Southern and eastern counties with some but chills in the upper teens to is headed our way. Ill have that forecast for you in a few minutes. Our top story this morning. A black friday bonanaza. System is headed our way. Ill have that forecast for you in a few minutes. And west. It will be breezy and cool here with temps in the 30s, but chills in the upper teens to low 20s all day. We dry out for the weekend, but another system is headed our way. Ill have that forecast for you in a few minutes. Our top story this morning. A a big day for holiday shoppers. Some of you might be waking up right now thinking about your game plan for the day. Kwwls Amanda Gilbert joins us live out in front of the best buy in waterloo which opened last night then closed at earlier this morning. It will reopen again eight oclock. Jerry it is for sure a rainy black friday. Its been raining pretty much all morning. But as you can see that hasnt stopped people from heading to this best buy and getting some great deals. The two big items everyone seems to be buying right now. Beats and t. V. S. Ive also met some a lot of shoppers who say theyre just here for the black friday tradition. Browsing to see if they find anything they like. Some are trying to get some early Christmas Shopping out of the way. One things for sure. Its been a busy morning. A lot of people out. Even at crazy hours like 2 and 3 in the morning. One family i spoke to at 2 in back. But weve been to all other places like to the malls. And just all stores possible. Yonkers. I dont even remember all the other ones. Its been so long. Olivers been taking pictures every hour. Heres some of the pictures he took. He says this is a Family Tradition theyve been doing for many years. The other thing i loved about this family is they said the rain didnt bother them. They said theres been black fridays that have been a lot colder. But they. Along with most people i talked to this morning. Say they dont like that stores are opening on thursday now. Weve got you covered. Amanda gilbert. Kwwl news. The best buy amanda is at opens at 8 today. Keep watching today in iowa to say how many people come out to wait for the doors to open. All stores dont open at the same time. So if you have any questions weve posted a list of when stores will open their doors today. Check it out on our website kwwldotcom. Across the country, walmart is seeing big crowds. This is what the retail giants Flagship Store looked like over night as black friday kicked off in arkansas. As we saw there with amanda the Holiday Shopping season is off and running. But not all deals are being found inside the store. Mark barger explains how the traditional deal days are transforming. Santa got an early start this year. With holiday deals launching well before the holidays. Amazon really started its christmas strategy this year in the summer. Not only has black friday morphed. I dont think theres any question were moving towards a black november. Cyber mondays no longer just one day. Some are calling it cyber week in fact, the majority of online Holiday Shopping traffic is expected to come from mobile devices for the first time, according to adobe. But with expanding promotion periods. It can be tough sorting out the best deal. Making a list and checking it twice can help. Know what you want and always go and compare at amazon thats my big tip if youre after a must have holiday toy. Get it before its gone. Regardless of the deal. Once you spend the money if another retailer sells something for less money at a future date you can often go back and get might pay off when retailers size up their initial holiday sales if they start to see a weakness, theyll throw out some more deals, so you may which could make the Holiday Shopping season even more jolly. Mark barger, nbc news. Another tip for online shopping. Know your credit card policies about fraud and keep an eye on those holidays. Sometimes bogus charges can sneak through after the new year. Along one of the countrys most popular shopping districts. Chicagos magnificent mile. Holiday shoppers could meet protesters today. A major demonstration is being organized along michigan avenue. The point is to bring attention to the violence in chicago and to call for change through mass demonstrations and voter registration. The city has been on edge this week after video showed a white officer shooting and killing a many people are very upset it took a year for the video to be released. In minneapolis, a protest at a police station. Theyve dug in for a few weeks now after an unarmed black man was shot by an officer. Demonstrators spent their thanksgiving holiday together. Its kind of like a celebration community. Were building each other up. Some said the number of people who showed up on the holiday is instead of a galaxy far, far away. A truck hauling star wars toys ends up spread out along a highway. The truck had a full load of brand new toys when it crashed outside of oklahoma city. Troopers say the driver was trying to take a curve a little too fast. The toys could be seen hanging over the edge of the interstate. Authorities say one person was injured. But is expected to be ok. Elsewhere. A terrifying situation for for members of one family. Two sisters were talking to a friend. When their truck was carjacked with children inside. They say a man jumped in and took off. It happened in houston. The children in the truck were only one and three years old. The women wasted no time they got in their friends car and took off after the thief who eventually stopped and pushed both children on to the street. But the drama wasnt over there. We grabbed them and he turned around, hit a pole, and came back towards us. And it over, so i just got out the way. The children luckily were not hurt. Police found the truck crashed into a building. But there was no sign of the thief. From pound puppy to k9 officer in iowa. Jannay towne explains how a fiveyearold boy helped an abandoned pooch get a job on the bosco hi bosco. Fiveyearold tristan sommerfeld helped welcome the newest member of the ankeny tristan, raised money for bosco he can find lost kids. Police dept. grab something that he should not be playing with, like a shoe, quite enough