Reason of insanity. The judge ruled the defense did not meet the burden of proof for jurors to consider that verdict. Make sure to stay tuned for our second half hour. Tv9s Dave Franzman will update us live from the linn county courthouse, on the latest developments in luerkens trial. New this midday. Two American Contractors operating overseas are dead, after a jordanian policeman opened fire at a Police Training center. This is according to jordans government owned newspaper, al rai. They say the shooting happened near the countrys capital of amman. A third person from south africa was also injured in the shooting. A jordanian Government Spokesperson says an investigation is underway. We now have new information in the investigation into the downed russian passenger jet. Officials now believe a bomb caused it to crash, and someone with inside access put it on the plane. Abcs molly hunter is in egypt with more. Rep. Adam schiff california tom haueter former abc news sharm elsheikh, egypt video provided by pkg script us and british officials now believe an insider brought down that russian jet sot rep. Adam schiff isis may have concluded that the best way to defeat airport defenses is not to through them but to go around them with the help of somebody on the inside. Us Officials Say electronic intercepts from the Islamic State before and after the crash suggest that isis was in touch with someone at the Sharm El Sheikh airport. And today, investigators are pouring over those cctv tapes looking for a ramp worker who Authorities Say may have been recruited by isis to plant a bomb on the russian jet. But egyptians arent saying that yet over the weekend, the investigation offering the first hard piece of evidence sot ayman elmuqaddam head of egyptianled Investigation Committee a noise was heard in the last second of the cvr recording. With that critical clue experts say its possible to determine if that sound was a bomb. Sot tom haueter former ntsb that noise is very sudden, very sharp, it has a very distinctive profile to it, compared to other noises. So you can tell bombs. Actually they stand out. Molly hunter oncam close today a new team of russian investigators is at the airport and out at the crash site a Forensics Team continues to search for residue , any evidence that might suggest a bomb mh, abc news, Sharm El Sheikh, egypt president barack obama is talking oneonone with israeli Prime Minister benjamin netanyahu, for the first time in more than a year. Theyre speaking today at the white house to mend tensions over the us backed nuclear deal with iran. However, u. S. Officials are downplaying the chance of a breakthrough in ongoing security talks. Theyre also ruling out the possibility of a peace deal between israelis and palestinians before Obama Leaves Office in 14 months. First, meteorologis t Justin Gehrts has your first alert forecast, justin. This afternoons weather is going to be spectacular well have full sunshine with highs in the middle 50s and a light wind. Tomorrow is looking pretty good, too, with temperatures climbing a couple of degrees as a few more clouds move in. Showers and thunderstorm s are likely on veterans day, especially after noon. Those will continue into wednesday night. Many of us will have at least a half inch of rain from that system, and some of the storms may be strong in southern iowa. Very blustery winds kick in wednesday night and thursday with some gusts well over 40 mph possible. The week will end on a much cooler note, too. Today sunny high 5157 winds s 510 alo 54 dbq 53 iow 55 a train derailed in eastern iowa after it hit a road grater. This happened in Des Moines County around 830 this morning on highway 34, just west of danville. Up, and didnt see the train coming. The train went into emergency lockdown and crashed into the grater. Officials say about 2dozen cars full of coal went off their tracks. Right now, officials are investigating the crash and preparing for cleanup. No one was hurt. Crews are cleaning up rail cars in western wisconsin, after 32 derailed along the mississippi river. At least 5 carried ethanol. The Burlington Northern santa fe train hopped the tracks outside alma, wisconsin thats northwest of la crosse. More than 150 People Living nearby had to evacuate after the derailment happened saturday. Law enforcement says no one was hurt. Last winter, there were two major derailments in the tv9 viewing area. In february, a Canadian Pacific train carrying ethanol cars derailed into the mississippi in Dubuque County, near balltown. Some of the ethanol leaked into the soil and water. Then in march, a bnsf oil train went off its tracks near galena, leading to evacuations on the illinois side of the mississippi. Investigators said that involved 8 rail cars carrying bakken crude oil. Tonight, dubuque city leaders will gather opinions on a proposed new skate park. The city has committed 600thousand dollars to the project and has challenged a usergroup to raise another 200thousand. The city wants to get several ideas for a design. City leaders will also review dubuques two existing skate parks at comiskey park and mcaleece sports complex. The meeting is tonight at six, at the five flags center on main street. Also today, the Dubuque County library will forgive your overdue fees, for food. Library users can swap a nonperishable food item and knock off one dollar in fines. The library will donate all of that food to the Saint Stephens food bank. Dubuque county Library District has branches in asbury, epworth, farley, holy cross, and peosta. Conned out of their money every year. For the second time in 18 months, the iowa fraud fighters are investigating. A retired Marion School teacher, jo ennis, never thought