Entire of the 55 Million Dollar modernization. And acknowleding the planning that went on, the Airport Commission chairman says they were guided with the idea of changing the now 30 year old terminal in a way that future Airport Commissions would still find useful. This commission really felt the we now, the commission 30 years from now and passengers, appreciate the work that we did, and that it is a sustainable, well thought out project. Now the next phase of construction will probably start sometime next year, and it will go on about a year and a half. Some things will be behind the scenes, some things will be rather disruptive, like totally changing this concession area. Airport leaders hope passengers will think the end result is worth it. Live in meteorologist Justin Gehrts has your first even with filtered sunshine, we have a warm day ahead thanks in part to erly breezes. Record highs will be in jeopardy as we soar into the lower to middle 70s. Well stay mild tonight, not dropping much past 60. Dont be rise only a few degrees after sunrise friday before temperatures tank. Many of us will plummet to around 40 by sunset. This will come with a west wind of 20 to 40 mph. A few light showers are possible in the midday hours. Saturday will start with a brisk with just a little more than two months before elect Donald TrumpsTransition Team has a lot of decisions to make. Hes meeting with South Carolinas governor today to discuss a top spot in his cabinet. Abcs maggie rulli reports. Another busy day for team trump . Vp elect mike pence stops by the hill nats pence on hill as president elect donald trump remains inside trump tower . Hosting more meetings with cabinet contenders and personally greets his first foreign leader Prime Minister famntastic job . But sources tell abc news the transition is full of internal fighting and disarray one ntial problem for team trump Jared Kushner, trumps son in law. Reports have the Family Member taking a formal role in the white house . The legality of the move has been questioned by ethics chiefs for both president obama and former president bush. This morning trump aide Kelly Anne Conway denies those reports . But says kushner will remain involved sot Kellyanne Conway jared was incredibly important to our Campaign Effort and to the election and hes a trusted adviser of his fatherinlaw. That wont change. The other big headache trumps choice of Stephen Bannon as white house counselor . Th to the alt right and white nationalists. Sot sen. Bernie sanders a president of the United States should not have a racist at his side. Unacceptable. As trump vets his future cabinet in new york city Hillary Clinton returns to the public stage . Sot Hillary Clinton i will admit coming here tonight wasnt the easiest thing for me. She speaks to her supporters thousands who are still protesting the election across the country . And tells them not to be discouraged sot Hillary Clinton stay engaged on every level. We need you. America needs you. Your energy, your ambition, your talent. Thats how we get through this. Tag clintons lead in the popular vote continues to grow shes now up by more than one million and is on track to receive the president ial candidate in us history, behind only president obama. Maggie rulli, abc news, washington steve king says he sees sue wit president elects family. The us representativ e from iowa said that after speculation that trump is trying to get top security clearance for his adult children. Trump says thats not true. He recently tweeted it was a typically false news story. King says if trump wanted to clue his children in on high level white house policy, he should be able to. His Family Members into highlevel positions where they would need security clearance, i do not have a philosophical or a legal or a logical reason why that shouldnt happen. Yesterday, the president of the Czech Republic thanked trumps ex wife, ivana, for her interest in becoming the new Us Ambassador to prague. Trumps president ial Transition Team hasnt confirmed that appointment. While the next president ponders his future in the white house, the current president is president obama is in berlin this midday meeting with the german chancellor. This is a live look at their joint press conference in berlin. Earlier in his speach, the president expressed the importance of promoting democracy around the world. Obama our commitment to democracy. Our commitment to the rule of law. Our commitment to the dignity of all people. In our own countries and around the world. Our alliance with our nato partners has been a cornerstone of us Foreign Policy greece, yesterday. After he toured the acropolis, he made a speech defending democracy. He says the democratic process can be difficult, but its better than alternative governments. This was the first time a president had visited athens in 17 years. After obamas stop in germany today, he will head to peru. Obama has also named this years recipients of the president ial medal of freedom. Considered the highest civilian honor. The president will honor men and women involved in sports, entertainment, science, and more next tuesday. Some on the list include talk show host ellen degeneres, actors robert de niro, tom hanks, and robert redford. Singers Bruce Springsteen and diana ross plus basketball great kareem abduljabbar. This year, political candidates across the country spent months and millions of dollars to campaign