frequently. Tristan wants to be a give back to his community. tristan, raised money for bosco my birthday, a lot of people gave me some money. amber sommerfeld, tristans mother for his birthday, tristans birthday in october, from friends and family, we asked for donations for the k9 fund. The five year old donated 1,500 to the canine fund, others followed suite. To date, the city has raised about 30,000 dollars to bring bosco from a rescue shelter in indiana to ankeny. chief gary mikulec, Ankeny Police dept. he can find missing persons, hes also trained to find drugs. officer bret lappin, Ankeny Police dept. weve had some cases in the past where people be very helpful. Handler, bret lappin, a when i was your age i wanted to be a Police Officer too. Thanks to support from amber sommerfeld, tristans mother its paying it forward and gifting to the community and the superheroes we call the police and the Fire Department and the people that serve. A way of showing their appreciation to the good guys. nats you donated all of your pretty special. Thanks to them, one day this rescue dog may come to the others in ankeny. The officer and his new partner head to omaha for training next week. We take a live look at 380 and i80 where an accident has taken place and crews are on the scene. Well breing you more once we have an update on the situation its coming up on today in iowa. A new flu vaccine could help protect some of our most vulnerable. Plus. The search for one of the most wanted men in the world continues with police raids in one country. Rain, sleet and snow are tracking away from us this morning and we will dry out for our way for the beginning of youre watching kwwl, weve got you covered with jerry gallagher, ally crutcher and meteorologist eileen loan. This is today in iowa. Now your storm track 7 forecast on kwwl. From the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. See the screen discover the latest from the amop\ premium foot care line, to see why women are admiring their beautiful nails. They have good reason. Introducing the latest innovation from amop\, the new electronic nail care system specially designed for your toenails and finger nails with 3 heads for filling, buffing and shinning. An easy way to have natural looking shiny wow nails. Wow the new electronic nail care system from amop\. Here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team we will keep clouds, especially in the south and east today. And breezy conditions all over, but we should dry out. Rainfall amounts were mostly half an inch to two inches over the kwwl viewing area. The roads are mainly wet, although some back roads may ice up Weather Network cameras will keep the roads looking wet for a few hours until the winds can dry things out. Temps are in the upper 20s to mid 30s this morning with teens to the west where they had clear skies overnight. North winds are 1020 mph and will gust higher at times today. They will also stay from the north today and tonight. The rain, sleet and snow are tracking out, and there is some snow trying to head our way, but we will start to dry out a bit as those north winds bring in drier air. Although we may have some areas of drizzle today. The front will very slowly track away from us, so we will keep clouds over at least half of our today. Temps will stay cool in the region today and tomorrow with highs mainly in the 20s and 30s today and 30s tomorrow. Our viewing area will have highs in the 30s with north winds at 1020 mph keeping wind chills in the upper teens and low 20s. We will be dry tonight with lows in the upper teens to mid 20s and we manage to get into the mid 30s to around 40 for saturday with mostly sunny skies. Another system heads our way for monday and tuesday with another chance of with another chance of rain and snow. Straight ahead on today in iowa a new vaccine might help seniors fight the flu more effectively. Plus. A new pair of glasses aims to bring more color into the world for many people. Stay with kwwl, weve got you covered. And when you see news or if you have pictures or video to share. You can do that by going to our page on facebook. You can also like our page to stay up to date on breaking news and weather information. More raids in belgium as the today is the day. Hellmanns and holiday leftovers become irresistibly creamy turkey casserole. Real delicious hellmanns. Bring out the hellmanns. Continues. Hes suspected of being part of the paris terror cell. He was seen with another suspect at a gas station before the paris attacks. Belgium has lowered its Terror Threat level but the government said theres still a serious risk. The fda approves a new flu vaccine for seniors. Many seniors have a poor immune response to vaccines. And are at risk for severe complications of the flu. The new vaccine is called fluad it has a booster that helps stimulate the immune system so the vaccine is more effective. Its expected to be available next year. So far 133 million doses of this years flu vaccine have been given nationwide. Its a vision issue that affects one in every 12 men. Color blindness is also a problem for one in every 2 hundred women but as Monica Robins tells us a either numbers there or there . No sir for 55 years, david gant has never seen color. Everything looked black and he cant see the numbers in this book. So what it look likes to him is that so doctor dave olderburgh is literally going to open his eyes, and change his view of the world with a simple pair of glasses. Check it out, i can see that, oh man he always thought this was one dull color. I dont know how to explain it its like waking up and seeing the first thing i saw when they put those on me are the trees are fifteen different colors and oldenburghs first patient to try the glasses. He used to be a volunteer firefighter and until now has never really seen red as soon as i leave here today im going to a Fire Department theyre called enchroma lenses. They filter red and green. The reds and greens are separated out decreasing the oversaturation of the pigments in the eye and people are able to see but will it work this soon with the test book . Its 20 i can see it, its 3 i can sunglasses where they make everything brighter so even for somebody