Lowest gas prices for the thanksgiving holiday since 2008. According to gas buddy. Today the average cost for gas is two dollars and one cents. And in eastern iowa. Weve seen even lower prices. Some places as low as one dollar and 93 cents and one dollar and 89 cents. Barb saffold runs a taxi service. She free rides during the holidays it means a lot to me because i days and nights. A lot of times that. I can volunteer my service because the prices arent that high on the gas. Many people say this is an early holiday present. Lets go to storm track seven meteorologist eileen loan now for a look at our travel recast. The roads are starting to get busy with travelers, but there arent any weather hazards out there right now. Tomorrow, although we will have an increase in low clouds, some drizzle and maybe some rain showers tomorrow with rain likely on thursday. The system is currently bringing rain to californiaia oregon and washington. We will see melting today. Temps are warming nicely, but we will be even warmer tomorrow despite the clouds. Ill have that forecast for you in a few minutes. Decision 2016 coverage now. A new poll of iowans has a shakeup at the top. Decision 2016 coverage now. A new poll of iowans has a hakeup at theetop. For the first time were seeing ted cruz close to leading. The new quinnipiac poll of likely caucus goers came out this morning. It shows donald trump back on top, with 25 percent support. Ted cruz is just two pointnt behind well within the margin of error, just showing how close the race is between the two now. Cruz has doubled his support in just four weeks. Ben carson is in third at 18 percent. Last months poll had carson leading in iowa. Meanwhile donald trump stands by his claim he saw muslims celebratii on nineeleven, despite several fact checks finding him wrong. I saw people getting together in fairly large numbers celebrating as the World Trade Center was coming down killing thousands of people. Now, hes not alone. Ben carson claims he saw film of american mususims in new jersey q were american muslims in new jersey cheering on 9 11 when q yes, can you expand on that was an inappropriate response. I dont know if, on the basis of that, you can say all muslims are bad people. I really think that would be a stretch. Nbc news found no instance of cheering in jersey city. Just a long, discredited rumor. Dodoald trumps appearance on saturday night live was a ratings hit but now nbc is responding to the other candidates asking for equal airtime. Nbc will air ads for four republican president ial candidates this frfray and saturdaa john kasich, mike huckabee, jim gilmore, and Lindsey Graham will each get 12 minutes of free advertising on 18 nbc affiliate stations in iowa, new hampshire, and south carolina. This is to comply with fcc regulations requiring eqal air time for nonnews coverage. Another gop candidate, george pataki, is still negotiating wi nbc. Continuing coverage this afternoon its been one month since a waterloo teen disappeared. His family says moe sed left without his medications. Hes a student at waterloo west. Police say theyre following up on leads and theyre looking everywhere for him. Even outside of waterloo. They say they have entered his information into the national database. If you know anything that can help police give them a call. New at noon a Chicago Police officer is charged with murder. Officer jason vanndyke is charged in the death of 17 yearold laquan mcdonald. The shooting happened last october, the officer shot mcdonald 16 times. Authorities say mcdonald ignored Police Orders to drop his weapon, and then lunged at officers. Van dykes Attorney Says thats when the officer opened fire in fear for his liff. The dashcam video releaseddf the shooting contradicted the Police Unions version of theres an effort to decrease arrests of native americans in iowa. Right now native americans make up nearly half of the public intox arrests in sioux city. The numbers have climbed in recent years. Police held a town hall to talk about ways to change that. Addicted, easy to point at nobody who thoss who have no hope, but what can we do change it . And all of us here have commitment to it, but i dont know how much of resources we have. Nearly a ird of the eople arrested for public intox in sioux city are white. Two men are ccarged with the murder of amanda blackburn. She was the pregnant wife of a pastor, who was shot during an apparent Home Invasion in an indianapolis neighborhood. The two men one 21, the other r 8 face multiple charges, including murder. The 28yearold pastors wife was found dead on november tenth. Her husband found her when he got home from the gym. The prosecctor says dna testing was the break that the first significant break was sweater or tshirt that covered the face of the individual who was utilizing the bank card from amanda blackburn. Both men are being hhd in jail. The family of a teenager arrested for bringing a homemade clock to school wants formal apologies and 15 million dollars. Lawyers for Ahmed Mohameds family say the family has suffered because of the arrest. They also believe ahmeds civil rights were violated. They want written apologies from the school district, ayor and popoice chief. Since the incident, the family has left the us and is now living in the middle east. A large trailer truck crashes into a starbucks at a rest area in japan. The vehicle ran onto a sidewalk from the parking lot and rammed into the coffee shop. Police say the truck driver was injured and taken to a hospital a worker who was preparing to open the store got hurt as well. Police are still trying to coming up. An inside look at how pancreatic cancer affects families, and why theyre hoping their stories will help savvothers. And, if you still havent moved your car or jeb bush leadership means youve got to be all in. Its not about yappin. Its not about talking. Its about doing. I know how to do this because i was privileged to serve in florida for eight years. And we turned the sysyems upside down t tt werent working. 1. 