for office. But in bremer county, the spent almost nothing. His campaign lasted all of 10 hours. Jesse kielman didnt start campaigning until election day. The Wartburg College senior says he was interested in the position, but didnt really consider it until his mom called and told him she wrote him in. So, kielman decided to ask his friends to do the same. 33 37, i had a lot of people tell me maybe if you ran campaign that was mire 10 hours i would vote for you, thats a fair criticism ill take that kielman will join the commission after the first of the year. He wont be able to vote because theres already a commissioner from his ward, but he will have input. A trip to the emergency room can save your life. But the cost once you recover can catch you off guard. Well explain the laws that have a warm day ahead thanks in part to southerly breezes. Record highs will be in jeopardy as we soar into the lower to middle 70s. Well stay mild tonight, not dropping much past 60. Dont be fooled, sunrise friday before temperatures tank. Many of us will plummet to around 40 by sunset. This will come with a west wind of 20 to 40 mph. A few light showers are possible in the midday hours. Saturday will start with a brisk northwest wind, but itll die down in the afternoon. Well have highs around 40 thi seasonably cool. 40s remain for the week of thanksgiving with some showers possibly moving through tuesday into wednesday. Today partly cloudy, breezy and mild. Record highs tonight partly cloudy. Very mild. Wind s 1020. Low 59 alo 57 dbq 58 iow 60 tomorrow windy with showers possible. Falling temperatures. Wind w 2040. High 62 alo 59 dbq 61 iow 63 tom. Night a few sprinkles flurries are possible. Very windy. Wind nw 2040. Low 29 alo 26 dbq 28 iow 30 saturday partly sunny and in the morning. High 40 low 29 sunday mostly sunny and seasonably cool. High 41 low 21 monday partly cloudy. High 45 low 23 tuesday chance of showers. High 47 low 34 wednesday chance of showers. High 45 low 34 friday partly cloudy high 46 low 31 even with filtered sunshine, we have a warm day ahead thanks in part to southerly breezes. Record highs will be in jeopardy as we soar into the lower to middle 70s. Well stay mild tonight, not patients focus on recovery and healing. But Getting Better physically is just one aspect of going to the emergency room. Heres abcs dr. Timothy johnson. When you or someone you love is sick . Ambulances whisk you to where the doctors are . A trip to the emergency room can, of course, save your life. But it could also send you into shock . When the bill arrives. Saddled with thousands of dollars of medical bi out of network doctor. These Surprise Medical Bills have many experts concerned since few patients would pause to ask an er doctor hey, are you in my Insurance Network . A new article from researchers at yale report that many er visits involve costly outofnetwork treatment. The researchers studied more than two million visits to the emergency room . On average more than one in five doctors involved in the emergencies were outof network for the patient. In some for 89 percent of er claims. And in these cases, Insurance Companies only pay a small portion of the bill. Patients . Left holding the bag, shelling out, on average, 622 dollars. In some states . Laws protect patients from these surprise costs. But in many cases the charges are hard to avoid at least for now. A situation that unfortunately may leave those recovering from emergency situations . With one more surprise to recover from. With this medical minute, im dr. Timothy johnson. Trt Oc Administration says the Transpacific Partnership will not be up for a vote in a lame duck session of congress. In todays agribusiness report, president elect donald trump says he will withdraw from the trade deal. Stay with us on tv9. Welcome to the agribusiness obama Administration Says the Transpacific Partnership will not be voted on in the lame duck session of congress. Republican and Democratic Leaders in Congress Told the white house they would not advance the trade deal in the elections aftermath and Obama AdministrationOfficials Say the deal has no path forward. The Obama Administration has campaigned heavily for says he will withdraw from the trade deal. Killing the deal would be a blow to agriculture. Many industries stood to benefit from new trade access. The Us Meat Export Federation says they will keep trying to get it passed. Tpp is something that we in the Meat Industry badly need. We worked hard with the administration to get a deal thats good for the industry, its good for producers for packers, for exporters, so at that and thats a very high priority. The livestock market had a nice little rally before noon. But the grain markets are seeing some red. Canada has expanded its bovine tuberculosis quarantines. Ag canada reports two more farms in Southwestern Saskatchewan were added to a list of more than 30 farms. The Canada Food Inspection Agency reports 33 farms in alberta under quarantine. Which started when an alberta cow tested packing plant. The agency has only confirmed one case. And the source of the infection is still unknown. Though they say the strain found. Is not the same as any strains detected in canada to date. The country is still considered bovine tb free. They would is confirmed within 48 months. A series of separate highly pathogenic Avian Influenza outbreaks have sparked import bans of poultry products in at least