Right now, lowpaid workers in linn county are one significant step closer to a ra. Raise. On a four to one vote closer to a raise. On a 41 vote linn county supervisors passed the first wading are reading a minimum wage increasing if passed it would increase 7. 25 rate to 10in to 25 an hour by 2019. Fox 28 News Reporter joe huis favor of the raise. Reporter they want to raise it to give workers a liveable pay. We are in the position because state has to the done anything in almost 10 years. Reporter the supervisors generally agree on the 3 dollar increase over 3 years but today they removed an automatic raise based on the Consumer Price index every year after 2019. I just dont believe in tying the hands of future policy makers to a formula. That are at that particular minimum wagewhile the county is sold on a wage increase some members of the public are not. Richard bice is a retired Business Owner who continues richard bice is a retired business own here mentors young companies. The only place a Small Business has that he can control things is in the salary range. How many people i hire whats when people are in financial trouble. 14but supervisor ben rodgers disagrees disagrees businesses do have the they do have the ability to change their business plan. , minimum wage earners dont so their are people on the low end of low wages that are barely surviving and this is trying to address some of those issues. Another issue is how the county would enforce it. It. It. The there is not a clear answer on enforcement other counties are look on how tone force a business to pay. Reporter covering the corridor in cedar rapids joe huisinga. There are state agencies that could help address wage enforcement issues but believes the proposed increase has two more votes to pass. All of eastern iowa enjoyed a dry day today. And there are plenty more where that came from. Chief meteorologist terry swails joins us with the weather first forecast. Mother nature is on cruise control. Northerly winds are blowing in and thats bringing comfortable weather to the upper midwest around for several days to come. Our current temperature is at 67 degrees. Wind are out of the north northeast now and you can see the dew point back in the 50s. Thats a good place for for several more days. Wind again throughout the upper midwest have turned out to the north. And thats very important because it shuts down all the moisture that comes up from the the gulf of mexico and leads tohumidity and with temperatures tonight getting back down into the 50s in many locations, it will be a little cooler around the edges come tomorrow morning. You can see skies are fair out there tonight and thanks to the High Pressure and that will lead to more sunshine tomorrow and with dry air and light winds it is going to be in the middle 70s in many spots. Labor day weekend is the last long weekend for boating season and many iowaans will seize the opportunity to get on the water. Steffi lee has top safety tips for the heavy traffic that is expected. Reporter iowa dnr has tips to make sure youre safe on waters this weekend. And one of them starts with always making sure you have a life jacket with you. If you are going to enjoyy skies, and watt skies and water this labor day weekend. Be patience and considerate of other people trying to get on and off the water. Reporter courtesy is not the only reminder for safe boating adventure. Boating law administrator says the law requires anyone 12 years old and younger to wear a life jacket. If you are not wearing it, you are not going to sur rieive. Reporter but stocker says everyone on board should have one in case of an emergency. It doesnt really matter how okay. The current is going to take you away you are exhausted and panicking so life jackets are the only thing that keeps youafloat. Reporter sailorville lake marine general managers say pay attention. Dont assume they are watching for you. Always keep make sure you know where everybody is. Reporter and if you are driving the boat ditch the booze or find a designated driver in in iowa over 50 of our fatalities involve and on a National Level thats only 34 . Reporter in des moines steffi lee fox 28 news. Stock are says so far this year 6 people stocker says so far this year 6 people died in boating accidents twice as many as last year. A robins man is homeless after an Early Morning fire. Crews were called to 2762 north center point road just after 7 this morning. Firefighters tell fox 28 news the homeowner managed to escape unhurt. But the home is a total loss. City are hoping a large piece of land on the south east side of town will be transformative. E. Fox 28 News ReporterMellaney Moore found out what the city has p. Planned. Iowa city leaders hope that sooner rather than later, businesses will plant themselves in this Industrial Park. The Industrial Park is about 173 acres purchased in 2008 or so in order for us to be ready for the next time an and needs a significant amount of space. Ford says companies can be on tight time tables. Its very wise for cities to be ready ahead of time, so they can timely respond to the requests for information about land opportunities in the area. The city has had some interest each month in the land that costs 2. 