craze at all -- and will prove it on halloween night. here's a live look at our good morning it's 6 a-m -- today is . good morning, i'm ally crutcher. and i'm jerry gallagher. meteorologist eileen loan is here now with your storm track seven forecast. we have a few showers tracking through early this morning, but they will track out by 7 or 8 this not reporting any problems. temperatures are holding in the mid to upper 50s this morning and should warm up nicely today with southerly winds helping out... they are 5 to 15 mph today but will end up 10-20 gusting higher. clouds will track out for this morning and leave us mostly sunny today, but there is another system to our south winds. that changes that forecast in a few minutes. a big story this morning -- is far from over. in the u-s alone -- 30 people communities in north and south carolina are dealing with massive devastation and widespread flooding. as reid binion tells us -- more could be "we're still rescuing people, as ...underscoring the crisis still playing out amid massive flooding left by hurricane matthew. --president obama, declaring a major disaster in the state... ...including the city of lumberton, where crews worked throughout the day to rescue 15-hundred people stranded by flooding. the f-a-a -- ordering not stranded by "you go in a room, and there's side of the room or in another room. i don't understand it." "it still keeps on coming. we're going to lose quite a few homes here." adding to the suffering -- widespread power outages: "it's a major historical storm that is going to take some time is preventing us to quickly restore some outages." ...governor mccrory... ppleoe -- a full ten percent of the state's population -- were likely left without electricity. "it makes me want to cry. it's horrible people with no electricity their homes thousands in the state -- forced from their homes and taken to shelters. i'm reid binion reporting. in north carolina -- a shelter because of flooding. in haiti -- a lot of people need help after hurricane matthew. two players for the washington redskins traveled on a team plane to deliver medical supplies to that country. the players hope their visit will shed some light on the problems the nation is facing... "being here obviously gives us opportunity and are blessed to play football, but football has given us the opportunity to give back hurricane in the caribbean since hurricane felix in 2007. a child is found dead inside his home because of carbon monoxide. florida police say a generator is the cause of the leak. it was inside the same room with the nine-year-old --- being used after hurricane matthew passed through. the rest of the family was taken to the hospital. a high school in florida went on lock down after a gunman showed the school with a gun. was clear. the former student has been arrested. officers are inspecting all dogs and other animals coming out of the florida keys. they're looking for signs of an infection that's killing an endangered deer. it's a parasite and authorities are working to get rid of it. lightly. this is not simply something to be written off as a punchline or a florida man story, this poses a grave threat... every car with a cat or dog inside was asked to stop at a checkpoint -- to make sure they weren't infected. a clown prank could have turned deadly for three teenage boys. they were wearing these masks and carrying -- what looked like -- a real gun, and went up to an employee outside a store in new mexico. the woman immediately called police. police caught up with them and discovered it was an airsoft pistol -- basically a bb gun... "discovered it was two 13 year this pointed in your direction, you're going to think it's a charged. video out of detroit shows someone in a clown costume pulling off a dangerous stunt. you can see the clown hanging on to the back of the bus. many people nearby don't think this video is very funny, instead it'll end up getting somebody hurt you know what i'm saying... that get them hurt for real". that video has been seen more than half a million times on facebook. a mom is fighting against this clown craze -- she's not giving any candy to anyone dressed as a clown on halloween. she says she's putting a sign on her house in colorado banning trick or treaters in clown costumes. she's worried halloween night could be the perfect opportunity for clowns with bad intentions to blend in with others, and with that, but there's going to be something that's not a good thing." "i think she's entitled to put up the sign, but don't take the recently warned parents about threatening hoaxes by people dressed as clowns. who let the hogs out? that's what one eastern iowa community was left wondering after a number of them went on the loose. animal control and police in waterloo spent hours trying to corral the animals. "we all have the right to live through our yard. this is totally unacceptable with me." "there were complaints about the home where the pigs escaped from received several city code violations. the owner has 72 hours to get the farm animals out of the city. police arrested more than two dozen people -- as the protests over the dakota access pipeline continue. more than one hundred people iowa -- and some other states. " some will like to say this is that many people engage in that kind of behaviour, inciting others to break the law, when they are asked to leave, that is not a protest." "people are going to be indigenous sovereignty applies here." criminal trespass.. one of those arrested was hollywood actress shailene woodley. the "divergent" star was arrested -- while she was in the middle of a two- hour livestream on her facebook page. she's was also in the movie "fault in our stars" and "snowden." authorities say they'll look at the footage from the protest -- and possibly make more arrests. eastern iowa continues to recover this morning from last from the state. storm track seven's amanda gilbert joins us live in waterloo... you can tell us about this new help. it has been a very rainy morning... and i'm sure that is the last thing some areas in eastern iowa want to see right now... many are still dealing with damage from the 2016 floods... in fact.. governor branstad has just agreed to give state assistance to two more counties counties.... state resources are now helping more than 20 counties recover from severe flooding. grants from the state are also available for some people paying for temporary housing... new clothes -- as well as food and home repairs. i want to stress this is state help... we are still waiting to hear whether or not the federal government will help any counties with flood recovery. fema should not be in any county waterloo... amanda gilbert... kwwl news. butler county emergency management recently posted a warning on their facebook page. they say if anyone has been contacted by people claiming to be fema employees... they should report it. butler county says they have not been formally told if they will or will not get federal help. a group of cedar rapids police officers and state troopers help turn a bad situation into a positive one ...with the help of a teddy-bear. during the floods in cedar rapids - a woman had her car stolen. inside -- her 6 year old daughter's comfort item, her blanket. the car was recovered -- but the blanket wasn't there. so an iowa dressed in a iowa state patrol shirt... to do that ..he really stepped in and made things right for her. she says alaina has not let "trooper the bear" out of her sight..and she hasn't mentioned her blanket since. decision 20-16 now: more fallout from donald trump's comments about women. trump said during sunday's debate that the 2005 comments were just "locker room talk." but during a campaign rally in ohio -- clinton said many pro not happen in their locker rooms. this is turning the clock back single most important fundamental right you have as citizens of america." iowa. he'll be in waterloo for what's being called an early voting event. donald trump spoke at a rally in western pennsylvania.. where his supporters cheered his performance in sunday night's debate. trump reiterated that he wants to get a special prosecutor to investigate hillary clinton if he were to win the election. all crooked hillary could do was talk about small petty things last night. during the course of 90 minutes she was exposed and her failures were exposed. she had no defense, all she much last night. trump also blasted clinton for parts of her e-mails distributed by wikileaks. here in iowa early voting is down. polk county says there have been 12 thousand fewer absentee ballot requests than there were at this same time four years ago. but a political science professor says a lack of enthusiasm for a evils argument is not gonna keep people from the polls." he says another factor that will likely have an impact on voter turnout.is what the polls say and whether the election is close or this isn't a scene out of charlie brown -- but a woman has a great pumpkin on her hands. she won this year's world championship pumpkin weigh-off in california. her gourd... nicknamed "orange crush"... clocked in at a whopping 19- hundred and 10 pounds! event organizers say she's is the third woman to have won the contest since it first started rights, she won more than 11- thousand dollars. it's coming up on today in iowa.... bring out the denim jacket -- and put away the yoga pants. americans are falling in love with denim again. plus... no one wants their identity stolen -- but a new report finds a surprising number of "you're watching kwwl, we've got you covered! with jerry gallagher, ally crutcher and meteorologist eileen loan. "now your storm track 7 you've worked hard. retirement's within reach, but congressman blum wants to raise the retirement age blum would make it harder, voting to cut social security and privatize medicare. blum would even deny social security to seniors until they're 70. i'm monica vernon, and i approve this message, because seniors have earned social security and medicare. weather information. here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team: rain continues to track to the east this morning and will track out by 7... stormtrack7 live weather network cameras have managed to