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Complete newscast of the day. Protests against president elect donald trump are stretching into a third night. Thousands are marching in major cities many demonstrators remained peaceful but some are blocking the highways setting how the president elect took to twitter to attack the demonstrations. He accused the media of orchestrating t. Them. This morning donald trump to tweeting love the fact that the small groups of protesters last night have passion for our great country. We will all come together and be proud. There were . More demonstration s in iowa city today. Today. . Dozens of protesters walked . Right into the evening rush hour on interstate80 near dubuque street tonight. Iowa city police and the iowa state patrol were called in to deal with the situation. But it took about 15minutes to clear the road, leading to a massive miles. Eventually, the group marched back down dubuque street toward the downtown district. Despite the disturbances, police tell fox 28 news no one was arrested and no charges have been filed tonight. The public displays of defiance are now falling on a National Holiday honoring veter. Veterans. Fox 28 news spoke with some veterans about the protests. Most told us if they could survive a war they can survive a controversial president. I think veterans are more ready easily to adapt because situations of a great deal more adversity than not getting someone that they wanted or did not want into elected office. Office. Most veterans we spoke with today say it is important for all americans to get behind their new president. There are a number of Government Programs that support veterans as they age. Age. But one is dubbed the ghost benefit because so few even know about it. It. Fox 28 News Reporter joins us live. Dora. About 70 percent of veterans that qualify dont even know the benefit is there. Its also known as the a a pension and it might be changing very soon. Soon. Theres a benefit floating around for veterans. That most have never even heard of. Of. No, never, even in all my retirement briefings, never once was that mentioned. Mentioned. Its not as widely known as medicare or medicaid and this is just medicate or medicare, this is basically free money sitting on the table for veterans and spouses. Called the aide and attention for veterans giving veterans and spouses 2,100 for help with senior care costs. Could make a difference to afford an i home. He signed his motherinlaw up for the program. It helps with the total cost center where shes at and until she could stay there a long period of time. They have to have 25,000 or assets but the government is looking into throwing a wrench who qualifies. Looking to the va looking at 3 years back into financial history coul veterans and spouses. With only a select few even knowing about the program. Some veterans say it is time to do something about it the people who have convections with the Veterans Administration and vfw need to have questions about surviving spouses. There are other qualifications of veteran a representative before changes covering the corridor in cedar rapids, Dora Miller Fox 28 news after another gorgeous fall day the chill is definitely settling in for the night. Night. Meteorologist Brandon Marshall is here to tell us how low well go in your friday night new tonight after a 36year coaching career the head of the linnmar Football Program is stepping down. Down. Bob forsyth announced hes retiring. It comes after some parents filed complaints and allegations of abuse of players by an assistant coach. A state investigation cleared the coaches of any wrongdoing. Forsyth says he was not forced out but simply felt it was time to step aside. A violent fight broke out today near metro high school. School. Around a dozen people were involved near seventh street and 12th avenue. A fight broke out a dozen were involved near seventh and 12th one person was taken away in a patrol car and later charged with disorderly additional charges are pending. President elect donald trump is making some changes president elect trump is making some changes in the team that is helping to form his new a new transition chief vice a number of top surrogates during the Campaign Including governor christie, rudy giuliani, Newt Gingrich and doctor ben carson remain on the committee. Sources say all will be considered for top posts in the cabinet. Pence will serve as chief adviser, but president elect trump will have the final say. Once nominated the senate will hold confirmation hearings on trumps selections. Donald trump will become the fifth president in history to win the election but lose the popular vote. Today fox 28 of six iowans who will cast a vote for trump in the electoral college. College. Were republicans so were supposed to vote for donald trump, to be honest with you we dont have to, i could vote for anyone i like to thats what being called a faithfullest elector, and some people have done that over the years, but i am going to vote for donald trump. It appears millions of people who didnt want to vote for either candidate stayed home on election day. Day. Early figures now show the voter turnout over half of the eligible . . Voters actually showed up at the polls. Thats more than 18million fewer voters than in 2008. The last time numbers were this low bill clinton won in a landslide over republican bob dole in 1996. At the State Capitol right now republicans have selected a new Leadership Team after securing control of both chambers of the Iowa Legislature starting in january. January. State senator bill dix of shell rock will serve as the next s leader. State senator jack whitver of ankeny was named the new president of the senate. After tuesdays elections, republicans will have a whopping 10seat majority in the 