Now an update to a story fox28 news has been following for weeks. North liberty citizens addressed a potential gun ban tonight the council took a step to resolve the issue. Fox 28 News Reporter dora miller is live right now in North Liberty with the update. The Council Members decided ey would d t create a resolution. Instead in a discussion the city determined the Recreation Center and the library will have to revise their policies banning weapons. We did hear from the blic, but the council did most of the talking tonight. Some Council Members say they want to be sure they are legally allowed to ban weapons, without going against ate codes. Other members on the board argued that everything should be left alone since the waters have been muddied with questions about state codes, determining what is City Property and concealed carry. After california, what were nding is that more and more lawenforcement officials are saying if you have a permit, please carry. As others have best they can but they respond, theyre not proactive. Proactive. Iowa code does say that schools and parks are weapons free zones. That will be upheld. The council says they do want everyone to feel safe, so this issue has to stay on the top of their minds. For now, though, most people smed happy. Coveringng the corridor in North Liberty, dora miller, fox28 cbs2 news. Dora thanks. Gun stocks have soared since president Obamas Oval Office address sundnd. Shares of smith and wesson as well as sturm and ruger jumped more than five percent yesterday. Both companies have seen doubledigit stock hikes since the shooting in san bernardidi. Mass shootings tend to boost us gun sales, particularly when the president talks about addressing gun violence. Sunday night, he asked congress to make it harder for people on e governrnnts nofly list to buy guns. New details continue to emerge shooting investigation. Investigation. Syed farook and his wife Tashfeen Malik murdered 1 1people and injured 21others. Fox 28 news has learned farook took out a 28 thousand dollar cash the fbi also says malik attended a middle eastern seminary known for its antiwestern views. Investigators say malik praised isis on facebook just before the attack. Police in philadelphia are trying to nd the suspects behind a hate crime at an islamic center. Surveillance video shows a red pick up Truck Driving around the Al Aqsa Islamic Center on sunday. The video also shows two men inside the truck throwing a roasted pigs head at the building. Officers say they are taking the incident very seriously. Managers say they are worried the next incident could be a pipe bomb. Donald trump meanwhile is defending his controversial comments on banning muslims from entering the u. S. He says failure to block muslims would style attack. Many of trumps supporters are standing behind him saying recent terrorist attacks motivated them to support trumps proposed policy. But, many prominent republicans are now joining democrats in condemning trump. This is not conservatism, what was proposed yesterday is not what this party stands for and more importantily y is not what this country stands for. For. Trump says his plan would only be temporary until the u. S. Can figure out who is coming into the country. Despite the criticism m against trump, he is not falling in the polls. Donald trump leads in nearly every national survey, including the latest from New Hampshire which shows him getting a 10point bump after the remarks. Remarks. As fox 28 news reported last night, in iowa, trump has a commanding lead over the rest of the gop field. The heated debate over protecting e us from terrorists continues. New fear of terroists getting into the country by using fake passports. Fox 28 news senior thumananas more. More. Its still not clear how some terrorists involved in pulling off the deadly attacks in paris in november obtained passports. The authenticity of those documents coming out of syria is now racheting up concerns on capitol hill over americas Visa Waiver Program. Sen. Richard blumenthal 56 we certainly have a vulnerability to the 45 million stolen, lost or forged passports around the world. Trt 09sen. Jeff sessionsin 1 08 i dont think we have any confidence that we can identify bogus passports effectively. Trt 05thousands of phony passports have circulated in the middle east for years. But the ones of most concern are not fakes. [steve emerson ipt]in sot 1 46 these are rere passports, they pass l the credential and biometric tests. Trt 07how did terrorists get there hands om real passports . [emerson probably around 7 cities considered consular cities that issued passports ad in those cities they had tens of thousands of passports that fell into rebel hands. Oc rebel handstrt 13steven emerson with the investigative oject on terrororm says government sources have told him theres no way to gurantee the true identity of people coming out of syria with passports in hand and lawmakers have the same impressisi. [sen. Blumenthal] 1 05 thats the reason the Visa Waiver Program needs to be drastically scrutinized. 1 11im scott thuman reporting the house today passed the Visa Wavier Program which amends visa travel practices. It cracks down on visafree travel and makes a series of other changes like requiring countries to share counter terrorisisinformrmion and makes sure travellers are checked against interpol databases. The 14yearold accused of killing a cedar rapids teen guilty. As part of a plea deal today, robert humbles pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter. He was originally charged with firstdegree murder. Police say humbles killed 15yearololaaron richardson this summer. Humbles is now in the linn county juvenile Detention Center. Hell be sentenced in Juvenile Court and will remain in the Detention Center until he is 18 years old. Now in the hands of the jury. Jury. Today during closing arguments the defense focused on cusics mental state when he attacked his mother with a crow bar nearly nearly three years ago. Cusics l lyer denied the prosecutions claims that he intentionally committed murder. Prosecutors said he knew exactly what he was doing and planned it when he left the room to get the crow bar. Fox 28 news will be back in Court Tomorrow and wil bring you the verdict once we learn it. In cedar rapids, rapids,one person is recovering from injuries after a fourcar pile up on collins road. Cedar Rapids Police tell fox 28 news, authorities were avenue north east at about six tonight. One person was ticketed for failure to maintain control of their vehicle. O one else was hurt. State lawmakers continue to review contracts contractsof private companies wishing to manage the states medicaid program. Program. Today, federal officicis from the c cters for medicare and Medicaid Services began a fourday tour of iowa. They will make the final check of governor branstads privatization plan. Many iowans, living with disabilities or health conditions, are seeking to delay the plan, or dismantle it all together. They definitely heard us i know ive talked to several legislators and they saiaithis was that cms has said this