With storm track 7 meteorologist eileen loan. Good morning. Eileen on camera 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 we are already pretty warm out there this morning. Many of us already in the 50s. We are helped out by southerly winds morning. But they will be picking up. Gusts will be 20 to 30 mph this afternoon and into the overnight. We have some high stick with us today, but the moisture with this system holds off until tomorrow. Today, we 25 or 30 mph. Winds get higher tomorrow, but the temps go the other direction. Ill have more on that in a few minutes. Developing overnight. People rally to honor a man shot and killed earlier this year. Philando castile worked. He was shot and killed during a traffic stop in july. Dan scheneman tells us the officer who shot a handful of demonstrators gathered hours after learning the offcier who fatally shot Philando Castile will face charges. Castile was killed facebook. Sparked outrage. Please dont tell me hes dead. Officer jeronimo yanez, who fired the fatal shots, now faces a Second Degree manslaughter charge and two counts of dangerously discharging a firearm. Castile had a permit to carry a gun and warned the officer he was armed. Officer yanez said he thought castile was reaching for the firearm. Ramsey countys attorney said castile was calm and did what the officer told him to do. It is my conclusion that the use of deadly force by officer yanez shootings this year, sparked protests. Some of them violent. Old during the shooting and livestreamed the incident. I dont want this publicity i dont want this fame i want justice. An attorney for the castile family said they hope the charges are the start of something bigger. We see this as a stake in the ground and we are intending for this case to send a loud message. One case that could send ripples acr Dan Scheneman nbc news. If convicted the officer could face up to ten years in prison. The prosecution has rested its case in the trial of michael slager. Hes the former South CarolinaPolice Officer charged with murder in last years shooting death of walter scott. Malice by shooting scott in the back during a chase. His attorneys argue there was no malice saying he had little time to make a decision. Slager faces between 30 years and life in prison if convicted of murder. The trial is expected to continue today for a man accused of murdering his girlfriend. Eddie hicks is charged with murder. Police say he stabbed kahdyesha lemon more than 100 times at her dubuque home last year. According to our coverage partners at the dubuque telegraph herald members of his family said in murder. Continuing coverage more questions as People Living in an assisted living home are scrambling to find a new place to live. Starting next month 60 People Living at a facility in des facility that does. Or hire private inhome care. It turns out the company that owns the home was also caught off guard. They say brightstar care in ankeny would not be renewing the we didnt want to change. You didnt want to change from bright star . No we wanted to remain assisted living we went to other vendors to come in and take over and it was and this could be why the contract wasnt renewed. Brightstar offices were unlocked. But empty yesterday afternoon. Floor. And the phone showed 31 unanswered messages. Some answers could come today. The company that owns the home has scheduled a meeting with residents this afternoon. A gas explosion kills a man and injures a dozen others. It happened in illinois. Surveillance video shows store windows hit from the blast. Witnesses say the explosion shook so much they thought something had crashed into their home. I was drying my dishes and i felt the boom and i felt it so hard to post pushed me against and the search for victims continued late into the night. Firefighters are battling wildfires across the southeast. Six states are affected. As reid binion tells us the fires are impacting air quality and unusually dry conditions are causing Health Concerns for communities in the southeast. Upwards of 30 large satellite images from nasa. Tennessee. Where its landed more than 200 people in the carefully planning their battle against the flames. Taking the abnormally dry conditions into consideration. What we dont want is to put efforts to extinguish the fires hampered by a looking for is to have, again, the done before the wind hits. Some residents close to the fires are refusing to evacuate. Themselves for the full impact. The thought of losing everything you own is never a fun thing. Im reid binion reporting. Things like campfires, smoking cigarettes, even parking a car off the road worried something could catch fire. A court order tries to put up the stop sign to keep the iowa dot from giving tickets. Some people are trying to capitalize on a ruling last month in which a polk county judge said the dot does not have the authority to enforce most moving violations. They want a judge to order the agency to stop giving tickets. The iowa dot says they plan to fight it. The road. This accident serving as a reminder to try not to avoid them. This is the time youre more likely to see deer on the road. They tend to come out more frequently at dawn or dusk. Theyre bound to be near wooded areas or waterways. If you see a deer on the road, heres your breaks firmly, steer through the collision, and then safely get yourself off the highway, either driving onto the median, or clear to the side on the left. To not swerve on city roads, either, as it may cause a bigger accident than just hitting the deer itself. A Cross Country runner is recovering after being hit by a deer during a race. It happened over the weekend in pennsylvania. He managed to get up and finish the race with the help of two of his teammates. His coach says hes doing okay hes just a little sore. President. Today he heads to captiol hill. Pence will join