right now.. in the 30s to the mid 40s... but we may not climb too much more today with north winds at 5 to 15 mph....they will be mainly 10-15 mph will gust higher for much of the day before dying down this evening. while cooler than we have been seeing, this is winds die down and will lead to a rather chilly night tonight... i'll have more coming up. breaking news this morning... waterloo firefighters rescue a man after a fire. it started in an abandoned apartment building. kwwl's amanda gilbert joins us live in waterloo with the latest. i'm at the 900 block of commercial street and waterloo firefighters confirm a fire started in this abandoned three this morning. they say the fire is now out and no one was injured. take a look at this video right here. firefighters rescued a man who and down a ladder. the man said he believes other people were in the building he time the fire started... but firefighters have not found anyone else at this time. waterloo police say this is an but they do occasionally find homeless people living it it. the fire is still under investigation. live in waterloo... amanda gilbert... news 7 kwwl. police confirm the building is owned by the city. it was built in 1906. a big story this morning... the transition of power begins. president-elect donald trump meets with president obama in washington. at the white house. the president told trump his administration wants to do everything they can to help him succeed so the country can succeed. the president- elect also went to capitol hill where he met with house speaker paul ryan and discussed the legislative agenda they hope to pass after trump is sworn in. vice president elect mike pence returned to indiana for a welcome home rally. pence says he's humbled by the support he's getting from the president... "i ask to support our president-elect donald trump as he prepares to assume the duties of the highest office in the land." earlier in the day -- pence joined trump on capitol hill as they met with g-o-p congressional leaders. across the country -- protests continued for a second night. tens of thousands upset with the election of donald trump as our next president. iowa senator joni ernst calls the protests unfortunate. withdrew her support for the president-elect at some point in his campaign. we know donald trump was considering her as a possible running mate. so is she interested if president trump wants her to serve on his cabinet? "not to me personally, no, and i doi th. ta's what i emphasized to mr. trump during the campaign. i hope to be a great advocate for him in the united states senate." next secretary of agriculture is from iowa. and if not iowa -- at least someone from the midwest. in north carolina -- investigators are looking into vandalism at the gop headquarters . two signs outside the building were ripped. the signs thanked volunteers that worked during the election. investigators aren't sure when the signs were damaged. in a kwwl follow-up this morning... it involves the disappearance of cora ann okonski. her case has been considered a missing person case since she disappeared from the tama area 16 years ago. but now investigators say new interviews and evidence reveal she did not go willingly. kwwl spoke with her father back in 2003. "the best thing that can happen that to happen, we think she's dead. and so the next best thing, you know, knowing that she's dead, is that we can find her body, find her remains and give her a funeral. you know, bury her and put it to rest and get some closure." if you know anything that can help law enforcement in the case -- give them a call. iowa state university gives two police departments a special gift -- after two officers were killed in ambush attacks last week. the cyclones wore the two departments' logos on their helmets during last thursday's game. each department received one yesterday... it can serve as a symbol to all jamie pollard - the athletic director for isu - then gave the police chief dana wingert an autographed football. it was a personal gift .. because pollard knows he's an iowa state fan. brewing up support. a coffee company is giving 100- percent of its sales for a day to a family that lost two daughters in a crash. sisters selena and bella died last week in a crash on theiw home from school. their mother and two other sisters also in the car -- one of whom remains in critical condition. funerals for both selena and bella held yesterday. the sit of the inn county crash now with flowers and notes. all three scooters coffee shops in cedar rapids raising money for the families yestersay. one store manager says her daughter went to school with bella. theropy dog, i think for a lot of kids it's really hard for them to kind of grasps everything and to kind of realize that anything could happen at any time-- at one of the locations -- sales doubled yesterday -- raising two- thousand dollars by five yesterday evening. the head man of iowa's transportation department is resigning. paul trombino will leave at the end of the month. he was appointed by governor branstad 5 years ago after working 17 years for the wisconsin d-o-tw leaves. the iowa supreme court upholds a ruling in support of terry branstad's decision. the ruling supports his decision to veto funding to two state-run mental health care facilities. the lawsuit claimed state law requires four to be open in iowa. but the court decided that the governor's vetoes fell within his constitutional power and dismissed the lawsuit. this morning -- a dedication for the university of iowa children's hospital. university leaders will join others in dedicating the new stead