The threat of heavy rain is looming over eastern iowa. Expect the rounds of thunderstorm have rolled through the we go to meteorologist terry swails with what to expect tonight. Here is the outline of the Flash Flood Watch that remains in effect for our viewing area. It has been pared back little bit in the northeast. From waterloo to the quad cities the southwest of outline you can see the counties ingrain are the flash flood the watch is out there but as we go to the radar you will be able to see the heavier thunderstorms have remained well to the south of us. We do have a line of showers that extend along highway 30 e. Of cedar rapids west towards kmart. Further to the south you can see heavier thunderstorms south to see heavy rains. Thats part of Washington County and keokuk. The could be totals of an inch or two. As you go further north the amount of what to be lighter. Overall i do not think the flash flood threat is great. Down in the southern counties there could be a few storms that could have minor flooding. At least at this hour most of the activity is light across eastern iowa and will keep our fingers crossed to stay that y. Cedar rapids teen went down when youre go tonight gathered again today to remember him. Expect 15yearold Aaron Richardson was found bleeding to death on 16th st. , southeast yearold robert humbles was charged with richardsons killing. But in december, humbles pleaded guilty to Involuntary Manslaughter. He is now being held in juvenile detention and his inprisonment will be reevaluated once he turns 18. One of several shootings in cedar rapids last year. Year. All that violence led to a lot of calls for action. Action. Fox 28 News Reporter dora miller has been following all of this and joins us now with where things stand right now. Those who were closest to Aaron Richardson say they hope his death serves as a wakeup call. That gun violence doesnt have to be the new normal. Today, they reflected on his life and prayed that no other family experiences that loss. It feels like it happened yesterday a 15yearold gunned down on the southeast rapids. What happened was very tragic. Aaron rapids. Would happen was tragic. Aaron richardsons mom says its been a year for ups and downs. Its been unbearable at times. Expect i hope no other mother has to bury their child like i did. Thats the hardest thing i have to do. Expect richards or richardsons died on he had a whole family. Now his gravesite stands as a reminder of the consequences of violence. Will take the whole community to change. We all have to do something. Expect richardsons mom says we have to be present in our childrens life. Put them first they dont have to strive for attention from others. We worked a lot. I was not at home as much as should have been. Now i do not work as much. As the years continue to go bite she acts asks for continuous support. This year there have been three homicides and one Involuntary Manslaughter charge. Richesons mom says shes thankful this year has been called. Door miller fox28 news. Expect a substitute teacher is now pleading not guilty in exploiting a student. In may following an internal investigation. That investigation was reported to police. Investigated how the matter was handled. So far, two leaders at the school have left. Doctor Ralph Plagman served as principal at wash for more than 30 years before stepping down last month. Activities director Michael Johnson also left immediately. Linn county is now just days away from final approval of a minmum wage increase. Increase. Today, the board of supervisors approved a second final vote is set for monday. Monday. If approved, the minimum wage in linn county would rise by one dollar an hour on january first. It would go up another dollar in 2018 and by 2019 it would reach 1025 an hour. Once approved, city governments would have until january to decide whether to opt out of the increase. Investigators continue to search for the cause of yesterdays devastating fire at an iconic restaurant in cedar rapids. Rapids. Fox 28 news first told threealarm fire at rileys cafe on first avenue. Firefighters say the source was in or near a ventilation fan. The restaurant was closed when the flames broke out. Rileys is now working to reopen at a temporary location at nearby daisys garage using the same staff. Rileys cafe was more than just a place to grab a bite, serving as home to some unique. History. Fox 28 News Reporter joe huisinga takes a closer look at that l. Legacy. Tuesdays fire took a toll on cedar rapids hisy history the part that rileys was in was the first commercial store front on this block of first avenue between 8th street and was the first commercial on the boardwalk. Starting as a Grocery Store than a plumbing shop the building has been a popular restaurant since the 1970s. Expect its important to cedar rapids to expect the last 13 years its belong to Richard Pankey and his family. Luckily the flames were contained saving some precious local History History theres probably only two of those left in existence those cedar rapids flags just like that one and some ironic collectables its an english fire bell bell little did we know that it could have been used yesterday but fortunately the place was empty a local spot with food fit for a president. President. He had 2 eggs bacon and a cup of fruit and he said im just going to eat dont mind me and of course inside here there were a dozen men. 10a local icon icon rileys is popular for a lot of very good tried and true reasons thats for sure. Hoping to rise from the ashes were hopeful to come back right here in this spot and rebuild what we have here 4 covering the corridor in cedar rapids, joe huisnga, fox 28 news. There is a play coming soon to the corridor featuring a lead character who cannot hear. But character is . Not deaf. Deaf. Right now, leaders at theatre cedar rapids are actively responding to the crit. Criticism. Fox 28 news anchor jenee ryan is