Has your first alert forecast, kaj. Plan on a breezy and cooler election day. Clouds should clear the area by 8am at the latest, allowing for sunny sky today. Temperatures will initially fall through around 10am, then bounce back well into the 50s by 2 3pm. Plan on wind speeds anywhere fr of the northwest. Through the rest of the week, the sky generally remains clear with highs well into the 50s and 60s as well as lows primarily into the 40s. The next best chance for any measurable rain isnt until at least 7 days from now. Have a good election day today mostly sunny. Wind nw 1020. High 58 tonight mostly clear and cooler. Wind n 510. Low 34 tomorrow sunny. Wind nw 510. High 58 tom. Night clear. Wind sw 510. Low 37 thanks kaj. Election day 2016 i ahead. The new abc news tracking poll has Hillary Clinton holding onto a 4 point lead at 47 and trump at 43. Abcs Elizabeth Hur is in washington with this report. Dueling rallies kicking off decision day in america. Trump so its now officially t
Participating and doing our civic duty to make sure the right person gets in the office. Who ends up in the oval office next according to kwwls who ends up in the oval office next according to kwwls political analyst dr. Chris larimer the election wont be determined by voters changing their mind last minute but by turn out. They are focused on getting their active voters out and making sure those voters who are reqular voters know where to go if they havent vote. The pursuasion elements at this point you arent going to move the number supporters and making sure they are getting out to vote. I voted for trump. I just believe that the policies he promises to put in line up more with my beliefs. I voted for Hillary Clinton. I just feel like she stands behind the values that i have for drawing first time voters of all ages if true is something that could play a large part in Election Results we know that voting is a habit. You do it once, you are more likely to do it. On the other hand, if
Polls open an hour from now. Im Jerry Gallagher and im ally crutcher a cold front tracking through the area this morning is squeezing out a few showers but will quickly clear out. Temperatures are in the 50s with the clouds but have dropped into the 40s with the clear skies behind. East and will stay mainly 1015 mph for the rest oe now. Northwest winds will stay decision 2016 todays the day millions of americans cast their votes. Were keeping an eye on results nationally and here in iowa, one key race were watching is iowas first Congressional District. Firstterm republican congressman rod blum faces democratic challenger Monica Vernon. Us live in the telegraph herald newsroom with more on both candidates. Good morning shirley. Good morning ally and jerry. Political experts say this one will be a close race. Freshman congressman rod blum background. His opponent is Monica Vernon, former cedar rapids councilwoman. When it comes to the issues. Blum is wants to reform the culture of and w
Renewed commitment to do this the right way. Weve done it this way since, frankly, the control of the senate change a half a dozen years ago. The new majority was totally committed to get these bills to the floor. They were all ready, all 12 bills for the first time in six years, most of them ready about the end of may, the sirs o firsf june but with only a couple of exceptions were they allowed to come to the floor and that was at the very last minute, when it was too late really for this process to work the way it should. Lets hope for more transparency, more debate, more challenges. Im i chair this one committee ive been talk about today but certainly there have got to be other ideas that other members who arent on the on this subcommittee have, who arent on the Appropriations Committee have. They do their best to get those ideas in by talking in this late process and during the year what should happen. Lets do our best to make this happen the way the constitution envisions and peop
Iraq. And once again donald trump didnt do it. Instead, he said captain khan would be alive today if donald trump had been president then. Captain khans father will join us with his response, and we will also be joined by an army veteran who served with captain khan in iraq, but first, the biggest thing that the political media chose to pretty much ignore about last nights debate, and it was also the single strangest, most inexplicable thing that we have ever seen or heard in a president ial debate. Did anybody see that debate last night you never saw anything like that before. She was flabber fwasted, i can tell you. [ sniffing ] when he was pressed about how he behaves, he just doubled down on his excuse. This was locker room talk. A really weak excuse. [ sniffing ] i brief in redemption. I believe in second chances. Its just awfully good that someone with the temperament of donald trump is not in charge of the law in our country. Because youd be in jail. Lock her up, lock her up spe