source, this is kcrg-tv9 news at midday. thanks for joining us. donald trump will be the next president of the united states. the nation's capital will turn red on january 21st. after last night's election, republicans will control the white house and both chambers of congress. as results came in overnight, donald trump defied several pre-election polls to win the p passed the 270 electoral vote mark with a win overnight in wisconsin. several states still haven't been called, including michigan, arizona and new hampshire. abc's kenneth moton has the latest reaction from last night's election. clinton's concession. sot - hillary clinton hillary clinton?finall y making her concession speech hours after her shocking loss to president- elect donald trump. sot -

his first full day as the man who will be the 45th president to lead this nation. and he'll do it with a g-o-p controlled house and senate. sot - donald trump "i will be president for all americans and i promise you that i will not let you down? we will do a great job the republican was outspent and down in the polls most of the race against clinton whom he often called crooked, now... sot - donald trump "we owe her a major debt of gratitude for her service to button issues and his rhetoric?a point of major criticism as he beat out 16 g-o-p primary rivals. in the end, excited white working class men and women and lower democratic turnout than 2012, propelled trump to victory. sot - kellyanne conway, donald trump campaign manager: "this was a campaign for the people and they have spoken and want to go in a new and different direction and want different leadership now to that peaceful transfer of power... president

many high profile democratic surrogates called a racist and unfit to be the next commander in chief. sot - president obama at 12:15pm standup close: it was a tough campaign for trump but now the hard work begins to unite the country. tomorrow he's heading to washington where president obama will welcome him to his future home, the white house. kenneth moton, abc news, new york trump handily won six electoral votes here in iowa. he won by about 150 thousand votes, 52 p last night, trump won the election with several key states still undecided. this midday, the state of michigan is still too close to call with only 15 thousand votes separating trump and clinton. today on good morning america, abc news analyst jonathan karl said it was other unexpected votes in the rust belt that gave him the win. "the reason donald trump is the president-elect of the united states is what happened in the industrial midwest. look at this. he won in the tate of

won in the state of wisconsin, a state that hasn't gone republican since 1984. " global financial markets are rebounding after an overnight panic following election results. share prices started falling as soon as trump gained the lead in the electoral vote count. this is what the major stock indexes look like right now. the dow, nasdaq and s and p 500 are . at one point, dow futures plunged more than 4% and japan's major index fell largest drop in years. the mexican peso also fell. analysts say a trump election could have an effect on the global economy for some time. "i think markets will remain very volatile, because ultimately i think this result if i could compare it to dropping a rock in a very large pound, it's gonna create an awful lot of ripples " after winning the election,

oakland california. protesters set several fires to show their thoughts on the results. in oregon, more protesters blocked streets in downtown portland. dozens marched and held a sit-in outside of the city's justice center. the protesters later blocked part of interstate 5. that's the main road coming into and going out of portland. meteorologist justin gehrts has your first alert forecast, justin... today is shaping up to be yet another beautiful day. we'll have lots of sunshine and highs in the upper 50s. clear skies continue tonight with lows in the 30s. blue sky is here again tomorrow, and it'll be warmer and breezy with highs in the middle 60s. we'll drop back down to the 50s on friday and saturday, and then start off next week near 60. our only rain chance in the next nine days - and it's a small one - comes on tuesday. our normal highs drop into the 40s in just a few days, and we'll be above that threshold for a while.today: sunny. wind: w 5-10. high: 59 alo: 59 dbq: 58 iow: 60 tonight: clear. wind: sw 5-10. low: 35 alo: 35 dbq:

republican chudk grassley is heading back to the u-s senate for a 7th term. grassley defeated democrat and former lieutenant governor patty judge with 60% of the vote. she earned 36% of iowa voters. grassley has never lost an election, starting with winning a seat inh he moved to washington in 1974 to serve in the house before joining the senate in 1980. grassley says he will aim to remain a conservative but independent voice in washington while keeping future generations in mind. " it's about giving iowans a voice, expecially at this pivotal moment in our history. this election is about securing life, liberty, and freedom. not for us up here, but for these little ones and children and

