Areas of dry or wet weather this afternoon and the chance of storms will have to be maintained until the sun goes down. Like yesterday, any storms that form will be extremely slowmoving, leading to areas of excess rainfall in isolated spots. The same boundary is still in our area tomorrow, but will move south tomorrow night. From wednesday through saturday, cooler High Pressure builds in as a tropical system impacts the southeast united states. Today scattered thunderstorm s possible. Very muggy. Wind se 510 high 81 tonight chance of storms. Wind light s. Low 67 tomorrow chance of storms. Partly sunny. Wind nw 510. High 80 tom. Night storms early, then partly cloudy. Wind nw 510. Low 62 thanks kaj. Data from iowas first three moth medicaid system show theres room for improvement. Today, people relying on medicaid for their healthcare and the companies managing the system will express some of their concerns in des moines. This morning, medicaid members will share their experiences, both good and bad, at the State Capitol building. They can then talk to committee toward the end of its meeting later this afternoon. The committee is also speaking with the managed Care Organizations or mcos about any possible improvements. Data released on friday showed those organizations all paid at least two thirds of medical claims in the month of june. Amerigroup had the highest rate with 88 percent paid. United healthcare was the worst with 67 percent. That trend reversed for pharmacy claims with United Healthcare paying 70 percent of claims tha was last with 57 percent of claims paid. During the summer, a lot of us get busy with vacations, family get togethers and back to school. With people being so busy, Blood Donation centers take a hit. The red cross says donations are critically low and hope to address that need through a blood drive today. Kcrgtv nines brea love joins us live from the cedar rapids marriott. Brea, what does the red cross want to get out the the any eligible donors to make an appointment to help ensure theres enough of a supply for people in need. Im here with. From the red cross. Can we talk a little more about the importance for donations during this season . Youre also looking for platelet donations . What should people know if they plan to come out today . If youd like to help out you can come down to the marriott throughout the day. To make an appointment to d donor app, visit redcrossblood. Org or call 1800red cross. Live in cedar rapids, brea love, kcrgtv nine news. To decide what do with a donated house. The property is right next to the worker house and needs some improvements before the nonprofit can use it. To help pay for those improvements, the worker house held its firstever fundraiser at quarter barrel downtown. Twenty percent of the purchases made during the worker house helps people with food and shelter. Organizers say the need for shelters is big. Right now we only have one or two shelters where single women can go to, and i know that they are opening a third shelter, and once they get that one open it will relieve some of the stress, but i think that we stay at our capacity every single day. Organizers were trying to raise more than 10,000 dollars at last nights event. An already congested part of 1st avenue in cedar the city is reducing 1st avenue to one lane in each direction between 33rd and 40th streets. The construction will also affect some left turn lanes. Flaggers will be out today to try and keep traffic flowing. The good news today starts the final phase of the 1st avenue project for the rest of the year. It should be done by october, in cedar falls, the official search for a new School President begins today at the university of northern iowa. The mauker union. The committee is also working with a search firm out of washington dc and the iowa board of regents. Uni provost jim wohlpart is currently serving as interim president at the university. Former president bill ruud left last month to serve as president of Marietta College in ohio. Democratic leaders say iowa will play an Important Role in novembers president ial election. They spoke at the Progress Iowa corn feed in des moines yesterday. Leaders from around iowa spoke at the event including Senate Candidate and for judge pointed out how she believes there has been no action in the senate for the past 8 years and she plans to change that. Former president ial candidate and former governor of maryland, martin omalley, closed the event calling out donald trump for his quote american nightmare agenda. He pointed out how much work needs to be done in the next 72 days leading up to the election. People say to me wheres chuck on all these issues someone said hes dragging his feet and i thnk he is. I love your state im excited to be here for Hillary Clinton, tim kaine and also for patty judge. You have some fine congressional candidates we have running this year jim mowrer, monica veronon. Its an exciting year in iowa. Democrats also pointed out how they want to protect the gains they made under president obama like sustained growth from the recession republican president ial candidate donald trump hopes his new focus on illegal immigration resonated with iowans. He was in des moines over the weekend for senator joni ernsts roast and ride. He says its an issue thats negatively impacting all americans. Trump criticized Hillary Clinton, saying his campaign is about restoring honestly and accountabilit y to government service. He said its hard to see where the Clinton Foundation ends and the state department begins. This morning parishioners in home. This comes after several services honored them over the weekend. And dozens of Flood Recovery workers need time to recover themselves after a tragic bus crash in louisiana. But right now, heres a look at todays opening farm markets. Good morning day with dew air temperatures should warm to the low 80s in all locations. Plan on a chance of scattered storms, primarily after 10am. Unfortunately, these will be so poorly organized, its tough to time out favored areas of dry or wet weather this afternoon and the chance of storms will have to be maintained until the sun goes down. Like yesterday, any storms that form will be extremely slowmoving, leading to areas of excess same boundary is still in our area tomorrow, but will move south tomorrow night. From wednesday through saturday, cooler High Pressure builds in as a tropical system impacts the southeast united states. Today scattered thunderstorm s possible. Very muggy. Wind se 510 high 81 tonight chance of storms. Wind light s. Low 67 tomorrow chance of storms. Partly sunny. Wind nw 510. Low 62 thanks kaj. Overall, plan on a very muggy day with dew points well into the 70s. Actual air temperatures should warm to the low 80s in all locations. Plan on a chance of scattered storms, primarily after 10am. Unfortunately, these will be so poorly organized, its tough to time out favored areaso and the chance of storms will have to be maintained until the sun goes down. Like yesterday, any storms that form will be extremely slowmoving, leading to areas of excess rainfall in isolated spots. The same boundary is still