we begin with first alert storm team meteorologis t britley ritz. temperatures will definitely be warmer today! highs will top out in the middle 60s with plenty of sunshine! as a warm front lifts to our north this afternoon our temperatures increase. this makes for great weather to trick-or-treat or maybe just get out and enjoy the fall season. those warmer temperatures last for the first half of our week, with highs reaching at or near the 70 degree mark. as for rain we stay dry for a short amount of time. thursday brings the return of rain, which will continue into friday. happy november 1st! i hope you all enjoyed the extra hour of sleep. thanks britley. g-o-p presidential candidates once again made stops in des moines this weekend. they were at the iowa state fairgrounds for the republican party of iowa's "growth and opportunity party."

current front- runners dr. ben carson and donald trump were not there. but senators ted cruz and marco rubio attended. jeb bush, who's also behind in the polls, criticized trump for the way he's handled voter support in iowa. "you know poll numbers go up and they go down. iowa proves that in every caucus. when they go down, you don't insult iowa voters because they're the same discerning voters whether your polls are going up or down. you learn from iowa voters, so it's a joy to be here." " the candidates also took some time to talk about the controversy surrounding their latest debate on c-n-b-c. the next republican debate is on november 10th in milwaukee. before the republican forum in des moines, senator cruz had some time to experience iowa's outdoors. he went pheasant hunting in akron with congressman steve king and bob vander plaats. being off the campaign trail didn't stop cruz from chiming in

cruz again highlighted his party's disappointmen t with the c-n-b-c debate. " we shouldn't have republican primary debates moderated by liberal democrats. " "i've suggested how about a republican primary moderated by sean hannity and rush limbaugh and mark levin. now i guarantee you-you would get incredible ratings for that. i'd love to see that primary " cruz's comments follow the republican national committee's announcement that it's suspending its february debate with n-b-c news. campaign organizers for each g-o-p candidate are meeting today to discuss new debate standards. on the democratic side, candidate bernie sanders talked about the grassroots support of his campaign, versus the his opponent, hillary clinton. during a rally in new hampshire this weekend, sanders talked about the unprecedente d number of contributions

to his campaign. "one of my opponents touts the fact that she has a lot of establishment support -- governors and senators and mayors and that's true. a lot more than we have. but, on the other hand, we have more people who have made more individual campaign contributions at this point in the campaign than any other candidate in american history " sanders did not visit iowa this weekend. but he will be in des moines on november, to participate in the second democratic debate. bernie's wife, jane sanders, took some time to praise her husband's campaign efforts. in an interview saturday, she said she was surprised by the growing momentum behind his work. "people have been very specific about how happy they are that bernie is running, because he's speaking to their issues. its been incredible, i'm really proud of bernie. it's moved

mrs. sanders says when she needs to, she'll bow out of the campaign to see her kids and grand- kids. politics and halloween do mix... some politicians took time off from the real world, and got into some halloween fun. stay with tv9. it's ---. temperatures will definitely be

will top out in the middle 60s with plenty of sunshine! as a warm front lifts to our north this afternoon our temperatures increase. this makes for great weather to trick-or-treat or maybe just get out and enjoy the fall season. those warmer temperatures last for the first half of our week, with highs reaching at or near the 70 degree mark. as for rain we stay dry for a

short amount of time. thursday brings the return of rain, which will continue into friday. happy november 1st! i hope you all enjoyed the extra hour of sleep. thanks britley.

morning, thanks to variety, the children's charity. and coming up we have all the big highlights from saturday's college football games.

little rusty coming off their bye week but still moved to 8-0 with a 16 point win over maryland. josh christensen has more from kinnick. reigning british open champion zach johnson was today's honorary captain for the iowa

football team. he made sure to hold the claret jug high and proud. 1st quarter, maryland's brandon ross finds a hole on the right side, but greg mabin forces a fumble, it's recovered by miles taylor. it would lead to this leshun daniels junior one yard touchdown run. leshun was happy to be back on the field after missing the last two games with an ankle injury. "it's a blessing. i was thankful to be out there because obviously i haven't really played a significant time since the iowa state game. to be back out there and contribute to a team victory is really huge for me." 2nd quarter, akrum wadley with the stretch play to the right. looks for some blocks. and he's in for the 11-yard touchdown run to give the hawkeyes a 14-0 lead. "outside zone play. makin was in, he kicked out the corner and i squeezed through the hole." with 2 minutes left in the first half, maryland pinned deep in their own territory. jaleel johnson with the tackle for a loss. the hawkeyes would get the ball back and with 13 seconds left. derrick

