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KWWL Today In Iowa At 6 November 23, 2015

A power pole, causing thousands to lose power. A viewer sent us this picture from the area of hillcrest and ridgeway. Waterloo police tell us it happened around 11 last night Midamerican Energy had the power restored after about two hours. At this point, police dont know what caused the driver to hit a viewer shared that picture with us on facebook. Or have weather pictures to share you can do that on our facebook page. Des Moines Police are investigating the citys 15th and 16th homicides of the year after two bodies are found in a home. Police responding to a home along hull avenue around seven last night. As this point, police have not said what may have happened leading up to the shooting. The victims names have not been released. 16 people are hurt in a shooting at a playground. It happened in new orleans last night. Police say several hundred people were there to shoot a music video when two oups pulled o o guns and started shooting at each other. Its been a year since a 12yearold boy was shot and killed by police. Dozens gathering at the Cleveland Rec Center where tamir rice was shsht. Rice was holding a pellet gun at the time of his death. Last night, rices family asked the crowd to pick a side in the debate over police violence. I just want to thank everyryody for coming out and to continue to support justice for tamir. I thank you all for standing for me when i cant stand. It gives me strength. Two reports found the officers shooting was justified. And the prosecutor declined to charge the officer with any crime. Hundreds of people come ogether to rememberran american killed overseas. The teenager died when a palestinian drove into a crowd in Israels West Bank and began shooting. His funeral was held in massachusetts. His friend says the teenager was in israel doing charity work to support the military. This morning, streets in the belgium capital of brussels are deserted. The city now in its thirddday of lockdown. Schools and subways are closed today. More than a thousand security personnell have been deployed in belgium all due t a threat, possibly a series of coordinated attackk similar toothe one in paris earlier this month. President obama is back home this morning after a trip to meet with Southeast Asian leaders. Beore heading backto the states, he warned against ovrreacting to the paris attacks. He said isis cannot strike a mortal blow to america. He added the world will not accept aacks in places like paris as for every country, every leader too send a signal that the from doing vital business. The president also defended his govvnor Terry Branstad is among the many politicians who do not want Syrian Refugees coming into the us, following the deadly paris attack. Kwwls Kristin Rogers went to the countrys longest standing mosque which has deep ties to syria. cg taha tawil imam at mother mosque of america i can insteaf, he says we are caving in. Paris attack. cg Kristin Rogers this is the mother mosque in cedar rapids, the longest standing mosque inall of north america. Completed in 1934, im told the mosque has been welcoming muslims to the city for ecades, and that many muslim this is a traraition, tawil doesnt want to lose. Doing for all these years because of an act of a terrosist. Cedar pids is also home to the Islamic Center, we cg hassan selim imam at Islamic Center of cedar rapids most of the people that wee scheduled to be located here in iowa are women, children, 400 children. I dont imagine any of them are going to be terroist but maybe theebelieve the wwt for change is out of fear. cg taha tawil i feel that the govenor and the others have been under the influence of some islamophobia, that is spreading around causing a problem to us. Not all Syrian Refugees either way, when it comes to isis selim beliives cg hassan selim they are taking islam and the islamic scriptures out of context and they are misusing them for their own personal agendas, which are weve got you covered in cedar rapids, Kristin Rogers kwwl news people at the mosque say they agree with the screenings but they dont believe all Syrian Refugees should be blocked. Were getting a new look at the rescue operations aa the paris concert hall the night of the deadly attacks there. The French Interior ministry released this video, showing police as they get ready to go into the concert hall to save hostages. The ministry also released video of the special forces raid which happened days later, killing the alleged leader of the paris attacks. A Southwest Airlines flight is diverted after suspicious behavior from passengers. The indiinapolis flighttwas heading to los angeles and made a stop in kansas city. According to the airline, multiple passengers d not follow crew instructions and continued to act suspiciously during the flight. Police say at least four people yeah, everyone was a little confused. We thought somethng was wrong with the plane. That was the main problem. Well, i wawa ready to have my sraight through flight, but for safely. One person re boarded the original flight, but the other three were rebooked to a later flight many people come together to mark the anniversary of president kennedyys death. Yesterday marked the fiftysecond anniversary of the day the president was assassinated. People gathered in dallas to pay tribute the formr president. This is a pretty traumatic consequences of the turmoil at the time, and an american president assassinated on the streets of a major city like dallas, texas people cae from all over for the anniversary. Thanksgiving is just a few days away. T as you head to the Grocery Store to get ready for the big day. You might