catch raindrops this morning, but will eventually show sunny skies for the afternoon. breezy south winds will help keep mild temps around today, but a rather strong cold front will change that for tomorrow and thursday. right now, though, it is mild with temperatures in the mid to upper 50s in our viewing area and they are still 5 to 15 mph but will be about 10-20 mph most of the day, but the cold front starts to track in to the western counties this evening. rain this morning will continue to track to the east with the cold front marching across the northern plains. it will bring clouds and some showers, but mainly the next few days. rainfall amounts will end up from a few hundredths to around three-quarters of an inch, including this mornings' rainfall. that all tracks our early and skies will clear out. breezy south winds help get us into the 70s this afternoon. the winds turn to the northwest tonight and rain tracks back in. lows tonight temperatures will be steady or falling all day. light rain showers will track through, as well, with northwesterly winds gusting to 25 mph at times. thursday will have a frosty start to the day with highs in the mid 50s under sunny skies for the afternoon. we will warm back into the 70s for the weekend, but the cha o it's time to lace up your skates! the world's most famous ice rink will re-open this morning. the ice rink opening marks the annual lighting of the rockefeller center christmas tree. there will be a live skating it's time to lace up your skates! the world's most famous ice rink will re-open this morning. the ice rink opening marks the traditional beginning of the festivities leading up to the annual lighting of the rockefeller center christmas tree. there will be a live skating performance and a ribbon cutting at 9 o'clock this morning. it's coming up on today in way into the office. we'll explain coming up. plus... trump meets his mini- counterpart at a rally stay with k-w-w-l, we've got you covered. you're watching kwwl. we've got you covered in stone city, balltown, tama and all of eastern iowa. it's called "workplace" and, at first glance, it looks like facebook, complete with groups, news feeds and trending stories. but "workplace" is focused specifically on the company you work for. more than a thousand businesses worldwide are already using it. about two in five americans have either had their identities stolen or know someone who has. a report released today finds 41 million american adults have had another 49 million know someone who has had theirs stolen. the study says many are putting themselves in harm's way by engaging in risky security behaviors. it seems americans are falling in love with denim all over again... at the expense of yoga pants. data shows that interest in denim is picking up. it shows growth in the sports apparel market has recently slowed to five percent, down from seven percent in previous years. this comes as denim makers have campaign event last night to have a little fun. he brought up a young child who looked just like the republican presidential nominee. the little guy is dressed in a trp- or infamous, blonde combover. trump noted that the boy looked just like him, but was simply "too good looking". he then asked the boy if he wanted to stay with the g-o-p nominee or go back to his parents. the child's response? "trump". however, the boy was happily eileen loan is back with working the farm, meeting iowans in all ninety-nine counties every year. no surprise then, my husband has been named the hardest working senator. dawn to dusk. chuck works. forecast. becoming mostly sunny, breezy and mild today with highs in the 70s. cold morning with highs in the 50s how tall are you? how do we measure greatness in america? the height of our skyscrapers? the size of our bank accounts? no. it's measured by what we do for our children. and it will be my mission to build a country where our children can rise as high as their dreams and hard work take them. that means good schools for every child in every zip code. college that leads to opportunities... not debt. and an economy where every young american can find a job that lets them start a family of their own. we face big challenges, but we can solve them the same way families do. respecting one another. and never giving up. i want our success to be measured by theirs. i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. you've worked hard. retirement's within reach, but congressman blum wants to raise the retirement age to 70. blum: we've got to raise the retirement age. blum would make it harder, voting to cut social security until they're 70. i'm monica vernon, and i approve this message, because seniors have earned social security and medicare. we've got to protect it. nearing the home stretch -- and campaigns are once again setting thir we're learning about more campaign stops in the state this week. plus -- a terrifying story turns into one of relief this morning. a girl kidnapped found safe hundreds of miles from home. and an iowa school paying tribute to a pair of fallen officers -- in a unique way. good morning, i'm ally crutcher. and