mitchell goes up the gut for the touchdown. three rushing touchdowns from 3 different running backs. iowa led 21-0 at halftime. "that was exciting. that was something we talked about going into the game. it was pretty exciting because we went out there and got it done today too." in the 4th quarter, maryland ended the shutout as perry hills hits taivon jacobs over the middle for a 7-yard touchdown to make it 21-7. the hawkeyes respond with this marshall koehn 49-yard field goal. plenty of leg. hawkeyes lead it 24-7. maryland marches down the field into the red zone. but hills is picked off by who else? desmond king, his 7th interception of the season. he turns on the jets and takes it back 88 yards for the pick six. that would seal the deal as iowa moves to 8-0 with the 31-15 win. "everytime you catch an interception, you gotta think touchdown. so, that's what i do, i think touchdown. i'm thinking, how can i help my offense. how can i help

taking it all the way is just an extra bonus." "our goal the first week was to win a game. and then ever since then, it's been just to win the next game. we're trying to keep it as simple as that. the good thing about football is no style points; when you win it's beautiful and when you lose it's not so good. that's kind of how we look at the world and it's as simple as that." ... and the hawkeyes shift their focus to indiana which will be on the road next saturday. but many people will be focused on tuesday because that's the first college football playoff poll. some are wondering whether the hawkeyes will be the one of the four teams. since it's halloween, you're probably wondering where my costume is. well, it's right here. i'm a sportscaster. get it? from kinnick stadium, josh christensen tv9 sports. --thanks josh...the last time texas visited jack trice stadium the game ended 31-30 and featured that controversial fumble-no fumble. --no lack of drama heading into this one as iowa state has a new offensive coordinator and

quarterback...another huge game from freshman running back mike warren...he finished with 157 yards and this touchdown....7-0 cyclones... --the isu defense was unbelievable.....jarrod heard rolls out and is picked off by jordan harris....iowa state led 10-0 at the half.. --third quarter, lanning to dondre daley for the 19 yard touchdown....17-nothing isu... --with just over two minutes to go in the game, josh thomas plunges across the goal line...24- zip...iowa state all over texas... --the longhorns trying to avoid the shutout...but on the final play of the game, the pass to the end zone falls incomplete... as iowa state beats texas at home for the first time 24-0. --uni hosting south dakota...this game was on 9.2....the coyotes get on the board first....play action pass from ryan saeger to brandt van roekel....7-0 south dakota... --uni answers in the 2nd...aaron bailey to a

wide open braden lehman...the regina grad's touchdown ties the game at 7.... --next possession for the panthers, bailey keeps it himself...uni up 14-7 at the half.... --3rd quarter it's waterloo native michael schmadeke from 48....he has just enough leg to put the panthers up 17-7... --schmadeke then out-does himself with a career long 50 yard bomb as uni beats south dakota 20-7 as the panthers keep their playoff hopes alive. --the state cross country meet came to end today and a number of local runners were in the mix for a championship. scott saville has more from fort dodge. for a decent day for cross country. no question about the team and individual race of the day. 2a girls repeated as state champ with the time of 1854 becca mcdermott of cascade was right behind. it was flip- flopped in the team race cascade beat monticello by just 8 points 84-76 s. winnn was your

with a ttime of 1555. john crew of dyke new hartford was second and matt manternach of monticello fourth and his team finished third. the panthers bringing home two trophies. 3a boys logan murray in mount pleasant cross the line 1st in a time of 1617 .read smock of mount vernon lisbon was third miles bach and jeremy fopma of marion were fifth and sixth and mount vernon lisbon won the 3a team championship and let's just say they were a little jacked up. 3a girls former tv 9 athlete of the week lilly horst of vinton schellsburg was 6th and dubuque wahlert finished third in the team race . 4 a boys tyson van drasco prairie with the big kick finish second to ryan schweitzer of dowling. sam schillinger of cedarfalls was third. ryan murphy of linn mar 6th dowling won the team title cedarfalls was second and prairie third. 4a girls mckenzie janik of pleasant valley cross the line fist in 1755 your top local finisher was was bailey knock of iowa