3 million new jobs were created. We cut taxes every year. Income rose in peoples pockets. People were lifted out of poverty. Children started to learn. As president of the united states, i pledge to you that i will solve problems. Announcer right to rise usa is responsible for the well be right back with your storm track seven forecast. There is still snow on the ground and it is still keeping us a little cooler than areas with none on the ground. We will see in. Ill have that wet thanksgiving day forecast for you coming up. Youe watching kwwl. Weve t you covered, with ally crutcher and meteorologist eileen loan. This s s the kwwl news attnoon now your storm track 7 forecast on kwwl. From the kwwl stormtrack 7 weataer team. See the screen for your complete weather information. Here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team more melting snowtoday and then even warmer temps track in with more moisture for tomorrow and thursday. Stormtrack7 live wwather network ameras are showing plenty of sunshine now, but we will have rain tracking in tomorrow. Temps are are in the mid 30s to low 40s as we head into the afternoon with 50s in sw iowa. Winds are from the southeass at 5 to 15 mph over most of the state and should stay there today and tonight, although turn more to the south for tomorrow we have a few clouds tracking through as well, although most of us are seeing quite a bit of sunshine. A warm front will not quite be able to track through the state as the cold front to the west pushes it farther south. But we will have more moisture streaming in. Drizzle is likely in the morning with rain showers in the afternoon and the potential for fog all day on wednesday. We stay relatively cool today with a small warm push for tomorrow. Partly cloudy today with highs back in the upper 30s to mid 40s with southeasterly winds. More fog tonight as temps only drop into the low to mid 30s and we have plenty of moisture tomorrow. Mainly with fog and drizzle, but light rain is possible in the afternoon. Ighs will climb into the mid 40s to around 50. We stay mild on thanksgiving day, although temperertures may fall during the afternoon. Rain is likely thursday with some snow possible thursday night into early friday morning. System is heading our way for the beginning of next week. There are some cities in eastern iowa that will give you a ticket if you havent cleared your sidewalk. Or moved your car in the past 48 hours. Now this is not true with all cities. Heres a break down cedar falls starting ticketing those who have not cleared their sidewalks this morning. In the cities of cedar rapids and waterloo. They requue people to shovel their sidewalks within 48 hourss. But will not ticket you right away. Theyll give you a warning. Iowa city is a little different. Youre actually required to clear your sidewal 24 hours after it snows an inch or more. Coming up. President obama is welcoming the president of france. As an ongoing Terror Threat leads to security changes around the world. And next an inside look at how pancreatic cancer affects families youre watching kwwl. Weve got you covered in dunkerton, tipton, its likcrime was committed. And it happens to about 125 people in eastern iowa every year. Theyre told they have pancreatic cancer. 7 percent will live five years after that diagnosis. Kwwls Jerry Gallagher sat down with people who know the pain to learn whats being done to change the outcome. You hope youre the one whos going to have your husband live, of 11 children. He had a pretty good smile. His smile was brightest surrounded by family in jesup and. Thh farm was his love. Ernies life changed dramatically. May 7th, 2012. It was my birthday. Thats why i remember it exactly. He got the news. Stage 4 cancer. We had never heard of pancreatic cancer. Like so many cases, ernies pancreatic cancer wasnt detected until it was too late. Sometimes with Breast Cancer, theres a lump. With all these pancreatic cancer, theres nothing. Janie schimt did not have a lot of time. It was probably the greatest memories we have. They celebrated their 45th wedding anniversary in myrtle beach with the entire family. From there, lots of pictures, videos and kisses with into hospice care eight months after his diagnosis. He said, i really want to make it to our 46th anniversary, and i said, dont you dare. he was in so much pain. Ernie passed away a week later, leaving behind a loving family, a cherished farm and compassionate communities. Between jesup, raymond and gilbertville, everywhere i went janie feel good too. Lining the streets of jesup, purple ribbons to raise awareness of a disease many feel does not get enough attention. One young woman in cedar rapids agrees. You should look just like me. Use your mirrors and step dancers to keep up with crystal kuehl. Are we good . But that wasnt the case two years ago. Exactly 9 days after ernie schmit a complete stranger passed away from pancreatic cancer, crystal knew something was wrong. A dance instructor for cr spirits, she felt very weak. I kept telling my mom, i cant news no one wants to hear. I was numb. I dont have cancer. Im only 20. The next three to six first came surgery to might have been growing inside her body for five years. Then chemo. We are so happy. Shes young, she beat it, we have all a rare form similar to what steve jobs had. This sucks. It might sound crazy, but i eat healthy, i sleep well, i dont drink pop. I dont drink a lot. You start asking yourself all those things and why did i get this . I was a good person in high school. At 23 years old, you can understand if she feels that way all the time. But she doesnt. She doesnt have time to. video of her pointing to her watch. its ok to have your days, but then youve got to suck it up dont feel good, but im still hanging in there and teaching my off her feet. Shes not losing her hair, but she can barely walk. But she will walk on. Right down the aisle very soon. Shes now planning a wedding. If you have to. You probably dont have much for thighs. Watching crystal teach, dance and smile. You see a young woman ready to beat pancreatic cancer. Shes not thinking about the 7percent survival rate after five years. These are the numbers crystal hopes to recruit