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Morning. Snowplows are out and they have their cameras g ging. Roads in the northern two to three tiers of counties are gettinin snow and ice covered with sleet, freezing rain and snow reports this morning, along with north with warmer temps to the for a few hours today. He its cyber monday. And that means you can join millions of Online Shoppers looking for the next bargain. But a new trendseems to be forming. Retailers are saying cyber mondada already started on frfrday. Kwwls Amanda Gilbert joins us live in the newsroom with more details. Thats right ally some stores. Like walmart. Jc penny. And st buy. Havv aaready kicked off their online deals. But that doesnt mean today wont be a succes. This year cyber monday shoppers will spend 3 billion dollars or more. Thats 12 percnt more money spent ththn last year. R. And analysts say most of the money spent today will be on electronics. 75 percent of todays online sales could be on electronics. This year retailers are making shopping easier by using smartphones. Stores like target and khols have apps weve got you eovered live in the nenesroom. Amandnd gilbert. Kwwl news. Instore sales for black friday were down this year becuase more people did and are doing online shoppingg youre shoppipig for toys this holiday season, here are some tips to keep children safe all year toy. If youre buying a scooter or another riding toy, make sure you get a propersized helmet as well. And be cautious when buying high powered magnetic sets. They can contain small magnets that aredangerous and should be kept away from children. President obama is in paris this morning hoping to convince the world to take a stand on Climate Change. Were already seei Early Morning arrivals as that conferenceeets underway. Tracie potts is following todays developments from washington. What we are seeing here is an amid silent protests and clashes with police. Neaealy 150 World Leaders are arriving in paris this morning. President obama is hoping to convince them to cut greenhouse emissions. He calls ita global threat. What a powerful rebukeketo the rrorists it will be when the for Fox News Sunday super burned in president obama is delusional on this. Hes delusional about the threat, which is apparently super burned in sot rep. Michael Mccaul R Texas i hope while hes talking about Climate Change in paris. Hes talking about how can the na forces and the u. S. Coalition orces and possibly destroy isis. Potential sticking points include whether big countries like france and the us have a greater responsiblity. Dealing with oilrich develelping nations clear the air . Tracie potts, nbc news, washington. Small island natios want assurance theyll be protected from storms and rising sea levels they cant control. The man accused of shooting 12 people inside a Colorado Springs planned parenthood clinic will appear in court today. Police say the man surrendered after an hours long shooting spree and standoff friday. Ree people were killed, including a University Police officer. Five Police Officers were hurt. The man is currently being held without bond. A service was held at the church where the Police Officer killed served as a pastor. Members of the New Hope Church gathered to remember the fallen the church and held several leaership roles. Even though its not his jujuisdiction anddno one would life for others, for this community. That doesnt surprise me at all, no, thats the pastor says his wife is also vevey active with the church, and the congregationwill continue to support the famill. A bond h haring is set today for a chicago Police Officer charged with murder. Dashcam video shows the teen beig shot 16 times some shotsp fired after the 17year old fell to the ground. The release of that video last week sparked protests in response to the shooting last year. The officers lwyer says he opened fire because he feared for his life and ttose of other pololce officers when he saw the teen had a knife. Five firefighters injured in philadelphia. After their fire truck hit fou parked cars. Authorities say the accident could have been worse luckily no one was in the cars at the time. None of the firefighters had serious injuries, but they were still taken to an areahospital to be investiggtion. A man is behind bars after police say he murdered a waitress over smoking a cigarette. The malit up a ciarette inside a waffle house in n ississippi when the waitress asked him not to investigators say thats when the man pulled out his gun and shot her. The victims boyfriend is in shock about wha happened. Im furious for someone to take her life over a cigarette. Of all the things. crying . The man remains in jail on two Million Dollars bond. He faces first degree murder charges. The woman had worked at waffle house for eight years. Police say a suspected burglar has died after getting stuck in the chimnee of a home heewas trying to get into. A homeowner in california heard the man after lighting a fire in the fireplace yesterday afternoon. Irefighters u ued jackhammerssto break open the brick chimney investigators are trying to determine the mans identity at this time. Icy roads aae to blame after a tractor trailer slammed into a restaurant in texas. Police say a person was driving a ford pickup truck when they lost control and hit a semitruck. The driver of the semi then lost control and crashed into an outback steakhouse. Police say at least six cars in the steakhouse parking lot were damaged and two passengers inside the tractor trailer were hurt. No one inside the restaurant was injured. Heavy rain causes evacuations in dallas due to high rising waters. The rain has led to flooding along roads. Rescue crews say four failies had to evacuate no injurres were reported. Firefighters will remain in the area as rain continues to fall. Many drivers arf guilty of it lettttg your gas tank fill while sitting in the comfort of your warm car or even walking inside the gas station. But kwwls Kristin Rogers tells us leaving the pump while getting gas could be disastrous. nats of gas pump clicking its something thats routine, until something