1a girls alyssa williams of durant took gold camryn reeg of belleview was second followed by gwynn weight of pekin and hailey schroeder of central elkader who's team was crowned champs and pekin was second. 1a boys andrew meyer of bellevue was second. keefer sexton of highland riverside 5th pekin was second in regina third in the team race from fort dodge scott saville

temperatures will definitely be warmer today! highs will top out in the middle 60s with plenty of sunshine! as a warm front lifts to our north this afternoon our temperatures increase. this makes for great weather to trick-or-treat or maybe just get out and enjoy the fall season. those warmer temperatures last for the first half of our week, with highs reaching at or near the 70 degree mark. as for rain we stay dry for a short amount of time. thursday brings the return of rain, which will continue into friday. happy november 1st! i hope you all enjoyed the extra

house speaker-elect paul ryan got political for halloween, by dressing up as a former running mate of his, mitt romney the new house speaker had told reporters he would dress up as romney. he then tweeted out this family picture. that's him in the romney mask standing next to his wife. presidential candidate bernie sanders, took a little break from the campaign

trail to get in the halloween spirit. the democratic presidential candidate went trick-or-treating with his grandchildre n in new hampshire, after campaign events in the area. sanders went as himself. his grandkids were dressed as the abominable snowman, sonic the hedgehog, and a good witch. if you're in need for some new but used furniture, a new habitat for humanity re-store just opened... it's the first store of its kind for several eastern iowa counties. and the oscar meyer weinermobile is in eastern iowa. we'll tell you where you can see it. good morning from

paychecks soon, as johnson county's minimum wage increase goes into effect today. some university of iowa students are cleaning up, after a late-night fire started in their residence hall. and a food drive is becoming more than just a competition for some eastern iowa students. you're watching kcrg-tv9. now, from your 24 hour news source, this is the kcrg-tv9 saturday morning news. but first, meteorologis t

alert forecast, britley... temperatures will definitely be warmer today! highs will top out in the middle 60s with plenty of sunshine! as a warm front lifts to our north this afternoon our temperatures increase. this makes for great weather to trick-or-treat or maybe just get out and enjoy the fall season. those warmer temperatures last for the first half of our week, with highs reaching at or near the 70 degree mark. as for rain we stay dry for a short amount of time. thursday brings the return of rain, which will continue into friday. happy november 1st! i hope you all enjoyed the extra hour of sleep. thanks britley. many people living in eastern iowa will see a raise in their minimum wage, starting today. the minimum wage in johnson county was 7

dollars, 25 cents, which is the current state level. now it's nearly a dollar higher, at 8 dollars, 20 cents. this the first in a set of three planned minimum wage increases in the county. the second increase starts may 1st 20-16. on that date, it will go to 9 dollars, 15 cents. then in 2017, the final increase will take it to 10 dollars, 10 cents an hour. in september, the johnson county board of supervisors passed an ordinance to raise the minimum wage. that means all businesses and employees in the county are subject to the change. some university of iowa students are cleaning up a wet mess in their dorm rooms, after a fire triggered sprinkler systems in their building. that happened in slater residence hall around 1:30 saturday morning. kcrg-tv9's sarah mccarthy shows us the damage students are dealing with. fan for freshman student kelynn wright this.. fan is the only way to combat the half inch of water that seeped into his room following a fire five floors above him.

34:59 "i have like a beanbag and my rug that i'll have to throw away. but other than that i'm probably okay." officials allowed wright and most other students back into the dorm around 3:00 saturday morning. that's after evacuating students to two other dorms just across the street. 31:23 "we were all sleeping and the fire alarms went off but we thought it was a drill, so we were just going to stay in our rooms. but then our ras were banging on the doors and yelling that this was not a drill and to go down the stairs." 42:52 "i was like an emotional mess because i hate fires and natural disasters. i was like, "that's our home, that's my dorm!" but eventually,when they let us in it was okay. it was just sad to see, especially people on 9 and 10, out side. they were really upset." floor nine is where the flames started. sprinklers sprayed water, but only where the system sensed heat. 57:25 "we know the sprinklers went off, as intended and we're pleased about that. yes, it causes some water damage. but that's to be expected and it's more appropriate that they go off and we have students safe." a message students agree with. 43:30 "yeah, yeah. slater is pretty easy to evacuate, there's only like one main staircase." 35:43 "there was a little panic, but i think that's because people thought it was a joke. but i think the university handled it well." in iowa city, sarah