live in downtown cedar rapids, with more on how all this happened, jenee . Scott karen theatre cedar rapids leaders . Say when they opened up these doors for auditions and sent out casting rapids opened at these stores for additions and sent out casting calls no deaf actor showed up or auditioned. In a community. They have to choose from the volunteers that do addition and they feel like they did the best they could and they are proud of their cast. Earlier this week there was a catalyst for tribes. Since the announcement a social media firestorm. This man called it an erasure of deaf culture. The artistic director says this tribes. Expect we chose tribes because it asks important questions and that is how do we hear the voice of the Deaf Community. Expect the play is about a family who can all hear connected with yet, putting tribes on the bill gave a way to do that. Charper says the theatre advertised casting the theater advertised casting calls in all the ways they usually do and reache involved in the Deaf Community but no deaf actors audition. Im sorry we did not get deaf actors. That would have been a wonderful thing. She debated pulling the play but chose to push forward. It is my belief that it is wirth doing and that the emotion behind the issues of the casting will carry over into meaningful conversations. We do not want this to be and thats where it stops. We would like to own our decision and then talk about that with the people that it affects most. Reporter the show premieres on october 21. After the sunday matinee in the theater they will host a post show discussion about all of this controversy. Does it deaf actor need to play this role or can theater be theater and as long as the story is told that enough. Thats part of the discussion. Coming up tomorrow night we will hear from a member of the local Deaf Community and shes also an advocate for them also. Heres live in cedar rapids today ryan. There it democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump took questions from members of the military. The commander in chief form former secretary of state says her time in the situation room during key moments makes her the most qualified to lead the nations military. I view force as a last resort, not a first choice, i will do everything in my power to make sure that our men and women in the military are fully prepared for any challenge that they may have to face on our behalf. Republican nominee donald trump who ea delivered his own National Security speech took a different view. He says after receiving his first intelligence briefings, hes he says after receiving his first intelligence briefing he is convinced military leaders do not support the current us strategy. Our leadership, barack obama did not follow what our experts said to do. Our leaders did not follow what they were recommending. Well have more in our next half hour. Fox28 news is launching a new series that gatekeepers into issue that affects us all. Expect Lisa Fletcher takes out look at National Security and tonight be on the podium report. Reporter front and center this campaign. Military strategy to deal with isis often the centerpiece. While both candidates have decided have opposite positions critics they both lack clarity on the details. There is no shortage of strong rhetoric. With he has said he would order our military to carry out torture and the murder of civilians who are related to suspected terrorist. Looks like under each candidate still lacks details for many. Expect both of them have created some broad outlines on how they view the military and how they would use the military but not have got into details. Fill up says whether its clinton suggesting nofly zones without explanation on how they will work or trump broadly calling for more ground troops, absent. This week trump suggested the military simply lack the sense of urgency to defeat isis. They will have 30 days to submit to the oval office. Its a plan for soundly and quickly defeating isis. I think the generals have found plans to defeat isis. The question isnt what the general think and whether its feasible or not, the question is if its politically feasible. Quickly answered by the clinton campaign. Theres a big debate in the National SecurityCommunity Whether its appropriate or not to these generals to come out and make endorsements. Some of the effects cancel each other out. In washington dc d expect our mission at fox28 is to connect the president ial candidates to our viewers to better inform and empower you. We have reached out to the candidates to participate in extended interviews not only with our station but our sister stations across the country. We want to hear from you. Tell us what you want to know from the candidates. Share your thoughts right email or facebook. Next up a glimpse into the future of childrens care in iowa. Weeks away from welcoming its first patients. Faces another threat of heavy rain tonight. Weatherfirst chief meteorologist terry threat of heavy rain. Meteorologist terry swails has tomorrow on fox28 morning live we talk with a tech expert who breaks down the biggest announcements from apples highly anticipated event today. Today. And Rebecca Kopelman has our weekend forecast for the big cyhawk game. That and more tomorrow on fox28. Right now the new right now the new university of iowa Childrens Hospital is open at the end of this year. Steffi lee took a tour today and takes us inside for an early look. When the hospital opens in december, the goal is that every child that comes through has a memorable and quality experience. Its a sight to see weve got a thousand people committed to making our building happenand 360 million site on track to completion its all around the patients patient focused construction that when finished will children feel welcome. Construction crews are still hard at work. Making sure all 14 floors are pieced to perfection come opening day. Were installing