goes terribly wrong. On saturday a car was left at the pump while filling inside the convience store. The pump didnt click off and police estimate 1520 gallons of gas spilled al over the grrund. Ththnkfully a fire crew cleaned it up before anything horrible happened. cg Kristin Rogers police say not watching your gas while it is pumping is something that happens way more oftennthan you might thinkk we und it necessary to talk directly with people at the pump. Do you ever find yourself hopping in thecar . cg doug haddy g gs station customer oh yeah, oh yeah, especially if the wind is blowing yes. Its too cold yeah. We saw all kinds of customers at this cedar rapids gas station. cg angie dudley get inside my car. Static electricity from getting o of your car andndtouching the p pmp could create sparks. We also saw tanks filling up while customers were inside the store which could cause gas to overflow and spill out. cg cg becca english gas station customer its a hazard to the environment, its a hazzard to other people who afte seeing spills first cg becca english you stay by youuvehicle when youre pumping your gas. As for doug, he says he is going to take that advice. cg doug haddy im going ive never had that problem myself but it ould be disastrous youre right. Weve got you covered, kristin,rogers kwwl news. Were told gas stations typically charge customers for the gas they spill unless ssmething goeses wrong with the pump. Police say this is a common issue as there are spills reported every month in hiawatha alone. Microsoft co founder bill gates set to announce a new project, aimed at tackling Climate Change. The project will bring together investors from all over the world. Gates hopes the fund will invest billions of dollrs into clean forms of energy. He will reveal details about his new endeavor at the Climate Change summit in paris. Pope francis made an unscheduled stop during his african tour visitng sick ccildren at a hospital. The pope met with staff and some of the young patients at a pediatric hospital. He brought boxes of medicine for children provided by a Childrens Hospital in rome. Pope francc went from bed to bed blessing each child and greeting families. The pope is scheduled to end his african trip today with a visit to a mosque. A followup to a story we brought you eaaier this yeaa. The moving tribute in sunflowers that a farmer created for his late wife. As boyd huppert shows us, the tribute isnt ending at the end these are not the sunflowers behind them. At times this past yee. Don don lost his wife babbette to gets. Dons ribbon of sunflowers. 4 and a half miles long. Caught weve gotten emails from all over thh world. It wentntway beyond anything that we ever dreamed about. And then i thought to myself flowers. Babbettes empty seat in the combine, next to don. Thats grandmas flowers. How nice it would be. Yeah. If flowers could provide a permanent ray of sunshine. Good job. The seeds from the sunnlowers that honored babbeete are being bagged and sold for a cancer fund. Aimed at finding a cure. Kept awake by the chemo, is her thanksgiving prayer. More reading pray that you get to spend one more day wiih your family and friends, there is not guarantee we will get to see the sunrise tomorrow. Love babette. Its a love ssry. Don loved my mom. My mom loved her family. Harvested with healing. Life is good. Boyd uppert, nbc news, eau claire, wisconsin. Its coming up on today in the eiffel tower is known for changing colors. And now its changing again, but this time, its for a cause. Plus. Everyone needs to keep themselves busy, right . But is that santa hiiing the waveses this image had many doing a doubletake. Roads are at least wet out there this morning, with some ice and snow covered roads reported in the north. Temperatures aree hovering around freezing in many areas this morning. Ill let youre watching kwwl, weve got you covered with jerry gallagher, ally crutcher and meteorologist eileen loan. Now your sttrm track 7 forecast on kwwl. From the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. See the screen for your complete weather information. Herereis additional orecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team travel may be a bit tricky today and tomorroro as a winter storm [cough, cough] mike . Janet . Cough if you can hear me. Dont even think about it. I took mucinex dm for my phlegmy cough. Yeah. But what about mike . He has that dry scratchy thing going on. Guess what . It works on his cough too. Cough guess what . It works on his cough too. What . Stop dont pull me e spoiler alert she doesnt make it only mucinex dm relieves bothwet and dry coughs for 12 hours with two medicines in one pill. Start the relief. Ditch the misery. Travel may be a bit tricky today and tomorrow as a winter storm tracks through the area with a mix of precip. A Winter Weather advisory is posted for the north and western part t f the viewing area today and tomorrow for the areas expecting the worst of the system. Temperatures are hovering right at freezing there with a bit warmrmr temps to the south of highway 20. Sleet, snow and freezing rain starting to coat some of the roads north of 20 this morning. Stormtrack7 Live Weather Network cameras will show the slick roads in the north and mostly wet roods to the south. It has actually warmed a couple of degrees in washington this morning while staying right around 32 in the northth it is cooler to the west where they will see mainly snow out of this system. Although most of the moisture right now is tracking through our viewing area. The to our west as it heads northeast and will continue to provide rain, snow, sleet and freezing rain in our area through tonight with snow showers by morning and continuing through tuesday. We will have a sharp line where 7e will see only rain and where we will have a mix to only snow. And that will make a difference in rain and snowfall amounts liquid will be mainly half an inch to an inch while snow will be a trace to 2 with the heaviest to the northwest. The mix will continue 20s to low 30s and then snow low 40s by friday. Nearly 200 weatherrelated accidents have