mccarthy, kcrg-tv9 news. several people had to evacuate their homes, after a coffee shop on the floor beneath them caught fire. this happened last night in dubuque, at 609 east 22nd street around 10 o'clock. the coffee shop is called cafe' fraiche . here is a picture sent to us from craig burns, showing the dubuque fire department responding. dubuque police say no one was hurt, and that the building suffered an estimated 5-thousand dollars in damage. the fire department is still investigating the cause. nobody was inside a waterloo home when it caught fire yesterday. the waterloo cedar falls courier says fire crews responded to a house at 516 iowa street. ...but that response was after emergency dispatchers initially sent fire crews to the same

street in cedar falls. when crews arrived at this house, they found smoke coming out of the windows. fire rescue says no one was hurt, and they are still investigating the cause. the fire caused major damage to the home. today you can help feed iowa veterans through the fall and winter at a charity food drive. the midwest shooting and iowa veterans welcome center are hosting the event. they're collecting non-perishable food items and cash to be donated to the iowa veterans food pantry. you can donate any time from now until november 10th at either the midwest shooting office in hiawatha, or the iowa veterans welcome center in cedar rapids. some high school students have turned an effort to feed people in need into a friendly competition for the winter. students from hudson high school set up a table to collect donations outside fareway saturday in waterloo. the food drive supports the more than 50- thousand people the northeast iowa food bank considers to be "food insecure". hudson high school is competing with other area high schools to collect the most

most pounds of food will be recognized. but for the students, the competition isn't the most important part. "i think if they just donate even a sixty cent can it makes them feel better it makes us feel better everyone wins, because we gotta start one step at a time to solve hunger." the last opportunities to donate are november 3rd and 5th at cedar falls high school parent- teacher the cedar falls pizza ranch. also in waterloo, there's a new habitat for humanity restore offering used furniture and building materials. this south side waterloo store is the first to be built in the black hawk, bremer, and butler county area. the organization collects donated furniture and building supplies to sell to the public. donations collected over the past few months were put in storage units to prepare for the first shoppers this weekend. those proceeds then go toward building houses through habitat for humanity. "through the store we're hoping to be able to build more houses every year, do more

just do more for families in our community and everyone's been really excited about that." a note on the hours for the waterloo restore... the iowa heartland habitat for humanity restore is open wednesdays through saturdays -- 9 am to 6 pm.. some kids have a new bike to ride around town on. variety gave away bikes to 113 on saturday to kids served by the hd youth center and waypoint services. the hall-perrine cancer center partnered with variety, clearing one if its parking lots for the event. organizers with variety say the "bikes for kids" program has so far given away more than 500 bikes in cedar rapids and iowa city this year. leaders with the hd youth center say events like this mean a lot to the families they serve. ""a lot of these kids have never had a bike. or if they do have a bike, they've outgrown it. so this makes a bike available to them, to ride to school, to ride in the neighborhood, something fun for them to do and keep them out of trouble." "

organizers with variety say they plan to do another bike giveaway in waterloo sometime in the near future. finally, the weinermobile is here! if you want to see it, it's parked on iowa city's ped mall near the iowa city public library. parents and kids can hear some hot dog stories, and take a look inside. this starts at 2 this afternoon and ends at 4. a night of trick or treating turns tragic. a car crashes over a curb, killing and injuring several people in new york. stay with tv9. it's ---. meteorologist britley ritz joins

weather wise question. temperatures will definitely be warmer today! highs will top out in the middle 60s with plenty of sunshine! as a warm front lifts to our north this afternoon makes for great weather to trick-or-treat or maybe just get out and enjoy the fall season. those warmer temperatures last for the first half of our week, the 70 degree mark. as for rain we stay dry for a short amount of time. thursday brings the return of

rain, which will continue into friday. happy november 1st! i hope you all enjoyed the extra hour of sleep. thanks britley.

russian plane, as investigators continue their

search for why it went down. stay with your 24 hour news

night, after a car crashed into a group of trick or treaters in new york. an out-of-control car jumped the curb...and plowed into a group of people in the bronx saturday afternoon. a 65-year-old man died at the scene. a 24-year-old man and 10-

year-old girl were pronounced dead at the hospital. one witness says the crash happened without warning. ""there were a family of kids trick-or-treating walking behind me and all of a sudden a car like...i heard a boom and the car literally like jumped over a parked car and flew into the gate hitting a bunch of people." " the driver, a man in his 50's, was taken to the hospital with injuries. two girls ages 3 and 9, as well as a 21-year-old woman, were also hospitalized. a car crashed into four kids shopping inside a store in california. police say a 35-year-old woman lost control of her mercedes benz saturday. it went over the curb and sidewalk, and crashed through the glass window of a party city store. witnesses say it was packed with customers shopping for halloween. three children got hurt and were treated at the scene. a-14 year-old was airlifted to a hospital for treatment. officials are still investigating the cause of the crash.