that is not color blind. They enhance my vision the enchroma lens does not permanently correct color blindness but wearing them will improve perception. So by wearing them about five hours a day ideally on a sunny day it will get those receptors to better its coming up on today in iowa. Newborns get into the festive spirit of the season. But first heres a live look at i380 and i80 in coralville. Where crews are on the scene tending to an accident. It looks like its just about all cleaned up now and looking better if youre planning on driving through the area this morning. Storm track seven newborns. Turkey buntings the outfits are a tradition at this hospital and volunteers work year round to make the buntings for several holidays. Storm track seven meteorologist eileen loan is back with another check of your storm track seven forecast. Breezy and cool today but drying out for the weekend. Rain and snow track in for monday with a chance of snow for mostly in the teens for the next several days. Its it is a holiday itself for shoppers black friday rolls on and well have another live report coming up. Plus. The hawkeyes try to put the finishing touches on a perfect regular season in lincoln later today. Well take a look back at this shopping overnight . Well give you a look. Plus people think a thanksgiving parade is happening when they see that. Unfortunately, that blimp was in the wrong place and needed to land quickly. And even after thanksgiving hawkeye fans are hungry. They want another win but know it wont be easy later today in lincoln, nebraska. This morning a look back at a season for the ages. Storm track seven meteorologist eileen loan is here now with your storm track seven forecast. The trucks have been out all night treating the roads, so they are mainly wet or normal Winter Driving conditions this morning. But watch out for slick spots with temps dropping below freezing in many areas. The rain, sleet, snow and freezing rain have tracked out of the state and we are left with clouds and maybe some drizzle or freezing drizzle this morning. So far, airports appear to be running on time, if you have to travel today. The precip will stay away from us, but the front wont move much, so we will keep clouds in our southern and eastern counties with some sun showing up to the north and west. It will be breezy and cool here with temps in the 30s, but chills in the upper teens to low 20s all day. We dry out for the weekend, out top story today. Its a timeless tradition. People are up bright and early this morning for the black friday morning rush. Kwwls Amanda Gilbert joins us live outside the best buy in waterloo. Which opens at 8. She can give us a sneak peak out how this years black friday is going. Rainy. If been out talking with shoppers all morning. And its been raining most of the time. But that hasnt stopped a lot of people from coming out. The two big items a lot of people are buying this year. Now a lot of people ive been talking to say the rain doesnt bother them that much. They say theres actually been years where its a lot colder than this. I spoke with one woman whose been shopping on black friday for 18 years. And this year it paid off. My daughter that was with me earlier actually got the past go pro. And she was so excited because it was the last one and some little kid came up behind her and wanted a go pro and they were like we just sold the last one. I met her at 2 in the morning. She had been shopping for 7 hours already. This was their 4th trip to target. And they say this is a tradition. Rain or shine theyd be out here. Now one thing a lot of people told me. Including cindy. Is that they do miss the days when stores actually opened on friday. A lot of stores open on thursday night now. Weve got you covered. Amanda gilbert. Kwwl news. The best buy amanda is at opens at 8 today. Keep watching today in iowa to were helping you get ready for a busy day at the store. Weve got a list of stores and when theyll open today right on our website kwwl dotcom. Shoppers get a head start on the holiday deals all over the country. In new york, this was not a mad rush inside macys instead, call it a steady stream of shoppers moving through once the doors opened. About 15 thousand were waiting to get in once the doors problems there. There was a serious problem outside a mall in another state but police say there was no connection to Holiday Shopping. One person was shot outside a mall in louisiana. The victim is expected to survive. No ones been arrested yet. We have descriptions of suspect vehicles. We have crime scene and detectives in place. With the shopping going on, or the mall operations. Both the victim and the suspect took off after the shooting. Police say they later learned that the victim was in the hospital. Some iowa shoppers might be wishing they waited until this morning to search for deals. Dozens of shoppers in West Des Moines were forced out of a supertarget store last night when the fire alarms went off. In this video you can see the we were called for a fire. With fire extinguishers firefighters quickly evacuated the building and put out the fire. No one was hurt. Investigators say the kitchen was closed at the time. They dont know what started the fire. Shoppers are dealing with slick roads in parts of the midwest this morning. This is video out of sioux falls where enough snow fell to make the roads slippery. Throw in some freezing rain and its a recipe for a mess. Fires go up on thanksgiving day because of all the cooking. Cedar falls firefighters are investigating a fire. It had nothing to do with thanksgiving dinner. In fact, theyre calling it arson. Nicholas kollasch faces charges. Hes accused of starting a fire after some kind of an argument. The fire happened before 6 yesterday morning on iowa street in cedar falls. It quickly spread to a nearby garage. Kwwls Jessica Hartman tells us what was destroyed inside has a band trying to regroup. Enguling the van early thanksgiving morning. Ill always be thankful for hartman all thats left of the van is this metal outter shell and on the floor you can see the he saw the blaze, this is the scene he expected. I was just pretty shocked. As soon as i saw that the van was on fire th