Minnesota line through the day wednesday. Driving our weather here in eastern iowa. As it tracks off to the east, we have the potential to see some flurries. A rain snow mix is possible. Southern counties may not see anything except clouds. However, even the Northern Counties wont see much accumulation by the time all is said and done. Highs today will be in the low 40s. Overnight, a few lingering flurries are possible. As temperatures fall to near freezing 32f , fog is possible. December begins with near normal highs in the upper 30s low 40s. More sunshine is likely on friday into saturday as High Pressure tracks in. Weekend outlook we will have computer models are not in agreement about sunday. Some keep it dry, others bring in some precipitation. We will watch it carefully. With highs in the 40s, any precip looks it would be like rain. We are watching a system for the middle of next week that could bring snow to eastern iowa. Change is very likely at at least three people are dead following a line of storms in alabama. Multiple reports of tornadoes int hat area. According to depuites they were all in a mobile home together, another person in that home critically injured. A number of other people also hurt and more than a dozen buildings have been destroyed. Onto the white house transition were getting a better idea of what a donald Trump Presidency will look like. We expect donald trump to announce more members of his cabinet today. Yesterday iowa senator Chuck Grassley met with senator Jeff Sessions trumps choice for attorney general. Tracie potts has a look at the announcements we can expect today and the positions still open. I thk inthe American People are today Goldman Sachs alum and Campaign Finance chair Steven Mnuchin as treasury secretary. And billionaire wilbur ross as commerce secretary. It was a good enough meeting. They gave me a proper rain hat. Still up in the air secretary of state. My sense is hes narrowed it down to a very small group of night. The people hes selected as members of his cabinet are solid, effective, capable people. Candidates and advisers are swarming trump tower. We talked about secretary of b Vice President elect pence meets with Republican Leaders on capitol hill today who say theyre ready to quickly confirm trumps cabinet. In sync on governing, but not flag burning. In this country, we have a long tradition of respecting unpleasant speech. I happen to support the Supreme Court decision on that matter. Mr. Trump suggests punishment jail or loss of citizenship. President elect hes also said to visit indiana to announce 1000 factory jobs staying in the u. S. Tracie potts, nbc news, washington. This morning, well learn the third and final candidate in the running to become unis next president. Today, theres a public forum with jim wohlpart. Hes been serving as interim president since bill ud campus. He believes the University Needs to work towards recruiting a diverse student body, restructuring admission practices and revisiting how standardized test scores are used. He resigned from his post at Temple University earlier this year. This summer i was directed to provost who was strongly opposed to the appointment. I chose not to break the covenant of shared to be essential in operating a university. We did some digging and got a copy of the letter the temple board of trustees sent to the community. They say they found 22Million Dollars in deficit in the univeristys budget were theobalds responsibility and felt he must be held accountable. Lottery fixing case. Intestigators now believe the men could have fixed more games had the conspiracy not been discovered. Eddie tipton worked for the iowa lottery. Hes accused of fixing games to win hes set to go on trial in february. His brother tommy also charged in the case and is set to stand trial in texas in january. A child found outside in pajamas and no shoes. A week later her mother faces charges. Alone and another child belonging to the woman were placed in the care of human services. Brakes fail a car crashes into a business. It happened at mulgrews tavern in east dubuque, illinois yesterday. People were inside at the time. A man who lives right above the tavern heard it happen. It was just like a loud cannon door of the mulgrews bar. Some injuries. She was taken to a hospital, but has since been released. Everyone else is okay. Drivers in the tristates likely hoping for an easier commute today. The Julien Dubuque bridge closed down yesterday following a fivecar crash. Some people had to be taken to the hospital but police say theyre all expected to survive. Two people are seriously hurt after a crash involving a semi. It happened on highway 63 south of hudson yesterday. The Black Hawk CountySheriffs Office says a car tried to pass hit a truck going the other way. Both the driver in the car and the driver in the truck were taken to the hospital. A wrongway crash on a busy highway shows us once again how dangerous the job of Law Enforcement is. Every day. Kwwls Amanda Gilbert joins us live outside the Waterloo Police department. Tell us about that crash, amanda. Waterloo Police Officer mark nissen has minor injuries. After a crash on highway 20 yesterday around 4 30 in the morning. Headed towards his squad car near the ansborough exit. But was unable to get out of the way in time. When the crash happened nissen had his emergency lights and siren on. This officer was actually responding to calls of a wrongway driver on highway 20. He knew he may be headed towards a dangerious situation. Shows that our men and women in blue risks their lives every day just this year. Two Police Officers in des moines were killed after a wrongway driver crashed into them. Live in waterloo. Amanda gilbert. News 7 kwwl. The other driver in the crash. 