shed fall for a con. But starting back in 2006, scammers took used a ponzistyle Investment Scheme to grab about 1 Million Dollars from her, after she sold her family farm. The man behind the fraud pleaded guilty, and jo ennis recovered some of her lost money. Now, her story is being featured in a traveling forum on the dangers of investment fraud. The Iowa Insurance Division is behind this effort. Theyre traveling the state, and coming to coralville a week from today. They help me a lot, personally. We learn a lot about issues in communities. We actually opened up cases at these events. We learn whats happening in our communities across the state. It also lets people know that were there. Gerhart estimates his office will see 55 hundred to 6thousand inquires this year. And he says a lot of them will the commissioner says that number is in line with previous years. People battling cancer usually have to undergo several medical treatments. But many patients struggle to win that battle, because they cant make their appointments. And a campuswide outbreak of the mumps is prompting ui Health Officials to vaccinate t alert this afternoons weather is going to be spectacular well have full sunshine with highs in the middle 50s and a light wind. Tomorrow is looking pretty good, too, with temperatures climbing a couple of degrees as a few more clouds move in. Showers and thunderstorm s are likely on veterans day, especially after noon. Those will continue into wednesday night. Many of us will have at least a half inch of rain from that system, and some of the storms may be strong in southern iowa. Very blustery winds kick in wednesday night and thursday with some gusts week will end on a much cooler note, too. Today sunny high 5157 winds s 510 alo 54 dbq 53 iow 55 tonight clear low 2834 winds se 510 alo 30 dbq 31 iow 31 tomorrow partly cloudy high 5460 winds se 1020 alo 56 dbq 55 iow 57 tomorrow night mostly cloudy wednesday showers stor ms high 59 low 46 thursday p cloudy, very windy high 51 low 40 friday m cloudy, still windy high 43 low 33 saturday mostly sunny high 52 low 26 sunday partly cloudy high 56 low 33 monday chance of showers high 51 low 38 thanks justin. Third dose of the mmr vaccine for free, starting tomorrow. The vaccine helps fight against measles, mumps, and rubella. Health officials have diagnosed more than one hundred cases on campus since summer. University Officials Say they expect three to four thousand students to get the shot. One student on campus says she didnt notice how big a problem mumps had become, until the university sent out an email about the vaccine. Shes opting out of the shot. I have very huge fear of needles, so i think im just going to try to stay healthy and take other precautions. The university of iowa has been working with the Iowa Department of public health, since it discovered the first case of mumps there last spring. Its important for patients battling diseases like cancer to get regular checkups with their doctors. But many People Struggle getting to the Doctors Office because of transportatio n issues. Holly firfer discovers a new system helping Cancer Patients get to their treatments on time. Its early on a wednesday morning. And darlene and margie. Are headed to the doctor. They laugh like old friends. But the two only recently met after darlene got bad news. After being diagnosed with Breast Cancer in 2000 and undergoing treatment successfully. She got a phone call. They had discovered the cancer had come back. But since her first diagnosis, darlenes eyesight has begun to falter and her doctors have advised her not to drive anymore. Thats where margie comes in. She volunteers as a driver for the american cancer societys program road to recovery, pairing volunteers with Cancer Patients who need help getting to their treatments. For a cancer patient to get effectiveness out of their treatment, that treatment needs to occur in a certain sequence, and at a certain frequency. According to the american cancer society, every day thousands of Cancer Patients across the country need rides to their appointments. So the organization is constantly looking for people who can offer assistance. Even if they only have a little time to give. Just knowing the transportation assistance is there for me is invaluable. For todays health minute, im holly firfer. The bird flu hit iowa farms production in the state and nationwide. And nearly a halfyear later, these farms are starting to see things getting back to normal. Good morning this is the good morning this is the agribusiness report. Im david geiger. Earlier in the year. 72 commercial Poultry Farms were confirmed with the bird flu virus. Well the Iowa Department of agriculture announced on friday that the quarantines on all of those farms have been lifted. And they are free to restock birds. All of the sites had to be cleaned and disinfected. Go through tests. And then undergo a three week fallow period. 