Our top story this morning the coldest days of the season are coming. That has one eastern iowa shelter asking the public for help. Kwwls Amanda Gilbert joins us live in waterloo with more details. Well jerry you can feel that winter is here. I wouldnt want to have to stay outside in this weather. Right now the catholic worker house in waterloo has housing for homeless men and women and children. Together these two houses can only support a handful of people. Thats why the catholic worker house is trying to purchase another place they can turn into a mens shelter. Theyre asking for 45,000 dollars in donations. And i saw how important this shelter is to the community here. Come over here and you can get a good meal and they treat blessed. Im blessed. Paul henson. The man serving food himself. This place helped him turn his life around. And now he works here. He says he hopes the catholic worker house can continue to do this. On january 22 they are holding a fundraiser at the nights of columbus. This will be a dinner and a dance. And money raised from this event will go towards that new shelter. Weve got you covered. Live in if you would like to help the catholic worker house. They have a now that cold weather is here firefighters are getting a refresher on how to do ice and cold water rescues. They practice saving themselves and playing the victim, and having others come to their rescue. The suits theyre wearing are insulated so they dont get cold. Its an annual training thats very timely this week following the tragic loss of a solon teen. Quite a few guys that went down and assisted with the drowning cedar rapids firefighters used this training in eight rescues last year. Dozens of iowa soldiers are home this morning after helping flood victims get clean water. Missouri has been in a state of emergency since the holidays because of flooding. The Iowa National guard left for missouri new years day to bring clean water. 45 soldiers and fifteen vehicles returned to base yesterday. For many of these soldiers, this Natural Disaster the areas we got to see it was carnage. We saw a trailer house in a baseball field and it was picked up and moved to a row of trees the soldiers were able to pump more than 300 thousand gallons of clean Drinking Water to people in missouri after many failed attempts Congress Gets the votes to repeal yesterday, the house passed legislation that would dismantle obamacare and cut funding to planned parenthood. The final vote was 240 to 181. This is the first time a repeal of the law will actually make it to the president s desk. But president obama has promised he would veto it. The United States, south korea and japan agree to a united and Strong International response to north koreas apparent Fourth Nuclear test. At the same time, experts are trying to learn more about the test. North korea said it had successfully tested a Hydrogen Bomb but some are skeptical. The u. N. Security council held an emergency session. Same sex couples cannot get marriage licenses in alabama. A Supreme Court justice there ordering judges to stop issuing marriage licenses to same sex couples. This comes months after the us Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling that legalized samesex marriage nationwide. The judge believes the ruling only applied to laws in michigan, kentucky, ohio and tennessee. A court that enters an order, he says its now up to the states highest court to decide if samesex marriage should be legal in alabama. Decision 2016. With the caucuses less than a month away and ted cruz leading donald trump in iowa. Trump is questioning whether cruz is elligible to be president. And cruz, whose in iowa this week, is responding. Hallie jackson reports. The birther reborn. Donald trump insinuating ted cruz is not ive been hearing a lot about it, and youve been hearing, and i guess everybodys talking about it now that hes doing better. Here is what i think, what i think id do is go and seen a declaratory judgment if i was ted court which court . You go to federal court to ask for what is called a declaritory judgment cruz leading trump in iowa first laughed off the attack with a tweet featuring straight forward. Cruz was born in but the constitution requires the president be naturalborn. The constitution doesnt define naturalborn citizen, and the Supreme Court has never ruled on cruz. Heres trump himself in september. I hear it was checked out by every attorney and every which way and i understand ted is in fine shape. Could move to tag birther attacks are nothing new not for trump citizens still faced fire about their eligibility. In this case trumps dipping a toe in potentially of his supporters who also like cruz. He scores higher with potential trump voters than any but trumps getting the green light from influential radio hosts. Have at it, boys would allow deported immigrants to later apply for legal citizenship. Something cruz opposes. For voters who are deciding between both of you, policy record, i think voters can assess Donald Trumps record. But isnt it important to draw those distinctions for them . What i do think is the most president and making a determination who has knowledge. Cruz is in the middle of a bus tour across iowa. His eastern iowa stops are coming up. Trump will be back in eastern iowa next week for a rally in cedar falls. Continuing coverage. Federal authorities arrest three leaders of a biker gang. Theyre being charged with racketeering and waging a deadly war against a rival gang. The rivalry came into focus last may when a gun battle broke out during a meeting of biker groups at a twin peaks restaurant in waco and left nine people dead. The indictment also accused the gang leaders of raising dues days after the waco shooting to pay the Legal Expenses of its members. Police say a man shot and killed a two year old before turning the gun on himself. 