two countries. The us center for Infectious Disease research and policy compiled reports on european countries. Including germany and hungary. Hong kong has now banned poultry imports from those countries. So far this year. Hong kong had imported 10 thousand metric tons of poultry. And that wraps up the hope to see you again next time. Well post a video every day in the agriculture section of kcrg. Com. Im david geiger with the agribusiness report. Trt oc standard it definitely doesnt feel a lot like christmas. This weekend, an annual event in downtown cedar rapids hopes to get people into the holiday spirit. The gazettes diana nollen has the details on the festival of trees, next. Downtown cedar rapids starts to look a little more like christmas this weekend thanks to an annual festival. The gazettes diana nollen joins us with some of the best bets coming to the area. Festival of trees Holiday Market saturday and sunday, nov. 19 and 20 spruce up your holidays with a stroll through an indoor wonderland this weekend. More than 50 decorated themetrees will deck the Cedar Rapids Convention centers halls, where shimmering sounds of the season. Santa and mrs. Claus will be on hand to hear wish lists, and good little boys and girls can whisk their wishes in writing to the north pole, too. Shoppers can kickstart their season, by perusing more than 30 vendors at the Holiday Market. And proceeds from silent and live auctions of trees and trimmings will help the jaycees make holiday dram children. Ron tater salad white saturday, nov. 19 ron tater salad white the cigarsmoking, scotchdrinking funnyman from the blue collar comedy phenomenon is returning to cedar rapids with a new standup show. The funnyman who gave up on high school after struggling with learning stories, built largely on his life experiences. He told hoopla last time around that his only goal is to make his audience members laugh as hard as you can laugh for an hour and 20 minutes. You wont walk away wiser. You will walk away holding your face. Blues boogie woogie piano stomp friday, nov. 18 iowa city native chase garrett is st back to his acoustic roots, bringing along blues and boogie woogie piano greats chris conz of switzerland and llus coloma of barcelona, spain. Joining them are sax gordon of boston, david gomez of st. Louis and Saul Lubaroff of iowa city on saxophones; republicans hold control in both the state house and senate. Leaders say laid out some of the issues they plan on meteorologist Justin Gehrts updates our temperatures coming up in your first alert forecast. Stay with progress on renovations at the Eastern Iowa Airport. Well have the details on the third and final phase. Some state lawmakers are calling for better overdoses in iowa. And investigators are trying to figure out what caused an overnight gas explosion that killed someone in illinois. Youre watching kcrgtv9. Now, from your 24 hour news source, this is kcrgtv9 news at midday. The Eastern Iowa Airport in cedar rapids is moving onto the third phase of a Major Construction started a few years ago on the 55 Million Dollar renovation. It includes expanding and updating the terminal, baggage claim, and ticketing counters. The airport is finishing the second phase of the process. An open house to celebrate the progress is happening right now at the airport. Thats where we find kcrg tv9s dave franzman. Dave, did the airport say what will happen in the third phase . Now the open house celebrated the completing of about 19 Million Dollars worth of construction. Air will cost, but it will be the biggest chunk of the entire of the 55 Million Dollar modernization. And acknowleding the planning that went on, the Airport Commission chairman says they were guided with the idea of changing the now 30 year old terminal in a way that future Airport Commissions would still find weight of responsibility to make sure that 30 years from now, the commission 30 years from now and passengers, appreciate the work that we did, and that it is a sustainable, well thought out project. Construction will probably start sometime next year, and it will go on about a year and a half. Some things will be behind the scenes, some things will be rather disruptive, like totally changing this concession area. Airport leaders hope passengers will think the end result is worth it. Live in commission met this morning to discuss the future of a casino in cedar rapids. Casino operator wild rose announced yesterday its partnered with a newly formed nonprofit, cedar River Alliance for gaming or crag. Crag would hold the facilitys gaming license and give a portion of revenue back to linn county. This is required of all casinos. Member nonprofit hope the smaller casino will make a difference to iowas regulators, who grant gaming licenses. I think that is the key to the key to the kingdom. Size matters in this these negotiations with the commissioners. The move comes after state gaming officials rejected a larger project in 2014, citing a saturated gaming market. The linn county board of supervisors swore in its newest member this morning. Stacey walker won the election cedar rapids native has served on an Area Task Force trying to reduce poverty as a method of decreasing violence. Republicans in the iowa house will keep their top leaders for the next legislative session. Linda upmeyer of clear lake will again serve as house speaker. And Chris Hagenow from Windsor Heights will be majority l