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 still have some flurries and sprinkles tracking through the kwwl viewing area this morning. That will likely continue all day. Temps are holding in the mid 30s this morning with westerly winds at 1015 mph. They will stay that same direction and speed today, although could gust a bit higher at a big story this morning. People in the southeast are waking up to Severe Damage today. At least five people are dead after tornados touched down in parts of alabama, georgia, and devastating scenes across the southeast. After a round of deadly storms. At least three tornados ripped through northern alabama, according to the National Weather service. Jackson county saw some of the worst damage. Strong winds knocked turned resident says a still got a roof over my head. Two people were killed in tennessee where weather reeling from Deadly Wildfires but its not nearly enough to quell the regions worst drought in nearly a decade. Im yasmin amer reporting. Around 14 thousand people the raging wildfire. Tennessees governor says these are the worst fires the state has seen in a hundred years. After the storms turned deadly in alabama and tennessee the system moved east. In charlotte you can see wind blew ac units off their bases. A semi tossed on its side like a toy truck the driver taken to the hospital with a head injury. Trees down including one which fell on a house. The weather system brought much ed the storm was frightening. This. Thousands of people lost power. Storms also causing heavy damage in South Carolina downed trees and power lines. Homes damaged. In one town the fire chief asked people to staty off the roads while crews looked at conditions. A waterspout turned tornado the florida panhandle. Take a look the tornado was captured on cell phone video as it moved through the city of destin. Wild weather also striking in georgia look at strong winds there blowing all sorts of debris into the air in atlanta. A Tornado Warning was also issued there with sightings near the city and reports of damage. Thousands of people lost power in the storms but theres no word on any injuries tonight. Three people who pleaded guilty to sentenced to time in federal prison. These three were sentenced this week in us district court. The three were arrested seven minutes after robbing the Palo Savings Bank in may. Wintesses helped police in the efforts to catch the suspects by giving information on the getaway car. Prosecutors say two of them were hiding in the trunk when the car was pulled over. Calls for transparancy. The newest member of the linn county board of supervisors is calling for a special prosecutor for a cedar rapids officer shot jerime mitchelle following a traffic stop. A grand jury will determine whether the officer should face charges. Supervior Stacey Walker wants a special prosecutor to present evidence to the rgand jury. One of the things i hope everyone in the community understands is that we can admire and respect what Police Officers do, while holding them to very high standards. The officer who shot mitchelle lucas jones was involved in a deadly shooting last yea. The ashes of former cuban leader fidel castro are on their way from havana to castros final resting place the morethan 500mile procession started in havana yesterday. The route traces in reverse the route castro and his rebels took after overthrowing the government in 1959. Onto the white house transition today, donald trump is expected to deliver on a Campaign Promise to save jobs. President elect donald trump and Vice President elect mike pence trump is set to make an announcement today in indianapolis at the carrier plant. He reached a deal for the corporation to keep nearly a thousand jobs in the state. Indiana senator dan coates praising donald trump. On the carrier issue i think the the United States is able to negotiate something that was a major issue in the campaign. Whether hes being considered for a post in the trump administration. We do know the coowner of the chicago cuba Todd Ricketts has been named trumps pick for deputy commerce secretary. The Ricketts Family has had a rocky past with trump. Todd was an early supporter of former trump opponent wisconsin Governor Scott walker. After walker dropped from the race, todds mother poured millions into an antitrump super pac. Secretary billionair wilbur ross. Ross is a new jersey native and has amassed a fortune that forbes estimates to worth nearly three billion dollars. Vice president elect mike pence says members of both the house and senate should buckle up and get ready for a President Trump to aggressively push his legislative agenda. He met with leaders on capitol hill yesterday including reince priebus, trumps choice for chief of staff. Nats of explosion the us army comes in after device dating back to the civil war. Its the second device thats been found at a construction sight in savannah georgia. Starbucks shops in parts of kentucky are now designated safe areas for people in lgbtq communities. The Safe Harbor Program is modeled after one started by Seattle Police two years ago. Its the first city outside of especially for victims of assault or harassment. The store employees will be trained to immediately call the police and to allow the victim of that crime to stay in the store rainbow safe harbor stickers at the