the next 40 years and not just the next 4 years." patty judge says she hopes grassley will put the country before party affiliation now that he has his 7th term. judge conceded e last night. she told the crowd she was reluctant to enter the race at first but changed her mind after tiring... of what she called the political games. judge said she was proud of giving the incumbent a hard-fought race. "he worked hard he put a lot of money in this race ...i hope people hold him to his word now" judge said that she doubts she

another statewide race in iowa. republican rod blum is representing iowa's 1st congressional district for a second term. he beat out democrat monica vernon. blum won yesterday's election in the northeast iowa district, with 54% of the vote. 46% of people voted for vernon. congressman blum told his supporters in dubuque he kept his seat because he kept his campaign promises. blum says he'll continue to stand up to democrats and even his own republican colleagues. he says he'll keep pushing security reform, and border security. blum says despite the presidential election, he stayed focused on iowa. "hillary clinton decided to get involved in one house race in the united states of america. this one .... based on what i am seeing, on the national returns, she probably should have focused on her own race and not rod blum. " blum says he will not become a career politician and will continue to

democrat dave loebsack is returning for a 6th term representing iowa's 2nd congressional district. he defeated republican christopher peters with 54% of the vote, to peters' 46%. in iowa's 3rd district, congressman david young beat democrat jim mowrer with 54 percent of the vote. mowrer had 40%. young was a longtime aide to u-s senator chuck grassley before being elected to the house in 2014. republican steve king has been re-elected to an 8th term in th iowa's 4th congressiona l district. king beat democrat kim weaver 61% to 39%. voters have re-elected king by wide margins ever since his first house election in 2002. a strong majority of voters in linn county approved a 40 million dollar bond vote focused on water quality. 74% approved the measure. it needed a 60% super majority to pass. much of this money aims to

trails. in marion, people approved a measure to change how to elect their city council members. 79% of voters said yes to the change. right now, the entire city votes on three at- large council members and four ward members. this change would only have people voting for three at-large spots, plus one member from their own ward. in iowa city, voters approved a measure that would lower the number of signatures needed to bring initiatives in front of the city council. of the people who voted in the last city election has to sign the document. now that the measure has passed, that percentage of signatures needed drops to 10 percent. in a close vote, linn county voters have decided to cut the number of supervisors from 5 to 3. you can see there 51% of the votes picked "yes". . 10 years ago, voters decided to increase the number from 3 supervisors to 5. at the state level, there was a change of power in the iowa senate.

election, coming up. meteorologist justin gehrts updates our temperatures coming up in your first alert

beautiful day. we'll have lots of sunshine and highs in the upper 50s. clear skies continue tonight with lows in the 30s. blue sky is here again tomorrow, and it'll be warmer

highs in the middle 60s. we'll drop back down to the 50s on friday and saturday, and then start off next week near 60. our only rain chance in the next nine days - and it's a small one - comes on tuesday. our normal highs drop into the 40s in just a that threshold for a while.today: sunny. wind: w 5-10. high: 59 alo: 59 dbq: 58 iow: 60 tonight: clear. wind: sw 5-10. low: 35 alo: 35 dbq: 34 iow: 36 tomorrow: sunny and a little breezy. wind: sw 10-20. high: 64 alo: 64 dbq: 62 iow: 65

wind: nw 5-10. low: 39 alo: 38 dbq: 38 iow: 40 friday: mostly sunny. high: 55 low: 39 saturday: sunny. high: 53 low: 29 sunday: mostly sunny. high: 60 low: 37 monday: partly cloudy. high: 59 low: 40 tuesday: slig high: 55 low: 41 wednesday: mostly sunny. high: 55 low: 37 thursday: partly cloudy. high: 53 low: 33

chambers in the iowa state senate.