4 million. We respond to those in hopes of being able to attract one of those a new school and subsequent Neighborhood Development nearby will take advantage of a new park. About 70 acres is designated right now for a sports park. The plan includes baseball and soccer fields and open area to meet future needs. We look at it not only being a needs. We look at it not only being a Community Amenity butpossibilities for hosting larger regional events records in iowa reporter in iowa set they Mellaney Moore. P before the city council next week. One of the key issues supporters of republican nominee donald trump latch onto his call to make mexico pay for a border wall. Today, trump met with mexicos president in a surprise visit. Trump says the issue over who would pay for his proposed wall never came up during the talks. But mexican president enrique pereznieto said otherwise saying later he made it clear wall that. Joint News Coverage he said it was important for both countries to share a mutual respect. Trump called the hour long meeting substive direct and constructive. Trip was preview of a major speech on immigration he delivered moments ago. Fox 28 news political reporter and host of iowa in Immigration Reform has been a hot topic in the since the 2012 election when mitt romneys comments about selfdeportation for Illegal Immigrants was cited as a big reason republicans lost hispanic voters. In 2016 donald trump has staked out a few positions as his policy morphed into what we heard earlier tonight. Tonight. Trump gave as an official president ial candidate in june last year. Year. Now think of it. If youre mexico, youre not sending your best people over in mexico you are not sending the best people over here we get killers and drug dealers and we are getting rapists. Reporter at first he suggested building a wall along the Mexican Border and forcing mexico to pay for it after the attacks in san bernardino. Donald j trump is calling for a total and complete down of muslims entering the United States until our countrys representatives can figure out what the hell is going on. Reporter that ban was eventually refined to regions of the world over run by terrorism. I am looking at terrorists people so upset when i used the word muslim remember this, and i am okay with that because i am talking territory not muslim. Reporter as recently as iowa he said he was talking immigrants out. We were expecting him to take a pivot the campaign hinted at it and he he hinted on the campaign trail hinted on the campaign trail he may have been softening his approach or focusing on the securing and then focusing on deportation, but a cbs report here travels with donald trump on the campaign trail just tweeted out that he says there will be priorities but that everyone will be subject to deportation that is what it means to have laws. So while we thought this was going to be a l different feel, it seems to just be kind of trumpp 2. 0 doubling down on some of the earlier immigration ideas. In the newsroom Kevin Barry Fox 28 news. During the speech democratic nominee Hillary Clinton responded on twitter the former secretary of state said trump just failed his first foreign test diplomacy is not as easy as it looks. Our mission at fox 28 news is to connect the president ial candidates to our viewers to candidates to participate in extended interviews not only with our station but with oursister station across the country we want to hear from you tell us what you want to know from the candidates. What issues are relevant to you what would you ask Donald TrumpandHillary Clinton. Please share your thoughts with us. The family of a former president came to iowa today in support of the democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend is the niece of president john f. Kennedy. She told supporters today tha will shatter more social barriers. In doing so i think it opens the door for men because it says that everybody has a place everybody can dream big, everybody can say that the barriers that they thought might apply to them doesnt apply. Also on the campaign trail for clinton today, republican meg whitman who spoke to formed a Political Group taking in donations from republicans who refuse to support donald trump. Questions surrounding Hillary Clintons use of a private email server while secretary of state are not going away. The fox 28 News National correspondent jeff barn reports new developments raised more questions. Reporter at least 30 email reportedly related to the benghazi attack four years ago that killed 4 americans were not included in 60,000 pages turned in by mrs. Clinton from her private server while she was secretary of state. Its frustrating because you see government corruption and its in your face government corruption and we are seeing it in realtime. Reporter attorneys for the state department are asking until the end of september to redact any classified emails. But the judge in the case has asked the attorneys to submit a report within the week explaining why the retax process would take that long. Hillary clinton said repeatedly personal emails not related to her duties as u. S. Secretary of state. But since that has been debunked by the fbi tom tells meet scandal is much larger than a political campaign. Its pretty clear the clinton email scandal is an obama scandal because of the complicity or coconspirator relationship in keeping the records away from the american people. Reporter this latest twist comes as a poll out today has Hillary Clintons unfavorability rating reaching a new high. Among potential voters 56 compared to 41 who have a favorable view. Some pundits has the email issues is take its toll. In washington its never the crime butts cover up and this is yet another crime but the cover up and this is the example. Reporter it will last beyond november 8 into the it will continue no matter who the president is. Reporter in washington jeff fox 28 news reached out to the Clinton Campaign for comment. Press secretary tweeted that the campaign believes some or possibly all of the 30emails about benghazi are duplicates of other emails that were originally turned over. Protecting the saving theity of the person election next sanctity of the american election. Why corridor leaders say when it comes to a secure vote they are ahead