been reportt acrosss part of texas since the ice storm began thursday night. One of those Accidents Police say the driver lost control and rolled his car off the access road nearby. No serious injuries wee reported. Its coming up on today in iowa. In red board shorts and a red longsleeve shirt, many thought they saw santa on top of a surfboard. Plus. All you need is love. A group of people come together to beat a world record. Stay with kwwl, weve got you barbie reclaims he hey, is that it . I think thats it. Oh go a anda we love you a new survey says one in five parents plan to buy a barbie for the little girls on their lists. Last year merchandise from the movie frozen topped the girls list making it the first time in the surveys 11year history that barbie was not number one. Frozen merchandise is now second on the list fflowed by dolls. The eiffel tower lights up in green with messages of hope. The landmark tower was transformed into a virtual forest last night. With an elaborate light installation. The artist behind the installation wanted to send a message in favor of a shift to 100 Percent Renewable Energy and protection of the worlds forrsts. The installation at the eiffel tower will run through friday. Around a thousand people wore santa costumes for a charity run in china over the weekend. Proceeds from the race went to a charity that raises money for runners got into the Christmas Spirit with their costumes. Most dressed as santa, but a gingerbread man and a gorilla were also spotted in the crowd. Santa claus took a break from the frigid north pole. To catch some waves oof cocoa beach, florida. A professional surfer dressed as santa cruised on a jet ski. Then saint nick came ashore. The organization surfing santas put the event together. They say its a big hit with families. Oh my god, i cant believe it, this line. Theres 150 people in could have dreamed of. We hope santa remembered to wear his sun screen. Its coming up on today in iowa. With a little help from their friends, a dream for these people to break a world record weekend foogathering together the largest number of people dressed as members of the iconic rock band, the beatles. Twohundred ninetyfour people gathered in a park in mexico city dressed in costumes reflecting the groupssarious styles overrthe dededes. That broke the previous record of 250 people. Storm track seven meteorologist eileennloan is back with another check of your storm track seven forecast. You tuck here. You tutu there. If youre a toe tucker. Because of toenail fungus, ask your doctor now about prescription kerydin. Used daily, kerydin drops may kill the fungus at the site of infection kerydin may cause irritation at the treated site. Most common side effects include skin peeling. Ingrown toenail, redness, itching, and swelling. Tell your doctor if you have any side effect that bothers you or does not go away. Stop toe tucking. And get the drop on toenail fungus. Now on today in iowa. A serious cras at the end oo thanksgiving break. Now the driver faces charges. Plus timeout during practice but neither team called for it. A scare on the field when the dome collapses. And instead of ornaments on this tree, youll finds hats and scarves. How one family spent ththir holiday, giing. Good morning, im ally crutcher. Jerry has the day off. Storm track seven meteorologist eileen loan is here now with your storm track seven forecast. Winter weather advisory continues in the area this morning for our Northern Counties from Grundy Center through elkader, including waterloo. Traffic may be slow going in some areas. Others just wet this morning. Snowplows are out and they have their cameras going. Roads in the northern two to three tiers of counties are getting snow and ice covered with sleet, freezing rain and snow reports this morning, along with the rain to the south. Temps are right around freezing in the north with warmer temps to the south making a difference. We will keep the mix in the area this morning with the worst driving expected to stay in the north. Temps wont change much, but should warm a few degrees for a few hours today. The precip will continue tonight, too. Ill have more on that coming up in a few minutes. The rain and Winter Weather we are dealing with this morning is making driving more difficult today. Storm track sevens Amanda Gilbert joins us live in waterloo. With more details. If you step outside. You can feel that were dealing with than just rain this morning. You might be able to tell when looking at your car. I had a thin coat of ice on mine this weather like this can make driving very difficult. Even driving to work i could feel how slick the roads were this morning. We checked in with waterloo police. There have not been any accidents yet. But it is important to drive slowly and be very cautious. What we are seeing accumlate on the cars is also on the roads. So some areas could be like driving on an ice skating rink. Weve got you covered live in waterloo. Amanda gilbert. Kwwl news. A Winter Weather advisory is in effect through tuesday for the nortern parts of the kwwl viewing area. A man suspected of killing three people at a planned parenthood appears in court today. Investigators havent exactly what his motives were. Andrew spencer tells us neighbors dont seem to know much about him. Theres not much to see or do out here. In a Rural Community of interactions with him. When they first moved in, they were real. Like i said, they kept to themselves; they didnt bother anybody, and nobody bothered them. Really nice guy. Was talking even read them. I just. I think i used them to start the fire in antiabortion and antigovernment views to investigators but says dears motives arent entirely clear. Police say dear surrendered at the end of a sixhour standoff on friday, after shooting and killing three people and wounding nine others at a planned parenthood clinic in Online Shoppers<\/a> looking for the next bargain. But a new trendseems to be forming. Retailers are saying cyber mondada already started on frfrday. Kwwls Amanda Gilbert<\/a> joins us live in the newsroom with more details. Thats right ally some stores. Like walmart. Jc penny. And st buy. Havv aaready kicked off their online deals. But that doesnt mean today wont be a succes. This year cyber monday shoppers will spend 3 billion dollars or more. Thats 12 percnt more money spent ththn last year. R. And analysts say most of the money spent today will be on electronics. 