seat up for election in december. that comes after the death of senator joe seng of davenport earlier this year. the state's g-o-p picked up six seats. that gives the g-o-p control of both legislative chambers and the governor's office. in the senate district 30, democratic incumbent jeff danielson, of waterloo, wins against challenger bonnie sadler. danielson gets 59% of the vote. then, in senate district 32, where democratic incumbent brian schoenjahn, challenger. republican craig johnson won 60% of the vote there. that makes up bremer, buchanan and rural black hawk counties. in district 34, democratic incumbent liz mathis, of cedar rapids won against her republican challenger. mathis beat rene gadelha 56 to 44% in one of the more contentious state senate races for 2016. and in district 48, republican incumbent dan zumbach, of ryan, beat out 2 challengers with 63% of the vote.

district 48 covers delaware, northern linn and northwest jones county. republicans also unseated now-former deomcratic senate majority leader mike gronstal. we talked with iowa gop chair jeff kauffman about the shift in power last night. gronstal was not only a more than 30-year veteran of the iowa legislature. kaufmann told us what he believes happened. "honestly, you can't just single handedly and unilaterally stop legislating that's coming from one gronstal did over and over again. i honestly think people got it" we'll take a look at the state house election results, coming up in our next half hour. according to the iowa crop progress report, 86 percent of corn is off the fields. but what about soybeans? we'll check in on that harvest coming up in today's agribusiness report. stay with us on tv9. welcome to the agribusiness

almost done with six days good for fieldwork.. according to the iowa crop progress report.. 86 percent of corn is off the fields.. near the five year average.. moisture content for all grain is at a solid 16 percent.. 95 percent of soybeans are harvested.. about five days behind the five year average.. south central and south wes you are on in the election, regardless of whether your candidate won or lost, the sun would come up in the morning, and that is one bit of prognosticating that actually came true. the sun is up. and i know that everybody had a long night. i did as well. i had a chance to talk to president-elect trump last night

to congratulate him on winning the election, and i had a chance to invite him to come to the white house tomorrow to talk about making sure that there is a successful transition between our presidencies. now, it is no secret that the president-elect and i have some pretty significant differences. but remember, eight years ago, president bush and i had some pretty significant differences. but president bush's team could not have been more professional, or we had a smooth transition so that we could hit the ground running. and one thing you realize quickly in this job is that the presidency and the vice presidency is bigger than any of us. so i have instructed my team to follow the example that president bush's team set eight years ago, and to work as hard as we can to make this a successful transition for the president-elect because we are

in uniting and leading the country. the peaceful transition of power is one of the hallmarks of our democracy. and over the next few months, we are going to show that to the world. i also had a chance last night to speak with secretary clinton, and i just had a chance to hear her remarks. i could not be prouder of her. she has lived an extraordinary life of public se she was an outstanding senator for the state of new york, and she could not have been a better secretary of state. i'm proud of her. a lot of americans look up to her. her candidacy and nomination was historic and sends a message to our daughters all across the country that they can achieve at the highest levels of politics, and i am absolutely confident

for people here in the united states, and all around the world. now everybody is sad when their side loses an election. but the day after, we have to remember that we're actually all on one team. this is an intermural scrimmage. we're not democrats first. we're in the republicans first. we are americans first. we're patriots first. we all want what's best for this country. that's what i heard in mr. trump's remarks last night. that's what i heard when i spoke to him directly. and i was hardened by that. that's what the country needs. a sense of unity, a sense of

rule of law and a respect for each other. i hope that he maintains that spirit throughout this transition, and i certainly hope that's how his presidency has a chance to begin. i also told my team today to keep their heads up. because the remarkable work they have done day in and day out, often without a lot of fanfare, often with a lot of, a lot of attention, work in agencies. work in obscure areas of policy that make government run better and make it more responsive, and make it more efficient. and make it more service-friendly so that it's actually helping more people,

stronger, better country. than the one that existed eight years ago. so win or lose in this election, that was always our mission. that was our mission from day one. and everyone on my team should be extraordinarily proud of everything that they have done. and so should all the americans that i have had a chance to meet all across this country. who do the hard work of day. teachers in schools, doctors in e.r. clinic, small businesses, putting their all into starting something up, making sure they are treating their employees well. all the important work that's dope done by moms and dads and families and congregations and

of perfecting this union. this was a long and hard fought campaign. a lot of our fellow americans are exalted today. a lot of our partners are less so. it is hard and sometimes contentious and noisy. it's not always inspiring. but to the young people who got and may be disappointed by the results, i just want you to know, you have to stay encouraged. don't get cynical. don't ever think you can't make a difference. secretary clinton said this morning, fighting for what is right is worth it.

