrections shows an increase in the number of former inmates returning to prison here in iowa. Stud key kept track of the up back in corrections within 3 years. Last year, about 1,500 inmates returned. This year that number is up 100. The department is looking into the cause and plans to release a full report this fall. University of iowa is changing its policy for chalking the walks. Thats after the work of a proceed life group raised questions in april. Now students can only write out the event, time, title and group. The change komentz after students for life drew more than 3,000 hearts on ooufrlt sidewalks that represented the number of abortions every day in the u. S. The hearts were power washed leaving questions about why other chalk messages were allowed to stay. Today Donald TrumpsCampaign Team tried to clarify his positions on illegal immigration on the sunday some questions may still remain. Fox28 news gil gil reports from new york. Reporter Donald TrumpsCampaign Manager told onning dicker son on cbss face the nation the republican president ial nominee has not changed his substance to undocumented immigrants. First theres no amnesty. Secondly he is building the wall. Thats been the centerpiece from the canneds and it has not changed 1 inch. What has changed position on currently living in the u. S. His original plan laid out in november called for Deportation Force to help send them back out of the country. In recent days he talked about a more humane approach though his views have not shichtd. What you heard him describe in his usual plain spoken american way was a mechanism, not a policy. I mean youre going to hear more reporter on the democratic side the chair of the party defended Hillary Clinton after trump called her a by got last week. Donald trump has not held a ooept in the black community has not gone to a black shurj as Hillary Clinton has done. The Hillary Clinton sfent the day fundraising in the hafrp tons. Donald trump held no event. Trump has a Campaign Event scheduled in new york city. Our Mission President ial canned dates to you our viewers to better inform and of course empower you. We reached to both candidates to participate in extended interviews not only for our station but our sister stations across the entire nation and we want to hear from you. Tell us what you want fron the candidates you can share your thoughts with us by email or facebook. Shooting and shooting deaths dont happen every day in and tonight a group is fighting back. But not with more violence. Joe huisinga is here now to tell us more about their mission. The group is the groups goal is in its name. Stop the violence had dozens of families out in red mond park in afternoon to promote peace and get ready for back to school cook out. Reporter violence the common answer to many theres some young kids out here dying. Fighting each other, using guns and all this violence and stuff they see on tv and these video games. Reporter members of stop the violence believes building a strong Core Community may stop the violence. Show the kids theres other things to do, show them there are adults that care about them and that are watching and want to be role models for them just in case they dont have that person to talk to, that support. Being here to be able to have the interaction and this type of setting is tremendous. Reporter and building bridges maybe the best way to reach the solution. It lets the kids know that the police arent bad, its just theyre trying to help out. I love the fact that our police in this time of police brew at that time going on around the world, that our police help our community. That they rather work with us than fight against us. For stop Strong Community response seems promising. Ipg theyre very appreciative. Even if they werent, we would still do it because thats coming from our heart. You lead by example. Reporter now along with the food and music, event organizers also had School Supplies and clothing donations as well as food for those back to school costs. Covering the corridor in cedar nfl quarter back blew before his foot ball game started. Colin cap er nick refused to stand for the National Anthem saying he cant honor a flag for a country that oppresses black people. People. He says its bigger than football your thoughts in tonights say what what the pictures of cap er nicksparked outrage from those who saw it as the pictures of karp something sparked outrage from those who saw it as disrespectful and those defending his right protest. Taking in 30 million and say our race has it so bad, were picked on, ba loan. This man says eshld apologize since being american hasnt hurt his success. I think anybody in america who wants to, can make as much or little out of their life an as they want to. All i see is the most racist stuff about it. But david says the negative proves hes right. Right. The song represents freedom, so he has the freedom to protest and people are knocking him for using his freedom, regardless of how much money he makes its his choice. As a veteran i disagree using the freedom regardless of how much money he makes. As a veteran i disagree with anybody not standing for the National Anthem. Dan says he could have found a more positive protest. I hope they kick him out of the country because you just sh on your Facebook Page l writes article 11 gives him the right protest so i say hes act the pretty american whether it song is it. And tabith says she agrees this is a critical issue. But timing is everything and simone biles and others created a great sense of National Pride at the olympics this may have ba. Creating a great sense of National Pride at the olympics right kind of attention to his cause and instead, has just caused almost more harm than good because people are now more focused on that than why he did it. Reporter the nfl says it kurjdz players to stand for the National Anthem but does not require it. You can share your thoughts right now on our Facebook Page. Still coming up on the fox28 news at 9 tshgs corridor k9s saifrt lives of other dogs well tell you all about todays big sglash in anamosa. And separated by foster care how brothers and sisters who may never see each other are finally finding a way to be reunited. After a day of some showers and storms, were going to see them start to wind down through the night tonight. Its not the last chance we have for rain though this week ill let you know when hey, youre clarence yes, sir. You know, at the model year end clarence event, you can get a great deal on this 2016 passat. Steve. Yeah . Clarence is on a roll. Yeah. I wish theyd name an event after me. Same here. But the model year end becky event . Thats no good. Stevent thats just vandalism. Whatever you want to call it, dont miss the volkswagen model year end event. Hurry in for a 1,000 volkswagen reward card and a five hundred dollar labor day bonus we upped the ante at culvers to create the new crispy southwest chicken sandwich. Allnatural, whole white meat chicken breast. Topped with spicy pepper jack cheese and jalape . O ranch. 