computers and getting the Building Online all the way up to the level 11 when were putting final paint and touches on it. Iowa board of regents members president Bruce Herrald and project directors toured the new facility wednesday. And were drawn to the new equipment procedures theyll receive. The tower even overlooks kinnick stadium. Between all the neonatal and intensive care unit rooms and the pediatric icu rooms and our med serge we have 183 beds enabled ready to go to serve their needs. Other than twin rooms on the nicu floor theyre all single patient rooms providing enough space for both the patient and those family emenities. Providing a space project directors say will be efficient enough to bring the nde children in iowa and surrounding states. Weve got thousands of people totally committed to our project thats really the power of the project and the power of the spirit here. The community is welcome for a public tour in this mornings thunderstorms left many surprised by the sound of sirens. Sirens. There was no severe weather. This was the monthly test of the outdoor Warning System in goldberg tells fox 28 news they decided to go ahead with the test because skies were clearing over much of the county. Gallagher this type of disaster hits, its like, man, what do we do . Where do we start . After the flood, when we came in here, there was nothing left. To get the assistance that led to the recovery. It took vision. It took courage. There is a True Community spirit. I dont think she asked anybody after the flood whether they were democrat or republican. She took the bull by the horns, saw a problem that needed to be solved, and she solved it. Vernon im monica vernon, and i approve this message. The wind brought water to prairie farms. Then windmills went away, but the wind remained. The Wind Energy Industry would not have succeeded. Now, more than thirty one percent of all the electricity in iowa comes from wind. These turbines dont just produce clean energy, they produce jobs. Six thousand in iowa alone. Google, facebook, microsoft and good paying manufacturing jobs have come to iowa for that energy. Iowa produces more of its energy from wind than any other state. Rted with a simple idea and the renowned work ethic of one senator. Senator grassley is literally the father of the modern wind industry. Grassley works. We have thunder storms last night in the Northern Counties of this walked across the rest of the region today. Most of our area has seen an inch of rain and a lot of places a lot more than that. Will show you rain totals in a minute. Right now were at 75 degrees. Weve been there for several hours. The dew point is also at 75 so the humidity is 100 . Its very thick and moist. Anytime you can get a shower in that type of air mass heavy rain is a possibility. Here are the rainfall totals reported in the past 24 hours. Bluffton to the north of the cora there was for the half inches of rain last night. The cora had 3 inches. Iowa city an inch and a quarter and northeast of cedar rapids about one point and northeast of cedar rapids about 1. 18 inches. Tonight the radar were not seeing a lot of lightning here. Some of the showers are extending from interstate 80 back to the north of iowa city. Those are light showers and theres no leaning involved. Some of those are showin the southwest down towards trademark. The heavier storms have been our southern counties. Here were getting into keokuk and Washington Counties and their we do see a few thunderstorms that are producing heavy rains. Theyre moving pretty quickly so far we have had no issues with flash flooding. There continues to be a Flash Flood Watch in this effect for our viewing area. That runs from waterloo back down to the quad cities. The flat Flash Flood Watch. I would have to say its a far southern counties that have a real chance to see flash flooding tonight. One of those things that we will have to watch and see. So far we have not seen much evidence that will get thunder storms to cause any major problems. At midnight you can see most of the storms are in the southern counties. I 1 00 in the morning a few more start to show up in the north. Those will be sweeping quickly there exiting our eastern counties and after that the rain is gone by 7 am. We should get a break during the day tomorrow as well. The high temperatures today there was a big difference from the northwest to the southeast. Low 70s around the cora. I was city was as warm as 87. Heres this front dangling around down to the south of us. Thats where will see the best that could produce any sort of flooding. I will have a break tomorrow. Heres another disturbance and this is whats left of norman. That was shown will get to us and energy will get to us friday afternoon or friday night. The good news is that quickly moves on out in the weekend looks dry and much cooler. Tomorrow should be around 80 degrees for a high temperature. With the dew points falling, it should not be the raindrops finally moved to the east of us. They will be back again on friday. The forecast for tonight does call for lows in the midshipman 60s to nearly 70 in our southern counties. Scattered showers and thunderstorms but the best threat for heavy rains will be across the southern third of the area. From highway 30 onto the south. Tomorrow becoming mostly sunny in the afternoon and less humid especially in the north temperatures ranging from the southern counties. The extended forecast as the next rain will come in on friday but moves out quickly on saturday. We have another front on tuesday. That will have fall like tendencies and by wednesday we could be in the 60s. 60s, i do like that crisp fall air. Were getting there fast. Next on coming together for the good of at Veridian Credit Union thats why were offering auto loans you get a low rate, plus up to 200 cash back, but this offer ends soon, so call, click or visit shoppers are saving a little here and t