77 total locations were affected by the high path avian influenza. With 31 and a half million birds. And. It knocked out nearly a half of iowa egg laying hens so far this fall. There has not been a resurgence of the virus. A pair of wisconsin representatives last week introduced a bill that tries to save taxpayers billions dollars through cuts in Crop Insurance. Its called the affirm act. And representativ e ron kind says it will still give a strong safety net for farmers. He says the current Crop Insurance program is wasteful and in need of reform. He claims it will save 24 billion dollars over ten years. This bill comes on the heels of a budget deal that cuts Crop Insurance by three billion last week ended like it started in grains. With a sideways market. Analyst jamey kohake has the recap just kind of a choppy trade, continuing to see a weakness to the downside. There isnt a whole lot of fresh news out. Were winding harvest down. Weve got big supplies northwest, weve got tight supplies out east, theres rumors of importing corn out east. But i still think the big number is exports with corn and beans. Were fairly low priced in the world market, and can that keep the market supported . Also, too, the x factor to shop for is the u. S. Dollar, we are sharply higher there today up over a full point right now. Doesnt make a whole lot of sense, earlier in the week it looked like cash would have hung in at least steady. Maybe 138 area hopefully, started to see long liquidations, stops being hit, panic selling. I still think theres one more rally in this. I think you still trade 140 cash coming into your end and i wouldnt get caught up in selling todays lows at all and we can see where we are next week. I do actually like the action this week, when the cattle were getting slaughtered and the hogs actually hung in half way. Really need the cash markets to turn around, i think you get any type of bullish news any type of cutouts, cash hanging together for a few days in a row, fresh packer demand, you could see a 35 dollar pop very, very quick. Midlast week. Iowa senator joni ernsts resolution of disapproval passed the senate. The bill would end the expanded definition of the epa and army corps of engineers waters of the u. S. Rule. Which she says would expand epa jurisdiction to 97 percent of the state. Ernst says even farmers doing good practices are worried. So, in the midst of that, we have many farmers who are currently engaged in conservation projects. They dont even know if they can proceed with conservation projects to protect water sources, because they are afraid that they will end up with excessive fines from the epa for doing conservation projects. The bill had bipartisan support and is likely to pass in the house. But the white house has threatened to veto the bill if it passes. And thats it for the show today. Thanks for joining. Ill see you again tomorrow. Well post a video every day in the agribusiness section of kcrg. Com. Youll find it under the news tab. Im david geiger with the agribusiness report. Trt 3. 24 oc cedar rapids saw a series of violent shootings over the summer, at least one involving young teenagers. One High School Student wants to end the violence, by encouraging kids to be active in sports. Violence is a growing problem people across the country and right here in iowa. One cedar rapids teenager wants to keep kids away from violence, by breaking down the barriers that often keep them out of organized sports. In our show you care spotlight, kcrgtv9s Sarah Mccarthy shows us how he plans to do that. On senior night at this xavier volleyball game, 16 28 08 now lets meet our seniors and their parents. White roses mark years of commitment to the sport. Its a commitment senior Daniel Richardson knows well. 16 08 48 as a kid i played basketball, soccer, football, baseball the whole works. So, it was a great experience. An experience he says every child should have, but many cant afford. Thats why tonight, hes standing on the sidelines. 16 22 33 let me know if anyone comes. With a mission. 16 31 25 he said, dad, i have this idea, ive been involved in youth sports my whole life and i understand there are a lot of kids out there who decide not to participate because they cant afford a pair of cleats or a bat or a baseball glove. gear that daniel is now collecting to give to anyone in need. He hopes gloves and helmets others have outgrown will help kids find positive ways to stay busy. 16 09 55 theres been a lot of shootings with young kids in our area. Thats definitely a huge problem in our nation as well. When kids stay active and are able to have teammates to support them that they can trust and rely on, they wont maybe lean toward the bad things. 16 06 50 theres a lot of statistics about kids that are involved and engaged in things are more successful academically and sociayand in sports, its n for kids n danielos willlead to changes beyond theurt. 10 55 its just being that guy people can rely on, being a good teammate d working hard inery aspectf your life, en its not sports. In cedar pids, Sarah Mccarthy, rgtv9ws. Richardson is working with and girls club, to distribute the gear. Were now taking nominations for the nine who care awards. Each year, tv nine and our show you care sponsors honor nine outstanding eastern iowa volunteers. You can nominate a volunteer by going to kcrg dot com, slash care. Nominations are due by december first. Police are investigating several deadly shootings in the des moines area over the weekend. One happened in a community thats seen no homicides in decades. And a jury hands down a verdict, in the firstdegree murder trial of a cedar rapids man. Meteorologist Justin Gehrts updates our temperatures coming up in your first alert forecast. Stay with tv9. The jury finds a cedar rapids girlfriend in the marion hyvee parking lot. Were live from the courthouse with the latest updates in the Nicholas Luerkens murder case the university of missouris president says he is resigning amid racial tensions on campus. And republican president ial candidates arent backing up dr. Ben carson over controversy from his alleged violent past. Youre watching kcrgtv9. Now, from your 24 hour news source, this is kcrgtv9 news at midday. This midday, a jury has reached a verdict in the trial of a cedar rapids man accused of fatally stabbing his exgirlfriend. On friday, the jury heard closing arguments and started to discuss their decision on the case. Prosecutors say 33year old Nicholas Luerkens ambushed and st