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On wednesday, in san bernardino, california . Breen asked. Well, horrific is exactly the right word, said hillary clinton, d president ial candidate. Horrific, and in the fbis opinion, and an act of terrorism. The two killers were motivated by that radical jihadist ideology that we have to try and stamp out and defeat around the world, clinton said. But, how . I gave a long speech, today, about how we have to take on isis in the air, american leadership, other nations finally coming to join us i...

Emergency crews are trying to free 17 miners trapped in an elevator that stopped working at a cargill salt mine. Officials say the miners are not injured and emergency crews have made contact with them via radio. With just a wave of a hand, Brain Surgeons can get some help in the operating room. Thats all thanks a pair of university of iowa undergraduate students. Kcrgtv9s Forrest Saunders is live in the newsroom this morning. Forrest, what did these students do to help surgeons . Coded and asse...

With just a wave of a hand, Brain Surgeons can get some help in the opeting room. Thats all thanks a pair of university of iowa undergraduate students. Live in the newsroom this morning. Forrest, what did these students do to help surgeons . They built a robot. Three ui students coded and assembled the thing for a senior project. Take a look. Currently, doctors often use microscopes to do brain surgery. They have to spend up to ten hours looking into the device, often hunched over. The robot rep...

Se just before 9 pm last night. When officers arrived on scene, they didnt find any victims, and no one has come forward with injuries. But police tell us, they did find evidence of gunfire in the area. With less than 4 weeks left until the iowa caucuses, we all see the candidates flocking to iowa. Each trying to build support to get iowans to head out on february 2nd to caucus for them. Retired neurosurgeo n ben carson is making stops throughout eastern iowa today. The republican president ial ...

Temperatures will hold or slowly fall throughout the day with temperatures expected to be in the low teens early tonight. From there things will keep trending colder for the weekend with the coldest air arriving monday morning when we could see morning lows in the 1520 below zero range with wind chills approaching 40. As far as snow goes we may see some saturday night into sunday and then again tuesday. 3 3 3 republican president ial candidates will be back campaigning today. After their sixth d...

Kcrgtv9s Jill Kasparie joins us in the studio. Jill, people involved with the project say this will mean a lot to the town. Thats right. The people behind this project say they know theres not much in garrison. So, the Library Board was determined to have a place built for kids and adults. Car nats on the quiet streets of this Small Community you wont find a lot happening. But not far from the Old Buildings on the main stretch you will find some activity with a flashing open sign. 5 48 24 we are...

This year show 22 percent of iowa third graders are substantially deficient. An additional eight percent are considered atrisk. And 68 percent are adequately progressing. 2percent are unknown. Lawmakers passed the iowa reading and retention law in 2012 kcrg tv nines Dave Franzman joins us. Youve been looking into how schools are getting ready to meet the requirements. Bruce, cedar rapids schools are testing students for reading skills three times a year and intervening sooner than state rules re...

3 a sioux city man is facing charges of robbing a friend in the morningside area. 20 year old Justin Dahlheimer is charged with 2nd degree robbery. Police say he asked a friend to meet him at a home on vine street to meet with some girls. When the friend arrived, police say dahlheimer and a black man assaulted him. Stealing his wallet, money and car keys. A search of dahlheimers car found the victims coat. Hes currently being held in the Woodbury County jail on 10 thousand dollars bond. 3 3 and ...

Friday afternoon. He is a good leader and hes very professional. Very compassionate. Does a very good job of organization. Hes a great guy, and i wish him well. Family, friends, city leaders and dignitaries came together to give their best wishes to ford. To me, hes like the captain of the ship. The Police Department was the ship. His hand was always on the helm no matter what happened. He knew where he wanted to go. He came on to the force more than 40 years ago, promoted to sergeant on january...

This morning. All good morning, america. And meet the mom with 12 sons. Anxiously awaiting her 13th child at any moment. Will it be another boy for mothers day . And garth brooks with the mother of all surprises. Im getting ready to go surprise some mom on gma. Our biggest mothers day event ever live only on gma. And we do say good morning, america. Happy friday, everybody. What a big morning just two days, you know, until mothers day. We have an early gift for one deserving mom. Our huge live s...