family children's hospital. that's happening at 10-30 this morning in the new facility. construction began about 4 years ago. patients are scheduled to begin moving into the new hospital next month. brothers in arms. a promise now kept. a world war two veteran promised -- when his friend died -- he would play taps at his grave. as rikki mitchell shows us -- 14 years later -- he delivered. tom sitter says it's been but as the years went toposh's death -- he said the promise he made eddie kept eating away at him. "in a way i felt a little guilty about not doing it but i knew war two era bugle off the internet and has spent the last five months practicing. "eddie right now is laughing at me for hitting a couple frogs." tom met eddie when they were in the army's 29th calvary unit during world war ii. france i had my bugle with me i never got a chance never was attention to myself under fire." they came back to the u.s. right before the war ended. "they were preparing for the invasion of japan at that time we would have been part of that invasion thank god the war ended though." tom always remained close with eddie's son -- eddie junior. happy." "he's a good pal." today of course is veterans day. we'd like to thank all of you who served our country -- and wish you a happy veteran's day. coming up storm track seven meteorologist eileen loan. "you're watching kwwl, we've got you covered! with this veterans day, all us veterans receive a free grand slam breakfast. forecast on kwwl." let's go to storm track seven meteorologist eileen loan now for your forecast forecast. from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. see the screen for your complete weather information. here is additional forecast stormtrack 7 weather team: stormtrack7 live weather network cameras will be mainly clear today with a few clouds tracking through... it will be cooler for veterans day today... and we will have a pretty chilly start tomorrow morning before breezy conditions warm us back to above normal on sunday. this morning we are above m the mid 30s to upper 40s over most of the viewing area... and, really, across the state. north winds are already 5 to 15 mph and will stay fairly gusty today before dying down tonight. we have a few clouds showing up on satellite and a few more tracking in from the north, but it will be mainly high pressure will track to the east and allow the next system to approach from the west... winds will pick up by sunday, but we pretty much stay dry for the next several days... again. highs today will be cooler than the last few... but we are around average in the 40s and 50s over most of the region. we gain a few degrees tomorrow. closer to home... we will have a sunshine, but a few clouds. highs in the upper 40s to mid 50s with northeast winds gusting to 20 or 25 mph. winds will die down tonight and clear skies will allow temps to drop to the frosty mid 20s to around 30. sunny on saturday with highs in the low to mid 50s and southwest winds picking up sunday with highs in the mid to upper 50s most of next week. lows will be 3rd, 2014. that date may not mean anything to you...but for one iowa family...their lives were shattered in the early morning hours. they story they guard closely -- in hopes to open peoples eyes to what may it was 3:30 in the morning and i opened the door and i could see all of the lights were on. i stairs...sorry (starts to cry)...that's when you found him? (she nods - let this part breathe) it was there - in her basement - that wendy came face to face with the unimaginable. her 15-year-old son evan...the kid who loved to be around his family...was gone. it was there - in her basement - that wendy's son took and i could literally feel my heart hitting the floor. alan mast - wendy's brother - evan's uncle...drove an hour to get to his sister's house in the middle of that night... they had him where he was...before they moved him. i wanted to see him...i just needed to. wendy, alan - and the rest of their tight knit family shocked - there were no signs they saw leading up to that fateful night. evan was a free-spirit always wanted to do rihgt by people... sometimes he felt like he didn't always fit in...just wanted people to like him. i love you. there were no signs before - but evan left clues i find out after the fact that he was failing every single subject and i never knew anything about it. evan was failing - his uncle and grandfather found so many completed assignments in his folders - completed but never handed in. he cut ties with nearly every single family member on social media. it was a storm of problems - when wendy realized started it all. i found a poem on his phone basically told him to go hang himself because the world would be a better place if he would. before his death, evan's grandmother noticed writing on his arms - he quickly covered up - told her it was nothing - told her he was fine. after he was gone, his family found a picture in his phone - it showed his arms covered in hateful and hurtful words - he text someone that picture and it. evan was failing - his late - it's ok mom - go to bed - i love you. there were no signs before - but evan left clues behind - like pieces to a puzzle... i find out after the fact that he was failing every single subject and i never knew anything about it. evan was failing - his uncle and grandfather found so many completed assignments in his he cut ties with nearly every single family member on social media. it was a storm of problems - when wendy realized she found the lightning bolt that potentially started it i find out after the fact that about it. evan was failing - his