an army of support to win the battle for her and future patients. I think thats our job, bringing awareness to this horrible cancer that is silent. Im constantly fighting. Just keep living. That was a special report by Jerry Gallagher. Crystals mom says hope is such a beautiful word and here is some hope. Researchers believe with just a drop of blood doctors may one day be able to detect pancreatic cancer in its early stages before it becomes deadly. To learn more about that new study and to follow crystals journey go to our website kwwl dotcom. Coming up. As we approach the holidays which companies are naughty and which are nice . A new report released today and, have no fear you can still get to your destination using a popular app without using up all your data google unveils offlin when they told me that i was diagnosed with cancer, all i could think of was my kids and that i didnt want to leave them. I beat cancer, but it is still scary. Now i have a preexisting condition. So, if republicans take away obamacare, Breast Cancer survivors like me could be denied coverage. If hillarys in the white house, shes going to continue obamacare, so that i dont have to worry anymore. I trust her, and i know shes going to fight for all of us. Im hillary clinton, still get turn by turn directions. Users can look up a location and download a map while theyre connected via wifi, then use the map without using any data. The app will also let you search for places like art galleries, restaurants and hotels, and get information like hours, phone numbers and reviews. For now the offline maps app is just on the android platform. Iphone users could see the app sometime before the new year. Are companies naughty or nice Consumer Reports releases its sixth annual report to let you know whos taking care of you. On the nice list cvs, which is expanding its medical commitment by adding hearing and vision cliniccat many stores, jetblue is nice for its free wifi. And target, thanks to its price match policy. Naughty Allegiant Air for charging for all the services beyond the ticket. Costco. For selling counterfeit tiffany jewelry. And fedex and u ps. Because theyre charging fuel surcharges even with falling gas prices. Coming up on kwwl, the mister food test kitchen. Chocolate, pecans, and pie. Its the perfect way to end any holiday feast. But first, a look at your latest numbers from wall street and the if youre doing everything right but find it harder and harder to get by,y,oure not alone. While our people woror longer hours for lower wages, almost all new income goes to the top 1 . 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. Im bernie sanders. I approve this message because together, we can make a Political Revolution and create an economy and democracy that works for all when it comes to what to serve the years, here in the test kitchen weve made almost every kind of pie tt you can that is impossible to resist. Wewestart out by melting some squares of unsweetened chocolate with some sweetened condensed milk. Once thats smooth, we stir in a bit of cornstarch thats been butter, and a pinch of salt. After everything is combined, we turn off the heat and stir in some pecan halves and pour it into a premade chocolate pie crust. Is that easy enough or what . Now this bakes for about a half an hour or so until it sets. Once it does, well cool it a bit before putting it in` the fridge to really firm up. What we end up with is more of a rich chocolaty fudgy pie with pecans than a pecan pie with only a little chocolate. You may want to serve this with some whipped cream and a little vanalla ice cream to round out its richness. I do hope yull go online and get the recipe for, chocolate pecan fudge pie, along with our ree holiday helpers ecookbook, packed with all sorttof Great Holiday recipes thatll win you rave reviews. Im howard in the mr. Food test kitchen, where today we found a got you covered. This is th its been her ght for twenty years. Something is wrong with our Healthcare System and ititeeds to be fixed. Then, it was about Health Reform and getting eight million kids covered. Now, its about stopping republicans from repepling obamacare, and taking on Insurance Companies to bring down drug prices. Im not going to let any family be deprived of healthcare. Im not going to let the republicans rip up obamacare and throw it away. Good morning, honey. Mmm. Honey . So sorry, mrs. Parker. So sorry. Transfer records with bewell 24 7. One of the Many Services provided exclusively to wellmark members. Call 84484bewell. Im ally crutcher lets go to storm track seven meteorologist eileen loan now for your first forecast. The roads are starting to get busy with travelers, but there arent any weather hazards out there right now. Highways and airports are not showing any problems today. And it should stay the same tomorrow, although we will have an increase in low clouds, some drizzl and maybe sommrain showers tomorrow with rain likely on thursday. The system is currently bringing rain to california, oregon and washington. We will see melting today. Temps are warming nicely, but we will be even warmer tomorrow despite the for you in a few minutes. California, oregon and washington. We will see melting today. Temps are warming nicely, but we will be even warmer tomorrow despite the to the white house today. The visit comes less than two weeks after terrorists attacked paris killing 130 people and leaving hundreds more injured. The two leaders are focused on ways to boost the coalition aiming to defeat isis in syria and iraq. The french president is expected to ask president obama for more action and ommitment of resources, including Us Special Forces on the ground. President obama has said he would not change orramp up his strategy against isis in syria. A family of five has a utility worker to thank for saving their lives. The worker went inside their home and woke them up after their ouse caught fire. A day the beach tururs into a shark frenzy. This is at a Florida Beach dozens of sharks come close to luckily no one was hurt. This is something most of us would run away from, not towards. But