Than 75thousand sales. Youre watching kcrgtv9. Now, from your 24 hour news source, this is kcrgtv9 news morning news. The heaviest of the rain has moved away, leaving us with a cloudy sky. Some more showers are a possibility today, mainly this afternoon and evening. Itll be fairly windy with highs in the 50s. Well get some clearing to happen tuesday with somewhat cooler highs in the upper 40s. Another slight shower chance arrives on wednesday, affecting mainly northern iowa. The second half of the week will around 40. By early next week, a rain snow chance moves into the midwest, but there are large questions on the details this far out. Today chance of showers, mainly in the afternoon and evening. Windy. Wind s 1530. High 55 alo 54 dbq 52 iow 56 1shot two Cedar Rapids Police officers hurt in a deadly crash on i380 are out of the hospital this morning. Police this morning. They havent released the names of the two People Killed in the Early Saturday Morning crash. The officers were stopped for Traffic Control following a minor crash. Thats when another vehicle hit the squad car from behind. Authorities pronounced the two people in that vehicle dead at the scene. Police blocked southbound traffic for several hours. Whenever you see news, give us a call on newsline nine. That number is 3193659999. You can also email pictures and video to newsroom at kcrg this morning, syrian state media is reporting that government has taken control of a neighborhood in aleppo from rebel forces. At least 400 people left certain eastern districts over the weekend as the Government Forces pushed forward. Officials estimate a quarterMillion People have been trapped there since the government started its effort to take back those neighborhood s in late august. The un says Food Supplies are running low and the government has attacked several area hospitals. President elect donald trump says he doesnt popular vote. As yasmin amer reports, hes critical of the former democratic nominee for participating in a recount effort that he is labeling a scam. Like many of Donald Trumps controversie s. This one started on twitter. The president elect tweeted sunday quote in addition to winning the Electoral College in a landslide, i won the popular vote if you trump is the president elect. Despite losing the popular vote by almost twomillion votes. There has been no evidence of any kind of massive voter fraud. Over the weekendin a move unprecedente d by a president electtrump unleashed a series of angry tweets about a vote recount effort. Spearheaded by the green partys jill stein. The Clinton Campaign announcing saturday they would participate while making clear they ar contest the results. Trumps Senior AdvisorKellyanne Conway slammed the efforts. The idea that were going to drag this out now where the president elect has been incredibly magnanimous to the clintons and the obamas is pretty incredible. Ste in has raised more than five Million Dollars for fees and court costs associated with a recount in wisconsin. The move coming after Data Security experts raised concerns over discrepancies between areas that used paper ballots versus electronic. Its an effort incoming chief of staff Reince Priebus called a total waste of time during an interview on fox news. Its ridiculous. This is a person who won 33,000 votes in wisconsin. To president elect trump who won 1. 4 million. Im yasmin amer reporting. The Linn County Drug Treatment Court program will graduate its eleventh class today. Graduates of the Drug Treatment Court program have completed 15 months of Community Supervised probation. This is video of a past graduation in johnson county. Officials say its designed to provide a final opportunity for clients to stay in the community. The Graduation Ceremony is at one this afternoon at Veterans Memorial building. Hospice and Palliative Care provide support to patients facing chronic illness. Medical professionals want patients and their families to understand some of the main differences between the two. Kcrgtv nines brea love joins us. Brea, what is the difference between hospice and Palliative Care . Nicole, as we mentioned they provide support, but in different ways. Hospice is known for its end of life services, but palliative is a way to work on the symptoms that come with an illness. For example, if someone is effects chemo. Palliative will do what it can to make that easier for them. Nurse brook sternberg says its a great resource for those who dont need end of life care yet. Thats always the big thing, where do we go now or what do we do next . Its really talking to them about that and establishing those goals as to what they want to do. In 2014 more than 1 million americans used hospice nicole, coming up in our next half hour well speak with a family who says this type of care has made a big difference in their life. Park Board Members in a northeast