be spending a little more on those classic anksgiving items this year kwwls Amanda Gilbert joinis us live in the studio to tell us why. Is is the fifit time the average cost of a thanksgiving meal for 10 is more than 50 dollars. According to the American Farm bureau federation. Its 50 dollars and 11 cents. Thats 7 cents more than last yearaverage. Now some sad news for turkey lovers. Turkey might be one of the reasons for this rise. A turkey weighting 16 pounddis around 233dollars and 4 cents. Thats up from last years 21 dollars and 6 cents. The afbf says this might be because the bird flu delayed turkey production. But not dramatically. Now this is not true for all stores locally. Ive seen some Grocery Stores that are selling turkeys for a lot less than the national average. The prices of rolls. Stuffing. Aad pumpkin pieemix and shells also increased. And there are some items that are cheaper this year than last. Those are mainly dairy products. Such as whole milk and wipped cream. Weve got you covered. Amanda gilbert. Kwwl news. Prices for cranberries and peas are also down this year. Tonight marks a thanksgiving tradition. The thirtythird annual mike and leona adams thanksgiving dinner in waterloo. Volunteers from Veridian Credit Union and theeunited auto workers expect to serve up a thousand free meals tonight. The meal is named after the couple who started in all offering free dinner to people facing tough economic times. The meal is being served from 4 30 until l even this eveeng at the uaw local 838 union hall in waterloo. Its coming up on today in iowa. With thanksgiving just days away, many of you are probably gearing up for a road trip. Were taking a ok at gas prices. Plus. As the debate over Syrian Refugees continues. A group of refugees comes together to celebrate thanksgiving. Plus a student puts on aa blindfold and stands next to a muslim. See how people reacted. Youre watching kwwl, weve got you covered with jerry gallagher, ally crutcher and meteorologist eileen loan. This issoday in iowa. Now your storm track 7 wow, we have made e through a whole week. Your mom is going to be so. Surprised. Talk to a nurse,ind a doctor, or coordinate appointments with bewell 24 7. One of the Many Services provided exclusively to wellmark members. From the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. See the screen for your complete weather inforation. Here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team plenty of sunshine tonay and light winds tonight will lead ttareas of ffg tonight into tomorrow morning. Then rain tracks in for wednesday. No worries about rain on our stormtrack7 Live Weather Network cameras this morning. They will be dry and more of that snow will be melting today. There is a wide range of temps out there this morning. Eens to the e per 20s withhsome 30s to the west. Wind chills are in the teens over much of our viewing area with light west winds here, but they are a bit stronger to the west. Thee will be mainly 5 to 15 mph today. Plenty of clear skies out there this morning. And not much to the west, so we will have plenty of melting going on today and even tomorrow afternoon, but we do have a system that will track into the area by thanksgiving day. This will track farther to the north than last weeks, so we will have wararer temperaturee over us. Rain is likely for the holiday. Temperatures will be split between the 30s and 40s to the north and 50s and 60s to thesouth in the midwest today and tomorrow even as that front tracks toward us. We are on the cooler side of the map. Highs in theid 30s to low 4040 today with est winds at and light winds tonight will lead to areas of fog with lows in the teens and low 20s. Fog lingers tomorrow morning then we will have partly cloudy skies with highs back in the mid 30s to low 40s. We warm up for the holiday with his in the upper 40s for thanksgiving dayyut back to the mid 30s for friday. Rain may track in on wednesday but it is likely for thursday before mixing with some snow before ending friday morning. Right now the weekend loooo dry, but computer models are trying if youre hitting the road for thanksgiving heres one thing to be thankful for cheaper gas. Were seeing the lowest prices at thepump since 2008. An average of 215 a gallon acacoss the country down 65 cents from a year ago. Gas buddy says the lowest price it can find in iowa right now is 181 in mount pleasant. Heres more good news prices could keep falling into december. Its still to come. He puts his trust in people. Wearing a blindfold, he stands next to a sign reading g am muslim and asks for hugs. See how people react. And around this time of year we hear lots of turkey trot fundraisers. But this is a turkey trot. Of actual turkeys. Youre watching kwwl. Weve got you covered in strawberry point, waverly, hills and all of eastern iowa its been her fight for twenty years. Something is wrong with our Healthcare System and d needs to be fixed. Then, it was about Health Reform and getting eight million kids covered. Nono its about stoppingngrepublicans from r realing obamamare, and taking on Insurance Companies to bring down drug prices. Im not going to let the republicans rip up obamacare and throw it away. Morning police are investigating a double homicide in des moines. Two people were shot to death on sunday but few details are being released about the case right now. In the country of belgium. The city of brussels now in its third day of lockdown. All due to a threat, possibly a series of coordinated attacks similar to the one in paris earlier this month. Gas prices may continue to fall theyreealready below tto dollars in many cities across eastern iowa. And while there were concerns about the bird lus