20hour standoff with police in georgia. Officers say the man got into a fight with his girlfirend. Swat team members entered the house but not the bedroom where the woman and the 2yearold were in with the man. Then they heard the gunshots. I dont know what lead to the shooting or what prompted the suspect to begin firing. Thats something were going to be investigating. Another son, a teenager, got out of the house safely. A trench collapses, killing a contractor. Police say the trench collapsed on the man as he and others were laying utility lines wednesday morning in altoona. The Des Moines Fire Department was called to help what was first a rescue effort that later turned into a recovery operation. No other workers were hurt. A semi driver survives after his truck goes over a bridge and into the water. The Virginia Beach marine patrol pulled the driver out of the water he was in there for about an hour. Police say the man was trying to pass a slower moving semi when he lost control and went off the side of the bridge. A scary situation for people a car crashes into a texas starbucks. Police say the driver ran a red light before hitting multiple cars, then going off the road and through the front doors of the starbucks. Three people inside the starbucks were taken to the hospital but are expected to recover. The fbi is looking for a jewelry thief whose been spotted in five state. Investigators have a clear picture of who theyre looking for. But dont know her name. Say she ziptied employees while holding a gunand left them in a back room. They believe she may have an accomplice a High School Basketball coach is on administrative leave accused of head butting a ref during a game. Check out this home video out of pennsylvania. The coach is highlighted. Hes clearly angry and it looks like he head butts a ref and knocks him to the ground. Heres another look. That resulted in his second technical foul of the game and he was ejected. The ref . He wasnt hurt and stayed on the court. The owners of chipotle receive a the company must turn over all documents related to an ecoli outbreak in california. The fda is working with the Us Attorneys Office in the case. A food bank is making the most of meat many would pass on its using roadkill to help provide 15 hundred meals a year to the hungry. The montana foodbank has been accepting the meat from lpolice and game wardens since the 1980s. Some might turn their nose up at more i see a fascination with it. We took some this year and we was a good use of the meat. This is the only food bank in montana with a roadkill program. Its coming up on today in iowa. When you think of igloos you probably think of alaska. Not the city plus. A paralyzed cat gets a new lease on life. And. A little girl has a unique pet. And their bond is like no youre watching kwwl, weve got you covered with jerry gallagher, ally crutcher and meteorologist eileen loan. Now your storm track 7 you got people working incredibly long hours. Median Family Income today 4,000 less than it was in 1999. The bottom line of this economy is that it is rigged. What this campaign is about is to demand that we create an economy that works for all of us rather than a handful of billionaires. If you work 40 hours a week in america, you should not live in poverty. 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 fog and rain will be likely today and tonight with some snow and freezing drizzle mixing in at times. Much Colder Weather will start to track in friday night and continue through saturday. Temperatures are hovering around the freezing mark and we have areas of freezing drizzle tracking through. We also have areas of fog showing up. Stormtrack7 Live Weather Network cameras will have some wet and shiny roads this morning. We have stalled in the low to mid 30s over most of the state this morning and keep southeast winds at 5 to 10 mph. Freezing drizzle and some light rain and snow are possible this morning with more rain heading our way. It is way, too, and will slowly track this way bringing mainly rain to our viewing area. Some snow may track in tonight, but mostly it will be rain. Most amounts will be half inch to threequarters of an inch with very little snow expected. The mix this winds keeping temps from changing much today. Lows tonight will stay around freezing again, so some snow may mix in with the rain, especially in the north. Fog continues tonight and again tomorrow with afternoon. Highs will be in the mid 30s to low falling friday evening, they will keep going through monday morning, when lows will be around minus five. We will have some snow friday night into saturday with a couple of inches of snow falling and strong winds coldest on sunday with temps staying in the teens for much of next week. A man decides to take advantage of Winter Weather and build an igloo in downtown chicago. The man lives in a building across the street from his igloo. He says lows will be around minus five. We will have some snow friday night into saturday with a couple of inchchs of snow falling and strong winds blowing it around and making it feel even colder. Breezy and coldest on sunday with temps staying in the teens for much of next week. A quick schools announcement, north butler and west delaware schools are both delayed two a man decides to take advantage of Winter Weather and build an igloo in downtown chicago. A quick schools announcement, north butler and west delaware schools are both delayed two hours this morning, a man decides to take advantage of Winter Weather and build an igloo in downtown chicago. The man lives in a building across the street from his igloo. Clearing the sidewalk and calls the igloo artwork. He spent about 15 hours building it and put the big chunks of ice together using a shovel, a chisel, and a tarp. Its still to come. After receiving medical care and getting a wheelchair. A paralyzed cat now has a new family. Plus. A duck follows one little girl everywhere she goes. And its been that