50seat chamber. With the new legislative session two months away, republicans are now shaping a sizeable political agenda. Agenda. Fox 28 news statehouse reporter steffi lee has more on the gop plans and how democrats hope to regr. Group. Steffi now that iowa some democrats say its not only time for reflection but to also find new inspiration. Take pkg sot 05 08 07 its not always rs and ds and is out there you start keeping scoreboards of a person, you automatically kill the conversation right away. A key victory this year for republicans senator elect dan dawson defeating longtime former Senate Majority leader mike gronstal. His Top Priorities improving Mental Health treatment and helping veterans. Sot dan dawson r senator elect 05 09 33 one of the things i want to try to do is work with the systems between federal state and county as opposed to the three entities doing different things. Sot sen. Matt mccoy d des moines 04 46 08 28 this is a change electionbut state senator matt mccoy is wary the shift in legislative control could put issues like Public Education funding and gun laws at risk. He expects more republican support for a School Voucher Program Providing state dollars for parents who want to send their kids to private or parochial schools over public schools. Sot sen. Matt mccoy d des moines 04 35 13 20 i think that will undermine Public Education and the k12 system but democrats believe there are ways to overcome this tough defeat both at the state and national level. Sot pat rynard 04 48 34 10 i think we need to bring in a lot of fresh new blood, we cant rely on these older politicians who weve run over and over again. Former Democratic Campaign staffer pat rynard says it starts with the 2018 gubernatorial race. Sot pat rynard 04 52 07 maybe they pick someone to run as the nominee from a rural area maybe someone more from a suburban area i dont think that you can have a des moines rich liberal to win back those rural communities. And he says the party will have to recraft its message with a focus on rural iowa. Sot pat rynard, iowa the party will have the refocus a message on rural class voters feel like we actually care about them. In des moines, steffi lee, fox 28 news. The special election to fill the seat left by late democratic senator next on the fox 28 news at nine an exclusive report on the memories and tributes that are the nations most visible memor. Memorials. And well show you how you can help corridor commuters by joining our growing team. The simple steps to find an easier way home next on your fox 28 news at 28 morning live, with winter fastapproaching many home owners are getting their furnaces serviced. But more and more people are becoming victims of a new scam. What you need to know monday morning on this veterans day we wanted to share with. On this veterans day we wanted to share with you a a documentary called left behind with what people leave fox 28 news exclusive. Exclusive. There are few places on the american landscape as revered as the Vietnam Veterans memorial where more than 58thousand names are inscribed. It symbolizes sacrifice. For a generation visitors have been for a generations visitors have been placing items at the wall as a way to honor the fallen and heal from a war who still haunts a nation. Every night park rangers pick up whats left behind what you probably dont know, is that every item ends up in an unassuming warehouse in maryland. Floor, artifact storage is where the items are. It closedded to the public but what we found inside, you need to see. Stacks of blue boxes are housed and preserved here hundreds of thousands of objects placed at the wall. There are things you would expect. These are al along with the unexpected. It is one of a kind. A hero bike left at the wall in 1995 honors the man from wisconsin listed at either prisoners of war or missing in action. We were shown a few very special items so remarkable that we stepped back in time to tell the story behind the together a puzzle. There is emotional tape recording sent home days before being killed. Why, hello. How is every little thing on the home front . There is a helicopter blade lost at history for a generation found in a famers field in vietnam and then there is the almost unbelievable story of this war ravage. Craft it was crashed in the juggle. With the families that did not come home stories that honor and heal. This project has helped me so much with maybe just coming to grips with it in washington. A consumer alert for a thats suppose to save life, kitty hawk is recalling smoke and Carbon Monoxide detectors. The fear is that a homeowner could believe the alarm is still working putting them at risk. The mall is giving shoppers a head start on black friday, plan to open thanksgiving night from 6 00 until 1 a. M. And then on black friday from 6 a. M. Shopping centers all across the country expecting a big boost in christmas sales the National Retail federation says november and december gift buying should reach 655 billion that is up. Whether it is weekend getaways or your daily commute thousands of people deal with detours and delays. We want to help you navigate the roads of eastern iowa. Our weather first meteorologist shows how you can join our commute a little easier. Rain, snow, traffic cones, ice and tornadoes, we get it all here in the city of 5 seasons. Construction is one of those things that we have year round not just in cedar rapids but across the corridor, here on fox 28 were making it easier for you to deal with the fifth season with ways you can sign up to be a commuter and report accidents and road closures download the waze app, your face, scroll down to teams and there youll find cbs 2 corridor commuters, click on that, and then you are signed up and join the team. Now one last thing you want to do is go back