never handed in. he cut ties problems - when wendy realized she found the lightning bolt that potentially started it all. i found a poem on his phone be a better place if he would. just days before his death, evan's grandmother noticed writing on his arms - he quickly covered up - told her it family found a picture in his phone - it showed his arms covered in hateful and hurtful words - he text someone that picture and said "this is what i hear every day at school." that's probably the hardest thing for us to accept - knowing he was open with us...kept so all along masked by his beaming smile? were there too many "i'm fine" responses? there are times i don't want to go to bed bc when i close my eyes... it's questions like those - moments like that --that continue to haunt wendy... i hope nobody ever has to go through that/ it's the hardest all of the what ifs...i wish he would could have helped him. i wish somebody would have told me what was going on. a family - closer and stronger - but forever broken... evan's cousin kylie - her words - forever etched... "you have left and i am broken. but for you, heaven's gates are open. i cried today becaise there was so much left to "you have left and i am broken. say...even though i miss your smile, the moments we shared were all the worrh while. it wasn't long enough together, but it was long enough to last say amen, i know i will see you again. as a mom, what do you miss the most about evan? (long daughter never went back to phone. read all incoming and outgoing messages. know their passwords, look at their social media pages -- fisher price little people finally makes it into the national toy also inducted this year -- adventure board game dungeons and dragons was also inducted. the swing - was inducted for its longevity over centuries the inductees beat out a list of other nominees which included care bears, pinball, rock 'em sock 'em robots, coloring books, and - believe it or not - bubble wrap. eileen loan is back with another sunny, gusty and cooler for veterans day today with highs around 50. lows tonight in the mid to upper 20s got you covered. this is today in iowa." now on today in iowa: a ten minute meeting that turned into 90. the president sits dow man who will succeed him. so what are both men saying about it? plus -- no typical arrest. police need help ending a pipeline protest in iowa -- because the situation is not a safe one. and stuck in a drain. a rescue operation crews never thought they'd be called to. good morning, i'm ally crutcher. storm track seven meteorologist eileen loan is here now with your storm track seven forecast. eileen on camera a few clouds are tracking into the area this morning, but otherwise we will see mainly sunny skies for veterans day. temperatures are not too ba the 30s to the mid 40s... but we may not climb too much more today with north winds at 5 to 15 mph....they will be mainly 10-15 mph will gust higher for much of the day before dying down this evening. while cooler than we have been seeing, this is actually closer to where we should be for veterans day... in the upper 40s to mid night tonight... i'll man is arrested after being rescued from a burning apartment building. it happened in the 900 block of commercial street. kwwl's amanda gilbert joins us live in waterloo with more details. waterloo fire and police just left the scene about 20 minutes ago. they confirm a fire started after three this morning in the apartment firefighters say no one was injured but they did have to rescue a man out of a window on the second floor. waterloo police say the man was then arrested for trespassing. they say this apartment building is abandoned... city owned property...but they do occanssionally find homeless people living there. at this time.. they believe the fire started accidentally. live in waterloo... amanda gilbert... news 7 kwwl. people were in the building when the fire started... but no one else was found. now to the white house transition: donald trump spent his first day in washington since being elected president -- and had a very big take office in 70 days. donald trump called his first day in washington, d.c. fantastic "my number-one priority in the coming two months is to try to facilitate a transition that successful." in a remarkable image the president-elect and forward to being with you many many more times in the future. thank you sir." trump opening the door to seek the president's counsel in the future. the respect echoed by white house spokesman josh earnest. "it sounds like the meeting might've been at least a little less awkward than some might he will be inaugurated...with house speaker paul ryan and senate majority leader mitch avoiding protesters at every step. "i haven't been asleep since he was elected president. i'm just devastated right now." "they should just get used to it and figure out how we're all continues in cities across the u-s for a third straight night.. now trump responding on twitter saying "professional protesters incited by the media, are protesting. very unfair." donald trump went back to new york last night. this morning he is waking up at trump tower planning more for the transition.. including edward lawrence nbc news washington. mexico's foreign minister says they'll work with president-elect trump for the benefit of both countries. the foreign minister said he mexico would not pay for a border wall. a former presidential candidate wants to head the democratic national committee again. howard dean first ran the d-n- c from 2005 to '09. one of his challengers for the job -- could be congressman keith ellison, a muslim- american