Iowa Community want to know why the city fired the parks director. The parks board oversaw the work of jason thieme. One member said it was a surprise he was fired last wednesday. Ken resch says he was happy with thiemes work. He sent a letter to the mayor and city council expressing his frustration. But wouldnt discuss the reason. Resch says the board deserves at least a basic explanation. Most people across the country are back home from the thanksgiving holiday without major travel delays. Data from the federal Aviation Administration shows most us airports had delays of 15 minutes or less yesterday afternoon. The transportatio n Security Administration anticipated screening about twopointfive million passengers on sunday. Thats about 500th than an average weekday. Many travelers decided to take a train to avoid delays. We have sold out trains, weve added trains, added trains to down state, added trains to milwaukee tonight and we expect to have full amtrak trains through monday morning. Triple a estimated 48 point7 million americans would travel for the thanksgiving holiday. Cedar rapids officials will set up the citys Christmas Tree today. Coonrod Wrecker Service will help the park and Recreation Department cut, spruce. A cedar rapids family donated the tree. Officials estimate it will arrive at its Greene Square location sometime between eight and nine this morning. Iowas secretary of agriculture is asking people to consider buying a real farm grown Christmas Tree when decorating this year. There are more than 100 Christmas Tree farms in the state harvesting about 57thousand trees a year. According to bill northey, onepointfour Million Dollars comes from people farms. Many say picking out the tree is a family tradition. Weve been doing this since we were little kids. My dad and my mom started it a long time ago and weve just continued it with my dad and my step mom. They may spend maybe an hour or so walking through the trees its a nature walk one key thing to remember if you get a real tree is to make sure you water it. Trees can use from a few pints up to a gallon of water a products it makes, you could say a factory in monticello is in the business of saving lives. From plastics to fabrics this weeks made in eastern iowa shows the importance of the basics in keeping people alive. Good morning its. The heaviest of the rain has showers are a afternoon and evening. Itll be fairly windy with highs in the 50s. Well get some clearing to happen tuesday with somewhat cooler highs in the upper 40s. Another wednesday, affecting mainly northern iowa. The second half of the week will feature cloudiness and highs in the upper 30s to around 40. By early next week, a rain snow chance moves into the midwest, but there are large questions on the details this far out. Today chance of showers, mainly in the afternoon and evening. Windy. Wind s 1530. High 55 alo 54 dbq 52 iow 56 tonight mostly cloudy. Wind sw 515. Low 35 alo 34 dbq 35 iow 36 wind sw 515. High 48 alo 47 dbq 48 iow 50 tom. Night mostly cloudy. Wind w 510. Low 31 alo 30 dbq 31 iow 33 wednesday slight chance of showers, mainly north. Breezy. High 40 low 31 thursday mostly friday mostly cloudy. High 39 low 29 saturday partly cloudy. High 39 low 28 sunday chance of rain snow. High 41 low 26 monday chance of rain snow. High 40 low 28 tuesday mostly cloudy. High 39 low 28 tomorrow, tv nine and the Heritage Area Agency on aging will fill the plate. The annual telethon, now in its fifth year, raises money for meal programs for older adults in eastern iowa. We hope youll join us starting tomorrow morning at 430 and throughu morning america. In this mornings gma first look deadly wrong way accidents over the holiday weekend. In arizona a single vehicle wrong way driver into a greyhound bus. The driver was killed. More than a dozen on the bus massachusetts killed going the wrong way on thanksgiving and sunday two killed on long island. Five deadly accidents over the holiday. We have seen them before. Vehicles on the wrong side of the road speeding. One study says theyre 27 times more deadly. Between 300 and 400 deaths a year and nearly 60 of these accidents involve drivers who have been drinking. Coming up a tips for staying safe on the . Happy holidays from crayola. So when do i start . Um, shouldnt it be spokescrayon . Can somebody turn on the a c . Im melting here. . Air marker spraayer . Chemistry, baby so i just hold this part and spraaaaaay. The holidays just got more surprising. You can find these great gifts and more in the crayola aisle. Aaaaaah each sold separately. Before danny got what he was dreaming about for the holidays. Before his mom earned 1 cash back everywhere, every time. [ dinosaur growls ] and his dad earned 2 back at Grocery Stores and wholesale clubs. Yeah even before they earned 3 back on gas. Dannys parents used their bankamericard cash rewards