to the main menu and scroll to settings go down to voice commands and you can use the app hands free. And you can report any activity investigation through waze on cbs 2 and fox 28 while youre downloading waze download the fox 28 news app search kgan cbs 2 in your favorite app store. Just ahead on your fox 28 news at 9 00. Something weve always dreamed of now we made our dreams come true. A full day of volleyball in cedar rapids ends with celebration for some of players in iowa, we have complete highlights from the state tournament. High pressure moving in clearing out the skies that will set the stage for a cold night some of the coldest temperatures of the season so far ill let you know how low we go and what you can expect here is another live picture tonight of ongoing protest. Here is at live look tonight pictures out of dallas texas, protesters protesting president elect donald trump, marchers are taking to the street so far, noreports of any this are playing out all across the country well continue to monitor this situation and bring you liveupdates throughout this newscast. Meteorologist Brandon Marshall will feel like fall this weekend temperatures will be probably the coldest of the season so far believe it or not there are areas south of i80 that havent been below freezing yet this season believe it or not, yeah, it is coming tonight, though most areas well below freezing into the 20s by the time you wake up look at live doppler radar, cedar rapids and iowa city as we expand the view, we are high and dry all over eastern iowa not expecting any rain for the next several days in fact 9 days since weve had any rain im not anticipating any until next friday that would make it 16 Straight Days without any rain which would be the most since early january have to go back almost 11 months High Pressure moving in pushing the clouds down into missouri clear skies light winds that will set the stage for a chilly you can see here a temperature change in the last 24 hours anywhere from 8 degrees colder to 21 degrees colder in waterloo and these will continue to go down as our temperatures continue to drop into the 20s so well have a cold start to the weekend upper 20s for most areas tomorrow morning sunny and cool back into the 50s slightly warmer and breezy conditions with temperatures near 60 as we get into sunday. So your corridor morning forecast clear and cold it will be calm ill look for 26 in 27 in cedar rapids and 28 in iowa city so grab a jacket when you head out tomorrow morning. Its been a not so normal november average temperatures 53. 6 degrees which is good for the third warmest on record so far weve been above normal every single day this month about 11. 1 degrees above normal for the first 10 days im expecting above average temperatures at least for the next week or because of this High Pressure that will shift to the southeast when we get into the afternoon hours here we are at 5 00 High Pressure sunshine temperatures in the middle 50s then were watching a cold front slowly start to make its way into iowa by the time we get into sunday evening that will come through on monday but only going to drop temperatures well into the 50s on monday we have Football Games for tomorrow iowa state taking on meanwhile uni are traveling to macomb to take on western illinois with the 1 p. M. Kickoff mostly sunny, cool 53 degrees for a kickoff and of course the hawkeyes big game tomorrow against michigan taking on the wolverines, temperatures of 44 degrees at kickoff, if youre going to the game make sure you have the jacket readings 26 to 28 in the north area about 27, 26 in monticello, 27 in cedar rapids and 28 in iowa city. As far as tomorrow goes, well have a chilly start sunny and cool pleasant 5 to 15 looking at 53 to 55 in the north. Sunny and cool, 53 to 55 degrees for High Temperatures, your extended forecast, 60 cooler on monday as that weak 60s for the middle part with another system looking to come through on friday bringing your next chance of rain that should cool us down next week. Next on news at 9 00. 22 this year, i didnt get to watch him grow up. How one family is turning their personal grief into a mission of awareness before more kids take part in a deadly its called a game and its been around for. It is called a game been around for decades but nobody it has many names and variations but one horrible reality, kids can die. The choking game, continues to fascinate children and young adults as fox 28 News Reporter tara morgan reports one family turned their grief into awareness in tonights family 411 report. He was my first child and i mean, we did everything together. Reporter hunting rodeos and sports he did it al he was 22 this year, i didnt get to watch him grow up. Time has not healed his fathers heart. Like yesterday i mean i remember everything. Kayden was out of his parents site no more than 10 minutes the night of january 31st 2007. I walked down the stairs he was on the floor with the shoestring tied around his it . I didnt know he was playing the choking game. Tempting fate to get a high from passing out there are a couple variations one by squeezing on the arteries. One variation is getting someone to breathe really fast and to blow off all their carbondioxide or hold their breath or push on their chest so they cant take a deep breath. Saying either way, youre flirting with something terribly dangerous. The brain is very unforgiving. It needs oxygen all the time. You can have permanent damage. The doctor says there are signs to watch for and encourages parents to talk to their children about the risky behavior. Im hopeful parents will or busted blood vessels. You might die the first time but night not . Why take the chance. I loved them with all of my heart. I wasnt supposed to bury my son he is supposed to bury me. A dark