27 yearold erick james anderson. Was charged with an owi second offense. No insurance. Failure to have control. And driving on the wrong side of the road. One person is dead and three others hurt after a car crashes going off a freeway then landing on a homeless camp. Police say at least one person was trapped under the car in los angeles. No word yet what led up to the crash. The truck driver who crashed into a van carrying comedian tracy morgan in 2014 pleads guilty. He was driving a walmart truck when he crashed into morgans van on the new jersey turnpike. Morgan suffered serious injuries in the crash and comedian james sharper is sentenced to 20 years in prison. He admitted drugging and raping two women he met at a hollywood nightclub. Sharper must register as a sex offender for the rest of his lefe. Time now is xxx. A kwwl followup. Tens of thousands of cubans attend a Service Honoring fidel castro. It was in the same plaza where the cuban leader delivered fiery speeches in the years after he seized power. Leaders of several countries also in attendance. An american conac accused of slashing a woman at a Us Military Base in japan. The woman had cuts to her face that will take a few weeks to stationed in japan. A suspected cockfight raided five people arrested. North carolina deputies seizing dozens of chickens. When deputies arrived, 3040 people ran off into the woods, leaving their cars and birds behinds. Four people returned for their property. Not necessarily injuries but just clean at all in this area, everywhere. The chickens will soon move on to sanctuaries across the state. Deputies expect more arrests. Dangerous animals turn out to be harmless, and fake. Police in kansas checking cameras along a park trail for animals and found this wolf in high heels. Police also discovered two gorillas entertainign the camera. On their facebook page, officers thanked people for noticing the cameras. And for their sense of humor. An evergreen tree chopped down and stolen from a couples home. The tree was a symbol to them. The illinois couple lost their son twelve years ago. The tree was a gift of to remember him. A tree farm offered a the tree. You cant replace it. It had sentimental luvae, and, um, i dont know. I couldnt believe somebody did that. Theyre going to plant a new tree. This time, in their front yard next to the house so they can keep a its its beginning to look a lot like ski season. Plus a beauty pageant contestant receiving messages from around the world even though she didnt win. Rachael epart has your full forecast next. Now your storm track 7 forecast on kwwl. Lets go to storm track seven meteorologist Rachael Peart 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 north of the iowa minnesota line through the day wednesday. Driving our weather here in eastern iowa. As it tracks off to the east, we have the potential to see some flurries. A rain snow mix is possible. Southern counties may not see anything except clouds. However, even the Northern Counties wont see much accumulation by the time all is said and done. Highs today flurries are possible. As temperatures fall to near freezing 32f , fog is possible. December begins with near normal highs in the upper 30s low 40s. More sunshine is likely on friday into saturday as High Pressure tracks in. Weekend outlook we will have partly cloudy skies for saturday but computer models are not in agreement about sunday. Some keep it dry, others bring in some precipitation. We will with highs in the 40s, any precip looks it would be like rain. We are watching a system for the middle of next week. Change is very likely at this point. Low pressure is moving just north of the iowa minnesota line through the day wednesday. Driving our weather here in eastern iowa. As it tracks off to the east, we have the potential to see some flurries. A rain snow mix is possible. Southern counties may not see Northern Counties wont see much accumulation by the time all is said and done. Highs today will be in the low 40s. Overnight, a few lingering flurries are possible. As temperatures fall to near freezing 32f , fog is possible. December begins with near normal highs in the upper 30s low 40s. More sunshine is partly cloudy skies for saturday but computer models are not in agreement about sunday. Some keep it dry, others looks it would be like rain. We are watching a system for the middle of line through the day said and done. Highs today will highs in the upper 30s low 40s. In colorado more than a week of snow has ski resorts getting has fallen in the last seven days in breckenridge. Which is keeping public works departments working round the clock to keep up. Its still to come a good problem for police to have too many donations for kids plus a goat finds a way to stay calm thanks to an animal z24zwz z12fz y24zwy y12fy more and more car shoppers are old car and often they owe more than the car is currently worth. According to a recent report, this happened about a third of the time to people shopping for cars this year. If you want a new car every few years some experts recommend leasing. Holiday shoppers equal easy pickpickets. Police in chicago showing how a man bumps into a woman and