credit card to give him the best day ever. Thats the joy of rewarding connections. Battle zone. Polo custom products is approaching its 50 year anniversary. Kcrgtv9s chris earl takes us to the world with humming sewing machines in this weeks made in eastern iowa. In one side room at the polo facility in monticello, we got an upclose look at one of the prime products for a warzone. Its meant to contain, a wounded war fighter somebody who has been stripped of their protective clothing, theyre put inside the wrap. The wrap is zipped up and the wrap is designed for the patient to extricate themselves where the sewing and the heat sealing are all done here. In monticello. Hum of sewing. Sewing is a big part of our business but we also have the radio frequency welding and the thermoforming. Polo is based in topeka, kansas, where president and ceo carla klem said we believe there is honor in making things and there is certainly making the kinds of things we make in the medical industry and fire and defense industry. The monticello facility usually works on 4 10hour days, with a bevy of products that may not be the first thing that comes to mind but theyre essential. Especially when something unexpected happens. We also make, um, automatic external defibrillator. It is a wearable defibrillator that connects to the electronics and we make many of the oxygen masks in an airliner used to collect cerebral spinal fluid from brain injury patients. Whether its a selfcontained breathing apparatus that a firefighter might wear or something thats a medical device in a Doctors Office or a hospital, we want them to be proud that its made in iowa. Tv9s chris earl with that story. If you have an idea for a business or company we should feature on email. That address is chris dot earl at kcrg dot com. The death of longtime cuban leader, fidel castro, has sparked opposite reactions. In cuba, theres a somber silence while in miami people are dancing in the streets. Its here is a live look at. Stay with kcrgtv9. Meteorologist kaj omara joins the heaviest of the rain has moved away, leaving us with a cloudy sky. Some more showers are a possibility today, mainly this afternoon and evening. Itll be fairly windy with highs in the 50s. Well get some clearing to happen tuesday with somewhat cooler highs in the upper 40s. Another slight shower chance arrives on wednesday, the second half of the week will feature cloudiness and highs in the upper 30s to around 40. By early next week, a rain snow chance moves into the midwest, but there are large questions on the details this far out. Today chance of showers, mainly in the afternoon and evening. Windy. Wind s 1530. High 55 alo 54 dbq 52 515. Low 35 alo 34 dbq 35 iow 36 tomorrow partly cloudy. Wind sw 515. High 48 alo 47 dbq 48 iow 50 tom. Night mostly cloudy. Wind w 510. Low 31 alo 30 dbq 31 iow 33 wednesday slight chance of showers, mainly north. Breezy. High 40 low 31 thursday mostly cloudy. High 38 low 30 friday mostly cloudy. High 39 low 29 saturday cloudy. High 39 low 28 sunday chance of rain snow. High 41 low 26 monday chance of thousands of people every year one eastern iowa man says he depends on the care he gets to make it through the pain. Stay with your 24 hour news police are investigating a shooting that hurt a man in waterloo. They were at a house for hours last night after the injured man walked into the hospital. This morning, police told tv9 that both officers hurt in a crash on 380 are out of the hit a patrol car on saturday. Medical professionals are clarifying the difference between palliative and hospice care. One nurse says she gets the question almost everyday. President elect donald trump is criticizing recent efforts to recount votes in some key states. Green Party Candidate, jill stein, filed for a recount in wisconsin. Shoppers can find thousands of deals today online as part of cyber monday sales. Amazon alone is rolling out more than 75thousand sales. Youre watching kcrgt from your 24 hour news source, this is kcrgtv9 news morning news. The heaviest of the rain has moved away, leaving us with a cloudy sky. Some more showers are a possibility today, mainly this windy with highs in the 50s. Well get some clearing to happen tuesday with somewhat cooler highs in the upper 40s. Another slight shower chance arrives on wednesday, affecting mainly northern iowa. The second half of the week will feature cloudiness and highs in the upper 30s to around 40. By early next week, a rain snow chance moves into the midwest, but there are large questions on the details this far out. Today chance of showers, mainly in the afternoon and evening. Windy. Wind s 1530. High 55 alo 54 dbq 52 iow 56 the nine days of mourning marking the death of former cuban leader fidel castro continue in havana this morning. As abcs janai norman reports, a few hundred miles change. Fidel castrol ruled the island nation