way since day one youre watching kwwl. Weve got you covered in fredika, farmersbrg, farley and all of eastern iowa whos the rebel now . No way. Yes way savor an egg mcmuffin any time you like. A fresh cracked egg, melty cheese, mcdonalds all Day Breakfast menu. Yeah its time to start breaking some rules. On average, it takes three hundred americans working for a solid year, to make as much money as one top ceo. Its called the wage gap. And the republicans will make it worse by lowering taxes for those at the top and letting corporations write their own rules. Hillary clinton will work to close the wage gap. Equal pay for women to raise incomes for families, a higher minimum wage, lower taxes for the middle class. She gets the job done for us. Im Hillary Clinton and i approve this message. Wake up in your first home. Wake up in a home youve made a bit bigger. Wake up in a home with a new address. Wake up in a home that doesnt even have an address. As your life evolves, and protecting it takes committed support. At American Family insurance we support your dreams. See how you can save with a paralyzed kitten has a new family. Fury was brought to a south Dakota Humane Society just before halloween. The kitten was clinging to life and needed a lot of medical care. Money was raised to buy her a specialneeds cats has agreed to take fury, as well. I have a big heart for handicapped animals. I want to to go to school. I just saw her on facebook, your guys news story, and i was like, i want that cat. laughs fury is even getting free chiropractic treatment while she adapts to her disability. Mans best friend may be a dog. But girls best friend. Is something else. At least for one little girl Jana Barnello shares their story. Never seen an animal love a whim that we brought him home. I thought its a farm animal, it lives outside,maybe get some eggs from it i dont know i was not expecting this at all. Quack quack duck snowflake the duck follows kylie everywhere. Her mom says it started. Day one. See he just keeps going ashley brown we brought him home, this little yellow furball is squawking in a box, and kylie walked over to the box and leaned in, and he was quiet. Theyve been inseparable ever since. Ashley brown everywhere she went he was quiet. And if she went missing, he would squawk and panic. Over the past six months kylie and snowflake have played at the beach. They swing on the swingset. On halloween he rounded out their frozen olaf the snowman. Ashley brown they are best friends, but in his eyes, shes mama. Shes mama duck. Brown says kylie cares for snowflake like a child. He waits for her at the bus stop to get home from school. And she makes sure he gets in his nap in the afternoon. Ashley brown ive seen her grow up. Shes become very responsible. She takes very good care of him. Brown doesnt know what bonded her daughter and duck that first day. But whatever it is, its taught them love comes in all shapes, sizes and species. Ashley brown hes family. Hes definitely family. Its coming up. Nobodys too cool for school not plus. If you found a bottle of beer that was more than 100 years old. Would you drink it . Storm track seven meteorologist check of your storm track seven forecast. Light wintry mix this morning with light rain this afternoon couple of inches of snow possible. Mild temperatures today and tomorrow will become cold. Temps start to fall friay night and keep falling through monday morning. It will stay cold through much of next week. Even royalty has a first day at school. Britains Prince George lookedd happy for his first day of nursey school. You see him in front of the mural outside of the building wearing a blue jacket with a backpack. He seemed to like the mural. Pointing and smillng at it in one photo. A beer bottle found at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean is at least 126 years old. The bottle was found off the coast of canada in november. And tasted the liquid. They confirmed it tasted ok sulfur. Youre watching kwwl. Weve got you covered. This is today Colder Weather is on the way. And one iowa homeless shelter is looking for help to make sure people have a warm place to stay. Family jumping from their home after it catches fire. And some College Campuses are telling students to leave the hoverboards at home including one in iowa. Good morning, im ally crutcher. And im jerry gallagher. Storm track seven meteorologist your storm track sevenforecast. Temperatures are hovering around freezing and we have some through the kwwl viewing area this morning. Roads are becoming partially covered in parts of the vewing area, especially our northern counties, t any untreated surfaces may be slick this have some areas of fog out there this morning. We will keep some fog for the next couple of days with a lot of moisture streaming into the area. Wind chills are inthe 20s this morning with southeast windd mainly 510 mph. The light mix will continue this morning with rain taking over for the afternoon. Temperatures wont change much today and that could lead to minutes. The area. Wind chills are in the 20s this morning with southeast winds mainly 510 mph. The light mix will continue this morning with rain taking over for the afternoon. Temperatures wont change much today aa that could lead to more mixed precip tonight. Ill have more on that in a few minutes. Our top story as eileen said. Our top story some of the coldest days f the season might asking the public for help. Theyre looking to expand so they dont have to turn anyone away during the colder months. Kwwls Amanda Gilbert joins us live in waterloo. She visited the shelter. Well i can feel the drop in temperature. I spoke with the catholic worker house in waterloo and they say this weather has them concerned. Now right now they have shelter for men and shelter for women and children. But they arent sure if this spapae will be enough in the near future. Here you go. Paul henson lo