Good morning, im ally crutcher. And im jerry gallagher. Following all the rain weve seen flooding continues to be a problem. Keep an eye out for warning signs streets may be closed. The waterloo Streets Department tells us some people are driving through. Storm track seven meteorologist is here now with your storm track seven forecast. Good wednesday morning. Its a windy morning out there with winds out of the south and southwest from 15 to 20 Miles Per Hour. This is as a warm front is pushing through the area. Later today a cold frfnt tracks through and we will be eeing falling temperaraures, and the winds coming from a more westerly to southwesterly direction. Right now, there are some reduced visibility across the region with areas of fog, and perhaps a little storm track 7 live Doppler Radar shows just a couple of stray the bulk of the moisture is to our west towards and area of low pressure that is producing a lot of snow to our west. This will track northwest of us, and will leave us with clouds and windy conditions today. Heres the current temperatures across the area. Mainly 40s. Temperatures will be falling throughout the day. Heres the storm track 7 Live Weather Network cameras showing reduced visibility in some places. Your forecast for today has temperatures in the 40s, falling throughout the day with windy conditions. Well let you know how Cool Temperatures get and an update on the flooding in just a few minutes. New this morning. Where are the gold coins . Thats a big question salvation wondering. Donations across eastern iowa are down and the fact we arent seeing gold coin helping. Kwwls Amanda Gilbert takes a look at how the campaign is going. Nat sound the familiar sound of bells ringing. As strangers drop some extra cash or coins into this infamous bucket. Its a tradition. Every one knows what to do when they see us. This year. In the past three years. Two of the past three years we have recieved 12 far nothing yet. That the giver is willing and able. This gold coin giver is a mystery. Its the fun part of it. It keeps the mystery in the magic into the Christmas Season. Waterloo did already get two silver coins this year. They arent sure who dropped these whether they are silver or gold. The Salvation Army says they could use the extra help this year. We havent been able to staffy every kettle raised 355,000 dollars. Which is half of their730,000 dollar goal. Leaving them wondering where and who i i the mysterious donor. The anchors here at kwwl have been volutneering amanda bell rang in cedar falls, ron in in cedar rapids. Ill be in coralville saturday afternonon. Were all competing to raise the most money you can donate to any of our kettles on our website as well, at kwwl dot com. Also new this mojning the driver of a car that crashes doesnt have to look far for help. The car flipped right in front of the fire station. This is video from our coverage partners at th media of the car just outside the dubuque fire station at university and grandview avenues. You can see the car upside down. Were still working to learn more about the crash. Continuing coverage the jury deciding the fate of a Baltimore Police officer is told to continue with h eliberations today. Yesterday the jurors were deadlocked. Theyre trying to determine the fate of officer william porter, one of six officers accused in freddie grays death. If the trial ends with a hung ry prosecutors will have the opportunity to try the case again. The faa is investigating lands on top of a home. Twooeople were on the plane. Neither were hurt. The plane had taken off from a florida airport and had difficulties in georgia on its way to hilton head. Investigators have not said what brought the plane dow. A Southwest Airlines plane rolls off the runway at Nashville International airport. The plane was on its way to the gate. Here you see the frot end of the plane tilted down but caused the accident. We landed and we were taxing Something Like that. And the next thing i know we were in the ditch. No serious injuries were reported. An unclaimed cell phone on a plane brings in the bomb squad. It was found on an American Airlines flight in miami that arrived from paris. The 217 passenger and 14 crew membebes were taken of the plane as the bomb squad checked it out. Then a passenger claimed the phone. No charges have been filed. Police are looking for a man who stole bags of cash from an armored car. New york Authorities Say the a man walked up while guards were putting tens of thousands of dollars into the car. Another guard was in the car and there was a shootout. The man in the suit grabbed cash and ran off. The investigation ii ongoing. Pope francis is calling on governments to change laws to better welcome refugees. This comes as several European Countries want to shut their borders to nw arrivals. Immigration, of course, also a key issue in the president ial race. It came up during last nights president ial debate. Senator cruz blasted marco rubio for sponsoring the Immigration Reform bill ttat many republicans think is too soft on the issue of undocumented immigrants. And cruz had other criticisms for rubio. One of the problems with marcos Foreign Policy is heas middle east that have helped radical islamic terroristt rubio accused cruz of voting for a bill that limits the dataahat can be collected. And could compromise National Security. In our next half hour. Farm values in iowa drop for the second straight year. On average, values are down by nearly four percent this year according to iowa state university. The average cost now a little more han 76 hundreded dollars an acrerefarmland valuus peaked in 2013 at 87 hundred an acre. Poor planning leads to a mess for one community and People Living there are tired of it. Construction on farley road. Which stretches nine miles from the towns of farley and cascade. Has been stopped for one year