75 percent of todays online sales could be on electronics. This year retailers are making shopping easier by using smartphones. Stores like target and khols have apps weve got you eovered live in the nenesroom. Amandnd gilbert. Kwwl news. Instore sales for black friday were down this year becuase more people did and are doing online shoppingg youre shoppipig for toys this holiday season, here are some tips to keep children safe all year toy. If youre buying a scooter or another riding toy, make sure you get a propersized helmet as well. And be cautious when buying high powered magnetic sets. They can contain small magnets that aredangerous and should be kept away from children. President obama is in paris this morning hoping to convince the world to take a stand on Climate Change<\/a>. Were already seei Early Morning<\/a> arrivals as that conferenceeets underway. Tracie potts is following todays developments from washington. What we are seeing here is an amid silent protests and clashes with police. Neaealy 150 World Leaders<\/a> are arriving in paris this morning. President obama is hoping to convince them to cut greenhouse emissions. He calls ita global threat. What a powerful rebukeketo the rrorists it will be when the for Fox News Sunday<\/a> super burned in president obama is delusional on this. Hes delusional about the threat, which is apparently super burned in sot rep. Michael Mccaul R Texas<\/a> i hope while hes talking about Climate Change<\/a> in paris. Hes talking about how can the na forces and the u. S. Coalition orces and possibly destroy isis. Potential sticking points include whether big countries like france and the us have a greater responsiblity. Dealing with oilrich develelping nations clear the air . Tracie potts, nbc news, washington. Small island natios want assurance theyll be protected from storms and rising sea levels they cant control. The man accused of shooting 12 people inside a Colorado Springs<\/a> planned parenthood clinic will appear in court today. Police say the man surrendered after an hours long shooting spree and standoff friday. Ree people were killed, including a University Police<\/a> officer. Five Police Officers<\/a> were hurt. The man is currently being held without bond. A service was held at the church where the Police Officer<\/a> killed served as a pastor. Members of the New Hope Church<\/a> gathered to remember the fallen the church and held several leaership roles. Even though its not his jujuisdiction anddno one would life for others, for this community. That doesnt surprise me at all, no, thats the pastor says his wife is also vevey active with the church, and the congregationwill continue to support the famill. A bond h haring is set today for a chicago Police Officer<\/a> charged with murder. Dashcam video shows the teen beig shot 16 times some shotsp fired after the 17year old fell to the ground. The release of that video last week sparked protests in response to the shooting last year. The officers lwyer says he opened fire because he feared for his life and ttose of other pololce officers when he saw the teen had a knife. Five firefighters injured in philadelphia. After their fire truck hit fou parked cars. Authorities say the accident could have been worse luckily no one was in the cars at the time. None of the firefighters had serious injuries, but they were still taken to an areahospital to be investiggtion. A man is behind bars after police say he murdered a waitress over smoking a cigarette. The malit up a ciarette inside a waffle house in n ississippi when the waitress asked him not to investigators say thats when the man pulled out his gun and shot her. The victims boyfriend is in shock about wha happened. Im furious for someone to take her life over a cigarette. Of all the things. crying . The man remains in jail on two Million Dollars<\/a> bond. He faces first degree murder charges. The woman had worked at waffle house for eight years. Police say a suspected burglar has died after getting stuck in the chimnee of a home heewas trying to get into. A homeowner in california heard the man after lighting a fire in the fireplace yesterday afternoon. Irefighters u ued jackhammerssto break open the brick chimney investigators are trying to determine the mans identity at this time. Icy roads aae to blame after a tractor trailer slammed into a restaurant in texas. Police say a person was driving a ford pickup truck when they lost control and hit a semitruck. The driver of the semi then lost control and crashed into an outback steakhouse. Police say at least six cars in the steakhouse parking lot were damaged and two passengers inside the tractor trailer were hurt. No one inside the restaurant was injured. Heavy rain causes evacuations in dallas due to high rising waters. The rain has led to flooding along roads. Rescue crews say four failies had to evacuate no injurres were reported. Firefighters will remain in the area as rain continues to fall. Many drivers arf guilty of it lettttg your gas tank fill while sitting in the comfort of your warm car or even walking inside the gas station. But kwwls Kristin Rogers<\/a> tells us leaving the pump while getting gas could be disastrous. nats of gas pump clicking its something thats routine, until something goes terribly wrong. On saturday a car was left at the pump while filling inside the convience store. The pump didnt click off and police estimate 1520 gallons of gas spilled al over the grrund. Ththnkfully a fire crew cleaned it up before anything horrible happened. cg Kristin Rogers<\/a> police say not watching your gas while it is pumping is something that happens way more oftennthan you might thinkk we und it necessary to talk directly with people at the pump. Do you ever find yourself hopping in thecar . cg doug haddy g gs station customer