from minnesota. he co-chairs the congressional progressive caucus -- and is getting a fair share of support to lead the d-n-c. enrollment -- through obamacare -- is surging. donald trump says he'll dismantle the healthcare-dot-gov website. that's the busiest day since open enrollment started november first. this morning, we're learning what a new health care law could look like under president trump. some things in obamacare could survive. you can find a comprehensive story about that right now on our kwwl facebook page. also, feel free to weigh in on what you'd like to see president trump and the republican congress do as they a dubuque woman says her experience odeth weber says this is what happened to her when she went to cast her ballot. "went up to teh desk. the lady little dumbfounded, and said well, yes, and handed her my id. then she said, well, you just look so exotic. and i just couldn't believe she would say that." doesn't remember anyone saying that. the dubuque county auditor says she's shocked and disappointed to hear the story -- and stressed more training will be done to prevent it from happening again. more questions this morning about the treatment for veterans -- after one man's death in iowa. curtis gearhart was living in johnston after serving two tours in the military as a combat engineer. he'd been receiving treatment for p-t- s-d but when he went back in to the v-a about two months ago for recurring he took his own life on monday. "they send these soldiers over so young to fight these wars and then they don't live up to their promises of taking care of them when they come home." senator joni earst says she plans to look into what happened between curtis and the v-a. senator ernst is also waiting for answers about the death of brandon ketchum. the marine served two tours in iraq and one in afghanistan. hfa help at the v-a in iowa city but they claim he was turned away. he took his own life in july. senator joni ernst sent a letter to the v-a one week later demanding an investigation. she's still waiting for a response. the state fire marshal is looking into a fire that destroyed a home -- the day the sale was being finalzied. bryan butcher and his wife were at a meeting --closing on the sale of their home in cedar falls. when they came back -- it was burning. else. "there's just been a lot of good you know, i've spent the last 17 years it just rips you, it rips you apart." the family was planning on moving into their new home later this month-- but now will move with no belongings. as for the new owners - bryan says he doesn't know what will happen, but insurance is involved. today in court -- the two girls accused in the slender man stabbing case. it's a motions hearing. the girls were 12 when they allegedly attacked a friend to please a fictional horror character called slender man. the two girls --- now both 14-years old --- are charged as adults in the attempted murder case in wisconsin. reports from several psychologists will be considered in court today. an iowa man on trial, accused of murdering his girlfriend, is now charged with assaulting an inmate. eddie hicks was arrested last year.. police say he stabbed his according to our coverage partners at the telegrpah herald, hicks admitted throwing punches at another inmate after apparently feeling threatened. he now faces assault charges, along with first degree murder. music's man of letters is being remembered this morning. leonard cohen has died. he was already well known as a poet when he moved to new york in the sixties to break into the music business. before long, critics were comparing him to bob dylan for the power of his songwriting. his most famous song, "hallelujah," has been covered hundreds of times since he released it in 1984. a deadly drug is making a name for itself in iowa. carfentanyl is the name of it -- and it is potent. the governor's office is teaming up with others to hold town hall meetings across the state to teach families about this drug and others. mary patch -- lost her niece to prescription pain killers. "i think these kids think they're invincible, they think, well, if i'm not doing heroin, i can take these drugs. back to the drug carfentanyl. it's used to sedate large animals, like elephants. a celebration this morning as an iraqi town is no longer under the control of isis. the community was recaptured as iraqi forces continue to make their push to get a much larger city -- mosul -- out of the hands of isis. people who live there went more than two years -- when isis had control. three protesters go to extremes to stop the construction of a they crawled into the pipeline and refused to come out. this video is from boone county. oxygen was pumped into the pipeline to keep them safe. the protesters say they are trying to protect fresh water supplies -- and, they are willing to risk everything. the des moines register says -- each protester was pulled out after police tied rope to their hands or legs. a broadcasting legend comes back to iowa -- to make a donation to iowa. he went to the university of iowa for a year. he's giving some things he's collected over the years as a journalist to the school. that includes -- a notebook from an his favorite... "probably would have to be that up forever because it was the symbolic was there. i was the only one." this spring he plans to spend time at the library --- recording the stories behind many of the pieces in the collection -- before the exhibit opens later in the year. brokaw is celebrating 50 years with n-b-c. on a day we honor those who for our freedom -- a symbol of our freedom -- is in need of