lifts her wallet from her purse as she enters the elevator. In anothemo man gets his wallet stolen while passing through a revolving door. Police say to be aware of your surroundings while shopping and avoid crowds because they make shoppers more vulnerable to crime. Cyber monday hit a new record this year. It was the Biggest Online sales day in history. According to adobe digital insights, people spent three point four five billion dollars online she didnt win the crown but the pageant contestant is being called a winner. She was the first person to compete in miss minnesota usa wearing a hijab and a burkini during the swimsuit portion of the competition. Since people found out about her story shes received messages from women around the world supporting her. This is a big win for us you and being celebrated so im just challenging you to be outgoing and just do your best in everything that you do. She went up against 44 other woman and made it to the top 15. A worthy cause with too many donations. A Police Department in wisconsin gives stuffed animals to kids when they respond to a call a car crash, a fire wbhatever the case may be. Theyve received so many donations they have too many. Now theyre starting a program theyre calling stuffed hugs any kid who walks into the a Laundry Service donated its time to clean all the animals before they get handed out. A goats anxiety calmed by an old duck costume. Her owner says she put the old costume on the goal as a joke. The next thing she knew, the anxiety was gone and polly was as happy as a clam. The woman later posted a pie online that went viral. Every day i get messages from people saying im battling depression or im battling cancer or just lost a loved one little goats and if they can do it, i can do it. She owns a farm with more than its coming up tribute to the military in the obamas final christmas at the white house. Plus a holiday tradition takes place tonight the white house is ready for the holidays. The first lady showing the house to military families. The decorations include a tree and flag display featuring some of the military families the obamas have met ovee ornaments honors soldiers who lost their lives serving the country. Next to it an i pad station where the expected 68 thousand visitors this Holiday Season can send messages to service members. Tonight, in new york city, a favorite holiday tradition takes place, as the Rockefeller CenterChristmas Tree is lit. Thousands are expected to watch it happen in person. The Tree Lighting will also be shown live right here on kwwl tonight at construction workers in 1931. And the First OfficialTree Lighting got you covered. This is today in iowa. [ 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 ] phone. Concerns for pipeline protestors as winter approaches. Plus an amazing turn towards the better. An iowa boy recovering from severe injuries now able to smile. And when they cant find a veterans family a county good morning, im ally crutcher. And im jerry gallagher. Storm track seven meteorologist Rachael Peart is here now with your storm track seven forecast. North of the iowa minnesota line through the day wednesday. Driving our weather here in eastern iowa. As it tracks off to the east, we have the potential to see some flurries. A rain snow mix is possible. Southern counties may not see anything except clouds. However, time all is said and done. Highs today will be in the low 40s. Overnight, a few lingering flurries are possible. As temperatures fall to near freezing 32f , fog is possible. December begins with near normal highs in the upper 30s low 40s. More sunshine is likely on friday into saturday as High Pressure tracks in. Weekend outlook we will have partly cloudy skies for saturday keep it dry, others bring in middle of next week that could agreement about sunday. Some keep it dry, others bring in some precipitation. We will watch it carefully. With are watching a system for the a big story this morning a standoff in a snowstorm. Protesters in north dakota have been told to leave. People have been showing up to support the Standing Rock sioux tribe which is upset about the Dakota Access pipeline. Theyre worried the pipeline will damage their water supply. Yasmin amer tells us about the governors Evacuation Order with winter on the way. After nearly vefi months of protest, pressure. Telling demonstrators to leave now or face the consequences. But neither the official warnings nor the howling Winter Weather seem convincing. The Morton CountySheriffs Department warned protesters tuesday that theyll start blocking supplies and people from entering the campsite. A spokeswoman for the Department Later clarified that theyd only stick to punishing trespassers. Mebemrs of the Standing Rock sioux tribe. Who originally filed the lawsuit against the pipeline. Say theyre not budging. Water is sacred. But, to protect your water resource. North dakota governor Jack Dalrymple warned protesters about the Winter Weather which will only get worse. He said that First Responders will no longer be responsible for rendering aid to those who stay 17 native americans, whove served under the obama administration, signed a letter asking the president to step in and allow protesters to stay. The ceo of the Company Building the pipeline is also weighing in trying to convince protesters the pipeline will be safe. This pipeline is being built where to existing pipelines exist today, that were built through your state in 1982. Weve