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KFXA Fox 28 News At 9 November 19, 2016

Now, eastern iowa is avoiding all of this snow but unfortunately we are definitely not dodging the cold and the we begin with meteorologist Brandon Marshall with your weatherfirst developing developing right now in cedar rapids linn county attorney Jerry Vander Sanden has called for a grand jury to examine the evidence after an officer shot a suspect during a traffic stop. Stop. It is an unusual move in linn county as some question the actions of that Cedar Rapids Police officer on november first. Thats when investigators say officer lucas jones pulled over jeremie mitchell. Authorities say there was an jones then shot mitchell. The car with mitchell behind the wheel accelerated away from the scene. It then hit an unmarked squad car and other vehicles. Mitchell remains in the hospital and friends say he is paralyzed from the shooting. Shooting. In the days since, mitchells family and other Community Leaders have demanded more information from police. But, so far, the linn developed more information from police but so far the lynn county attorney and Cedar Rapids Police have been cam video of the incident while the investigation continues. Now that a grand jump is involved this is how it works. 7 members of the public will be selected at random to serve on the grand jury. This is different from a trial because they dont have to reach a unanimous decision if 5 members agree they could issueindictments he is asking fo for state investigators. We have new details about the man accused of killing two Police Officers in an attack on iowas finest. Documents released by Urbandale Police show Scott Michael green had been flagged as a potential threat to officers for at least two years. The documents detail multiple encounters the urbendale man had with police. Green accused of killing and shooting officer Justin Martin green faces two counts of murder being held on a 10 million bond. A prayer event this sunday to encourage and support Law Enforcement isnt sitting well with some. Being called unconstitutional by an organization that represents thousands of people fox 28 News Reporter dora miller with both separation of church and state. Law enforcement says they arent doing anything wrong. While some in the Community Say the event crosses a line. Line. Support for Law Enforcement comes in all different forms. Linn county sheriff Brian Gardner says theyre thankful for all of it. It. Certainly, these days when you look at Public Perception to Law Enforcement, we appreciate it when the public comes forward and say that they do appreciate what were doing. But according to one group, the appreciation can go too far. Far. Given the number of complaints we looked at that promptly and found there was a problem, there was a constitutional violation that would take place. A sunday prayer event in front of four according to the freedom from religion foundation. Foundation. Under our first amendment, Government Agencies arent supposed to be involved in religious activities, so while there may be a private event where people can host a prayer event, these agencies shouldnt be involved. Involved. The reality is that we did not put this together, we being the Sheriffs Office and the Neighboring Police departments, did not put this together, were not hosting it, were not even promoting it. Still the group says Law Enforcement has a responsibility to the p nonchristian or nonreligious, their rights are still protected under our bill of rights so although many people might not see a their rights are still protected under the bill of ghts though many people may not see a problem with Something Like this. If folks want to provide us with cookies, brownnies or greeting cards, we appreciate your efforts this is the same thing only instead of bringing us goods theyll say a prayer think thats good. There are no plans to cancel this event it is supposed to go on at 3 00 on sunday as planned Law Enforcement still stands by the fact they are doing nothing wrong but the organization will continue to watch this and might have to press charges or file a lawsuit if anything goes as planned. Covering the corridor in cedar rapids, Dora Miller Fox 28 news. New tonight it appears president elect trump is trying to tie up some legal issues before taking office late today the new York Attorney general case accusing fraud against trump university, the 25 million deal includes a 1 million fine and restitution for former students who claim they not ripped off. The president elect has his first face to face meeting since winning the election, spent an hour with the prime minister, said later he is causing controversy with white house reporters, the United States press refused to air their footage the head of the White House Correspondent association called todays coverage unacceptable called on the president elect to make sure the public has access to his meetings and movements, also today donald trump made some key decisions for his cabinet. The president elect reportedly settled on a National Security adviser cia director but it is his choice for attorney general thats getting the most attention he is alabama senator Jeff Sessions one of the first members of congress to publicly enforce trump during the campaign, critics point to Senate Hearings 30 years ago with sessions then a u. S. Attorney failed to win confirmation for a federal judge post. The republicans