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Decision 2016 coverage this morning. Tonight is the fifth republican president ial debate, and this comes after a s sift in the polls. Donald trump remains the frontrunner and in some cases is gaining ground. Ted cruz is surging. Could tonights debate reveal a new challenger . Tracie pott has a previewew ooh. And theyre all coming after me. This will not be night vegas rally. Super confident before tonights debate many of them dont have a chance you say what are you doing just go home and relax. Go home and relax. Hes number one in monmouth universitys new poll. Pulling a whopping 41 percent nationally but ted cruz leads in iowa among evangelicals and among the most conservative voters. Trump and cruz could be a disaster for the republican party. Its going to be difficult potentially for the party t t win over mainstream voters in swing states. Number three marco rubios running a new ad in iowa and New Hampshire today. Going millions with traditional values branded bigots and haters. Hes targeting hillly clinton were gonna have nine people on the stage and another three or four earlier. Not a single one of them is being investigated by the fbi. At the venetian tonight, its trump center stage. Flanked by ben and rand paul. Barely making it in. And many voters there is not anybody that i like 100 . Still undecided. I just want to see how this a a and contentious republican field, there hasnt been as much attention on the democratic debates. The next ones saturday in New Hampshire. Tracie potts, nbc news, washington. The debate airs tonight on cnn. Meantime a new Quinnipiac University poll says donald and ted cruz are running a neck andneck race with iowa voters. Trump has 28 percent support, cruz with 27 percent. Authorities are now asking for hehe after an Iowa State University student is killed in a hit and run accident. Freshman emmalee jacobs was hit in ames. She was taken to a hospital where she later died. Kwws Amanda Gilbert joins us live in the newsroom with more details ames police are looking through surveillance video. Trying to figure out who hit and killed jacobs. She was hit around 7 innthe morning yesterday. The isu freshman was from urbana. Her friends from the centerpoint Urbana School district came together yesterday to remember their friend. They say she was a prebusiness major at isu. And Hope University police can figure out who did this. and hope that cameras were out there and that this was caught on camera and its just nothing that you could ever up and own up to what they did. some of her friends say that they had college. Like jacobs. And its going to be hard to go back isu president steven leath offered his condolences and asked people to cooperate with the investigation. Weve got you covered live in the newsroom. Amanda gilbert. Kwwl news. The driver in the accident took off and police have not yet announced any leads. An iowa man is facing murder charges accused of killing his own girlfirend. It happened in hampton. Officers believe ronald rand shot and killed michelle key from waterloo. Key was 51. Neighbors describe rand as quiet. Happened to look out the were putting the yellow tape around the house and the first thing you think is. What in the world happened . Rand is being held at the Franklin County jail awaiting his first court appearance. Police are still looking for the person responsible for damaging a dubuque veterans memorial. Veterans say they dont know how. And cant imagine why. Someone would do this. Police believe someone drove irriated by it. Because hold for veters and what they have done for this country. The plazas board of directors says its working to figure out how to fix whats been damaged. Its estimated to cost fifteen thousand dollars. Firefighters believe careless smoking caused a house fire. Our coverage rtners at the h media say the fire happened on locust street in dubuque monday morning. The people who lived there got out safely. 30 hogs were killed following a semi rollover accident. The accident took place on highway 18 east of west union. According to the Fayette County Sheriffs Office, the driver, kyle bishop, lost control and rolled his semi. The highway was closed for cleanup for more than an houu. A scary wake up call when a School Bus Crashes into a home. Police say two tires came off the bus, causing it to cross the center line, hit a parked suv, before home. No kids were on the bus. No charges have been filed but the crash remains under investigation. The trial goes to the jury for one of the officers tried in connection to the death of freddie gray. William porter is the first of six officers to stand trial for grays death. Hes charged with manslaughter, assualt, misconduct in office and reckless endangerment. Gray died in Police Custody back in april the city was locked widespread rioting. In a kwwl fflowup. Bill cosby is countersuing seven accusers. His Attorney Says cosby never drugged nor sexually assaulted the women listed in the lawsuit. Cosbys Attorney Says the accusations have caused him to lose jobs. Its been more than 3 years since the sandy hook shooting. 