for half a century. His passing marks the end of an era in cuba, though it remains to be seen whether it could also signal the start of change. Pkg its the tale of two cities united by the impact of one man. Nats the road to havana paved with glory for rebel chieftain fidel castro. The cuban government banning public drinking, music and dancing for nine days to honor the leader. Sot laura mayer tourist missing all the music which we know is such a culture. Leaving the normally lively city, eerily quiet. A second of video with no sound on the peninsula to the north, in miamis Little Havana . Nats of celebration a noisy celebration for cubans who fled castros brutal regime. Gladys falcon and im not happy because somebody died. Death, it is not about that, it is about that we see the future changing. During his decades in power, castro sent more than a million of his own people into exile, separating families and denying them the right to return. Cubans in miami consider the castro family a reign of terror . One still in power. Vivian urbieta raoul castro has things in place, the oppression continues, the lack of freedom continues and so the icy relationship between the us and cuba thawing. Just this march, president obama marking closer diplomatic ties with cuban president raul castro. A move president elect donald trump aims to undo. Sot donald trump we will cancel obamas onesided cuban deal made by executive order if we dont get the deal we want and the deal that People Living in cuba and here deservejn tag if trump reverses the recent openings to cuba by president obama, it stands to impact the American Companies already invested in cuba like airline companies, Hotel Operators and phone carriers. It would also impact american tourism to the island which was up 12 percent in the first half of the year. In washington, jn, abc news. A cuban refugee now living in happy to see fidel castro gone. Abdel vazquez collignon risked his life to escape castros reign 20 years ago. He left his entire family behind, trying to get asylum in panama. Now hes married, has two kids, four grandkids and works at a walgreens. He officially became an american citizen two years ago and says it is one of his proudest moments. I want the people know that it was a struggle come here and the reason sometimes im very happy that you guys give me opportunity not only become american but opportunity to have a life. He also says the Cuban Community has waited for castro to die for years and now its finally over. Wisconsin Election Officials are expected to meet today to discuss a possible timeline for a recount of the states president ial election. The recount comes at the request of Green Party Candidate jill stein. She says affected the results. Stein says she also plans to request recounts in pennsylvania and michigan. And theres been an incredible loss of faith in our basic institutions of government. I dont think we fix this by just trying to sweep it under the rug. President elect donald trump narrowly won wisconsin and pennsylvania and has a small lead in michigan. Wisconsin Officials Say it will be tough to finish the recount by the federally required deadline of dece hospice and Palliative Care provide services to more than one Million People in the United States each year. While both medical Services Keep a patients comfort at its core, there are differences. Kcrgtv nines brea love joins us now. Brea, its common for families and patients to confuse the two . Nicole, the Palliative Care nurse i spoke with says thats one question she answers everyday. Hospice is reserved for people facing the end of their live, with six months or less to live. Palliative focuses on whats medical field are bringing awareness to just what Palliative Care can do for those in need. Each year millions face chronic illness and search for relief. Five years ago Tim Patterson was one of those people. He was diagnosed with a rare bone marrow disease. The disease left him in serious pain, which kept him away from doing the things he loves. 44 47if you know you use to do that same thing all the time and now youre cut off thats what really really hurts. Patterson was told he would kidney disease, diabetes, and nerve pain. Knowing that, he and his wife kathy looked into their options. Now a Palliative Care team helps him manage it all. Sot 42 36if i can keep comfortable thats all im asking. What time i have left, id just like to do it as pain free as possible. Thats why they are so very important to me. Pain is just one portion. It can help with the side effects of treatment or even trouble sleeping. Palliative nurses say the biggest goal is to focus on the quality of life. 18 50how do we best care for down to those specifics with patients and families, by establishing those goals and then we kind of know how to best treat them going forward. Patterson was told it will be a slow process, but along with the team, his wife says she will be there every step of the way. 39 45ive had so much comfort in knowing this team is available for us in helping to care with tim because i fully realize i cant take care of him myself. 