we will be playing country music over the place even if you are not a fan of country music, it is memorial day and patriotic. todd: it puts you in the mood to honor america but most importantly honor those who paid the ultimate price that we can enjoy today and everyday in the land of the free and of course, that the home of the brave. this is definitely the home of the brave. with that, a lot of you traveling will see a lot. a holiday crisis, gas prices and flights being canceled due to staff shortages at airlines. ashley: alexandria hoff live with more, alexandria. good morning, ashley, todd. i wrapped up my holiday travel at the airport and it was no joke. aaa predicts 25% more americans will travel for this holiday than they did last year between weather, airline staff issues, hundreds of flights canceled this week and including more than 200 so far today. that is on top of passengers already having to shell out more, listen. when i travel, i m not really surprise
We begin with a developing story overnight. Cedar Rapids Police are investigating a shooting at an apartment complex on the citys southwest side and at this point, theres still many unanswered questions. Police are releasing very few details. Kwwls Amanda Gilbert joins us live from the scene. Amanda, theres still a pretty heavy Police Presence this morning. Police are still on scene hours after the shooting happened. Right now im seeing a spotlight. And crime scene tape sorrounding a lot of the apartment complex where the shooting took place. This all happening at the cedar valley townhouses on j street southwest. Not far from i380. I did checkin with police this morning. They confirmed that the shooting police tell me they are still investigating what happened. And i spoke with someone who lives in this complex that tells me a lot weve got you covered live in cedar rapids, Amanda Gilbert, kwwl news. Well continue to follow this morning throughout today in iowa. Well also update our we
Or snow shower. As a low remains windy through thursday. As the storm pulls away the clouds clear thursday. The wind is light friday with the 40s into the 20s by monday light snow showers. A Mental Health patient is back in the hospital tonight, after police say he escaped earlier this morning by stealing an ambulance. Room at covenant hospital around 7 30 this morning and was later. Kwwls lauren moss has been looking into this she joins us now with the latest developments. Amanda, the search only lasted about an hour but it was tense. A neighborhood was on edge and a nearby school also went into lockdown. And everyone was wondering how a patient. Could actually steal ambulance . Police say the patient is 36 year old joshua rohner. As soon as he left the emergency room and took the ambulance by crashing through the garage. The search was on. Police say he was found here walking down lindner drive just blocks away from the hospital. We spoke to a neighbor who said he saw the man trying
Wondering how his son was able to get out . Meanwhile neighbors are asking the same thing hoping it wont happen again. I dont want to see that again again i asked the hospital if the keys were nearby or stored in the garage but they are not revealing that information tonight. Meanwhile charges are pending. As rohner is back here at covenant. Weve got you covered Lauren Moss Kwwl news. Waterloo columbus which is near covenant went into lockdown once the school learned what was going on. That lockdown was lifted after rohner was caught. For the latest developments be sure to check out our website, youll definitely need to hold on to your hats tomorrow as winds begin to pick up. Lets go to storm track seven chief meteorologist Mark Schnackenberg whos tracking it all. From the kwwl stormtrack sky remains mostly cloudy tonight with a stray light rain strengthens, the wind increases here wednesday morning and remains windy through thursday. As the storm pulls away the clouds clear thursday.
Answers they need before everything changes april first. 3830 peoples lives should not be for profit. It is hurting us 4840 his insurance takes care of most of it. But i worry when he retires 4449 i took care of her for 30 years and im sick and you people that are on these Privatized Companies are trying to make money off our backs and youve put me in limbo over and over and over again. Senate Democratic Leaders say they hope to debate a bill next week that would establish oversight after the medicaid changes begin. They want to define and expand duties from the department of Human Services and the Ombudsmans Office to make sure iowans get the care privatization will deliver that money. But today showed there are iowans filled his plan isnt whats best for them. The so called, peeping tom law got an upgrade today at the statehouse. its adding it to the toolbox that Law Enforcement can use and prosecutors on someone who is leaving a camera to view someone. current invasion of privacy or