Thursday, august 20th, 2015. Every time we talk about that store at this makes my skin crawl. We apologize if people are eating their breakfast. I know, cockroaches. Lets move on. Well get a check of the weather right now. Chris murphy is off, hell be back on monday, so i am sitting in on this day. Hot muggy day, sue. Really, you can feel the air, you can almost see it walking out the door. So thick outsidement pop of thunderstorms, so we go with six out of ten for today. Already at 77 degrees, in the city. With relative humidity, and icky sticky 88 . 9mile per hour wind out of the southeast, and there is your sunrise time, now official, at 6 17. Well see how much sunshine we get with that southeasterly wind flow, it is keeping us kind of cloudy. We are watching this area of rain, moving out of the washington baltimore area, close to Lancaster County, and then this other one, out of the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay here, to see if that makes its way into southern delaware, if that area
This afternoon will top out in the middle 50s, but will continue to rise through the evening and overnight. Rain chances will arrive tonight and continue through sunday, you may even hear a rumble of thunder or two. Expected rain totals are around 1 to 3 inches, locally higher amounts are possible. Thanks britley. Democratic president ial candidates are once again making appearances throughout the state this weekend. Vermont senator Bernie Sanders will make a few stops in eastern iowa today. At 10 this morning, hell visit Strawberry Hill elementary in anamosa to talk about Racial Justice and prison reform. Then at 1 this afternoon, hell head to clinton for a town hall meeting at clinton middle school. At 4, he makes an appearance at the grand river center in dubuque. Sanders will finish the day in waterloo, with a stop at west Hillary Clinton has a highprofile star doing behalf. Its actor tony goldwyn, who pls the president on abcs hit tv show, scandal. Central iowa this des moines. Th
All students in iowa. Yet as low as this may be, the 10 percent was substantially higher than missouri, illinois, nebraska and wisconsin and the same level as minnesota. We often talk about Graduation Rates in iowa and achievement gaps and those do hold in iowa. 90 for all students and 74 for African American students, according to the report. Whats also worth noting is how iowa measures student achievement. The iowa assessment test a paper test where students fill in bubbles is in its last year as the state will switch to the smarter balanced assessment for next year thats an online test. Leaders say the new test will allow for variation if a student performs well, the questions get more difficult. My full report is on kcrg. Com. Beth. Republican president ial candidate donald trump met with supporters in des moines. This was his first iowa stop comments on keeping muslims from entering the country. Speaking at the state fairgrounds, trump said the u. S. Needs to help with the migrati
Weather service until noon today. Temperatures this afternoon will top out in the middle 50s, but will continue to rise through the evening and overnight. Rain chances will arrive tonight and continue through sunday, you may even hear a rumble of thunder or two. Expected rain totals are around 1 3 inches, locally higher amounts are possible. Thanks britley. Democratic president ial candidates are once again making appearances throughout the state this weekend. Vermont senator Bernie Sanders will make a f stops in eastern iowa today. At 10 this morning, hell visit strawberrrr hill elementary in anamosa to talk about Racial Justice and prison reform. Then at 1 this afternoon, hell head to clinton for a town hall meeti at clinton middle school. The e and river center in dubuque. Sanders will finish the day in waterloo, with a stop at West High School at 7 30. Hillary clinton has a highprofile star doing sse campaign legwork o oher behalf. Its actor tony goldwyn, who plays the president on
The nation was focused on the us capitol, as president barack obama gave his 7th and final state of the Union Address last night. Night. But instead of focusing on a long list of things to do in his final year the president told the country hes looking beyond that. That. I dont want to talk just about the next year. I want to focus on the next five years, ten years, and beyond. But it also involved looking back at his last seven. The president said the us is in the longest streak of private sector job creation in history and he championed the Iran Nuclear Deal and Climate Change agreement made in paris last month. He also laid out a few bipartisan agreements he thinks should get done like criminal Justice Reform and preventing Prescription Drug abuse. The president said he strained relations between the two parties. Its one of the few regrets of my presidency that the rancor and suspicion between the parties has gotten worse instead of better. Better. Tomorrow the president will visit