in 1986 voted because of criticism and repeated racist remarks democrats are vowing to block the nomination again. There can be no compromise with racism, there can be no negotiation with bigotry. Criticisms from democrats there is little if anything they can do to stop trumps appointments today senator sessions has firm support from the chairman construct grassley, quote, i at odds with socalled sanctuary cities, where president elect trumps stance puts him at odds with socalled barnd investigates whether cities have the power to defy federal laws. Laws. Its a story you will only see on fox 28 news. News. Immigrants across the usa now that . Candidate . Donald trumpa is . President elect . Donald trump. We will enforce all of our immigration laws, 13this while mayors from dozens of sanctuary cities defy mr trumps promise to enforce federal laws on undocumented workers with mass deportations. We stand behind lady liberty with open arms. To welcome immigrants and refugeesa 35but how are localities allowed to selectively enforce federal law . Really they are not allowed to ignore our cities and states are jurisdictions . Defying . Existing federal immigration lawsa and refusing to report Illegal Immigrants to Law Enforcement. According to the center for immigration studies, there are 340 such havens nationwide. Yet, Watchdog Group Judicial Watch saysa a sampling of only . 10 . Havens from california to philadelphia received more than 340million dollars of . Your . Tax money from the federal government. Cities that refuse to cooperate, with federal authorities, will not trumps words are . Clearly . The leverage the federal government already hasa to make these jurisdictions comply. We have provided you with so much funding on a variety of different issues. And were going to may we not be so friendly and coorporating with you when it comes to funding issues if you dont cooperate with the federal government. 2 58some immigration experts say denying sancuary jurisdictions federal money doesnt need to be handled . Here . A the person residing . Here . Has the power of the pen to enforce immigration laws that for . Years . Have been in place. I think thisd be a very easy transition from a policy of noncompliance to one of compliancea and i think itll happen a lot quicker than people realize. 4 51in washingtona im jeff barnd fox 28 news. Securing the border is still a leading topic for president elect trump. But some issues at the boundary are on the . American side. Side. 60thousand employees work for customs and border protection. It is the largest federal Law Enforcement criminal drug cartels all that security looks a lot like opportunity. The fbi now has 22border Corruption Task forces dedicated solely to rooting out dirty officers on the take. We have a number of adversaries south of the border, whether its mexican Drug Trafficking cartels, as well as alien smuggling organizations, who actively seek to corrupt u. S. Government employees to facilitate their crim enterprises. What tactics do they use . They spot and assess individuals who would flirt with women who come through their lanes or potentially have financial distress in their lives, gambling debts, and then they target those those vulnerabilities. This week on full measure with Sharyl Attkisson an investigation into agents who are seduced by the dark side next on the fox 28 news at nine it was exciting terribly excited. It was a great kinda of victory for us. Terribly excited. Ya it was a great kind of a victory for us. Hear from a corridor band about to get some national attention. Later weighing the pros andcons of letting your kids take a gap year before college 28 morning live, we have quite the crowded guest list youll wont want to miss the sweet sounds of corale midwest. Thats monday morning new numbers out tonight show both positive and negati. New numbers show both positive and negative signs for because the Unemployment Rate fell despite lay offs in the past month. New figures from Iowa Work Force Development show the jobless rate in october fell to 4. 1 . Thats more than a half point higher than a year ago, but it is also still well below the National Average of nearly 5 . Job counselors say despite thousands of lay offs, it appears many were able to find new positions. A popular barbecue chain is moving north in the up in the Town N Country Shopping Center replacing its coralville location. The owner and ceo of bandannas say the chain does plan to go back to the iowa city area in the future. Area High Schoolers have been preparing for months for beyond the books,fox 28 news anchor Kelly Dee Ambrosio explains what theyre working on. On. As families gather together on watch the chicago thanksgiving day parade. This year two Iowa High School marching bands will be showing off their talents. About a year ago, band off their talents about a year ago band director for williamsburg high school, submitted the marching band and accepted in february, it was exciting, terribly exciting. It was a great kind of a victory for us. This victory was extra special. This was definitely for williamsburg high school. The band has been televising a melody of songs for months one of the students marching in the parade is this young lady. Im faith kinkade im in williamsburg iowa and im in fifth grade. Last time she was a weather rookie with her baton. And twirling by the iowa hawkeye golden girl Chelsea Russell and the featured twirler. She is excited to march