the path that this country has taken has never been a straight line. we zig and zag, and sometimes we move in ways that some people think is forward, and others think is moving back. and that's okay. i have lost elections before. joe hasn't. [ laughter ] but, you know. so i have been -- i have been -- >> you beat me badly. [ laughter ] >> that's the way politics works sometimes. we try really hard to persuade people that we're right. and then people vote. and if we lose, we learn from our mistakes, we do some

we brush ourselves off, we get back in the arena. we go at it. we try even harder the next time. the point though is that we all go forward. with a presumption of good faith in our fellow citizens. because that presumption of good faith is essential to a vibrant and functioning democracy. that's how this country has moved forward for 240 years. that's how we have pushed boundaries a around the world. that's how we have expanded the rights of our founding to reach all of our citizens. it's how we have come this far. and that's why i'm confident that this incredible journey that we are on as americans will go on. and i'm looking forward to doing everything that i can to make sure that the next president is successful in that. i have said before, i think of

runner. you take the baton, you run your best race and hopefully by the time you hand it off, you're a little further ahead. you made a little progress, and i can say we have done that, and i want to make sure that handoff is well-executed because ultimately, we're all on the same team. all right. thank you very much, everybody. [ applause ] >> president o told his team to keep their heads up and lead by example. leaving with a spring in his step. might have been forced, but there's rooted and respect for the peaceful transition, and for our institutions he said for the rule of law, his respect ffr democracy. we are all on the same team now, we must all root for the success of donald trump.

shuc sugar coat the differences, we we have to go forward in the spirit together. >> there are people that are very, very distressed today. people who supported him and hillary clinton who real are wor worried about the country where they just can't imagine a trump presidency, and he is trying to make it seem as normal as humanly possible. this is the way it works. democracy is messy. it's noisy. you lose some elections, y you take the baton and go forward, and this is not the end of the world, but i think that was -- that's why he is doing that because he knows that some of their followers are really in a state of true distress. >> he knows it's what he must say. and he said from one baton to another, the metaphor might break down based on what you were saying. the passoff may be clean, and he

know that donald trump in his first 100 days is committed to undoing much of what president obama has done. >> he is passing the baton to somebody who is not only promising to undo that legacy, george, but somebody who questioned his very eligibility to be president of the united states. this is not any baton passoff. this is not any intermural scrimmage. this was intensely personal for the president. donald trump questioned whether or not he was an american eligible to be president of the united states. >> you say it was intensely personal. in fact, he told african-american voters during this campaign, he would consider it a personal insult if they didn't turn out in the numbers for hillary clinton that they did for him. he also said perhaps, this is the most important part of his comments. the presidency is bigger than any one person. >> he promised to make that

time around and, you know, he talked about the transition from president bush, which was a very effective transition. president bush was very dedicated to the idea of trying to make president obama -- give him a shot at being a successful president. >> it's believing in the institutions of democracy. and barack obama and george bush do very profoundly. what we have to find out is how donald trump feels about those institutions. he has never served in them and we really don't know what his commitment to them is, and closely. >> the president said he was hardened by what he heard, and we'll see in the next ritual. they will meet at the white house tomorrow. thank you, jon and cokie. back to your regular programming.

