Formed to their knowledge, but a strong 20 second gust of wind around 2am is the cause of all the damage. The National Weather service has a crew out surveying the damage. A sevenhour Police Operation took place near paris today, targeting the mastermind of last weeks deadly attacks on the french capital. Nbcs Richard Engel reports. Amateur video captured some of the heavy automatic gunfire that erupted when elite French Forces raided an apartment outside paris this morning. The main target Officials Say was the alleged mastermind of the paris attacks. But as the raid began, a woman in the apartment blew up a suicide vest. Police ordered residents to stay inside. Anyone who approached was told that no Uncertain Terms to back away. Neighbors, many of them searched. We stopped this resident who was rushing down the street. He said in arabic that he had witnessed the whole thing. I started he said. Ask. I saw it with my eyes he said. Meanwhile, the police that neighbors say is the apartment where the raids Officials Say was abdelhamid abaaoud, the man they describe as the mastermind behind the paris attacks. A belgium national, he had gone to syria to join isis. As day was breaking, the raids seem to be winding down. But then several explosions echoed through the streets. Its common in situations like this for police to use grenade or small charges in order to set off booby traps police here remain on edge, occasionally moving aggressively to search the neighborhood. They are taking no s Richard Engel nbc news paris, france 1 442 04 police have now reopened this area, they say the raid is over. But frances president Francois Hollande says this country is countries to cooperate internationally to come up with a Cohesive Strategy to fight the group. Richard engel, nbc news, security is tight at the vatican today as some 20 thousand people gathered in saint Peters Square to listen to pope francis. Italy is now on a level two alert, with more police around the vatican following the attacks in paris. Police said there had been a lower turnout of people for the audience. But pope francis carried out business as usual. Security forces are on high alert as the holy year approaches and are working to safeguard the millions of pilgrims expected to the White House Holds a Conference Call with governors. Many governors across the country including Terry Branstad are concerned about Syrian Refugees and will not welcome refugees into their states because of terror concerns. The department of Homeland Security and state department telling governors the government is doing a thorough vetting of refugees. President obama was not at the white house at the time. Speaking at an event in the phillipines, hte called the american values. Were welcome, were open to hearing actual ideas but thats yearold orphans, thats political posturing. Several republican congressmen have also expressed concerns about refugees. We caught up with a syrian native in eastern iowa who had this to say. I feel i have a larger role to inform the people. I think a lot of those fears happen because of ignorance, and i have lots of sympathy for many, many people in the state of iowa, and the surrounding community. He says before the attacks on paris. He felt he and other syrians were accepted by america. But feels that has changed. A felon is charged with a hate crime in the beating of a man at a dubuque bar. Federal authorities arrested Randy Metcalf yesterday. Hes expected to make his First Court Appearance today in cedar rapids. Metcalf is accused of repeatedly kicking and stomping on the face and head of a man during a fight in january. New at noon a crash in Buchanan County could have been a lot worse. A truck hauling anhydrous tanks got hit by a car. The Sheriffs Office says a 19 year old driver ran a stop sign hitting the truck. Nobody was seriously hurt. New research is out today looking at rapes among college students. And the numbers are concerning. About 15percent of women are drugs or alcohol during their first year of college. The study also found those who had been rape victims before college were more likely to be assaulted again. An Airline Passenger has been arrested after allegedly trying to sneak a knife on a plane in his underwear. According to the tsa, it happened monday afternoon when the man tried to clear security with this double blade knife in his carryon bag. When tsa screeners told him he couldnt take the knife past the checkpoint, the man left only to return later with the knife concealed in his underwear. Port Authority Police arrested the man on a state weapons charge. Decision 2015. Candidates for waterloo mayor and city council will participate in a Forum Tonight ahead of the december first runoff election. It starts at seven at city hall. Kwwl will host a debate between the mayoral candidates quentin tim hurley. Its presented by kwwl and the waterloo cedar falls courier. The show will air this sunday morning, right after meet the press. The fight over medicaid in iowa gets highlighted in washington today. Three Democratic State senators are in dc, agruing against governor branstads plan to privatize medicaid. They say the governors plan leaves too many questions unanswered. The state would move its 4. 