a meeting of the house gop conference. In the afternoon hes expected to meet with Senate Majority leader mitch mcconnell. The Vice President elect also plans to get together with Democratic LeadersChuck Schumer of the senate and nancy pelosi of the house. Former democratic president ial candidate Hillary Clinton makes her first public appearance since giving a speech conceding the morning after the election. The Childrens Defense Fund honored clinton for her dedication and contributions to child an eastern iowa Restaurant Owner says hes getting threats for allegedly forcing a cover charge depending on who you voted for. It happened at stella in iowa city on saturday. Customers were charged five dollars if they voted for Hillary Clinton and ten dollars if they the owner says the different prices were meant in fun. Would i do it again . Its hard to say. It was funny, it was really truley funny and it was a lot of politics which i enjoy. The restaurant says they have pulled down their Facebook Page because of threats theyre received. Federal reserve chair janet yellen is heading to capitol to give lawmakers an update on the economy. Shell testify in fron of a committee made up of members of both parties from the house and senate. At last years hearing she said she expected the job market and overall economy would continue to improve. A foster child grows up to help recognizing a problem. The eastern iowa woman decided to do something about it. Kwwls Amanda Gilbert joins us live in waterloo. You can tell us about Kadens Kloset a foster kid herself. Kristle davis grew up to become a Foster Parent in grundy county. Thats when baby kaden showed up at her door without much warning. And kristal wasnt prepared. She realized too many foster kids so she started Kadens Kloset. An organization in iowa that donates new or gently used clothes to foster and adoptive families. The organization started in holland last spring. And now theres restore dignity i remember going to school day in and day out, and just not having really anything, and going home to home. It wasnt lies. All the clothes and supplies in Kadens Kloset are donated by people in the community. Last month. A new Kadens Kloset location opened up here at Trinity Lutheran in waterloo. Kristle says shes hoping to start up more in areas like marshaltown live in waterloo. Amanda gilbert. News 7 kwwl. Kristle became so connected with kaden and what he was going through. Her family recently decided to adopt him. Giving him a forever home. Teaching kids officers are friendly so they feel safe if they need help. Steve campion shows us how one department is connecting to kids thanks to a robotic dog. Can talk alone and he can drive. Hes been funny saying funny things. Hes outfitted with flashing lights. His patrol car is even stamped with the right signage. Officer shepherd is well, a horse or in this case a dog of a different color. Ive never seen this. Ive been in education for 16 years its just a hit. Youre looking at man behind a mic. Somebody has to operate and someone has to talk. I enjoy talking. This is officer sheps third official outing. He cost about 12 thousand five hundred dollars, paid for by private donations. Its super important they know they can come up and talk with us. The mission let these little ones knows cops are the good guys. The water cannon is cool spin it around. They go crazy. Officer shepherd is planning plain huggable. This robotic seal responds to touch, voice and movement. Its being tested at a Senior Care Center in seattle. Doctors say interacting with the robot helps keep seniors alert during the day, so they sleep better at night. This is so much different than a regular toy or even a stuffed animal because it responds. Doctors say its als in iowa. Want amazon prime . A sale happening this week will get you a membership at a discount. Plus. It tastes like bacon but its healthy. Those stories plus the forecast from storm track seven meteorologist eileen loan next. Youre watching kwwl, and meteorologist eileen loan. Z24zzz z12fz y24zzy y12fy now your storm track 7 forecast on kwwl. Letso meteorologist eileen loan now for your forecast forecast. 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 our stormtrack7 Live Weather Network cameras will be dancing today with strong winds. It will be breezy and warm today but the winds will be Even Stronger tomorrow and saturday with temperatures falling from this evening through saturday morning. And not much warmer on saturday afternoon. It is mild this the area. They are a bit lower in the northwest, but still above normal as we head into late november. Winds are still breezy here and will stay strong today. We have a pretty large storms system tracking slowly through the region. It is providing a lot of clouds cover, but not a lot of moisture on our side of the system. Most of the system will produce lots of snow from colorado through the dakotas and into minnesota, while we may see a few showers tomorrow and tomorrow night. If we see any snow friday night, it wont stick. There are several Winter Weather watches and advisories posted to our west, but we will be mainly windy. And seeing temps fall. Region today with colder air tracking through the region tomorrow. We will be breezy and warm today with highs in the mid 60s to mid 70s and winds gusting to 30 mph. Tonight the winds stay strong with temperatures dropping into the 50s. And they keep falling tomorrow. Winds will gust to 40 mphn few light rain showers during the day. Some light rain or snow friday night but mainly dry through the weekend. Still windy and cold on saturday with a cold start to sunday, too. Some light rain or snow friday night but mainly dry through the weekend. Still windy and cold on saturday with a cold start to sunday, too. Its coming up on today in iowa. Introducing the joyologists. Young iowans are making a mission