i'm jerry gallagher. here now with your storm track seven forecast. we have a few showers tracking through early this morning, but they will track out by 7 or 8 this morning. we may have some areas of fog this morning, but most areas are holding in the mid to upper 50s this morning and should warm up nicely today with southerly winds helping out... they are 5 to 15 mph today but out... they are 5 to 15 mph today but will end but there is another system to our west that brings a change for a few days. highs today will be very mild in the 70s with temperatures. i'll have more on that forecast in a few minutes. four weeks from today - america have more on that forecast in a few minutes. four weeks from today - america heads to the polls. this presidential race is more this morning telling us where the "special prosecutor, here we come, right?" donald trump, defiant as ever, promising more to come about bill and hillary clinton the republican party. the party itself is sticking by him, but says he won't defend trump - won't campaign for him - but won't pull his endorsement either. "paul ryan is trying to make the best of a very difficult situation." so is hillary clinton. "he is an equal opportunity insulter if there ever was one." than that." newl clinton has pulled 11 points ahead nationally since the video tape was released exposing trumps vulgar language about touching women without their consent. he calls it locker room banter. "no men are not that way, real men aren't that way. donald trump's wrong about that. donald trump's wrong about that." "let's just make it official: wasn't even close." trumps running mate trying to right the ship, as the latest polling shows him losing ground, especially with women. and hillary clinton is still on the lookout for what leaked emails may reveal about her campaign. i'm tracie potts in washington, the second presidential debate did not top the first. more than 66 million people watched sunday night. that's down 20- percent from the first matchup -- which set a record. many people watched sunday night football instead. others say they didn't watch the debate --- because they're just fed up with the race. about debate ever for its site. 20 million people were commenting, liking and sharing content during the debate. republican leaders are being asked whether they continue to stand behind donald trump. governor branstad says he is -- but also says what he heard trump say in the 2005 tape released a few days ago -- is reprehensible and offensive. branstad's son eric is trump's iowa campaign director. senator joni ernst says she'll the republican party's nominee. two republican state lawmakers -- representative ken rizer and senator jack whitver -- pulled their support over the weekend -- but most other state party leaders have not. 28 days from the election -- and iowa is once again becoming a focal point for the campaigns. donald trump's running mate is in newton today. mike pence will speak at a rally at the des moines area community college. the doors open at one. the vice presidential nominee is expected to speak at bill clinton will be in eastern iowa. he'll be in waterloo for what's being called an early voting event. it's scheduled to start at 6:45 at the national cattle congress -- with doors opening an hour before that. the former president will also be in linn county on thursday afternoon. people in florida are being given an extra day to register to vote. a federal judge extended today's voter registration deadline until tomorrow -- because of hurricane matthew. the judge's order comes after the florida democratic party sued extending the deadline. governor scott said people had enough time. states are still reeling this morning because of the storm. matthew killed at least 30 people across five states. in florida -- 12 people died -- nine because of carbon monoxide poisoning -- or other problems caused by the power being knocked out. this morning in georgia -- more than 100-thousand people are still without power. flooding is still a big problem in south carolina. more evacuations there have been called for. help people who are trapped in their homes. they're using boats and trucks to get through the high water. this morning -- we're starting to see some of the damage left behind by hurricane matthew. thousands are still out of their homes. the damage stretches for miles. "you go into a room and side of the room or another room." president obama is freeing up federal money to help those more support to haiti. almost a week after the hurricane hit haiti, the people there are struggling to get food, medicine and water. the u-s-s iwo jima, was deployed from virginia on saturday and is if you thought it rained a lot this year -- you're right. 