tale they will share to anyone who listens. Money i cant spend on my grandson i can spend making awareness. Hoping to save another family a life of pain. Had to live without that my son has had to live without. Tara morgan, fox 28 news. Ron says he has spoke with students in the past and would like to continue bringing awareness into the schools. Coming up tonight on your fox 28 news at 9 00 a big day for some star athletes complete coverage from state volleyball in cedar rapids and state championship friday at the cell center and for cedar. It is championship friday at the south center for cedar falls history is on the line the tigers were one win away. Taking on the two down two sets to nonbut not going away, third set grace, drops the hammer and here come the tigers. But the jags where the kings of the jungle matty, block, centennial wins their Third Straight with a sweep. And waller looking to add getting by top ranked pella the future ucla bruin hammers one for the Golden Eagles who else it is may with the kill for the win she finished with 21 and winning their 18th state volleyball championship with a three set sweep. Obviously want to celebrate, we want to have a great time but knowing that we have left our mark it is unbelievable. Something that weve always dreamed of and now we made our dreams come true oh my gosh. Just like exhilaration. Its been a long tim and especially this senior group to see them kind of put this program on their back and work really hard. 3a new hartford trying to get their title in the last six years union looking for their school in history and the knights setting up brauner, the spike had too much firepower thewolverines gets to peterson and dropping it down becoming state championship in three different classes with a four set winner. Our leaders just steped up i could hear them say that we need to step it up, pick it up and finish and take care of it here. A good game is back and fourth all the time you have to get on the run and if you have to get on a run you know you have to stop them it is unreal right now i cant explain how i feel like it is just awesome. Columbus catholic with the task of Knoc Christian in the 2a final the sailors gave it everything they had Lauren Mcmannus with heat on that kill, every time columbus would get close western christian would go on a run ashton sends one right into your living room and the wolf pack make it back to back with a sweep. James is looking to go back to back with 1a, the pirates had hopes of winning their first she smacks home the spike the night belonged to janesville, hammers it home and the cubs repeat as 1a champs. Very emotional a lot of happiness and sadness knowing it was the last time playing on the court but i got to do it with an amazing bunch of girls glad i could get it done and have my last game and last high school, anything for a sport with these girls on the 2014 was the last time cedar rapids washington and iowa city, warriors won but this team isnt like that trojan team to get to this point they knocked off number 5 and number 6 in the state now have their sites set on the trojans would answer in the second evan flitz drops back and drops one right on the money to Oliver Martin catch game tied at 7 then just before the half its flitz again this time to devontea lane hes in for another score right now west is up in the third. In class a Gladbrook Reinbeck up against saint ansgar tied at 14 in the third and thats when gr showed their strength parker brown running over saint defenders on his way into the endzone rebels take a 7 point leadand then in the 4th theyd put this one on ice gage murty bulls his way from a yard out and the rebels move on theyll face bishoph garrigan in the finals next thursday. Basketball is back iowa tipped off their season against kennesaw stateand it was a chance to see what the young guys could do Cordell Pemsl didnt disappoint hes leading the break and gets the bucket and hte foul and we all know what peter jok can do xxx late start tongiht hawks up big in the second half season by putting up over a hundo on Savannah State montea morris led the way with 21 and 11. The iowa women also opened up their season at carver hawks hosting oral roberts any ally disterhoft looked to be in midseason form the west high product was on fire a career high 29 points from ally she also grabbed 7 boardsand megan gusfufson wasnt far behind on the scoreboard she drops in the turnaround jay for 2 of her 25 iowa wins easy 96 both iowa state and uni started their season with w as well the cyclones took iowa state and uni start with the w cyclones take usp, and madison led that with 15 points basketball, valley ball, the only thing were missing is wrestling, dont forget hockey. Lets talk to Brandon Marshall about this weekend. Will be back into the 20s. Welcome back, some of the coldest temperatures on the season, clearing out our skies pushing the clouds all the way down into missouri clear sky is in the light winds temperatures drop into the 20s for your corridor morning forecast clear and cold, it will be calm with a light southeast wind temperatures range from 26 in center point to 27 in cedar if were going to kennick the big game against the wolverines a 44 degrees with clear skies it will be a chilly night for hawkeye and wolverine football now go beyond the seven day this is our two week forecast separate it into two weeks as you can see here, here is the normal line what you can see at the beginning of the period the normal high is 49 as we go to the end of the period the normal High Temperature is 41 on the 25th of n the dates are down below so the first week of beyond the 7 day as we go out to next friday to the 18th you can see were well above normal with temperatures in the 50s and 60s were watching a storm system that right now the