trump handily won six electoral votes here in iowa. he won by about 150 thousand votes, 52 percent to 42 percent. president obama will meet with trump at the white house tomorrow. he says the meeting is to update trump on the transition into the presidency. in a statement, the president called said ensuring a smooth transition of power is a top priority for the start of next year. he says meeting with the new

meteorologist justin gehrts has your first alert forecast, justin... today is shaping up to be yet another beautiful day. we'll have lots of sunshine and highs in the upper 50s. clear skies continue tonight with lows in the 30s. blue sky is here again tomorrow, and it'll be warmer and breezy with highs in the middle 60s. start off next week near 60. our only rain chance in the next nine days - and it's a small one - comes on tuesday. our normal highs drop into the 40s in just a few days, and we'll be above that threshold for a while.today: sunny. wind: w 5-10. high: 59 alo: 59 dbq: 58 iow: 60 tonight: clear. wind: sw 5-10. low: 35 alo: 35 dbq: 34 iow: 36 senator chuck grassley is

in office. he beat democratic challenger and former lieutenant governor patty judge with 60 percent of the vote last night. kcrg-tv9's forrest saunders reports. nat "what a crowd, what a crowd." and what a win for grassley, now destined to become iowa's longest serving senator, ever. the new hartford farmer, again grabbing more than 60 percent of the vote, which he's done consistently mid-80s. iowa "now, it's time to get things done. i got to get back to work. we all have to get back to work. god bless you and thank you for all you have done for me." looking at polls before election day grassley's win seemed inevitable. the des moines register had him up 23 points. even so, grassley spent more on this election than at least his last two... why? "this year, more than any other has been unpredictable. so, even in iowa, where a win by chuck grassley as a predictable as the

you secured your position," a lingering question with grassley's reelection-- will he now schedule hearings for a supreme court nominee to replace the late conservative justice, antonin scalia. trump presidential win means its highly unlikely the senator will move forward with obama's pick, merrick garland. "he's been very consistent. very principled stand on that. he wanted the people to have a voice and a choice, and the next president would send his or her nominees up." grassley will put country before party now that he has his 7th term. judge conceded the race shortly after 10:00 last night. she told the crowd she was reluctant to enter the race at first but changed her mind after tiring of what she called the political games. judge said she was proud of giving the incumbent a hard-fought race. " whether it's a supreme court

college education, comprehensive immigration reform, or tackling skyrocketing prescription drug prices. our current system has failed the working families in our state. " judge said that she doubts she will run in another statewide race in iowa. republican rod blum is representing iowa's 1st congressional district for a second term. he beat out democrat monica vernon. blum won yesterday's election in the northeast iowa district, with 54% of the vote. congressman blum told his supporters in dubuque he kept his seat because he kept his campaign promises. blum says he'll continue to stand up to democrats and even his own republican colleagues. he says he'll keep pushing for veteran's issues, social security reform and border security. monica vernon says she's not done fighting for the issues she cares about. in her concession speech last night, she says she wants to work with congressman blum in the future. "i will never stop working on all of these issues. i believe

a fairer economy. i know we have to get better education access and affordability in education. we've got to support social security and medicaid. " a strong majority of voters in linn county approved a 40 million dollar bond vote focused on water quality. 74% approved the measure. it needed a 60% super money aims to improve water quality and mitigate flooding. some would also pay for improving parks and trails. in marion, people approved a measure to change how to elect their city council members. 79% of voters said yes to the change. right now, the entire city votes on three at- large council members and four ward members. this change would only have people voting for three at-large spots, plus one member from their own ward. in iowa city, voters approved a

signatures needed to bring initiatives in front of the city council. right now, at least 25 percent of the people who voted in the last city election has to sign the document. now that the measure has passed, that percentage of signatures needed drops to 10 percent. in a close vote, linn county voters have decided to cut the number of supervisors from 5 to 3. you can see there 51% of the votes picked "yes". . 10 years ago, voters decided to increase the number from 3 supervisors to 5. at the stt des moines. we'll run down election results from state house, next. meteorologist justin gehrts updates our temperatures coming up in your first alert

today is shaping up to be yet another beautiful day. we'll have lots of sunshine and highs in the upper 50s. clear skies continue tonight with lows in the 30s. blue sky is here again tomorrow, and it'll be warmer and breezy with highs in the middle 60s. we'll