in chicago. When i found out me and my mom jumped up and hugged each other kind of like a cheer leading accident created a bit of a challenge. Im hoping im crossing my fingers ill be able to march. She is hoping shell be able to use a they leave a day after thanksgiving and have a special banquet put on by parade officials be sure to keep your eyes and ears open for the raiders marching band thanksgiving morning. Covering the corridor in williamsburg. Fox 28 news. And just ahead on the fox 28 news at 9. And get it etched in stone what i wanted to become. Why more students and parents are putting Higher Education on pause. A wintery chill has settled in eastern iowa thanks to howling winds out of the northwest gusting 40 to 49 Miles Per Hour well start the this is not a good night to be heading. It is definitely not a good night to be headed north, midwest, this is video from barnesville maine near the north dakota border, strong winds and icy roads are making travel nearly impossible. What a difference a day can make, wow. You are right. Weather first meteorologist Brandon Marshall joins us hopefully none of that is coming our way. It is well up into wisconsin, minnesota, even into the up of michigan, yesterday we had record highs in the low 70s in eastern iowa we had High Temperature of 63 today that occurred at 9 00, by 11 00, we were in the 40s as the temperatures started to plummet as that cold front did make et through now were dealing with the cold and windy conditions, cedar rapids reporting gusts of 49 Miles Per Hour today dubuque had a gust of 47 all in an iowa city, checking at 45 Miles Per Hour well continue to see these gusty winds a wind advisory tomorrow gusts of 35 to 45 Miles Per Hour likely over night as we head into the Morning Hours here is your live doppler radar, not much to show across the corridor, maybe flurries in decora, minnesota, parts of northwest wisconsin, where all of the show is, move to the northeast tonight into tomorrow so well have the cold and blustery night will lead to a raw and windy day, temperatures will be the coldest week in cedar rapids in 9 months since last february, your forecast when you get up clouds, wind chills will be in the teens with the northwest wind 15 to 35 temperatures should be around 26 to 29 degrees so here is the low pressure as et moves off to the northeast wrapping around clouds and that cold canadian air as we get into tomorrow from the west here we are at 2 00 the clouds do clear, so well get into some sunshine awfully cold and winds will be brisk out of the northwest here we are as we put the predicter into motion we go around to about 8 00 tomorrow morning were seeing partly cloudy skies but the clouds do get out of here by the time we get into the afternoon hours mostly sunny clear skies for sunday at 8 a. M. Then as we get into sunday afternoon here around 4 00 clear skies so sunday well temperatures again will be on the cool side maybe in the low 40s so here are the winds as we get into tomorrow morning out of the northwest 20 to 25 tomorrow afternoon they do start to die down by the time we get to 10 00 they are 7 to 10 Miles Per Hour and sunday morning they do go calm so we have 1 more day before blustery conditions before these winds do finally get to settle down we have big Football Games tomorrow Northern Iowa taking kickoff, mostly sunny cold and windy, make sure you bundle up the Iowa State Cyclones taking on texas tech, mostly sunny cold and windy with wind 10 to 30, a temp of 41 degrees the hawkeyes traveling to champagne at Memorial Stadium partly sunny, cold and breezy, wind gusts around 35 Miles Per Hour a temp around 40 degrees, cloudy, cold and blustery, wind chills will be to 27 areas to the north areas to the south here still in the upper 20s, 30 degrees towards washington for tomorrow dont let the sun fool you it will be a raw day wind 15 to 35, 33 to 37 areas to the south a pretty raw day, 37 in cedar rapids, 39 for a High Temperature in iowa city. Monday and tuesday moderate the temps into the 40s, early tuesday night into wednesday morning cool us off to 42 on wednesday by the time into thanksgiving it will be dry sunny but a cool day with a high of 43 before temperatures are in the upper 40s as we end next week. Coming up next on your fox 28 news at 9 00tiz the season of going early bowling as hawkeye fans hope to spend some of their Holiday Season in with our 3. 50 sub of the day, theres never been a better time to try something deliciously different. Every day of the week, get a featured sixinch subway sub for just 3. 50. All with no artificial flavors. The 3. 50 sub of the day gap year is typically when High School Grads take a year off before starting college. Gap years, typically when can be a lifechanging opportunity. Tara morgan takes a look if your son or daughter might be considering the move in tonights family 411. They always said, go to college, get a degree. Destiny took to heart her parents advice only she explored a knowledge traditional path to get there. Et helped me decide like etched in stone what i to become. She plunged into a growing trend called gap year. It opens your eyes to a lot of they thinks, more than just america, and once you go to another country like that, you can kind of see there is things you can do bigger than yourself. It isnt a new phenomenon one thats peeking more interest. This might be one of the very first deci

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