long rage models have been tracking through the Northern Plains through next friday thats going to drop temperatures down as it will tap into cold canadian air were expecting temperatures for next weekend to be well perhaps mid40s across eastern iowa before we do start the thanksgiving week as we do lead into thanksgiving with temperatures middle 40s to near 50 degrees thats something well be watching over the next couple days looks like the weather pattern well change over the next as we get into next weekend 54 sunshine, 57 on monday as the weak cold front will move through as we get into tuesday, wednesday and thursday temperatures will get back into the 70s looking for 61 on tuesday, 63 on wednesday, pretty mild for thursday as were back into the upper 60s like i mentioned that significant storm which is going to be tracking at this point up through the dakotas that will bring showers on friday with a high of 58 it is after that when that cold air mass will settle in you can see have flowers bloom in on their patios because it is going to be dry they have to water them . This is strange. Its been such a mild and warm november but the pattern is going to be changing here pretty soon well get back to those 40s and average temperatures. Absolutely. Next on the fox 28 news at 9 00 years of waiting down to the final days how the university of iowa celebrating its new Childrens Hospital before the first patients arrive when the fox 9 00 returns hello. Im mark hyman. The election is over. Heres whats happening behind the headlines. Its time to move forward. But this doesnt mean we shirk our responsibilities. We learned a lot, courtesy of leaked emails. Foundation activities were sometimes not very charitable. Oftentimes, foreign governments had to make donations to the foundation in order to get an audience with secretary of state hillary clinton. Its okay to become rich. Even filthy rich. But not while using public office. And claims of charitable work beg scrutiny. The. Claims of charitable work beg scrutiny. The 2 billion Clinton Foundation says success is columbia so a journalist went there, he has worked with news outlets like jones, slate, the nation and npr. Looked with 50, the Clinton Foundation identified, these people tell a very different story there are claims of clinton business partnerships allegations are explosive this may explain why organizations ignored the story, i dont have time to lay out the entire investigation, reread the expose on yourself, it is time to investigate the clinton at the university of iowa today the long road to a st. At the university of iowa the long road to a state of the have been working on the brand new Childrens Hospital. Hospital. Today area leaders gathered to dedicate the new building. Its formal name is the stead family Childrens Hospital. During todays dedication one young patient shared his story. My mom figured out i figured out i spent 10 of my days living at the hospital by the time i turned 4. That means i had a lot of mile stones here, i even learned how to ride a bike at th hospital was built to help families and patients feel as much at home as possible. It also has the highest level of neo natal intensive care. The first patients will move in december tenth. A corrdor ministry that helps others showed off its new home. Tonight. Matthew25 ministires held a grand opening a short time ago. Their new headquarters is located near southwest. Tonights festivities included a youth art display, food, tours and more. Leaders say the new space will allow them to offer much more to the community. Were excited for our open mic nights to just expand because we can host more people and were excited to just reach more of the youth community, the Youth Arts Community specifically by having this groundswell space. Space. After helping so many flood victims in recent years, grand opening, . Because of the flooding cedar rapids opening because of the flooding that cedar rapids experienced last month. For the class of 2016 College Graduates are facing sobering numbers that diploma comes with a huge price tag on average grads are 37,000 in debt just over half 51 of recent graduates say they are actually working in jobs that some employers on the other hand say there are millions of high paying jobs that are going unfilled because they cant find workers with the right skills in North Carolina that has High School Students taking a second look at useless majors some are now trying instead. My friend has a degree and working at best buy. With ours they are fully guaranteeing a job basing a salary after 53,000, cant get much better than that. Dont get a degree in german polka history. And full measure with Cheryl Atkinson is sunday at 9 00 on fox 28. Next Brandon Marshall gives you a look at your forecast how the butterburger is made of just three cuts of fresh midwest beef. 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You may have seen the story in 1908 she never gave up hope and lived to see it happen but now her family says sadly, mable has passed away. Family members say she listened went to one game in person for her 90th birthday, they say, yes, it is sad mable passed away a very happy woman. She got to see it happen thats what matters really cold this weekend. Chilly to start your morning off the forecast upper 20s clear skies and cold as we go through the afternoon well see right around 54 for 3 00 so pretty perfect november day. Brad while some fall sports have wrapped up, others keep charging on, like the Football Team who found another conference win while on the road. We break it down with coach farley and well look ahead to the final road test of the regular season. We find out who taught Dshawn Dexter the phenomenal work ethic he brings to the Football Team. Season, and recap this year soccer program