in our area tomorrow, but will move south tomorrow cooler High Pressure builds in as a tropical system impacts the southeast united states. Today scattered thunderstorm s possible. Very muggy. Wind se 510 high 81 tonight chance of storms. Wind light s. Low 67 tomorrow chance of storms. Partly sunny. Wind nw 510. High 80 tom. Night storms early, then partly cloud thanks kaj. Overall, plan on a very muggy day with dew points well into the 70s. Actual air temperatures should warm to the low 80s in all locations. Plan on a chance of scattered storms, primarily after 10am. Unfortunately, these will with just a little more than 2 months before the november elections, president ial candidates are investing a lot of money in their campaigns pulling back on his immigration policy, republican president ial nominee donald trump is planning a major rally to tackle the issue. And domocrat Hillary Clinton built up her war chest this weekend with fundraisers in new york. Abcs Adrienne Bankert reports. After much speculation on president ial candidate donald trump was softening on immigration. Trump tweeting on sunday i will be making a major speech on illegal immigration on wednesday in the great state of arizona. Big crowds, looking for a larger venue. Though his campaign has insisted the immigration plan will be fair. Sot pence nothing has changed he put this at the center of his campaign youve heard the word humanely again. This weekend a firm response. They still will build that wall. Sot kellyanne no amnesty no sanctuary cities this weekend in iowa trump invited the family of sarah root, a young illegally . Who posted bail and disappeared. Sot michelle root like mr. Trump said they let us down. They had him, they let him go. Sot trump we will use Immigration Law to prevent crimes, and will not wait until some innocent american has been harmed or killed clinton spent sunday campaigning in the hamptons as another round of emails obtained by abc news has revealed more questions about whether Clinton Foundation donors received preferential treatment and political favors while clinton was secretary of state. Tag there was one other interesting tweet from mr. Trump clinton about her health, saying, both candidates, both candidates should release detailed medical records. Two people are dead and dozens arin in louisiana. The bus was carrying Flood Recovery workers from new orleans to baton rouge. Investigators say the driver was a 37yearold man who is in the country illegally and does not have a commercial license. One man killed was a local fire chief. A 21yearold man in one of the three cars involved also died. Authorities expect to charge the bus driver with two counts of negligent homicide. Investigators are now trying to driver. A mass this morning in mississippi will remember two catholic nuns stabbed to death last week. Investigators found the bodies of margaret held and Paula Merrill inside their home on thursday last week. About 300 people filled a small church yesterday for another service yesterday. More than half of them had to sit outside because parishioners quickly took over every seat inside. Its a challenge to deal with the situation like this. One of the things i think both of us would say is the support that weve gotten from around the world has helped to give us st a 46yearold man is now facing charges in their deaths. Over the weekend, prosecutors charged Rodney Sanders with two counts of capital murder. Students at Cornell University in new york will gather today to remember a student killed in a massive fight over the weekend. Overnight, authorities identified the student as Anthony Nazaire , a 19yearold sophomore at event at the Student Union late on saturday night. That led to a massive brawl involving hundreds of people after the event. A second unidentified student was also stabbed in the fight, but is already out of the hospital. It was definately a shock to me and everyone else i am sure everybody else who has heard about it. I mean this is a campus we all see as a safe place and home and stuff so for this to happen right where we go to class, this is where we all live. Its a shock and its a tragedy for s surveillance to try and make arrests in the case. Flash flooding shut down a major interstate in southern ohio overnight. Up to 8 inches of rain fell in the cincinnati area yesterday. Three inches fell in only 2 hours. That shut down portions of interstate 71 near the ohio river. Thats the main route for anyone driving between cincinnati and louisville kentucky. Flooding has also canceled class for at least four School Districts in that area. One couple decided a damaged church wouldnt stop their wedding yesterday. They wanted to hold the ceremony inside the 16th century building, but the church said it was too dangerous. So the couple got married just outside. The groom said his goal was to give people something to think about other than the destruction. In one of the hardest hit areas, there was a special Family Reunion yesterday. Rescue crews found a pet tortoise inside a damaged home and reunited it with its owner. Weather with meteorologist kaj omara. Stay with tv9. Its. Now, one last look at this overall, plan on a very muggy day with dew points well into the 70s. Actual air temperatures should warm to the low 80s in all locations. Plan on a chance of scattered storms, primarily after 10am. Unfortunately, these will be so poorly organized, its tough to time out favored areas of dry or wet weather this afternoon and the chance of storms will have to be maintained until the sun goes down. Like yesterday, any storms that form will slowmoving, leading to areas of excess rainfall in isolated spots. The same boundary is still in our area tomorrow, but will move south tomorrow night. From wednesday through saturday, cooler High Pressure builds in as a tropical system impacts the southeast united states. Today scattered thunderstorm s possible. Very muggy. Nd se 510 high 81 night chance of storms. Wind light s. W tomorrow chance of storms. Oudy. Wind nw 510. Low 62 cs ndis gibson and dianmacedo in todays techbytes what customers want from the next iphone. A survey sis the average buyer cares more about additional storage, better battery life, and a faster processer than cuttingedge technology. 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Most allergy pills only control one inflammatory substance. Flonase controls 6. And six is greater than one. Flonase changes everything. The red cross needs blood. Ill show you how you can donate today in cedar rapids, coming up in a live report. People in cedar rapids hope a new event will get kids on the right path and out of trouble. And now that flood water is down in northeast iowa, workers are making progress to get some towns back to normal. Good oclock on august 29th. Heres a live look at the city cam. Conditions were just right last night to put a tornado on the ground in northern linn county. A viewer sent us this photo of that tornado that touched down near troy mills yesterday afternoon. It was moving northeast at about 10 miles per hour. First, meteorologis t kaj omara
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