oh yeah, oh yeah, especially if the wind is blowing yes. Its too cold yeah. We saw all kinds of customers at this cedar rapids gas station. cg angie dudley get inside my car. Static electricity from getting o of your car andndtouching the p pmp could create sparks. We also saw tanks filling up while customers were inside the store which could cause gas to overflow and spill out. cg cg becca english gas station customer its a hazard to the environment, its a hazzard to other people who afte seeing spills first cg becca english you stay by youuvehicle when youre pumping your gas. As for doug, he says he is going to take that advice. cg doug haddy im going ive never had that problem myself but it ould be disastrous youre right. Weve got you covered, kristin,rogers kwwl news. Were told gas stations typically charge customers for the gas they spill unless ssmething goeses wrong with the pump. Police say this is a common issue as there are spills reported every month in hiawatha alone. Microsoft co founder bill gates set to announce a new project, aimed at tackling Climate Change<\/a>. The project will bring together investors from all over the world. Gates hopes the fund will invest billions of dollrs into clean forms of energy. He will reveal details about his new endeavor at the Climate Change<\/a> summit in paris. Pope francis made an unscheduled stop during his african tour visitng sick ccildren at a hospital. The pope met with staff and some of the young patients at a pediatric hospital. He brought boxes of medicine for children provided by a Childrens Hospital<\/a> in rome. Pope francc went from bed to bed blessing each child and greeting families. The pope is scheduled to end his african trip today with a visit to a mosque. A followup to a story we brought you eaaier this yeaa. The moving tribute in sunflowers that a farmer created for his late wife. As boyd huppert shows us, the tribute isnt ending at the end these are not the sunflowers behind them. At times this past yee. Don don lost his wife babbette to gets. Dons ribbon of sunflowers. 4 and a half miles long. Caught weve gotten emails from all over thh world. It wentntway beyond anything that we ever dreamed about. And then i thought to myself flowers. Babbettes empty seat in the combine, next to don. Thats grandmas flowers. How nice it would be. Yeah. If flowers could provide a permanent ray of sunshine. Good job. The seeds from the sunnlowers that honored babbeete are being bagged and sold for a cancer fund. Aimed at finding a cure. Kept awake by the chemo, is her thanksgiving prayer. More reading pray that you get to spend one more day wiih your family and friends, there is not guarantee we will get to see the sunrise tomorrow. Love babette. Its a love ssry. Don loved my mom. My mom loved her family. Harvested with healing. Life is good. Boyd uppert, nbc news, eau claire, wisconsin. Its coming up on today in the eiffel tower is known for changing colors. And now its changing again, but this time, its for a cause. Plus. Everyone needs to keep themselves busy, right . But is that santa hiiing the waveses this image had many doing a doubletake. Roads are at least wet out there this morning, with some ice and snow covered roads reported in the north. Temperatures aree hovering around freezing in many areas this morning. Ill let youre watching kwwl, weve got you covered with jerry gallagher, ally crutcher and meteorologist eileen loan. Now your sttrm track 7 forecast on kwwl. From the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. See the screen for your complete weather information. Herereis additional orecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team travel may be a bit tricky today and tomorroro as a winter storm [cough, cough] mike . Janet . Cough if you can hear me. Dont even think about it. I took mucinex dm for my phlegmy cough. Yeah. But what about mike . He has that dry scratchy thing going on. Guess what . It works on his cough too. Cough guess what . It works on his cough too. What . Stop dont pull me e spoiler alert she doesnt make it only mucinex dm relieves bothwet and dry coughs for 12 hours with two medicines in one pill. Start the relief. Ditch the misery. Travel may be a bit tricky today and tomorrow as a winter storm tracks through the area with a mix of precip. A Winter Weather<\/a> advisory is posted for the north and western part t f the viewing area today and tomorrow for the areas expecting the worst of the system. Temperatures are hovering right at freezing there with a bit warmrmr temps to the south of highway 20. Sleet, snow and freezing rain starting to coat some of the roads north of 20 this morning. Stormtrack7 Live Weather Network<\/a> cameras will show the slick roads in the north and mostly wet roods to the south. It has actually warmed a couple of degrees in washington this morning while staying right around 32 in the northth it is cooler to the west where they will see mainly snow out of this system. Although most of the moisture right now is tracking through our viewing area. The to our west as it heads northeast and will continue to provide rain, snow, sleet and freezing rain in our area through tonight with snow showers by morning and continuing through tuesday. We will have a sharp line where 7e will see only rain and where we will have a mix to only snow. And that will make a difference in rain and snowfall amounts liquid will be mainly half an inch to an inch while snow will be a trace to 2 with the heaviest to the northwest. The mix will continue 20s to low 30s and then snow low 40s by friday. Nearly 200 weatherrelated accidents have been reportt acrosss part of texas since the ice storm began thursday night. One of those Accidents Police<\/a> say the driver lost control and rolled his car off the access road nearby. No serious injuries wee reported. Its coming up on today in iowa. In red board shorts and a red longsleeve shirt, many thought they saw santa on top of a surfboard. Plus. All you need is love. A group of people come together to beat a world record. Stay with kwwl, weve got you barbie reclaims he hey, is that it . I think thats it. Oh go