20-16 will go down in the iowa history books.... this will be the third wettest year in the last 144 years. storm track seven's amanda gilbert joins us live in waterloo with more details. has been all the rain.. even this morning it's been raining on and off. the iowa department of natural resources says iowa has seen nearly 10 more inches of rain the statewide average was more than six inches. that makes it the wettest september in 30 years.. all that rain caused the cedar... shell rock and wapsie rivers to flood. end of august..... many areas in northeast iowa... including spillville and decorah... dealt with major flooding from the turkey river. we've got you covered live in waterloo... amanda gilbert... kwwl news. during flooding in august... towns in northeast iowa saw between 5 to 8 inches of rain. fantastic news this morning about the search for a four-year-old an alert hospital worker in tennessee spotted rebecca lewis. investigators were tipped off that a worker recognized the florida girl and the man accused of taking her from her home over the weekend. they say there's no sign so far that the girl was hurt, and they don't know why the two were at the hospital. "i'm numb, i don't know what the weekend's been. i'm so numb. i've went from anger to love to hate back to love back to hate. i can't describe it, i really can't." the girl with her family in by officers. a man is dead this morning, after a police shooting shut down traffic on a busy interstate. it happened late last night in southern california. california highway patrol says the man was shot by one of their they saw someone walking in traffic before the shooting. no word yet from officers about why shots were fired. flowers, pictures and balloons are being left on the steps of a police department -- honoring two officers who were shot and killed over the weekend. prosecutors say capital murder charges are expected against the suspect in palm springs, california. he's accused of shooting and killing two officers during a 12-hour standoff with the swat team. one of those who died in the line of duty -- had been with the department for 35 years and was planning to retire in december. an iowa school is remembering two officers killed earlier this year. susan farrell and carlos puente- morales were two of four people killed in a crash in april. they worked for the des moines police department. at a nearby school -- a landscaping project, more than 6 months in the making, is dollars for two trees to honor the officers... thats what makes us realize that the city is going to be fine. this community, we are going to get through whatever we are our future.' the trees will also help students deal with emotional losses in their own lives. a man arrested after shots are fired... now faces a more serious charge. last week in dubuque...shots were fired in the downtown area...on west eighth street. steven burrell of chicago was charged with reckless use of a attempted murder... "it's just crazy that it happened right here, next to my business, across the street from my come back and get their if burrell is convicted -- he faces up to 25-years in prison. police say more charges are possible. today -- a grant county deputy will be in court. he's charged in a child abuse case. vance vankirk has been on administrative leave. he's the man on the right seen in this video here. a criminal complaint says vankirk is accused of using a belt to spank one of his kids. that child then allegedly told the complaint says vankirk admitted spanking the child and that he did it because he thought the child had cut another kid's hair without permission -- but later learned that never happened. today, the u-s supreme court dials up a case affecting the world's top two smartphone makers. justices will hear arguments over the amount samsung should pay apple for copying the iphone's distinct look. samsung paid apple more than 540-million dollars last year. but samsung is now arguing is shouldn't have to pay all of samsung is also dealing with another big issue this morning. it stopped selling galaxy note 7 phones worldwide. the consumer product safety commission has reported at least 92 cases in the u-s in which the phone's battery caught fire or even exploded... "so consumer reports thinks that yu oshould take advantage your money. just take the phone in and stop using it." last month, samsung issued a global recall. it blamed a manufacturing fire. investigators are now studying a different problem. this 14-year-old student is not your average teenager. he's a sophomore at a kansas high school and a sophomore at harvard. if he stays on track... he'll graduate from college a week before he graduates from high school. "i was thinking about the other day how surreal that actual day will be, but it'll be a fun experience." he'll be 17 when he graduates from harvard -- and is very interested in politics. we're just getting started on today in iowa. you can't blame cub fans if they hit the snooze this morning. a late-night playoff marathon. the game didn't end until early this plus -- meet the iowa native running from coast to coast -- trying to set a record. the forecast from storm track seven meteorologist eileen loan is up next. "you're watching kwwl, "now your storm track 7 forecast on kwwl." from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. see the screen for your complete weather information. here is additional forecast team: rain continues to track to the east this morning and will track out by 