front about 30 locations. Too many cats. One eastern Iowa Humane Society is starting a new program becuase theyre overflowing with cats. Kwwls Amanda Gilbert joins us live in waterloo. You can the cedar bend Humane Society says normally around this time of year. They start to take in less cats. But thats not the case right now. I know spaying and neuturing kittens. The cedar bend Humane Society is starting a new program this year to help fix this problem. Two weeks during the holidays. Its a great way to see what its like to have a pet. Or make sure you get along with the one you picked out before you adopt it. The prgoram starts december 20th. Live in waterloo. Amanda gilbert. News 7 kwwl. Or foster. Theyre also looking for donations. A National Organization warns of a harmful precedent if a book is banned in dubuque schools. The book in question the perks of being a wallflower. A new committee in the dubuque district is deciding if it is appropriate for students. According to our coverage partners at the telegraph herald the Organization Says it may force teachers to secondguess their reading material. The committee will meet again in december to talk about it. Cows on the loose in one town. Cops were called after a bunch of them mysteriously showed up, stopping traffic and looking for shelter. Rina nakano was there strange foot prints but who could it be . Burglar. It was something much there. and i said, what . The cows owner says chp got a call at 5 15am, saying the cows were stopping traffic near madison and jackson roads. Many Truck Drivers use jackson road as a place to take a quick snooze along their someone opened the latch of the trailer. Next thing he knew, off roamed around madison until eventually splitting in two harrison and president streets. The apartments. Until animal control brought their farm Animal Rescue specialist. Just put up the portable panels by 8 40 am. The cows began walking out of the alley. Scaring a few reporters along the way. Oh my god, we all 11 california. They could have gotten hit on the road. So it turned out good. In iowa. Introducing coffeeinspired poptarts. Two Companies Come together to make the creation. Plus. 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It will be breezy, too, but the winds will die down tonight and stay there for tomorrow. Temps this morning are hovering in the mid 30s with some low 30s to the west. West winds are running 15 mph, although at times they are stronger. That will be the case through the rest of the day, with winds weakening this evening and turning more to the northwest. Our clouds are still from the same system that brought Us Department of transportation workers standing by for the first big snow. Keep in mind this time last winter ready. Weve had a few farmers with able to go out and get those drainage issues taken care of. Where, in the past years, we havent been able to do that this late in the year. All their trucks are equipped with gps to track drivers locations where they plowed how fast theyre driving and how much salt theyve put on roads. A frightening situation along a catches fire and explodes. An employee tried to use a fire extinguisher but as you can see, the flames were too intense. A volunteer fire crew arrived soon after and put out the fire. Luckily no one was hurt. Its coming up on today in iowa. High tech gifts trackers and cameras on the top of christmas lists. But not for people plus. Wendys is handing out unlimited frostys for 2dollars [ tower pinging ] [ whistling ] weve got a problem, friend. Half off any smartphone for anyone who switches . Whats the problem . The naughty list shouldnt get deals yeah, but anyone who switches gets half off of any smartphone. Even these . Yeah, any smartphone. Call the big guy [ bell dings ] santa . No, jingles. [ knuckles crack ] [ spits ] ooo. Ouch. [ neck cracks ] [ darien ] switch and get half off any smartphone. Plus up to 650 back. Stand back, ya hear breakout the syrup because dennys new fluffier, tastier, our pets are on the good list. As brian mooar tells us new pets are on santas nice list this year. Furry friends this holiday season. The pet category is seeing a huge surge in sales about 1. 5 more sales than we saw last year boom with specialty items for whatever holiday your pet celebrates. Or even topical toys keeps on giving. Subscription boxes deliver new items treat your pet. Than with pet trackers and cameras are legged companions will see an average of 62 bucks worth in pet parents. Instead of merely owners. I have a 7 month lab puppy and i dont mind spoiling her. Brian mooar, nbc news. Millennials will be the Group Spending the most on their pets this holiday. Netflix users can now download several shows and movies to watch offline. The company says the feature is available on phones and tablets by theres no extra cost. Facebook is bringing classic video games like pacman and Space Invaders to its users. Its rolling out a new and free feature called instant games. Users will be able to play video games solo on Facebook News feed or challenge friends and play with tinhe messenger app. You can now have the taste of Dunkin Donuts coffee in your poptart. For the first time, poptarts coffeeinspired poptart flavors frosted vanilla latte and frosted chocolate mocha. Both will be available at Stores Nationwide beginning this month wendys frosty