Good evening. My name is Kathleen Richardson and i am the dean of the school of journalism and mitigation at Drake University. Welcome both to the members of our audience here at the Science Center of iowa and des moines and to those of us or those of you who are joining us by lifestream. This year we are celebrating the 100th anniversary of journalism education at drake and from the beginning in 1919 our program has been characterized by a close relationship with our profession and by service for our community. We are very proud to continue that tradition by cohosting the conversation tonight. We have experts on the front lines of this pressing public issue. This event is brought to you through a collaboration between Drake University and sidelined. Sideline is a philosophically funded free service for journalists based at the American Association for the advancement of science in washington dc. It connects reporters to scientists in order to promote more credible Accurate Research ba
First, meteorologis t kaj omara has your first alert forecast, kaj. Our cold front is moving across the area the morning, but youd hardly know it from a precipitation standpoint. Theres just no moisture to work with, and a rapid decrease in clouds is likely. Much of the day should be sunny with lighter wind and highs around 70. Plan on a nice night with clear and calm conditions. Our next weak system arrives Late Wednesday night into thursday morning and should offer up a chance of very light rain in the area. Cooler temperatures remain on track for thurs wake of that small system, with a nice rebound for the weekend. Have a good day today mostly sunny. Wind nw 515. High 70 tonight mostly clear. Wind light n low 48 tomorrow partly cloudy. Wind n 510. High 66 tom. Night mostly cloudy with a slight chance of light rain. Wind n 510. Low 45 relocate to the cedar rapids Downtown Core. Hibu, a Digital Marketing Services Provider and directory publisher, is moving into 211 third avenue se in
Lighter wind and highs around 70. Plan on a nice night with clear and calm conditions. Our next weak system arrives Late Wednesday night into thursday morning and should offer up a chance of very light rain in the area. Cooler temperatures remain on track for thursday and friday in the wake of that small system, with a nice rebound for the weekend. Have a good day today mostly sunny. Wind nw 515. High 70 tonight mostly clear. Wind light n low 48 tomorrow partly cloudy. Wind n 510. High 66 tom. Night mostly cloudy with a slight chance of light rain. Wind n 510. Low 45 gasoline leak at a major intersection. Waterloo police say the crash happened at u. S. 218 and west 11th street around 8 50 last night. The semis gas tank was ripped open. Waterloo fire crews stopped the leak with a special putty. The crash is under investigation. No one was hurt. In cedar falls, one person was hurt when a van hit their car. Police say it happened at the intersection of greenhill road and briarwood hill dr
Our cold front is moving across the area the mor standpoint. Theres just no moisture to work with, and a rapid decrease in clouds is likely. Much of the day should be sunny with lighter wind and highs around 70. Plan on a nice night with clear and calm conditions. Our next weak system arrives Late Wednesday night into thursday morning and should offer up a chance of very light rain in the area. Cooler temperatures remain on track for thursday and friday in the wake of that small system, with a nice rebound for the weekend. Have a good y today mostly sunny. Nd 15. ght n low 48 tomorrow partly cloudy. Nd n 510. High 66 tom. Semitruck in waterloo last night led to a gasoline leak at a major intersection. Waterloo police say the crash happened at u. S. 218 and west 11th street around 8 50 last night. The semis gas tank was ripped open. Waterloo fire crews stopped the leak with a special putty. The crash is under in cedar falls, one person was hurt when a van hit their car. Police say it ha
From the game. Theres no way you can continue in this game. After just four batters. His hand bleeding on the mound, his finger injured by a drone. All while his team makes a run for the world series. And the price is so right. That had not one, not two, but three contestants jumping for joy. The epic game show stunner. We do say good morning, america. What a moment. What a moment on the price is right. You see all those contestants so excited. In 45 years of seasons it has never happened before. And this reaction to this as great as it was when it aired 45 years ago. People still that excited. Pretty great. A lot more on that. But we begin with the race for the white house. Exactly three weeks until the final votes. Melania trump is speaking out Hollywood Tape. And overnight, donald trump doubling down on his allegations of voter fraud, and our tom llamas spoke with him. Good morning, tom. Reporter george, good morning to you. As youre about to hear, those comments about Speaker Paul