of the curve. And eastern iowa is about to enjoy some fall like weathe weather first chief meteorologist terry swails tells us how low the temps will vernon a lot of childish bickering stopping you from getting things done. But it was my house as i raised three daughters while starting a Small Business. Im Monica Vernon. Weve got to help hardworking families with affordable childcare, expanded family sick leave, and equal pay for equal work. Im Monica Vernon, and i approve this message because its time to get something done the cooler temperatures are for some fall treats. Treats. How to make pecan pie cornbread tomorrow on fox28 morning live recent accusations claim russian hacker recent being aation claim rashan hackers tried to recent accusation claim hackers from russia tried to break into political information. Kevin barry will explain why corridor voters should feel more secure than the rest the nation. This is where each voter feeds the paper ballot. Reporter inionson counted. Every square inch is covered by Security Camera so it would be impossible to steal a ballot from us. But a letter from the fbi is warning every state to be extra careful not only of hardware tampering but of hackers tampering with an election digitally. Linn county Auditor Joel Miller iowa because the machines dont connect to the internet. In linn county results are driven to the Auditors Office by people. People. Were pushing information out to the we are pushing information out to the internet not pulling or allowing information to come back in. And thats just after results have been talied. Reporter he says theres talk of one day linking the machines across county lines making it easier to catch voter fraud. Pricey Encryption Software means it has not been implemented. Elsewhere. I feel confident iowa has the best procedures and poles sis in place when it comes to security. Reporter for anyone skeptical iowa law man dates a paper ballot and therefore a paper trail for every vote. Theres that plan b in place that we can asure the voters and the electorate of what the fox 28 news weipert says the biggest barry fox 28 news. He says the biggest problems they have come from felons who apply to have their Voting Rights restored and from people from other countries who dont realize they have to be an american citizen to vote. Nor for med pli cal headlines join kevin barry for iowa in focus every sunday morning at 9 30 right here on fox 28. A local ad campaign is feeding off the high emotions of this election. A billboard on first avenue and 6th street in cedar rapids shows caricatures of donald trump and Hillary Clinton and says, moving to canada . I will skogman realtor wanted a oohed to make people wanted a ad to make people laugh. The easiest option is to apply and get a job in canada. If yew doctor, lawyers schoolteacher engineer Computer Systems analysts or whatever anything professions, you can acanadian employer who want to hire you and is prepared to write a letter basically supporting you to come to canada. And if you are still determined to join our neighbors to the north experts advice you to hire a lawyer to make sure the transition is done correctly. It seems like canada is sending us the nice cool crisp air. If we are going to get air from a canada, this is the time of year to get it because its nice and comfortable as opposed to january when its just the opposite. And and so now here we are in the last day of august. And boy the weather pattern looks really nice for us. Starting to see signs of fall and that means comfortable temperatures. We will give outlow down on what to expect in weather first im Hillary Clinton and i approve this message. He wears it like a crown. Make America Great again. But trump made his shirts in bangladesh. His ties in china. And his suits in mexico. In fact, the real donald trump outsourced his products and you cant make America Great again, if you dont make things meteorological summer is about to come to an end here in eastern iowa. We consider that june, july and august. Its a lot easier do keep statistics that way to keep statistics that way and the summer has been a wet one. We have talied up the numbers and almost 20 inches of rain has fallen in cedar rapids make in the 6th wettest on over 6 inches above what we typically see. As far as temperatures go, its also been warm. Apartment average reading 72. 5 degrees thats about a degree a little above a degree above normal. And thats the 19th warmest on record. So, you put it together and you can see its been wet and its been warm since summer started on june 1st. And tonight, we are starting to see signs of fall moving into the upper midwest thanks to a big change in the overall weather pattern. Now winds are coming from the all the gulf of mexico moisture and with the dry air over the top of us today it felt comfortable outside for a change. And the dew points sometime during the day were down to the low to mid50s. That was generally in the mid afternoon hours. Now, as we get towards sunset theres more moisture and dew points have gone up a bit and they are in the 50s within they will stay for the next couple days we expect to see nice comfortable conditions especially with temperatures back like this tomorrow most of us in the upper 70s to around 80 degrees. You can see covers a lot of real estate over the upper midwest. You can see that theres not much happening too. High pressure has pretty much gotten rid of the hours and thunderstorms those are going to be out of the forecast now for several days to come. Tomorrow look at temperatures readings on this model exsptsed to stay around 73 degrees. I am expected to stay around 73 degrees i think thats few below but 75 and 76 is a pretty good bet and the dew points should be holding into t