out of standing against negativity. Plus. Love bacon, but looking for a healthier alternative . A company may have what youre looking for. Stay with kwwl, weve got you of its new primeonly tv show, the grand tour, with a deal for people who arent subscribed to amazon prime. Amazon says itll offer membership for 79 dollars during a oneday only sale. And that day is tomorrow. The normal price for prime is 99 dollars a year. A group of young iowans are trying to stop all of the arguingn since the election. Theyre called the joyologist club. The group of sixth graders in carlisle is trying to spread joy with ways to reach out to students who might feel uncomfortable. Were trying to like get the drama to go away, but like, its kind of hard to get everybody to stop. The group says they wish adults would quote grow up and also spread more joy. Dream come true. Bacon thats good for you. A family from arizona grows mushrooms that they say taste like bacon and are very healthy. When theyre cooked they have a smoky bacon flavor. They claim the mushrooms can help reduce cholesterol. And studies are being done to see if they can stimulate a persons immune system to fight cancer. Are well documented, which is a fantastic side effect of not only tasting great, theyre the bacon tasting mushrooms sell for dennys knows the holidays should be shared with friends and family. Except dennys allnew holiday pancakes. You wont want to share those with anybody. Dennys new fluffier, tastier, better pancakes now in holiday flavors. Forecast. Breezy and warm today. Windy and colder with falling temps on friday. A few showers may track through friday with a few light rain snow showers friday night. Little, or no, accumulation expected. Temperatures stay Cold Saturday highs around 40 but climbing back to now on today in iowa. They had a bitter battle in the primary, but now they could join forces to lead the country. Plus a School Bus Stuck in a very dangerous spot. Right on the tracks. And an iowa native is about to make history again in space. As she does that she hopes nasa hurries up a little to reach a good morning, im ally crutcher. Storm track seven meteorologist eileen loan is here now with your storm track seven forecast. Eileen on camera there this morning. Many of us already in the 50s. We are helped out by southerly winds that are still mainly 10 to 15 mph with some higher gusts already this morning. But they will be picking up. Gusts will be 20 to 30 mph clouds tracking in and they will stick with us today, but the moisture with this system holds off until tomorrow. Today, we will be partly sunny, breezy and warm with highs in the mid 60s to mid 70s and winds gusting to 25 or 30 mph. Winds get higher tomorrow, but the temps go the other direction. Ill have more on continuing coverage this morning bail denied for a man accused of killing a toddler. Kyrian knoxs body was found in a park lagoon in chicago last year. His mother left the twoyearold with kamel harris as she moved from cedar rapids to chicago. Police believe the child was lactose intolerant and cried for an entire afternoon after having milk. Investigators think harris snapped. They found the boys blood in harris car and arrested him. Theres nothing he can do. Theres no turning, e from it anymore. No more running, he cant run anymore. No more lies. Man up and tell the truth. Harris is not married to or dating the boys mother. Hes a friend of a friend. Hes now charged with murder. Funeral services are held for a woman killed in a crash. The crash happened this month on highway 57 near downtown cedar falls. Cynthia brooks was killed. The victims sister says she forgives him. I cant have any hate in my heart because i just knew how he felt. I dont know what was happening but i cant carry that on my shoulders because i have to be strong. Police say charles climbed a fence, trying to jump into the it takes six hours, but a man is ok rescued from a chimney. Heres a look at the pictures from southeast iowa. This is in grandview in louisa county. An employee was trapped inside an industrial chimney at a Midamerican Energy plant. Rescue crews climbed skywalks and used ropes to lower him down. One firefighter was hurt but should be ok. Three people are in the hospital after a food truck burns on a college campus. It happened at George Washington university. Three employees were burned. The bus. No word yet on what started the fire. Colder weather is coming very soon. We know that. Some people who are homeless have been using abandoned buildings in waterloo to stay warm. Those buildings can be unsafe. Last week, a fire started in an old apartment complex on commercial street. A man was rescued from a second story window. He was arrested for trespassing after being pulled from the burning building. Another fire happened this week in waterloo thio no one lives in that house but investigators believe someone whos homeless might have been in the home. Kwwls Elizabeth Amanieh is asking why some of those in need are not turning to shelters. Abandoned building used to be his only place to stay. But after he was rescued from a fire herehe was again. People might think were lazy, but i dont deal well with people. Bruce and his friend linda mulder have been homeless in waterloo for a few months. Linda mulder im fighting im on different medications, i was just in the hospital last week, and i got to go back again. Choosing to seek out secluded abandoned buildings instead of shelters in the area. Staying at shelters like this one is an option, but the people here say its a twoway street, you have to be willing to work the Salvation Army is one resources offering both womens and mens shelters. Have to. Theyre pretty basic, be nice to others, do your chores. Obey quiet times, and follow your care plans, but we do have rules in place and sometimes we just dont care for that. With short term h