40 51love is looking at what youre dealing with, communicating with your spouse about his wishes, and then doing the best you can to make that happen for him. Palliative care starts with a consultation, and the first step is talking to your provider. And nicole, the month of november is actually used to bring awareness to their work. Maps will help cities and those living in flood prone areas know what to expect. The Iowa Flood Center is hosting a presentation to share its new Mapping Program this afternoon. Todays presentation starts at one at the University Capitol centre in iowa city. The flood of 2008 pushed the Iowa Flood Center to partner with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources to create and update floodplain maps for the entire state. The program took sixyears and 15 Million Dollars to complete. Students from repeatedly skipping school will wrap up today. In june, governor branstad announced the chronic absenteeism advisory council. Its made up of educators, state lawmakers, researchers, nonprofit and business leaders, and department of education officials. After todays meeting, the 30 member group will make its recommendations on how to to improve attendance. Holiday shoppers looking for deals are already online this morning for cyber monday. Amazon is one of the largest more than 75thousand sales today. Also, experts say travel deals are on sale. Experts say slow Summer Travel should give shoppers big airfare and hotel discounts. One shopper says apps help her keep deals organized. I have emails from amazon, from, groupon, best buy amazon says thanksgiving is actually becoming one of the biggest days for shoppers using its mobile app. Thanksgiving shoppers spent an average of just less than two hundred and ninety dollars this the National Retail federation says thats down from last year. About 99 million customers went to stores while about 108 million shopped online. One farmer in eastern iowa has to figure out another way to take care of his cows this morning. A fire yesterday destroyed the dairy barn, but there is a silver lining. Up next. This mornings weather wise question. Meteorologist kaj omara is up gehrts joins us now. The heaviest of the rain has moved away, leaving us with a cloudy sky. Some more showers are a possibility today, mainly this afternoon and evening. Itll be fairly windy with highs in the cooler highs in the upper 40s. Another slight shower chance arrives on wednesday, affecting mainly northern iowa. The second half of the week will feature cloudiness and highs in the upper 30s to around 40. By early next week, a rain snow chance moves into the midwest, but there chance of showers, mainly in the afternoon and evening. Windy. Wind s 1530. High 55 alo 54 dbq 52 iow 56 tonight mostly cloudy. Wind sw 515. Low 35 alo 34 dbq 35 iow 36 tomorrow partly cloudy. Wind sw 515. High 48 alo 47 dbq 48 iow 50 tom. Night mostly cloudy. Wind wednesday slight chance of showers, mainly north. Breezy. High 40 low 31 thursday mostly cloudy. High 38 low 30 friday mostly cloudy. High 39 low 29 saturday partly cloudy. High 39 low 28 sunday chance of of rain snow. High 40 low 28 tuesday mostly cloudy. High 39 low 28 he may be retired, but one at 90yearsold, leaders with a nonprofit call him superman as he picks up as many shifts as he can. Stay with your 24 hour news source, kcrg tvnine. Are investigating a shooting that injured a man. Officers say he had gunshot wounds to the hand, side and backside. He arrived at a hpital about seven last night. Police told tv9 this morning theyre investigating a house at 749 kern street. Investigators found cash in the street and a parked car with possible bullet marks. Police have not released the victims name. They do say his injures arent lifethreatening. A Benton County dairy farmer has to come up with another way to care for his cows this morning. A fire destroyed the fire was along highway 150 in Benton County, about five miles west of urbana yesterday. Fire crews battled the fire for several hours. The owner says firefighters stopped the flames from spreading to where he keeps his dairy cows. No people or cattle were hurt. The milking parlor is a total loss. 17 3017 44im grateful everybody is ok. I mean other than the fact that you know its an old building, and built a year before i was born, so its been around for my whole life. But im glad everybody is safe. So for. Birker says today hell have to figure out where to take the cows to get milked and how to transport their feed. Meals on wheels provides a Vital Service for those who are stuck at home, either because of illness or age. The food deliveries