help. , two eagles became trapped in a storm drain near orlando. crews worked to pull them out. part of a road was blocked off and a crowd gathered to watch. one of the birds flew away after being freed. the second eagle is being checked out for injuries. coming up: kids will never forget this veterans day. they're celebrating with their dad who surprised them with a trip home. plus -- golfers know they can run into all kinds of hazards on the course, but this is a new one. these stories and the storm track seven forecast from eileen loan we've got you covered! with stormtrack 7 weather team: stormtrack7 live weather network cameras will be mainly clear today with a few clouds tracking through... it will be cooler for veterans day today... and we will have a pretty chilly start tomorrow morning before breezy conditions warm us back to above normal on sunday. this morning we are above normal with temps in the mid 30s to upper 40s over most of the viewing area... and, and will stay fairly gusty today before dying down showing up on satellite and a few more tracking in from the north, but it will be mainly sunny today. there isn't much going on as high pressure will track to the east and allow the next system up by sunday, but we pretty much stay dry for the next several days... again. highs today will be cooler than the last few... but we are around average in the 40s and 50s over most of the region. we gain a e closer to home... we will have a lot of sunshine, but a few clouds. highs in the upper 40s to mid 50s with northeast winds gusting to 20 or 25 mph. winds allow temps to drop to the frosty mid 20s to around in the mid to upper 50s most of holding off until maybe friday. heavy snow. the temperature dipping to 17 degrees. thank goodness we're looking at finland. this is an early start to winter for them -- as heavy snow covered much of southern finland this week. still to come this morning: a salute to those who've served today. many restaurants have special deals for veterans. plus -- golfers can yell fore -- but i don't think they're going to understand. anyone on the course better keep in world war one ended. the allies and germany signed an armistice. know as veterans day. we honor -- and say thank you -- to all those who served. today, president obama will lay a wreath at the tomb of the unknowns at arlington national cemetery. there are ceremonies all over eastern iowa today -- many of those at schools. an early veterans day surprise from a father to his sons. yesterday, a school in connecticut held its veterans day ceremony. students sang patriotic songs and learned about the different branches of the military. a senior chief petty officer returned home from a deployment surprise his kids. "absolutely insane. huge butterflies. i haven't seen these guys in about eight months. so it's been a long time, way too long." "i was psyched. i was really excited to see him." he's been in the navy for 19 years. more than 130 restaurant chains are saying "thank you" to veterans and active military members. here's a sample of the deals being offered today for those who have their military i-d or proofh and blue pancakes. chili's, applebee's, and olive garden are each offering a free meal from special menus. longhorn steakhouse is offering a complimentary appetizer or dessert.. and anyone eating with a veteran today at longhorn will get ten percent off their meal. here's a sky high veterans tribute at a hockey game. four navy seals rappelled down from the rafters in florida. they were there for the face-off... dropping the puck at center ice we're not sure we've ever seen this before on a golf course. this is funny. you're looking at one mongoose after another -- sunning themselves on a course in south africa. they woke up -- then stampeded across the green as the players stepped back and just watched. they may look cute -- but know they're not something to mess with. they're known for their ability to especially cobras. she wowed everyone in rio -- and time off now, but it won't be long before she begins training for tokyo and the 2020 games. the gymnast won four gold and one bronze in rio -- that included winning the individual bronze in rio -- that included winning the individual all- around. david bowie was known for his music, but the late artist... was also known for another kind of art. his art collection. dozens of pieces are being sold at auction -- and it's going far better than what organizers expected. here's an example. one piece was expected to f it sold for about eight million. million pounds, we made nearly 25 million pounds which is over 30 million dollars, and i think really the market totally responded to david bowie and this wonderful collection that he put together." the auction was the first of three to be held. it's you're watching today in iowa on k- w-w-l. a woman went hiking in the woods in new york yesterday -- and ran into hillary clinton -- who was out walking her dogs. the woman is a supporter -- who told clinton -- she was proud to -- former president bill clinton. eileen loan is back with another check of your storm track seven forecast. sunny, gusty and cooler for veterans day today with highs to upper 20s will start a chilly sunday and windy thursday, but mainly dry all week. here's a live look outside at [ tower pinging ] [ whistling ] we've got a problem, friend. half off any smartphone for anyone who switches? what's the problem? the naughty list shouldn't get deals! yeah, but anyone who switches gets half off of any smartphone. even these? yeah, any smartphone. call the big guy! 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