7... stormtrack7 live weather network cameras have managed to catch raindrops this morning, but will eventually show sunny skies for the afternoon. breezy south winds will help keep mild temps around today, but a rather strong cold front will change that for tomorrow and thursday. right now, though, it is mild viewing area and across the state. south winds are helping as they are still 5 to 15 mph but will be about 10-20 mph most of the day, but the cold front starts to track in to the western counties this continue to track to the east with the cold front marching across the northern plains. it will bring clouds and some showers, but mainly cooler air to the region over the next few days. rainfall amounts will end up from a few hundredths to around three-quarters of an inch, including this mornings' rainfall. that all tracks our early and skies breezy south winds help get us into the 70s this afternoon. the winds turn to the northwest tonight and rain tracks back in. lows tonight will be tomorrow's highs... temperatures will be steady or falling all day. light rain showers will track through, as back into the 70s for the still to come -- a football first. a touchdown one state has never seen before in a high school game. plus -- working out when you get worked up. a new study tells us when we shouldn't exercise. when my dad got the contract with donald trump, it was huge for our business. there was never any question about the quality of work... and the next thing you know, you weren't getting paid. when you're a small business, a big contract is everything, but...if you don't get paid, it's devastating. if he treats the american people like he treated my father, on the trump taj mahal, we're...we're in trouble. the whole country's in trouble. three of the division series. you didn't get much sleep. a terrific game as chicago went for the sweep in san francisco. two star pitchers facing off against each other -- and early on -- it's jake arrieta getting a leg up. arrieta -- the starting pitcher -- hits a three-run homer off madison bumgarner. the cubs second home run by a pitcher in the series. cubs lead 3-0. the giants would then score the next five. cubs down by two in the top of the ninth. last chance -- and kris bryant delivers. a two-run home run and the game is runner on second. joe panik -- a blast to right field. the winning run scores. san francisco wins 6-5. it ended at about 1-45 this morning. game four is tonight. history is made on the football field -- by a young lady. kendall breland became the first female in the state of in the first quarter of a game friday night. "it felt awesome. i've been trying to make history ever since i came down here 3 years ago. in the history of mississippi high school football, girls have kicked field goals and extra points. but before friday night, there was no record of a female scoring a touchdown. her team won the game 61-14. many of you are waking up -- thinking about getting a run in. so is peter, an iowa native. he's trying to break the world record for the fastest time running across the u-s. he started in san francisco -- and will end in new york. he's from boone originally. he has to finish in 46 days to "it's great to be back in iowa. it was a little rough out west with so it's been really good these last few days." he's finished -- and then rest. a lot. you can follow along with pete's journey on our website at k-w-w-l dot com exercise is a great way to prevent heart disease. as long as your heart and head are in the right place. if you're angry -- you might heart attack can triple if someone is mad during an intense workout. timing is also key in another way. if you're mad -- and exercise at night between 6 and midnight -- the risk is greatest. its we're wrapping up today in iowa with the forecast from storm track seven meteorologist eileen loan next. darien: why have the latest smartphone if you can't use it wherever you go? switch to u.s. cellular for our best plan yet: 7 gigs of data per line for only $49. to share more photos at your cabin the best part? we put towers in places the other guys don't. because u.s. cellular thinks you deserve a signal that works wherever you are. switch to u.s. cellular and get a whopping 7 gigs of data per line forecast. becoming mostly sunny, breezy and mild today with highs in the 70s. cold front brings rain and falling temperatures tonight through wednesday. frosty thursday morning with weekend. chances of rain/storms returns for the weekend, as well. good morning. more to come. donald trump doubles down on his attacks against the clinton family. >> if they want to release more tapes, saying inappropriate things, we'll continue to talk about bill and hillary clinton doing inapprope >> and clinton not backing down. >> he wants to talk about what we've been doing the last 30 years, bring it on! >> her lead, now the widest it's ever been in our new poll. with exactly one month to go, can trump rebound? matthew's wake. the water still rising in parts of the south hit by the hurricane. more than 1,500 people rescued, an entire north carolina town evacuated. we are there live.