police in colorado springs may have prevented an already- deadly shooting spree from escalating. saturday morning, police responded to report of shots fired. police say the shooter killed 3 people. officers fired a combined 20 shots, killing the suspect. one witness says he watched the shootout from his kitchen window. " he was walking, he stopped, saw the lady smoking the and just and just kept walking." " the violence led to the closing of about 10 city blocks downtown for most of the day. police have not released any of the victim's identities. investigators are looking into claims that an extremist group may have been behind a russian plane crash in egypt. all passengers and staff aboard the flight were killed. abc's richard cantu has more details. script: the russian passenger jet went down here in this remote region of egypt's sinai peninsula after some twenty minutes in the air. there were no survivors among the 224

were russian. egypt's prime minister visited the crash site ... responders searched for remains - and ambulances transported bodies to the morgue. the chartered flight was operated by metrojet, an airline based in moscow it took off from this airport in the resort city of sharm el-sheikh, bound for st. petersburg. according to an egyptian official, as it was reaching 30,000 feet the pilot radioed the aircraft was having technical problems and wanted to land. it vanished from radar shortly after. announcement from loudspeaker: "the departure of kogalymavia flight 9267 to sharm el- sheikh is delayed ...." in st. petersburg -- grief and disbelief -- as relatives learned their loved ones were lost. i'm waiting for the person i love, said one. i couldn't find the flight anywhere on the screen. the black boxes have been recovered and egypt's prime minister is promising an investigation into how this tragedy unfolded. richard cantu, abc news, new york. search teams believe they've found a cargo ship that went missing during hurricane

missing around on october 1st, with 33 crew members on board. a search team aboard a u-s navy ship using sonar located the ship near its last known position. a remotely-operated ocean vehicle will need to officially confirm the ship. authorities in central texas found an elderly woman's body on saturday, in the aftermath of total of weather-related deaths to 6. several people got caught in flash floods in an area near austin. one man shot video of his car floating down a creek. eventually he was able to grab onto a tree, and climb to safety. he estimated the water to be about 6 feet deep. it took several hours for a rescue team to find him. the family of one victim, 67- year-old inez garza, is mourning today. " --sot-- "we were hoping and praying and holding out hope that the call would be a different call. but it was what it was." --butted with--

"we know she's up there and in a better place and she's smiling down on us, and she's our little angel now and so i'm happy". the houston area also took a heavy blow from the weather. 130 water rescues there. we'll take another look at your first alert

back now to today's top stories. johnson county residents now have a near- dollar increase in their minimum wage. the wage increased today to 8 dollars and 20 cents. it was 7-25. this is the first of three wage increases set for the county. all business are required to implement the change. some university of iowa students are cleaning up after a fire damaged their residence hall. a slater hall dorm room caught fire, and the iowa city fire department worked to extinguish flames. but rooms had water damage, after the sprinklers systems went off. gop candidates made their way to des moines for the republican party of iowa's "growth and opportunity party." this was held at the iowa state fairgrounds. race front-runners, dr. ben carson and donald trump, were not in attendance. but other close behind candidates went, includuing senators ted cruz and marco rubio. baseball fans were probably gripping their seats during the 4th game of the world series. the kansas city royals rallied for three runs in the eighth inning. a sellout

witness the royals defeat the new york mets last night 5-3. even thought the mets had some big home runs, it didn't stop the royals from taking over. after the game, the royals talked about the big win. "we"re fighting to the end.... " now, a final look at the forecast... temperatures will definitely be warmer today! highs will top out in the middle 60s with plenty of

sunshine! as a warm front lifts to our north this afternoon our temperatures increase. this makes for great weather to trick-or-treat or maybe just get out and enjoy the fall season. those warmer temperatures last for the first half of our week, with highs reaching at or near the 70 degree mark. as for rain we stay dry for a short amount of time. thursday brings the return of rain, which will continue into friday. happy november 1st! i hope you all enjoyed the extra hour of sleep. thanks for joining us this

good morning, america. new overnight, crash investigation. what brought down this plane packed with tourists. terrorists claiming responsibility. did they really shoot it down? the huge debris field and the terrifying implications. our aviation team is on the case. horror on halloween.

a gunman opening fire on a