a anda we love you a new survey says one in five parents plan to buy a barbie for the little girls on their lists. Last year merchandise from the movie frozen topped the girls list making it the first time in the surveys 11year history that barbie was not number one. Frozen merchandise is now second on the list fflowed by dolls. The eiffel tower lights up in green with messages of hope. The landmark tower was transformed into a virtual forest last night. With an elaborate light installation. The artist behind the installation wanted to send a message in favor of a shift to 100 Percent Renewable Energy<\/a> and protection of the worlds forrsts. The installation at the eiffel tower will run through friday. Around a thousand people wore santa costumes for a charity run in china over the weekend. Proceeds from the race went to a charity that raises money for runners got into the Christmas Spirit<\/a> with their costumes. Most dressed as santa, but a gingerbread man and a gorilla were also spotted in the crowd. Santa claus took a break from the frigid north pole. To catch some waves oof cocoa beach, florida. A professional surfer dressed as santa cruised on a jet ski. Then saint nick came ashore. The organization surfing santas put the event together. They say its a big hit with families. Oh my god, i cant believe it, this line. Theres 150 people in could have dreamed of. We hope santa remembered to wear his sun screen. Its coming up on today in iowa. With a little help from their friends, a dream for these people to break a world record weekend foogathering together the largest number of people dressed as members of the iconic rock band, the beatles. Twohundred ninetyfour people gathered in a park in mexico city dressed in costumes reflecting the groupssarious styles overrthe dededes. That broke the previous record of 250 people. Storm track seven meteorologist eileennloan is back with another check of your storm track seven forecast. You tuck here. You tutu there. If youre a toe tucker. Because of toenail fungus, ask your doctor now about prescription kerydin. Used daily, kerydin drops may kill the fungus at the site of infection kerydin may cause irritation at the treated site. Most common side effects include skin peeling. Ingrown toenail, redness, itching, and swelling. Tell your doctor if you have any side effect that bothers you or does not go away. Stop toe tucking. And get the drop on toenail fungus. Now on today in iowa. A serious cras at the end oo thanksgiving break. Now the driver faces charges. Plus timeout during practice but neither team called for it. A scare on the field when the dome collapses. And instead of ornaments on this tree, youll finds hats and scarves. How one family spent ththir holiday, giing. Good morning, im ally crutcher. Jerry has the day off. Storm track seven meteorologist eileen loan is here now with your storm track seven forecast. Winter weather advisory continues in the area this morning for our Northern Counties<\/a> from Grundy Center<\/a> through elkader, including waterloo. Traffic may be slow going in some areas. Others just wet this morning. Snowplows are out and they have their cameras going. Roads in the northern two to three tiers of counties are getting snow and ice covered with sleet, freezing rain and snow reports this morning, along with the rain to the south. Temps are right around freezing in the north with warmer temps to the south making a difference. We will keep the mix in the area this morning with the worst driving expected to stay in the north. Temps wont change much, but should warm a few degrees for a few hours today. The precip will continue tonight, too. Ill have more on that coming up in a few minutes. The rain and Winter Weather<\/a> we are dealing with this morning is making driving more difficult today. Storm track sevens Amanda Gilbert<\/a> joins us live in waterloo. With more details. If you step outside. You can feel that were dealing with than just rain this morning. You might be able to tell when looking at your car. I had a thin coat of ice on mine this weather like this can make driving very difficult. Even driving to work i could feel how slick the roads were this morning. We checked in with waterloo police. There have not been any accidents yet. But it is important to drive slowly and be very cautious. What we are seeing accumlate on the cars is also on the roads. So some areas could be like driving on an ice skating rink. Weve got you covered live in waterloo. Amanda gilbert. Kwwl news. A Winter Weather<\/a> advisory is in effect through tuesday for the nortern parts of the kwwl viewing area. A man suspected of killing three people at a planned parenthood appears in court today. Investigators havent exactly what his motives were. Andrew spencer tells us neighbors dont seem to know much about him. Theres not much to see or do out here. In a Rural Community<\/a> of interactions with him. When they first moved in, they were real. Like i said, they kept to themselves; they didnt bother anybody, and nobody bothered them. Really nice guy. Was talking even read them. I just. I think i used them to start the fire in antiabortion and antigovernment views to investigators but says dears motives arent entirely clear. Police say dear surrendered at the end of a sixhour standoff on friday, after shooting and killing three people and wounding nine others at a planned parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs<\/a>. The mayor says, unless theres some sort of threat beforehand, these types of shootings are tough to prevent. Its very difficult for Law Enforcement<\/a> to deal with individuals like this who dont commit serious crimes and get themselves on the radar that way. Dear had a spotty record with the law during his time in the carolinas, but he was never convicted of a crime. His wife accused him of Domestic Assault<\/a> in 1997 but didnt press charges. In 2002 counts of being was found not guilty. But his history raises more questions, in the aftermath of fridays attack. Im andrew spencer, reporting. This morning well also learn more about the victims. The 57yearold is currently being