26 people died that day, including 20 first graders. A group of re than fourty peopope got together in downtown dubuque last night to remember the victims of that crime. Many held signs advocating for violence. A number of people alss had flashlights and candlesmore than just instruments to light up the night. We believe that a candle represents hope for people. And we believe theres hope in america for the future without gun violence. The group, including a number of retired teaches, occupied that block for about an hour. And some families who lost loved ones to gun violence are taking their message to the nra. They held a protest outside the groups headquarters in virginia. Meantime a school board in indiana is proposing to arm some of its teaccrs in the wake of recent mass shootings. They say the guns would be locked in a safe, and only teachers with prior military or Police Training would have access to it. Parents and educattrs want to be proactive in preventing another mass school shooting. Are we next . Is this going to happen to us . What do we need to ok . Do i want to go into a building teachers that have the ability going to go into a building that looks very vulnerable . There is no timetable for a decision on the proposal, but the Indiana Department of a young boys death leads deputies to hand out gun locks. The threeyear old. A son of a sheriffs deputy. Found a loaded handgun and accidentally killd himself. Now the nsas Sheriffs Office is passing out hundreds of free child gun locks as part of a federal grant. The boys death is still being investigated. The day aer the Iowa Caucuses voters in waarloo will haveve another big decision to make. Last night, the Waterloo School board decided to put a second. The bond would is for a new career and technology center, which would offer 30 career choices for students. Supporters believe the Career Center will help reduce dropout rates. The proposed plan also includes renovations to easttand west this week, more layoffs are announced at john deere. 45 employees at the john deere foundry in waterloo were told yesterday they would be laid off. The layoffs take effect january 18th. Deere says the layoffs are based on the forecast for 2016. The Company Expects Equipment Sales to be down seven percent. As the country turns its focus to iowas governor. He reflects on his life. As we told you yesterday governor branstad is now the longest serving governor in our countrys history. More than 12 hundred people showing up at an event last night to support him. Branstad talked about how his experiences growing up in iowa shaped him as a person not younger brother i had to go missed school but i was late a lot. But i saved a lot of lambs a long list of speakers at the event last night honoring it all started when a College Student decided to trick his real family. Or maybe scare them he asked people online to pose a turtleneck, four frorons and lots of tattoos the perfect recipe for an awkward christmas card. For jess jaxx, it all started when a message popped up in her craigslist group. The strange. and im like, alright, i can do this. a plea for a fake family. Anyone who could help him trick his relatives into thinking hed married a random woman with kids. I told him id do it for free, because its just funny. She said, hey i can be the days, brassow and jaxx, a tattoo artist and Delta College art joined by two of her reallife children, became the brassows josh, patty bone crusher johnson, blade and thor. Posted online and things have been crazy ever since. I noticed that all my friends were tagging me in these videos. Philadelphia picked it up. Next thing i know, im getting things saying were from new zealand, from south africa. its everywhere. So is brassow whos spent the last few days doing all kinds of interviews. Every time i blink, somebody reaches out. Jaxx, on the other hand, like alright, cool. so would she ever reprise her role as but jess jaxx is quick to give josh brassow all the credit. Thats him. He named all of them. bonecrusher. I dont know. I might have to get a its coming up on today in iowa. Get ready, get set, go well show you where babies in santa costumes illuminate the christmas season. Plus. Ever been away from your partner but wanted to feel their heartbeat while youre sleeping . New technology now allows you to do that. Well fill you in. It will be above normal today, but temps wont climb very much with clouds and gusty easterly winds. Windy conditions along with a few showers track thrououh for wednesday. Ill have that forecast coming up. Youre watching kwwl, weve got you covered with jerry gallagher, ally crutcher and meteorologist eileen loan. This is today in iowa. Forecast on kwwl. Ok, were here. Heres dad. Mom. The twins. Aunt alice. You didnt tell me aunt alice was coming. Of course. Dont forget grandpa. Can the test drive be over now . Maybe just head back to the dealership . Dont you want to meet my family . Yep, totally. Its practically yours, but we still need your signature. The volkswagen sign then drive event. Zero due at signing, zero down, zero deposit, and zero first months payment from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. See the screen for your complete weather information. Here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team areas of fog today with a few showers tonight and tomorrow, but mainly breezy to windy the next several days along with slowly cooling temperatures this week. Stormtrack7 Live Weather Network cameras will keep us mainly cloudy this morning, although we may have a couple of hours of sun breaking through in between systems. We are in the mid 30s this morning with low 30s to the northwest. Still mild for this winds are light from the north, but will turn to the east and become gusty for the afternoon and be Even Stronger from the southwest tomorrow. Clouds are Holding Tight as the first system tracks away and the next begins to track into the area. That low will bring more snow to the plains and more showers to us, although moisture is much more limited with this system. We may only end up with a few hundredths of an inch of rain. We will stay mild today, although we wont climb much. Highs will be in the low to mid 40s as easterly winds take over and become gusty for the afternoon. Mostly cloudy skies and some patchy fog may break up for a couple of hours, but we will keep the clouds into few showers may track through. Lows in the upper 30s will only climb into the low to mid 40s again for wednesday with strong southwest winds. It stays breezy for thursday and friday, but we will be cooling. Highs on friday will only be in the mid 20s with lows in the teens leading into the weekend. We will warm back above normal for sunday and monday as the next system brings a chance of rain back to the forecast sunday night into monday. One state is coming up with a new plan to fight drought. Ocean to fight the drought in california. A plant will take the salt out of the water. The water will also be treated to remove algae. Its supposed to greatly not everyone likes the idea. Its no longer a boutique opportunity. Its a significant water supply. 