2 billion dollar Medicaid Program to private insurance companies. As of now. Branstads proposal is scheduled to start january first. The governor says this will improve Health Care Outcomes and cut costs. Coming up. Internet giant amazon is rolling out some big deals ahead of black friday well let you know when they all begin, coming up and, what a woman does to her Wedding Dress after her fiance breaks what super poligrip does for me is it keeps the food out. Before those little pieces would get in between my dentures and my gum and it was uncomfortable. Seal out more food particles. Super poligrip is part of my life now. We are tracking rain showers. Well let you know how long that youre watching kwwl. Weve got you covered, with ally now your storm track 7 forecast on kwwl. From the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. See the screen for your complete weather information. Here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team welcome back im meteorologist kyle kiel. We continue to track scattered rain throughout the afternoon and evening hours. No thunderstorms expected, but it will be windy at times. The wind will continue into tomorrow, and then we are tracking the chance for rain and snow as we head into tracker. Not for storms, but for the wind on thursday. We will have mostly sunny skies but it will be windy. We could have gusts 40 to perhaps 50 Miles Per Hour at times, so that is why we have the low threat. Heres the storm track 7 live doppler radar. We are tracking some rain showers, especially in the western part of the area. This is part of that large storm system that has been feeding moisture into the area since monday. Also with this area of low pressure we are tracking the high wind speeds. Gusts at times have been between 3 and 40 Miles Per Hour. Once this system departs the region, we be tracking the next storm system that will bring the chance for snow as we head into the day on friday. This is still off the coast, so once this gets on the coast, we will begin Getting Better data on the track and strength of the system. Temperatures right now are continuing to fall. We are right around 50 degrees and will fall to the 40s throughout the afternoon. Here are the current wind speeds. These winds are gusting up to 40 Miles Per Hour at times. So it will continue to be breezy along with that chance for rain. Storm track 7 Live Weather Network shows an overcast sky all across eastern iowa. It is also windy. Heres a look at future track. As we go throughout the early afternoon and evening we will be noticing some rain showers. The rain will be winding down. There could be a couple of flakes, but for the most part, the moisture will have tracked away from the area by the time temperatures cool down. We will continue to see skies clear throughout the overnight, leading to a nice day on thursday with sunny skies. But again, that wind will be howling. Heres a look at the futuretrack wind gusts. We will have gusts this evening up to 30 and 40 Miles Per Hour. Tomorrow, these winds will be gusting up to 40 or 50 Miles Per Hour at times. So you will want to make sure any loose furniture is secured. Heres the forecast for today. We will continue to have windy conditions and falling temperatures with scattered rain showers. Tonight, the rain will come to an end during the evening hours, then we will continue to see the windy conditions. Lows will be around 30 degrees. Heres the storm track 7 day forecast. Windy again as we head into the day thursday. Mostly sunny skies though. Then on friday we track in the chance for rain and snow, changing to all snow by friday evening. Light accumulations are possible. We will continue to keep an eye on this system. It turns cold afterwards. Coming up. Eye on this system. It turns cold afterwards. Coming up. Colorful way to cope with her bridesmaids after her fiance calls off their engagement. And, hershey is changing up their chocolate ingredients just in time for the holidays youre watching kwwl. Weve got you covered in donnan, troy mills, hale and all of eastern typically the pressure is on the person being interviewed. But in wisconsin, a reporter tossed out a question that likely made him just as nervous as the person he was asking. Sporting event. But you never said anything about live tv. You share that joy with you for the rest of my life. So rachel. Will you marry me . Yes. Evan and rachel met in high school and began dating in college. Now to another proposal but this one did not end with a walk down the aisle. Instead it ended with the bridetobe destroying her dress. Kilee was engaged for two years before her fiance texted her and called it off. She was devastated but decided to have some fun. She and her bridesmaids destroyed their dresses during a color fun fest. As for her former fianc . I definitely want to tell him thank you for sparing me happiness, you know. She wants others whove been through the same thing to see her story and gain strength from it. Coming up. An airline is making changes to its frequent flyer program. And when you see news or if you have pictures or video to share. You can do that by going to our page on facebook. You can also like our page to stay up to date on breaking news and weather information. Defrequent flyer program. Instead of earning miles based on miles flown, loyalty members will earn miles based on the price of a ticket. The move will take effect in the 2nd half of next year. Industry experts say the the changes will mean fewer points will be awarded to travelers who fly primarily on discount fares or sale prices. American