helped a cedar rapids man after his wife suffered a stroke. As kcrgtvnines Forrest Saunders reports, hes now returning the favor. This is clarence boesenberg. Though you wouldnt think it, the 90 yes 90 year old you when it come to biking. This year of done 9,200 miles. The cedar rapids man is also a fouryear veteran of ragbrai, doing his first in 2012. Clarence apparently won the lottery when it came to quality genes. Im very fortunate. Really, i am. I appreciate my good health. The good lord gave me my health. Hes not wasting that health. Since retiring clarence has given a lot back. He volunteers at church and other spots but few efforts are as important to him as this one meals on clarence has been delivering as many meals as he can he picks up whatever extra shifts are available, which often means clarence is delivering three or four days per week to clients often younger than he is. Superman. Thats what he is. Hes superman. She rita jenkins is the volunteer coordinator at horizons. Shes known clarence for the three years shes worked there. Sherita just cant believe his level of commitment or that clarence is giving up his golden years to help. Hes my hero. I love him. I love him. Hes so helpful. I couldnt do what i do without volunteers like him. But, what drives clarence to do all that he does . He says its his wife, ruby. She had a stroke in 1988. Before dying in 2011, meals two years prior. I appreciated having that and decided when the opportunity came that was something i wanted to do. And clarence is so glad he has. Hes made friends, hes helped too many to count and hes honored his wifes memory. How long do you think youll do the meals on wheels project . As long as i can which looks to be a very long saunders. Tomorrow, tv nine and the Heritage Area Agency on annual telethon, now in its fifth year, raises money for meal programs for older adults in eastern iowa. We hope youll join us starting tomorrow morning at 430 and throughout the day on tv9. Showing off its new floodplain Mapping Program this afternoon. It will help people get more information to prepare for future flooding. The program started after the 2008 flood and cost 15 Million Dollars. The presentation is at the University Capitol centre in iowa as we wait to hear more cabinet announcement s from president elect donald trump, he is criticizing efforts to recount votes. Green Party Candidate jill stein filed for a recount in wisconsin. Hillary Clintons Campaign announced it is joining in on recount efforts in key states. Today, shoppers can find thousands of deals online thanks to cyber monday. Amazon alone is rolling out more than 75thousand deals today. On black friday this year, shoppers spent three Point Computers and mobile devices. Now, one last look at this mornings weather, justin. The heaviest of the rain has moved away, leaving us with a cloudy sky. Some more showers are a possibility today, mainly this afternoon and evening. Itll be fairly windy with highs in the 50s. Well get some clearing to happen tuesday with somewhat cooler highs in the upper 40s. Another slight shower chance arrives on wednesday, affecting mainly northern iowa. The second half of the week will feature cloudiness and highs in the upper 30s to around 40. By early next week, a rai into the midwest, but there are large questions on the details this far out. Today chance of showers, mainly in the afternoon and evening. Windy. Wind s 1530. High 55 alo 54 dbq 52 iow 56 tonight mostly cloudy. Wind sw 515. Low 35 alo 34 dbq 35 iow 36 tomorrow partly cloudy. Wind sw 515. High 48 alo 47 dbq 48 iow 50 tom. Night mostly cloudy. Wind w 510. Low 31 alo 30 dbq 31 iow 33 wednesday slight chance of showers, mainly north. Breezy. High 40 low 31 thursday mostly cloudy. High 38 low 30 friday mostly cloudy. High 39 low 29 saturday partly cloudy. High 39 low 28 sunday chance of rain snow. High 41 low 26 monday chance of rain snow. High 40 low 28 tuesday mostly cloudy. High 39 low 28 we certainly hope your is and well be back with a local news update in about 20 minutes. Also make sure to join us at eleven for good morning, america. President elect trump lashes out, launching a twitter tirade over those calls for an election recount, making the claim with zero evidence that millions of americans voted illegally. And that he should have won the popular vote. The recount in wisconsin. Hillary Clintons Campaign says theyre joining in. End of an era. Celebrations and mourning. Over the death of dictator fidel castro. Now new questions about the United States future with cuba and trumps promise to roll back relations. World news tonight anchor david muir is live in havana. Lucky to be alive. The kidnapped mom found bound on the side of the road weeks after she was reportedly abducted on a jog. An eyewitness who discovered that mother of two now speaking out. I figured if she was willing