Increase in services for the homeless down here. The shelter will be open in the mornings during the week from 9 until 1130. Thatll go until about midmarch. They will offer coffee and a light breakfast. Right now johnson homeless shelter, shelter house. But last year Service Providers started a temporary emergency overnight shelter. They served more than 100 different people last year. So when this day shelter opens there will be three shelters operating in the area. Continues to be a hot button issue particularly in iowa city. Two years ago there were Homeless People sleeping in city hall to stay warm. Since then weve really seen an up tick in services. And this new day shelter will really be a first of its kind. In iowa city, mark carlson, kcrg tv nine news. Nearly four dozen Iowa National guard soldiers are back in the state after helping flood victims in missouri. They were in high ridge, just southwest of st. Louis, floodwaters contaminated a Water Treatment plant. The soldiers helped with Water Purification and transportatio n. More than 10 inches of rain fell there last week, causing serious flooding in several communities. Nearly four dozen Iowa National guard soldiers are back in the state after helping flood victims in missouri. They were in high ridge, just southwest of st. Louis, where floodwaters contaminated a Water Treatment plant. The soldiers helped with Water Purification and transportatio n. More than 10 inches of rain fell there last week, causing serious flooding in several communities. North korea announced today it has successfully created and tested a hydrogen bomb. But the white house says an underground analysis of with an h bomb. White house spokesperson josh earnest says the Us Government is trying to claims. Theres nothing that occurred in the past 24 hours that has caused the Us Government to change our assessment of north koreas technical and military capabilities. Council test, and said it plans to pursue new sanctions country. The Council Called an emergency closeddoor meeting. A number of president ial candidates campaigning in iowa responded to the announcement by sharing their Foreign Policy platforms. Kim jong un is a little unpredictable. We need to be doing everything including working with the chinese who seem to have a little more influence on him. Last nights nuclear test underscores why, if im elected president , on the very first day in office i will rip Iranian Nuclear deal north korea needs to be back on the list of statesponsored terror. They should never have been removed to begin with. Of course, the republican president ial candidates continue to criss cross the state hoping to gain support for next months caucuses. And jeb bush is bolstering his team by adding 100 additional people. His Campaign Said the list includes current and former elected officials and other grassroots bush is planning a Campaign Trip through iowa next week. Anyone who wants to register for the first democratic telecaucus in iowa must do so by tonight. The telecaucus will take place at seven pm on february first at the same time as the regular precinct caucuses. It is open to members of the military who are serving outside iowa and to iowans who are living abroad. The deadline to register is 11 59 tonight. Weve included a link to the democratic partys website on kcrg dot com. Starting next school year, students who dont read at their grade level may have to repeat third grade. Its because of iowas new reading and retention law, which lawmakers passed in 2012. Last school year, more than one fifth of iowa third graders failed a standardized test in reading. So lawmakers decided to address the problem by requiring any 3rd grader deemed substantially deficient in reading to attend a summer the law goes into effect next school year. So the first class of students it will impact is in second grade now. Kcrgtv9s Dave Franzman is in our cedar rapids newsroom. Dave, what are educators doing to get these now second graders ready to pass their reading tests next year in third grade . Beth, cedar rapids schools began working on ways to improve reading a year ago last fall. Some of it seems rather simple. For instance second graders who, will be in 3rd grade next year when the rule begins, had recess time cut just a bit so they could spend more time on reading. Reading aloud cedar rapids schools test students for reading proficiency three times a year. A score at the substantial deficiency level will result in a letter like this to parents. Schools will create an intervention plan both for parents and for the teacher to use in the classroom. Twenty four percent of 3rd graders in cedar rapids were deficient last year but administrators believe that we saw good results from fall to spring that our kids did make nice growth so i anticipate that 24 percent of third graders not proficiency last spring will be lower this spring. 3rd graders who dont meet the reading standards in spring of 2017 can stay with their class if they take part in a Summer School reading program. Tonight at six, more details about iowas reading and retention law and the potential impact in the classroom. And well talk to a classroom teacher about the pressure to make sure her students avoid getting held back. Live in the newsroom, Dave Franzman kcrg tv9 news. Police say counterfeit bills are circulating throughout iowa city and cedar rapids. But they say its easy to spot a fake by paying attention to one thing about the bills. Stretches tonight as a wintry mix moves into the area. Travel conditions need to be monitored through the Morning Hours with some slow going possible. With the mercury climbing into the middle 30s thursday the precipitation falls as rain before a mix snow transition later friday into saturday. The first cold, arctic blast of the year arrives on schedule sunday, dropping highs into the Single Digits and wind chill tonight wintry mix; fog late low 2733 winds se 515tomorrow rain likely high 3339 winds se 515tomorrow night rain snow likely low 3036 winds se 515friday rain snow likely high 36 low 33 saturday chance of snow high 30 low 27 sunday clearing and windy high 8 low 4 monday partly cloudy high 12 low 1 tuesday chance of snow high 16 low 4 low 1 an update from congress this hour. Congress has sent legislation to president Barack Obamas desk repealing his Signature Health care law. There have been dozens of previous repeal attempts in the house and the senate. Todays vote in the house marks the first time the bill will make it all the way to the white house. The legislation also cuts federal funding for planned parenthood. President obama plans to veto the bill. A North Liberty jeweler whos in the us on a twoyear visa is trying to visit his ailing mother in the netherlands. But hes running into some Serious Problems going back because of that visa. Harold van beek has been struggling to become