held off making the change while it integrated the us airways loyalty program. Amazon will roll out holiday deals every five minutes, starting this friday and running through black friday. Last year, promotions were launched every ten minutes and didnt start until the friday after thanksgiving. Amazon will host up to ten deals on thanksgiving, and ten more on black friday, plus more than 150 limited time lightning deals on its mobile shopping app. Deals include up to 45percent off samsung and lg tvs, and half off toy brands including barbie and hot wheels. Hershey is rolling out a line of simple ingredient chocolates, just in time for the holidays. The company is ditching artificial ingredients in this years holiday milk chocolates kisses and hershey milk chocolate bars. The candies are the first in an effort to switch to simpler ingredients. Coming up on kwwl, the mister food test kitchen. Sometimes its the simplest things that are the best. Like the dish howie is making today. Its a hands down winner and it goes with almost everything. But first, a look at your latest numbers from wall street and the farm markets. The last thing we want to do well, with what were making today, we wont have to because its super easy. Plus, this one is one of our Online Reader super easy. Plus, this one is one of our Online Reader favorites, so you know its going to be good. We start by saut\ing lots of chopped onions in a touch of butter so they soften up. Now while theyre doing their thing, we mix together some flour, salt, black tender, into the cheese mixture they go along with a bit of mixed, well pour it into a casserole dish thats been coated with minutes or until all the cheese is melty. Thats it. And make sure you use a large spoon when serving this so you get all those layers of cheesy goodness. Who would ever think that onions could be this exciting . We call them lovin onions because once you try them, we know youll be loving them. So what are you waiting for . The with almost anything. Im howard in the mr. Food test kitchen, where every day were looking for an easier way for you to say. Ooh its so good youre watching kwwl, weve got you covered. This is the news at noon. If youre looking for a medicare plan, were Health Alliance. We believe in superheroes. In the slow dance at the end of the night. In being yourself. We believe in simplicity. And in doing good when no ones looking. To us, it just seems right. 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Thats right there are some scattered showers that we are tracking through the area. Heres the storm track 7 live moderate rain action. This is part of a storm system, another cooler conditions. Our temperatures have been falling all day. Here are the current on friday coming up in just a few minutes. A man has his dog. And a shows wet roads. Details on the chance for snow on friday coming up in just a few minutes. A man has his dog. And a neighbor. To thank for saving his life. The ogden man was taking a nap when his house caught fire. i could see the smoke. It was enough so i grabbed her and the other dog and opened up the window and came out on the roof there and started hollering. a neighbor came out, grabbed a ladder and rescued the man and his dogs off the roof. This is the time of year when parents try to teach their children the true meaning of the holidays how its better to give than to receive. For one toddler, that wont be hard. Sierra starks says hes patrick heard that some of our communitys homeless have to sleep outside, he cried. It really genuinely hurt his heart to kind of realize that there are people that go without. 02;06;16;04 patrick and his mom made signs calling for various items and posted them on boxes around town. So others can donate and help the homeless as well. As we head into some of the biggest shopping days of the year it seems many people plan to shop at the office. Only 30percent of people say they feel guilty about bargain hunting during work hours. But a similar number of people feel their coworkers are not pulling their weight when they shop on company time. The future looks much brighter for some Old Buildings in dubuque. The City Council Approved more than one Million Dollars in tax abatements. Thatll help convert buildings like the Sacred Heart School and holy ghost convent to Senior Living facilities. It is a sign of the times. Different ways than they used to. A Senior Living facility is also being planned near the church of the nativity, and another one as part of the applewood senior apartments. In all, about 200 units would be added in the city. School districts looking to help students are adding wifi to buses. In one West Virginia district, its costing 63 thosand dollars each school year. The goal is to help students, especially those with long rides home, get a jump start on homework. But some parents say the money should be used for seatbelts. Weve posted this to our Facebook Page let us know what you think. Check this out this will definitley make your day a group of penguins in a denmark zoo tried to escape. But forget all about covering their tracks. The penguins were recently filmed waddling down a hallway in what looked like an attempt to escape. A worker at the zoo captured footage of a trail of wet footprints that led to the group of penguins dashing down the hallway. The clip has already garnered more than one million views coming up. Its so popula