held without bond. The first of six baltimore Police Officers<\/a> goes to trial in the death of freddie gray. Gray died in april, a week after sustaining injuries while in the back of a police van. His death sparked riots in the city. Charges include Involuntary Manslaughter<\/a> and Second Degree<\/a> assault. All six officers will be tried separately. University of chicago to cancel classes today. School Officials Say<\/a> the university was informed by the fbi that someone posted an online threat of gun violence against the schools campus. They said there will be increased police and security presence in the area as well as other Law Enforcement<\/a> agencies. I mean, i was surprised. But just thought oh, well. I guess ill have to cancel office hours and whatever else i had planned. The fbi is continuing to investigate the source and possible motive behind the threat. A bus driver is facing charges after dozens of students are injured in a crash. They were headed back to colleges in virginia after the thanksgiving break. The driver has been charged with reckless driving. In total, 34 of the 50 students on board were hurt. 1 is in critical condition. We decided to call this a mass use. In doing that, we open up all the area hospitals to disperse the patients evenly. Students were taken to six area hospitals. The scene has since been cleared. Police clashed with Climate Change<\/a> protesters in paris. This came ahead of the International Climate<\/a> conference there. Protesters throwing things at police. Officers responded by spraying tear gas and charging the demonstrators. More than 1 hundred and 70 people were arrested and held for questioning. Mass gatherings were banned following the terror attacks in paris. President obama arrived in paris late last night, then visited the theater that was the scene of the deadliest of the recent terrorist attacks. The president was joined by the french president and paris mayor. The three placed flowers at the memorial for the 89 People Killed<\/a> in the concert hall massacre. A Police Officer<\/a> was shot and killed in the line of duty over the weekend. Police in pennsylvania were responding to a Domestic Violence<\/a> call when the confrontatio with the shooter happened. Police say the suspect left the scene after shooting at officers. He was arrested early sunday morning. The officer was a 25 year veteran of the police department. Dedeeloping overnight. Two officers are injured in an officerinvolved shooting overnight. Officers were taking a man into custody when he pulled out a gun. The suspect was then killed after an exchange of gunfire. Five were taken into custody. Its unclear if they face any charges. Police have filed charges against a 25yearold father. After the mans daughter s st and killed herself. It happened over the weekend in atlanta. Police say the man was at home with other children when the sixyear old found the gun and accidentally fired it. The father has been charged with reckless conduct and Involuntary Manslaughter<\/a>. An athletic facility collapsed at eastern michigan university. The school says two High School Soccer<\/a> teams were holding practice when the domes fabric split. A spectator inside said he heard a crash before the building began to collapse. Within minutes. The building had completely deflated. People inside rushed to the doors. Some narrowly escaping. I barely made it out. There from the other team were sprinting to get out. No one was hurt thanks to quick thinking by police. The university is now investigating what caused the collapse. A handcuffed woman managed to steal the police s uv she was being held in and then she took it for a joyride. Officers arrested a wommn after they say she tried to cash a stolen check at a bank. She was placed in the back of the police suv but somehow got into the front and drove away causing a threer wreck. Two people were taken to tte hospital with injuries. A lawyer for the man accused of scaling the white house fence on thanksgiving says his client was trying to deliver a message. Court documents say the man left a suicide note, but the lawyer says that could not be further truth. The man is expected to appear in a basketball star has spoken or written about his future Los Angeles Lakers<\/a> star kobe bryant says he will retire at the end of the current season. The reveal came in a poem itten by bryannand posted onn the website, the players tribune. In it, the 37year old allstar guard says this season is all i have left to give. My heart can take the pounding my mind can handle the grind but my body knows its time to i honestly ffel good about it. Come honestly. Bryant is a five time nba champion. This is his 20th nba season. More people are turning to online holiday shopping. Retailers are rolling out holiday deals and people shop for the best ones. But many shooers we spoke to have already started searching for online deals. Clothes, i usually buy some boots, things like that. Experts say black friday sales are acacually down one billion dollars this year compared to last year because of onine shopping. Beforor you logon for those screen buster deals. You should take some precautions. Online Security Experts<\/a> say before you start your cyber monday shopping take some steps to prprtect yourself. First, use a separate credit card for online shopping. That way if hackers do get your information, the rest of your credit line and Bank Accounts<\/a> ill be safe. Ad pay attentiooto your stattents after your purchases for any unusual charges. A michigan family and their friends spent their thanksgiving giving to others. Their goal to make sure no one theyre giving o. Normally in winter it would be snow on these tree trisha geyer her family and more than a dozen other people left them out in the cold attacheddo these Winter Essentials<\/a> anybody who needs to stay warm in a cold harsh keep my kids warm. Trishas mom evelyn spent her spare time t cooking but knitting these scarves. Oo many peoplpl, they thinkk i take a deep breath and think, three more. Now only a handful are left underscoring a problem that some dont see or turn the other way come on, lets do what we can of volunteers hope to decorate in iowq. This one had nothing to do with football. A special reunion on the way. And from playing in the snow, to playing in the sand. How pounds of sand turned into prized designs. Roads are at least wet out there this morning, with some ice and in the north. Temperatures are hovering around freezing in many coming up in a few minutes youre watching kwwl, weve got you covered with jerry gallagher, ally crutcher and meteororoogist eileen loan. This is today in iowa. 