impact on thanksgiving the annual cost of thanksgiving survey finds the feast will only cost 70cents more this year. Dodoens of refugeeee come together at this philadephia event, refugees ate more than turkey. They shared food from all over the world. This all happens as a nationana debate over Syrian Refugees continues and these refugees say theyre thankful to have a new home in the us. Its very dismaying, there are elements of our hissory that ww really should not be repeating. Here everyone can practice their own cultures so i like it. There were refugees from the middleeast at the eventnt. But no syrians. A man stands next to a sign reading i am muslim and asks people to give him a hug. As Krystyne Brown shows us, he put on a blindfold and put his faith in humannty. It kind of gives me hope, you open to any stranger that passed by. But his eyes were covered, to put his trust in the people of greenville. Hes blindfolded, he doesnt know what people are hes lived innhe upstate with his family since he was a child. I moved here when i was 5 with my parents in hopes of attacks in paris, alenn says he saw aaot of backllsh for islamic faith. That is until he saw a video of another muslim man blinded, being hugged by strangers. He knew he had to do the same for his home. I didnt expect that ch positivity, but i had faith in greenville, said alend. Its something that shows love, peace and acceptance and thats what this s all about. As he stood there, for two hoursschilly and at some points in the rain, response was better than he expected. Many passed by but many also accepted his embrace. Especially in that first hour, i mean it was just back to back to back, he recalled. Not many could see, but i was tearing up behind the blindfold. Im not about the negativity. I always try to spread the positive vibes. He hopes those who dint take the free hugs will at least keep an open mind to the muslim community. Some of us just really want better for the world. For now, at least he knowsthat he and many strangers can ststll put thee trust in humanity. You should just treat its coming up. This thanksgiving, many families are thankful for snoop dogg. Plus delay of gme. Theres a squirreon the field storm track seven meteorologist ananher check of your storm track seven foreccst. Mostly sunny today with areas of fog tonight into tuesday morning. Rain is likely late wedneday through thursday with snow mixing in thursday night and friday morning. Temps will be cooler than erage today and tomorrow before climbing into friday through the weekend. Rapper and musician snoop dogg ts in the thanangiving spirii. He paid for one thousand turkeys to be distributed to people in inglewood, california. Snoop dogg on hand for the event orgaizers said he gave out hugs these turkeys taking to the streets in colorado. Some people spotted the animals in their yard and counted 18 of them. No word on where the animals came from but really pupus a didiferent spin on the term turkey trot and a different type of animal disrupting a key footll game. Eck out the squirrel interrupting the packersvikings game. The squirrel was forcibly removed from the field of play, but now has a slowmotion highlight reel of his moment of glory to show all his friends. S. Its coming up on today in iowa. Rebounding from a shooting a former congresswoman bikes 40 miles, a sign of how shes moving forward despite her injuries. Plus this is a busy travel week. Were looking at how the ongoing fears about a parislike attack may affect your travel plans. And the threats continue to have an effect on sporting events as a group claims to have found an isis hit heres a penny just for you. Thats no penny. 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And a turkey gets the presiddntial treattent a special flight and motorcade all in honor of a good morning, im ally crutcher. And storm track seven meteorologist is here now th your storm track seven forecast. Temps this morning have ranged anywhere from the teens to around 30, but are mainly in the 20s. Wind chills are mainly in the teens, owever, desppte light wiids from the west. They will pick up a bit today. We have mostly clear keep most of the clouds away today, although a few may track intohe northern couies this afternoon. It will be mainly sunny with highs ssghtly below average in the mid 30s to low plus a wet thanksgiving forecast in a few minutes. The paris attttcks continue to effects on sporting events there were security changes at kinnick saturday. And in atlanta extra security at a wwe event after a potential threat. A hacker group claimed it found an isis hit list which supposedly named atlantas Philips Arena as a target. The arena doors opened early so fans could pass through metal detectors the fbi said it was taking the alleged threats seriously, but there is no credible threat. Poliee in new york shut down a subway ation for an active shooter drill. While the nations Homeland Security secretary says no specific and credible parislike terror threats have been detected against the u s. There is a concern for cpy cat and lone wolf attacks. Yesterdays drill practices the lone wolf concern. The terror threats happen as were in one of the busiest weeks for traveve the a arline industry expects this to be the busiest thanksgiving travel season since 2008. Kwwls Amanda Gilbert joins us li in the studio to tell us why. According to iple a. Arorod 47 million americans are expected to travel this thanksgiving holiday. And after the terror attacks in paris. Transportation services say they are beefing up their security for this holiday rush. The Transportation Security Administration says those who plan

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