10 percent of san diego countys water supply will come from this plant. The ocean looks endless but do. The plant has been in the works for 14 years. Its coming up on today iowa. If you plan on giving or getting a drone this holiday plus. Baby santas go for the gold in one special race. Stay with kwwl, weve got you wake up in your first home. Wake up in a home with a new address. Wake up in a home with no address. Your dream home evolves, and protecting it takes committed support. American family insurance. When heartburn hits fight back fast tums smoothies starts dissolving the instant it touches your tongue and neutralizes stomach acid at the source tum, tum, tum, tum tree this year make sure to register it with the feds. The faa is requiring all drone owners to register their devices. Drone users could face penalties if they dont. There is a small fee, but it will be waived until january 20th. The new law takes effect monday. As families stress over traveling with their small children this Holiday Season, a new Study Reveals many travelers will be sympathetic to parents. Flying with children is tough, but a survey by travelzoo finds close to 65 percent of travelers will be sympathetic to parents with crying babies and will offer help and a if youre traveling without your sweetheart, technology now allows you to send your heartbeat while youre away from home. British startup little riot has created a wristband that reads and sends your heartbeat through an app to a small speaker thats placed under your partners pillow. They can then feel your heartbeat in real time. The product is called pillow talk and the company has raised 124 thousand dollars to put it into production. Its a race to the finish between 13 babies each dressed as santa claus. Parents and kids in ukraine flocked to a Christmas Festival where a baby race was part of the program. Parents used toys and shouted their childrens names as they neared the finish line. Despite the fact there was only one winner, all the children received some games as a prize. Its coming up on today in a High School Athlete honored by sports illustrated. Not for his achievements on the wrestling mat. But for so how ya doing . Enough pressure in here for ya . Ugh. My sinuses are killing me. Yeah. Just wait til we hit ten thousand feet. Im gonna take Mucinex Sinusmax. Too late, were about to take off. These dissolve fast. Theyre new liquid gels. And youre coming with me. Wait, what . you realize i have gold status . Do i still get the miles . New Mucinex Sinusmax liquid gels. Dissolves fast to unleash max strength medicine. Start the relief. Ditch the misery. Its going to a High School Student in michigan. Hunter is a wrestler but hes being honored for walking. Over the summer hunter walked for more than 50 miles with his younger brother braden on his back. Braden has cerebral palsy. I have had so much support, been able to do this alone. It who carried his brother but in reality we were carried by so many other people hell receive his award later today. Storm track seven meteorologist eileen loan is back with another check of your storm track seven forecast. Easterly winds this afternoon. Becoming windy tomorrow with some showers tonight wednesday and then breezy and cooler for sunday. Its coming up on today in iowa. Heavy rain storms over the weekend are causing Flooding Issues right here in eastern iowa. And if youre looking to send something by mail before the holidays, well tell you why you should take advantage of it today. That story and much more in our in iowa. Now on today in iowa an iowa state student from eastern iowa killed in a hit and run crash. This morning her friends and police are hoping someone comes forward with answers. Plus as republicans get ready for tonights debate, were seeing a different side of one of the candidates this morning. Hes usually very serious on the campaign trail so what had his supporters laughing. And may the force be with anyone trying to get fit in the new year. One class is using star wars fever to good morning, im ally crutcher. And im jerry gallagher. Storm track seven meteorologist eileen loan is here now with your storm track seven forecast. Temperatures are holding in the mid 30s this morning, which is still above normal, but is about 15 to 25 degrees colder than yesterday at this time. Winds have turned to the north at 5 to speed today. We still have clouds this morning and will keep most of them all day, although a few areas will see a couple of hours of sunshine today before more clouds track in with the next system heading our way for tonight and some clouds and patchy fog with highs in the 40s with easterly winds becoming gusty for the afternoon. Temperatures will fall throughout the week and we have that chance of rain tonight and tomorrow. Ill have more coming up in a few minutes. A big story this morning is the mystery surrounding the death of an eastern iowa native a freshman at iowa state. Emmalee jacobs was hit by a vehicle in ames around seven yesterday morning. The driver took off and so far, police have not said whether they have any leads. Emmalee was from urbana. Last night. Her friends from the center point Urbana School district came together. Dan winters has more. Josie chesmore cant look back on her own childhood didnt know her. We grew up emmalee jacobs was the shy math whiz, a pre business major at isu. A girl who hated cameras. she didnt like to be in the spotlight, but, but she was so photogenic i know. She was josie kn