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 travel may be a bit tricky today and tomorrow as a winter storm tracks through the area with a mix of precip. A Winter Weather<\/a> advisory is posted for the north and western part of the viewing area today and tomorrow for the areas expecting the worst of the system. Temperatures are hovering right at freezing there with a bit warmer temps to the south of highway 20. Sleet, snow and freezing rain are starting to coat some of the roads orth of 20 this morning. Stormtrack7 Live Weather Network<\/a> cameras will show the slick roads in the north and mostly wet roads to the south. It has actually warmed a couple of degrees in washington this morning while staying right around 32 in the north. It is cooler to the west where they will see mainly snow out of this system. Although most of the moisture right now is tracking through our viewing area. The low will track to our west as it heads northeast and will continue to provide rain, snow, sleet and freezing rain in our area through tonight with snow showers by morning and contiiuing through tuesday. We will have a sharp line where we will have a mix to only snow. And that will make a difference in rain and snowfall amounts liquid will be mainly half an inch to an inch while snow will be a trace to 2 with the heaviest to the northwest. The mix will continue throughout the day, but at times may be mainly rain as temps warm a few degrees for a few hours. Rain, snow, freezing rain again tonight with lows in the upper 20s to low 30s and then snow showers tomorrow as the system tracks away. But we could see breezy southwesterly winds as the low tracks northeast. We dry out for the rest of the week and we will even warm back into the low 40s by friday. Make sure youre careful as you make be mainly rain as temps warm a few degrees for a f hours. Tonight with lows in the upper 20s to low 30s and then snow showers tomorrow as the system tracks away. But we could see breezy southwesterly winds as the low even warm back into the low 40s by friday. Make sure youre careful as you make your morning commute to work. Right now were taking a live look out of us218 in waterloo. The roads can be slick. A Winter Weather<\/a> advisory is posted for parts of the viewing area. Playing in the sand isnt just for kids. At least not in key west, florida this weekend. Six sand sculptors from around the world are competing in the International Sand<\/a> art competition. Thousand pounds of sand into prized piles of design using only water and a select few hand tools. Some stand about seven feet tall and included tributes to star wars and jimi hendrix. Its coming up on today in iowa. A moment on the field. A man runs out to surprise his son, but its not a player. Stay tuned for the heartwarming reunion. Plus. Maybe you hung your Christmas Lights<\/a> this weekend. Well, this guy lit half a million. Well tell you why. Youre watching kwwl. Weve got you covered in burr oak, hesper, highlandville, and all of eastern iowa Matt Campbell<\/a> former toledo head coach has been named the new iowa state football coach. Coach campbell will replace paul rhoads who was fired a week ago after seven seasons leading the iowa state cyclones. Iowa state will officially introduce campbell at a press Conference Today<\/a> at noon. They may be 12 and oh, but the iowa hawkeyes drop in the latest ap poll. The team now ranks fourth, behind oklahoma, alabama, and top ranked clemson. The hawks were third last week. The hawkeyes also remain at fourth place in the coaches poll, in which they got one first place vote. And while the hawkeyes are still undefeated in college football, the new England Patriots<\/a> just lost their streak in the nfl. The patriots were one of only two remaining undefeated teams left in the nfl. And now the Carolina Panthers<\/a> stand alone. A special moment at another nfl game last night. This never gets old. A military dad surprises his family at the game. It happened in the first half of the game in atlanta between the falcons and minnesota vikings. The father ran onto the field and is warmly embraced by his nineyear old son. A touching moment for the family. An australian set a world record by illuminating an artificial Christmas Tree<\/a> with more than half a million lights. Guinness World Records<\/a> confirms the man broke the record for the most lights on an artificial Christmas Tree<\/a>. The old record had been held for five years. By Universal Studios<\/a> in japan. I started planning in december in january, and its an enormous amount of planning, there are hundreds of people, governments, permits, volunteers and staff. He created the christmas extravaganza to raise money for the citys sudden infant death syndrome charity, sids and kids. Its youre watching today in iowa on the royal family has relecharlotte. Charlotte is six months old now. These photos were taken in early november at the familys home. Princess charlotte is fourth in line to the british throne. She was last seen in public at her christening in july. Eileen loan is back with another check of your storm track seven forecast. Heres a live look outside at , theres another hour of iowa coming up right here on now on today in iowa. A major announcement coming from the e pa. And it will have a huge impact on iowa farmers. Plus. The woman accused of stealing from an Iowa Department<\/a> store. And leading authorities on a chase. Is accused of a new crime. And. Parts of eastern iowa are waking up to slick roads this morning. We have team seven coverage. 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