lovers are going to restaurant chain announced anyone with a two dollar key tag will get a free junior frosty with every purchase. Wendys will then pay 90 cents on the dollar for every key tag to the Dave Thomas Foundation that helps children in foster care. The tags are available at most wendys locations. Its coming up on today z24zzz z12fz [burke] at farmers, weve seen almost everything, so we know how to cover almost anything. Even a rodent ridealong. [dad] alright, buddy, dont forget anything its pretty hairy out on the interstate. Traffic is literally crawling, but there is some movement on the eastside overpass. Getting word of another collision. [burke] it happened. December 14th, 2015. And we covered it. Talk to farmers. We know a thing or two because weve seen a thing or two. . We are farmers. Bumpadum, bumbumbumbum . Z24zzz z12fz y24zzy y12fy with a big save. They rescued a manatee in a storm drain. Check out the video this is out of florida, where the huge mammal somehow became stuck in a riverside drain in jacksonville. Rescue crews freed the manatee after a few hours which was then taken to sea world in Orlando Eileen loan is back with another check of your storm track seven forecast. Breezy with flurries today, mostly cloudy tomorrow and saturday. Some rain snow showers the job. The last time this happened in the city was nearly two decades ago. Plus after a deadly plane crash, we talk to eastern iowans who knew some of the people on board. And more than 400thousand ballots recounted. Thats about to happen in one midwestern state. Im ally crutcher. Eileen loan is here now with your storm track seven forecast. Eileen on camera we still have some flurries and sprinkles tracking through the kwwl viewing area this morning. That will likely continue all day. Temps are holding in the mid 30s this morning with westerly winds at 1015 mph. America. Breezy with flurries today. Highs in the upper 30s to low 40s today will not change much over the next few days. Ill have that forecast in a few minutes. A lawsuit filed by the family of a woman killed in an eastern iowa mall will not be moving forward. Alexander kozak a mall Security Guard shot and killed Andrea Farrington inside the Coral Ridge Mall last year. Kozak was convicted earlier this year. According to our coverage partners at the iowa city presscitizen the lawsuit alleged that the mall failed to provide reasonable care and security for farrington. It also claimed the security provider was negligent in hiring kozak. The case was scheduled to go to trial next year but the been dismissed. An officer is dead after being shot several times during a standoff. It happened in tacoma, washington. Police were responding to a Domestic Violence call when shots rang out. The officer was rushed to the hospital where he later died. No one else was injured. The last time an officer was killed in the city was nearly 20 years ago. In North Carolina a Police Officer was shot in an apartment complex. Witnesses say they heard gunshots and then saw a police for serious but nonlife threatening injuries. A deadly plane crash is hitting home for eastern iowans. Heres a look at the crash in colombia earlier this week. The plane was carrying a professional soccer team and 21 journalists on its way to the finals of a south american championship. 77 people were on board only 6 survived. As kwwls Kristin Rogers tells us an eastern iowa man knew nearly half of the people who died in that crash. A deadly plane crash this. Chico is from chapeco soccer team they gave me the opportunity to follow my career and be a proffessional soccer place. Now coaching the cedar who is also from brazil we have a game in the east stays in your mind. Chicotelling ushe wishes he could be there for the families back homebut feels prayercan have their families behind, kids, wives, parents. So we need everyone to like pray, at lea away we cannot do anything so if we pray i think we are gonna help them. That was Kristin Rogers reporting. Several players on the Cedar Rapids Police shoot and kill a man wanted in a number of robberies. Kansas city officers pulled the suspect over, and initially police say he complied with their demands. But police then say he grabbed one of the officers guns. Officers immediately shot the man who died later at the hospital. No officers were hurt. Protests in North Carolina. Prosecutors decided not to charge an officer for the killing of keith scott. More than 100 people took to the streets demanding justicr the protests have been mostly peaceful but several fights broke out. Some protesters have spilled onto the streets and so far, three people have been arrested. A jury began deliberations in the murder trial of michael slager. Hes a former Police Officer who was captured on a cellphone video killing a man after a traffic stop. The jurors deliberated for about an hour before going home for the night. A cell phone repairman calls police. After finding child pornography on the phone hes rodriguez faces Sexual Exploitation charges. Criminal complaints say police confronted rodriguez when he went to pick up his phone. He was taken to the linn county jail, but has since bonded out. In new York City Police are searching for a man they say stole gold from an armored truck in the middle of the day. Police say the man walked off with a bucket of gold flakes worth nearly a