now leaving three miles of it unpaved. Dubuque county officals say there were numerous dessgn issues fromm fed up. Well its bumpy. Its hard to keep a gravel road that gets this much traffic. Have a lot of semis coming in and out of here too. The oad project is now about five hundred thousand dollars over budget. And supervisors arent sure when it will be done. High School Graduation rates reach a new high. The Education Department says the rate for the 20132014 school year was 82 percent the highest since it started using a new measuring system in 2010. Iowa had the highest Graduation Rate in the country at 90 percent. Dc was the lowest, at 61 percent. Five people are now graduates of this is video of the eighth Graduation Ceremony in johnson county. In order to make it to this ceremony, you have to be in Drug Treatment Court for at least 15 months. Some oh my goodness, my family is, they are overwhelmed. They never thought that this, i mean ive been using drugs for 20 years, every day. Many people going through drug court now attended the ceremony and said the graduates inspire them Police Arrest a homeless man for digging an underground cave and turning it into his home. The home had two rooms. The man apparently even made stairs to get 15feet underground into the home. Police also found a library card and books about religion, the english language and the us criminal justice system. A Good Samaritan found out not everyone asking for help wants it. The iowa man offered two panhandleles a job. Jenna morton breaks down what some would call it tough love. The only way you can ever on this corner in two are regulars. After feeling bad for the boys mike pothoff offered them a job at his business. I said youre hired and then said were not from around here and i said well youre here and then they just smirked. Over the weekend the same boys were back at it. Holding signs saying theyre broke and hungry. Once again mike offered them a job. They declined. So mike decided to join them. Pictures captured mike standing on the corner with them. Holding his own sign. Offered these guys a job. They said no. Dont give thim honey. The picture has gone viral. All oo a sudden it just went kaboosh i mean it just blew up. While mike doesnt have a problem with panhandlers he says he wants to make sure they really need the help. It upsets me that we have younger kids or people that can work that are doing that. Its not the first time mike says he has offered a job to a panhandler. Im hiring down the street. You want to work for cash. Its about you know people that reaealy do need momoy and maybe can work too. And he says it wont be the last time either. If theyre going to stand out heless i can hold a sign out there i offered these guys a job dont give them money. In muscatine, people are allowed to panhandle as long as its not done aggressively. Its coming up on today in iowa. An alleged bann robber retutuns to the scene of the crime in the middle of a live report plus. Its a dog no one wanted. But when one little girl meets him she knows its thee perfect dog for her. Youre watching kwwl, weve got you covered with anncr when the attacks come here. The person behind this desk will have to protect your family. Will he be impulsivevend reckless, like donald trump . Will he have voted to dramatically weaken counterterrorism surveillance, like ted cruz . Will he have skipped crucial National Security hearings and votes just to campaign, like marco rubio . 27 generals and admirals support jeb bush. Because jeb has the experience and knowledge to protect your family. Right to rise usa is responsible ok, were here. Heres dad. Mom. The twins. Aunt alice. Yodidnt tell me aunt alice was coming. Of coue. Dont forget grandpa. N the test drive be over now . Maybe just head back to the dealership . Dont you want to meet my family . Yep, totally. Its practically yours, but wewetill need your signature. The volkswagen sign then drive event. Zero due at signing, zero down, zero deposit, and zero first months payment on a new jta and otherselect models. Now your storm track 7 forecast on kwwl. From the kwwl stormtrack 7 weatater informatiin. Here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team welcome back im meteorologist kyle kiel in for eileen loan. Today will be partly to mostll cloudy and windy. There may be a stray shower or flurry up to the north, otherwise the big story today will be the wind. Gusts could be up to 40 Miles Per Hour at times. Tomorrow will be partly cloudy with a brief relief from the wind. Then the winds pick up again on friday with a mostly sunny sky. Heres a look at the current flood warnings across the area. Several area rivers are still experiennng minororto moderate flooding. Many of these rivers will crest within the next couple of days, and then begin falling as there is not significant rain in the forecastt you can get more information on these river levels by going to schnacks blog on the weather page at kwwl dot com. In the short term, there are a few areas of patchy fog reducing visibility a bit early this morning. Winds are out of the south east at 20 Miles Per Hour in many areas, and will continue to be gusty throughout the day. Storm track 7 live Doppler Radar shows mainly dry cocoitions here acacoss eastern iowa. There have been a few scattered light showers and drizzle ahead of a warm front here in the northern part of the area. The main rain and snow is located oof to our northwest in northwestern iowa where we have an area of low pressure producing a lot of snow in the plaines states. We are in the dry area between the warm front and cold front. As that front moves through, we will turn cooler this morning. It will also be windy and we only have a slight chance for a stray shower or flurry. Otherwise it will be partly cloudy to mostly cloudy throughoot the day. Temperatures right now are in the 