next week near 60. our only rain chance in the next nine days - and it's a small one - comes on tuesday. our normal highs drop into the 40s in just a few days, and we'll be above that threshold for a while.today: sunny. wind: w 5-10. high: 59 alo: 59 dbq: 58 iow: 60 tonight: clear. wind: sw 5-10. low: 35 alo: 35 dbq: 34 iow: 36 tomorrow: sunny and a little breezy. wind: sw 10-20. high: 64 alo: 64 dbq: 62 iow: 65 tom. night: mostly clear. wind: nw 5-10. low: 39 alo: 38 dbq: 38 iow: 40 friday: mostly sunny. high: 55 low: 39 saturday: sunny. high: 53 low: 29 sunday: mostly sunny. high: 60 low: 37 monday: partly cloudy. high: 59 low: 40 tuesday: slight chance of showers, mainly early. high: 55 low: 41 wednesday: mostly sunny. high: 55 low: 37 thursday:

republicans now have control of both chambers in the state legislature in iowa. in the state house, here are now 55 republicans and 45 democrats. iowa democrats picked up 2 seats. in house district 55 republican michael bergen beat democrat pat ritter 57% to 43%. that district covers part of winneshiek, fayette, and clayton county. neither one of those candidates have run before. in iowa house 56 which covers allm democratic incumbent patti ruff lost to republican kristi hager. hager walked away with 67% of the vote. looking at iowa house district 57. republican shannon lundgren just barley beat and democrat tom stecher . final percentages with 52 to 48 percent. in district 59, democratic incumbent bob kressig, of cedar falls is on his way to victory over republican drew speer. that district is entirely within the city of cedar falls.

falls won re- election over democratic challenger gary kroeger. rogers captured 58% of the cedar falls and rural black hawk county district. the race for district 62 features three candidates out of waterloo. democrat ras smith won with 63% of the vote against republican todd obadal and john patterson, who was nominated by petition. in iowa house district 65, democratic incumbent liz bennett, of cedar rapids, beat her republican challenger. b the vote with harry foster taking 33 percent. republican ashley hinson received 63 percent of the vote to fill the house district 67 seat. speaker kraig paulsen formerly held the seat. he did not seek re- election. republican incumbent ken rizer of cedar rapids won iowa's house district 68. he had 54 percent of the vote over democratic challenger molly donahue's 46 percent.

his challenger, republican steven van fleet ended with 36 percent. libertarian dave cork closed with seven percent. in a race that attracted some attention when the candidates emerged, amy nielsen has won house district 77 -- that's western johnson county. the democratic mayor of north liberty defeated republican royce phillips 57 to 42. in district 95, which covers rural linn and buchanan counties, republican louis zumbach, of coggon, keeps his seat. zumbach defeated dem to 42% in another race that drew plenty of attention in the region. and in district 96 - jones county - republican incumbent lee hein, of monticello, wins again. hein beat democratic challenger matt hanlon by 30 points as hein will return to the iowa legislature. do you have any pet questions? if so... we can answer them. if you have a question for doctor ryan steen call us

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midday. donald trump will be the next president of the united states. he beat democrat hillary clinton with 276 total electoral college votes. clinton public conceded during a speech earlier this morning. president obama will meet with trump at the white house tomorrow. he says the meeting is to update trump on the transition into the

back to washington for his 7th term in office. he beat democratic challenger patty judge in last night's election. judge said that she doubts she will run in another statewide race in iowa. now, one last look at this morning's weather, justin. today is shaping up to be yet another beautiful day. we'll have lots of sunshine and highs in the upper 50s. clear skies continue blue sky is here again tomorrow, and it'll be warmer and breezy with highs in the middle 60s. we'll drop back down to the 50s on friday and saturday, and then start off next week near 60. our only rain chance in the next nine days - and it's a small one - comes on tuesday. our normal highs drop into the 40s in just a few days, and we'll be above

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