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In anamosa pooches spent the afternoon dog paddling at the local swimming pool. Pool. More than one hundred pups attended this pool party for just five dollars each. Its one of the many fundraisers more than 100 pupz attended the pool party for dollar 5 each. It is more than one of the fund raisers to help the if you are refriends and to dive in and help with a b all area animals. Were excited for the ten plus years everybody has been doing it out of their homes. Were so excited to have a shelter. Reporter. Todays event raised 881 all that money goes to a new shelter thats actually being built right now in montd sell low an open house is today teacher tours and humidity, it was a great day for toes events. Meteorologist Rebecca Kopelman is here with the latest. Definitely a good day to be the pool and kol off it was a summer like day and all that heat sxh humidity contributed to showers and thunder storms that developed today and they were pretty much confined near and south of highway 30. We had a few further to the north that did pop up but now we still have activity continuing south of i80 and we had some heavy rain now and into the south in portions of washington and keokuk and even iowa counties. We have locally heavy rain surrounding we will man just to the northwest of washington and also to the east of significant your honor knee right there. There is lightning embedded in there and this will wind down within the hour since we lost the daytime heating since the sun has het. Temperatures have cooled down quite a bit and even if you Cool Temperatures down. 73 in cedar rapids. 77 in waterloo. And its still going to remain pretty humid as we head through the night tonight. Temperatures are going to fall down into the mid to upper 60s area wide. Could be very close to 70 degrees near highway 30 and there is the potential someone every once again similar to this morning for patchy fog to develop. You want to give yourself extra time to morning. Temperatures will be warming into the low to mid 80s air wide. Hot and humid and once again we have at chance for showers and storms. And we had some areas of pretty heavy rain today and thats because we have moisture moving in all the way from the gulf of mexico so its a very tropical air mass and overhead. Im sure you can feel it outside. That is contributing to the potential for some heavy rain and that will continue through the start of the workweek. Were going to have just have storms develop once again tomorrow and then well have a hire chance for storms on tuesday as a cold front approaches the area. Once again we have the potential to seek heavy rain. For tomorrow, likely going to see just a couple of scattered showers those pop up around 2 00. A little more scattered than what predictor is showing. Similar to today. Better chances will come tuesday afternoon as this front approaches and we can see some heavy rainfall near i80 after 2 00 to tuesday and it ul then well see some clearing and some nicer conditions move on in. This cold front is going to move through and drag down a cooler air mass from canada and thats going to keep this High Pressure system away from our area its going to set up a northeast flow in the upper levels of the atmosphere and that will lead to fall like conditions once again. So we have some summer like days to get through the next couple of days. Temperatures in the 80s and the tuesday. After that, we already see wednesday, it starts to improve with temperatures in the upper 70s and nights in the 50s. We could have three nights in the mid 50s across the area and a couple of days with lies just in the 70s then it the systems and well have another chance of rain by sunday. We can focus on the middle section it looks pretty nice. Truck on through until then. Kee still ahead on foblgs 28 news at 9. High profile murder. The cousin of kgan weighed was killed walking her baby on the streets of chicago. Police speak out about gun violence out of control. For some kids week long vacation with siblings sounds like a nightmare. For these kids it is a yearly im patty judge, and we know Chuck Grassley stopped the senate from working, but he also stopped working for iowa. As a farmer and a nurse, i learned iowa works best when we pull together. Used to be you could work with chuck. I did, plenty of times. But hes all politics and partisanship now. And hes turned his back on iowa. I approved this message because washington changed chuck, and its time we change our senator. A mother in minnesota is helping plan a a mother to our north in minnesota was so touched, so out rajd that she is now helping to plan a special celebration for little girl who was brutally murdered right after her 10th birthday. Best of your recollection best of your recollection has the story of another mom who is trying to do the best she can. I was shocked. Reporter it isnt your typical saturday shopping. Ms. Smith and a group of helpers head straight for the toy ill at walmart loading up carts i think victoria would have liked that one she liked purple. These women are planning a special birthday bash the one this 10year old didnt get to have. Even though this mom has no relationship to victoria when she heard a 10year old was brut tripled. [duration 0 06] . Thousands of people have responded to the f heavenly birthday. One man donated 200dollars . Specifically for these stuffed animals. [duration 0 07] also helping are families who suffered their own tragedies. [duration 0 01] grandmothers whose grandchildren were murdered. [duration 0 05] this group vows it wont stop community to come together. Reporter this group vows it wont stop here. Im here to help. I really am. Smith says she feels a calling. I want to be an advocate for children. Passing shop perz were touched. When it was time to check out even the cashier choked up. I think its a true testament to the community here. Reporter a touching response to a gruesome tragedy. Us good folks today. Reporter gabrielle thank you for reporting. Right now a group of foster kids feeling like they belong. They spent the week reunited with their siblings camping. Here the story from washington. Its a good way to see your siblings if you havent seen nem a long time. Reporter its not easy for brothers and sisters forced to and carroll if it wasnt camp to belong a Court Orchard summer camp toepd kids in the foster care they would never speak. Its hard, like, i mean i have 7 other siblings i dont get to see them either. Camp to belong executive director says camps occur in ten spots across the u. S. Every summer as well as in australia. A lot of times, you know, these kids go through life and theyre bouncing from home to home and living in different places and dont constant person in their life. But the sibling, your siblings who are the people who will be in your life the longest. Reporter like any sorry summer camp theres that lots after events and parties with cake and presents for ca