Mate mike pence held a round table discussion with Union Members in cleveland. He told labor leaders its president Barack Obamas fault that companies are moving jobs to mexico. Jobs are moving to mexico. And your manufacturing, its incredible whats happening. Right now, as we speak, their negotiating deals to move out of ohio and go down to mexico. Trump promised to stop companies from leaving the us. He also confirmed that he will participate in all three president ial debates. Joins us now with your first alert forecast. Justin, it was a warm one out there for people enjoying labor day. Warm, muggy weather is here for the next couple of days, and that will fuel the potential for heavy rain. Skies are partly cloudy tonight and a few storms are possible late, mainly northwest. That slight storm chance ends in the morning, but more storms may fire up again late in the day. Once again, the most likely place for that is in northern and central iowa. Heavy rain is possible. Highs will reac
Dollars an hour. And he doesnt believe that will cause inflation. It gets put right back in the economy if you boost the wage. Look at minnesota , theyre a closed shop state with 15 dollar an hour minimum wage over there and theyre in the top five in every category in the nation. There will be two more votes on the minimum wage proposal on the 6th and the 12th. It would go into effect next year. In the newsroom, phil reed, kcrgtv9. Most tip of iowa is the latest to consider raising the minimum wage. There, county supervisors are set to discuss a request from a Group Supporting the increase, tomorrow night at their meeting. In total, five iowa counties have either approved or are considering raising the wage. Today is a time to reflect on the United States workforce. As of may of this year, there were around 158 Million People over the age of 16 working in the us. Thats according to the census occupation was retail at 4point6 Million People. Cashiers were the second largest. The job exp
Small chance of storms exists, with a better chance tomorrow night into wednesday. Heavy rain is possible with any storms that come through the region both tuesday and wednesday. Thursday, we should remain inbetween system with dry sky likely. Friday, a strong cold front approaches from the west and should generate some more showers and storms. Going into the weekend, plan on highs to fall well down into the 70s with dry conditions and pleasant humidity. Today partly cloudy early, then turning mostly sunny. Breezy and warm. Wind s 1020 high 87 tonight ryldy. S ssible late in the night. Wind s 515 low 71 tomorrow a chance of storms early, then again in the late afternoon. Warm and muggy. Nd sw 1020. Gh 88 tom. Night stormcome li possibl wind sw 515. Low ank leads meeting in china for day 3 of the group of nations, or g20 summit. Putin met to discuss several topics. That includes trying to end the violence in syria. They agreed to keep up negotiations over a cease fire. More details abou
Front moves into the area. This front doesnt have the same amount of moisture as our past few systems, and amounts are expected to stay at or below a half inch. Temperatures tomorrow will struggle to get to 70 over the north half, with lower 70s farther south. Dry sky returns for wednesday and thursday with our next chance of rain arriving again around friday. Enjoy your monday today mostly sunny and breezy. Wind s 10 high 80 toy cloudy. Showers move in late in the night. Wind s 515 low 63 tomorrow mostly cloudy with scattered showers and a few storms. Wind w 510. High 73 tom. Night chance of showers, mainly early. Wind n 510. Low 54 thanks kaj. The Waterloo City Council will consider adding traffic security cameras, with the success of a similar system in dubuque. Tonight, the council is discussing how they can fund the project. They say they are modeling their plan on dubuques security cameras. It monitors traffic and nearly 100 security cameras last year, with many of them around th
One of them at a school. All of this stuff online has some jefferson parents worried a mass shooting was being planned, perhaps involving multiple shooters who still want to carry it out. Im very worried. Im worried to the point that im about to pull my son out of this school until we know that our children are safe. Monday afternoon, Police Released a statement to ease the communitys concerns. They said, after talking with students and monitoring social media, authorities dont believe anyone else was involved in fridays incident. They sy evidence of a credible threat against the school, staff or students. Additional officers were at the School Monday to reassure people. Nat game though fletcher wishes shed heard something sooner, she said the info from authorities has her feeling a little safer. Anyone with Additional Information is still being asked to contact authorities. You can reach them at this number on your screen 3192865400. We want to once again remind you that there is help