a us citizen for years. Find out whats preventing him from seeing his dying mother tonight on tv nine news at six. A government labor board says penford products Parent Company may have violated federal law in its contract negotiations. Thats after union protests at the cedar rapids plant last year. The Powerball Jackpot is the been in nearly a year. And people in cedar rapids are optimistic about their chances. Stay with your 24 hour city leaders in marion are criticizing a deal the Cedar Rapids City Council made to keep a business from moving to marion. Last month, the Cedar Rapids Council voted 5 to 3 to approve a 506thousand dollar tax break for terex. Terex is an Equipment Manufacturing company. The tax break helped the company pay lower rent and buy Office Furniture as a new tenant in the Fountains Development in northeast cedar rapids. Tax break, it would have moved its 50 jobs out of cedar rapids into marion. This is video of their old location. At the time of the vote, cedar rapids mayor ron corbett said he didnt want marion and hiawatha to continue luring away businesses with tax city manager said the city wasnt planning to give terex any a building doesnt add taxable value. And marions economic the tax break a dangerous precedent. Linn county Public Health is running out of space. So the county supervisors plan to discuss what to do about it on monday. A leading proposal includes putting up a new building on a vacant, county owned lot on seventh street southeast. Its the site of the options of linn county building that the 2008 flood destroyed. The National Labor Relations Board says it has found enough evidence to issue a complaint against penfords parent says the its contract negotiations with the union at the cedar rapids plant. The labor board has offered ingredion a for the company to respond. More than 150 Union Members ingredions last contract offer. Theyre now working towards a new contract. People throughout the country are lining up chance at the biggest prize in nearly a year. That chance is slim. The odds of winning are one in 292 million. The payout if someone does win is an estimated 500 million dollars. With those winnings, nasa shows you could launch a shuttle into space and still have 50 million left. Regardless of the unlikely odds, people in the cedar rapids area are thinking positively. My winning ticket, hey what would i do . I would make sure all the people that are out here with signs have nice warm blankets and nice shoes for the winter. Place at 9 59 tonight. Eastern iowa Law Enforcement are looking for someone whos been printing fake bills. Police have already confiscated dozens of counterfeit bills. And hear why they think there are still more out there in the cedar rapids and iowa city areas. Thats next here on Eastern Iowa Police officers are looking for some adventurous criminals who have a stack of paper and a laser printer. Both the iowa city and Cedar Rapids Police departments 100dollar bills. Today, the Cedar Rapids Police department announced it has collected more than 3thousand dollars in fake money. And Iowa City Police have taken at least three reports from businesses whove also received the fake bills. Kcrgtv9s brady smith joins us live from the Iowa City Police department. Brady, any leads on whats going on . Iowa city police say finding fake 100 dollar bills is a rare thing. We got to see them upclose, and its easy to see the counterfeiters printed them on regular paper. But police say there are even easier ways for businesses to protect themselves from fake money. At vitos on 42nd, taking cash from customers is a regular part of business. 24 04 10 a lot of people will pay with a 50 or 100; its very common, on a daily basis. Manager sara hewitt says these days, most of their patrons pay with cards. But for the 10 to 15 percent of money they take as cash, theyre always on the lookout for fakes. Hewitts triedandtrue trick for hundreds hold them up to the light. If you see Ben Franklins face, youre in the green. 23 34 41 we do have a detector pen that we can mark to real. Lieutenant Mike Brotherton demonstrates how those detector pens work. 42 09 13 on this bill here, if i mark it, it turns brown. Thats one of the counterfeit bills theyve found. Take the marker to a real bill, and the mark shows up yellow. 39 45 51 most of the ones we have received, theyre going with the same serial numbers, so we can compare that. Brotherton says businesses can also buy black light machines that reveal hidden stripes only found on real currency. He says either way, its a good idea for Business Owners and managers to educate their employees, as accepting a fake 100 dollar bill can lead to a significant loss. 40 16 21 once you turn it into the bank, the bank checks the 100 bills, and they will take it out of circulation and youre just out the money. Way to check it yourself, but youre still not sure, to call police. He says investigators from cedar rapids and go over security footage from stores where the bills have been used. He believes this counterfeiting operation is not based in iowa city or even eastern iowa, but likely out of state in a bigger city. In cedar rapids, brady smith, kcrg tv9 news. Now heres a look at some of what youll see at 5 30 on abc. Coming up here, the weather emergency. Cars submerged, caving in around the weight of the water, customers screaming. Also, the criminal investigation now into a chipotle. And powerball, we have a list of the numbers most often drawn. Lets go back to joe now for a wont be able to get back to his sick mother in the netherlands. And one official says be careful before you join a lottery pool for tonights 500million dollar Powerball Jackpot. Tonight at 6. Watch for some slick spots and stretches tonight as a wintry mix moves into the area. Travel conditions need to be monitored through the Morning Hours with some slow going climbing into the middle 30s thursday the precipitation falls as rain before a mix snow transition later friday into saturday. The first cold, arctic blast of the year arrives on schedule sunday, dropping highs into the Single Digits and wind chill values near 20. Tonight wintry mix; fog late low 2733 winds tonight, the world headline. North korea claiming they have tested a hydrogen bomb. Tonight, the seismic activity. The announcement on north korean state tv. The bravado, celebrating the detonation. But this evening, what the white house is now saying. The weather emergency here at home. The storms hitting, one right after the other. Cars submerged. The restaurant wall caving in. Customers screaming, and were there. The new turn tonight. There is now a criminal investigation into an outbreak at chipotle. More than 230 customers sickened at one restaurant alone. The showdown over the patdown. The 10yearold girl and the tsa search at the airport. Her father recording the whole tonight, hes furious