Clearing and drying up. Low 46 wind n nw 37 mph traffic check red on traffic map major delays delays green on traffic map no were following breaking news out of iowa this morning. Two officers are killed on the job officials are calling it an ambushstyle attack. Kim has the latest in the newsroom. It started around one this morning with a shots fired call. Des Moines Police say an officer responding to the call found an suffering from a gunshot wound. Then 20 minutes later, about two miles away a des moines officer was found shot. Both officers were sitting in their patrol cars when they were shot they both died. Officers are now being doubled up on patrols. There is clearly a danger if youre a police officer. These guys were gunned down sitting in their car doing nothing wrong. So theres definitely some danger out there. Theres somebody out there shooting police officers. We hope we find them before somebody else gets hurt. Or shooters. At this point officials are not releasing any in
Ted cruz has surged like no one else in iowa over the past month. According to the Quinnipiac University polls. No one would argue steve kings endorsements responsible for all of it. But the poll shows tea parties, evangelicals, and the most conservative all now put cruz as their top choice. Cruz is no longer fighting for their support with scott walker, rick perry and bobby jindal. Since all three dropped out of the president race. And former caucus winners Rick Santorum and Mike Huckabee have so far found far less support from iowans like they did in the past. Heres Something Else thats changed. Those terrorist attacks on people in paris have dominated frightened the world and angered those ready for vengeance. The quinnipiac poll found when it comes to foreign policy, no other republican cruz. Dont count out donald trump. Why should you. Hes back on top in this poll and his five point gain in the past month is second most only to cruz. Likely Republican Caucusgoers think trumps thei
Thicker in some areas where visibility is down to zero. This morning we have a mix of clouds and son. A few scattered gun and storms are possible as chance between midday and into the afternoon. We will have some dry hours today coolingoff smile with a morning shower. 75 degrees on wednesday. Heres a look at the monday morning commute. So far so good just a few spots of over the construction especially in bound kennedy from chicago avenue to ohio. The two left lanes are a until 5 00 a. M. Otherwise the roads look good. No major issues or problems. Israel is holding its fire for a seven hour humanitarian truce this morning. But hamas has not agreed to honor the cease fire. The onesided truce comes after israel was widely condemned for a bombing that killed 10 palestinians at a school that was sheltering refugees. More than 100 rockets were fired from gaza into isreal yesterday. Medical Officials Say more than 18hundred palestinians have been killed since israel invaded gaza on july 8th.
Talk about how good they did we only see the first quarter. Lets take a look at the day. Early on we have warmer conditions. Yesterday it fell to nuys. We have a comfortable range High Temperatures in the mid60s. We are expecting to, and even more today. Incendy start today. Cooler temperatures along thke. 52 degrees in chicago. 49 in bartlett. 42 in dekalb. Satellite composite shows dry conditions. Get used to it we will try today and for the rest of the workweek. We do have the chance of rain coming later in the week. But not today. Todays official high will be 72. Down to 51 tonight. Thursday we are 75. Today is the first day of fall. It will feel like summer. You dont like summer . I like fall better. Im one of those few weird people who like full better. The mccue said it. Looking outside, with support from the dan ryan. In bound at 95 the on ramp is closed for at least another hour. Coming in on the kennedy, another squeeze as you approach edison. There in the process of picking
Luckily there brain drain to this time but with every drop this morning there was worried. And fear that the drainage system would not keep up. Many residents lost sleep over it. I am so relieved. I even got up early this morning to see how bad it was. Was up at about 2 00 in the morning just making sure. That is because their basement is newly repaired from getting flooded out two weeks ago. But nearly half a foot of water ruined a computer and the flooring dow was back on august 22nd when a similar strong bursts storm caused this. A severe flash flooding which even track to them and many residents in their homes. This time there is lighter and slower precipitation so lot less homeowner pain from the rain. Was not olive one time the rain. Last time we got like 3 in. In one hour. That was a lot. Despite no flooding here today many residents still plan to attend a burbank Board Meeting tonight to sound off about persistent flash flooding problems around here. Many are always worried abo