30s. This is the warmest they will be all day long, as we will see falling temperatures throughout the day. Heres the storm track 7 Live Weather Network. Mainly dry with just a few patchy areas of light rain. Heres future track. We are mostly cloudy to partly cloudy maybe a stray shower or flurry throughout the afternoon, especially off to the north. Tonight it will be partly cloudy to mostly cloudy. And tomorrow will be partly cloudy. Heres the storm track 7 temperatures the afternoon. It will be ver windy at times. Heres the forecast for tonight. It will be partt to mostly cloudy. Still a few breezy conditions with temperatures in the 20s. Heres the storm track 7 day forecast. Today willbe windy. Tomorrow will be partly cloudy. More sunshine on friday but it will be windy and very cool. With a slight chance for rain during live t v. You never what might happen. Check outtthis report om a mason city station. Shot. The manager tells the reporter thats him. The reporter jumps off the screen. There was a robbery in rochester. The alleged robber walked by the bank during a live shot. The manager tells the reporter thats him. The reporter jumps off the they eventually went back to the reporter later in the show and he informed everyone, the robber was taken into custody. Its still to come. The dog has some physical problems and no one wanted to adopt her. Until one little girl drops in this is the dog shes been looking for. Plus. People around the country are awaiting the new star wars movie some decide a flash mob is the best way to get people excited for this weekend. 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 with special needs taking in a dog that needed a home. But as karen lee shows us. Thee pair end up rescuing each other. Ts only been three days but 10yearold tianna and her pitbull, carmella, belong to each other. The christmas ribbon that binds them . The fact theyre different. Carmell just knew that my daughter needed her. Rescue spent most of her young life crammed in a tiny crate and thats why her two front legs jut out and she has a spinal problem. Roberto cared for carmella almost a year because no one else wanted her. People would comment everyday on how gorgeous she was and as soon as they heard about her legs, her handicap, theyyost intereet immediatelyy then came along 10 yearold tianna. I wanted a disabled dog. We asked her why. Shes coming to terms with a lot right now. Its been an agizing year for tianna and her twin sister, gianna. Gianna is autistic. Tianna is legally blind and has had eight operations. Especially this year, now the children are noticing that other children are different from them. For her toconstantly feel lonely, it breaks my heart as a parent and then to find this dog that didnt have an easy life. Girl is learning different is okay. More than okay. Shes still fun to play with even though er legs dont work. How is this christmas compared to other christmases tianna . The best. Its coming up. Celebrate the force. Fans of the star wars series come out in big crowds. As many wait for star wars the force awakens to premiere this week. Some are celebrating early. Wake up in your first home. Wake up in a home youve made a bit bigger. Wake up in a home with a new aress. Wake up in a home that doesnt even havavan address. As your life evolves, your dream home evolves too, and protecting it takes committed support. See how you can save with check out this star wars thmed flash mob in colorado. Kids and adults put on costumes, capes and grabbed their light sabers for some battles. Storm track seven meteorologist eileen loan is back with another check of your storm track sevevn forecast. Heres the storm track 7 day will be windy and very cool. Next monday and tuesday. In iowa. For the final time this year the republican president ial candidas square off in a debate. The focus for many fighting isis. Some key moments from the debate now on tday in iowa less than two months from the iowa caucuses, the republicans go head to head again on the donald trump to republican voters. Plus, how did tht happen. A smsml plane ends up on a house. And this morning, were learning about a secret santa whos also being called the layaway angel. See what they did to make the holday much brighter for a lot of peple. Good morning, im ally crutcher. And storm track seven meteorologist eileen loan is here now with your storm track seven forecast. Good wednesday morning. Its a windy morning out there with winds out of the south and southwest from 15 to 20 Miles Per Hour. This the area. Later today a cold front tracks through and we will be seeing falling temperatures, and the winds coming from a more westerly to southwesterly direction. Right now, there are some reduced visibility aross the region with areas of fog, and perhaps a little drizzlzl at times this morning. Storm track 7 live Doppler Radar shows just a couple of stray the bulk of the moisture is to our west towards and area of low pressure that is producing a alot snow to our west. This will track northwest of us, and will leave us with clouds and windy conditions today. Heres th current temperatures across the area. Mainly 40s. Temperatures will Weather Network cameras showing lling throughout the day wwth decision 2016 coverage now coverage now reaction to last nights republican president ial debate. Donald trump says hes sticking with the party, no matter what. Trump finally says without exception he wont run as a Third Party Candidate tracie potts has a lookokback at the debate and a look ahead. This is a tough business. Oh yea, youre a tough guy, jeb, i know. And we need to have a leader that is progressive. Youre real tough. Youre never gogona be presidenn of the United States by insulting your way to the presidency. Donald trump and jeb bush captured the top moments on social media. Trump topped facebook, google, twitter and six onlin