was unprecedented for any state to have people to call that we have. Shouse, whwhlives with a disability herself, says hearing that is encouraging and she believes the change will be delayed until the next cbs 2 news is learning that the state of iowa wais looking to take legal action against the Cedar Rapids School district. District. A new report by the iowa deparment of Natural Resources shows some students and staff may have been exposed to asbestos during renovations at Washington High School last year. The dnr says the state is also considering action against abatement specialties, the cedar rapids firm responsible for removing the asbestos. The report says the potential exposure occured three times during the school year. The School District says safety is their top priority and they are cooperating with the dnr. Keeping the grinch away from your door step. Step. Next on fox 28 news,the simple steps you can take to keep your holiday packages out of the hands of thieves. Its called a rigged economy, and this is how it works. Most new wealth flows to the top 1 . Its a system held in place by corrupt politics where wall street banks and billionaires buy elections. My campaign is powered by y er a million smalalcontributions, people like you who want to fight back. The truth is you cant change a corrupt system by taking its money. Im bernie sanders. I approve this message. Tomorrow on fox28 morning live, a cleaning expert shares tips on how to most efficiently clean your home as you get your house in tip top shape for friends and family visiting over the holidays holidayseven how to freshen up ur house on a momemes notice, its all tomorrow on fox 28 morning live. This holiday seas is expected to rack up records for giving christmas gifts. Fed ex alone anticipates shipping more than 300 million packages. Packages. But there are grinches working overtime during the season. Millions of americans report packages being stolen right after they were deliveved. Delivered. Fox 28 News Reporter matt hammill spent the evening postal investigators about what you can do. Matt. The good news is there are more options than ever to stop thieves. The bad news is its a very easy crime to commit and its a holiday surprise nobody wants s right before christmas. Rumble rumble rumble with millions of packages on the move for christmas unfortunately it means millions of chances for ieves. As morerepackages are being mailed out because of Online Shopping theres more opportunity for peole to realize hey i can go fishing. Fishing on front porches. Shopping on line means all those presents go to your house or apartment. If youre at work they sit for hours in plain sight. Home security videos from all over the country show gifts being snatched in a matter of seconds. Seconds. Somebody can pull up or run up and grab the packages and jump back in the car and drive away. Cedar Rapids Police are already case. They suggest havingng itemem shipped to work if your employer allows it. At a time when tracking technology can tell you the day sometimes the hour your gifts will arrive make sure you a frfrnd or neighbor is there. And the retailer may help too you know if you order something through an online store but they have a local store, see if it could be sent ththe. Then you could pick it up there. Finally your shipper or post office may have options to hold your packages. And one of those is signature delivery confirmation, so that way it wont be left there a slipwill beleft and yoll have to go pick it up and somebody will have to sign for that package. 6 29 02 . Dont let it sit on your porch. Police s s keep in mimi if packages are sitting on your porch its like telling thieves nobodys home and thats when they might not just take whats on the porch hammill fox 28 news we often think of allergies as an issue for warmer months, but winter allergies s n leave you itchchand sneezy. Doctors say the culprits are not your typical outdoor issues like tree pollens. Instead, its indoor allergens like dustites and pet dander. Regardless of the trigger, you can use the same treatments that you do for summer allergens. And for dust, covering up is important. Covers on the mattress, pillow, boxspring, can really make a difference if youre allergic to the dust mites. Washing in hot water also helps. Helps. Experts say Pay Attention to your symptoms like runny nose and sneezing and always consult your dodoor dear future, please help. The present is kind of a scary place. I have no money, no job, no clothes. I feel completely helpless. But i hear good things about you, future. Like ill have hair, and friends, and books and music. For lynns family, the big stress is payingfour hundred dollars a month in medical and drug costs for aidan. For other families its higher deductibleses premiums and copays that keep adding up. Thats why weve got to crack down on price gouging, cap outofpocket costs, and fast track approval of less expensive generic drugs. Because weve got to get Health Care Costs under control for lynns family and for yours. Straight ahead on fox 28 news, just how bad distracted driving is getting and why the every year thousands of americans die in accidents caused by distracted driving. Driving. A new survey shows most people know texting and checking email while behind the wheel is dangerous but a growing number of drivers are still doing it. Kenneth craig reports. Reports. Steff demaya is learning how to walk all over again. nat steff demaya accident victim thats where they cut it. Her leg was was injured and lar amputated after she crashed her car. She admits she was distracted, and reaching for her ringing cell phone. sotsteff demaya accident victim i reached down to grab it on the floor board. Just that quick. The number of distracted driving deaths continues to climb. standup Kenneth Craig cbs News New York but even though many drivers cognzie how distracting cell phones can be behind the wheel and support measures to crackdown on using them. New data shows the problem is only getting worse. sot chris mullen state farm dir. Of technology resesrch if you know this to be didiracting, why are yououoing it. vo these additional activities are troubling. gfx the number of people texting while driving has remained relatively stable since 2009 but it shows more than ttce as many drivers surf the internet. vo reading emails and checking social media accounts while driving are also up. sot chris mullen statearm dir. Of Technology Research one thing we could glean from this survey. The increase inin smart phone ownership butted so they have the opportunity for more functions like visiting the internet, reading emails. Weve seen the emergence of people taking pictures and video with their ll phones while driving. Experts are warning drivers to think twice about their devices so they dont become part of the growing number of drivers injured or killed while distracted behind the wheel. That was Kenneth Craig reporting. The survey also found that 51percent of Drivers Program their gps while driving. Next on fox 28 news,the new tool to help fight Sexual Assault in the corridor. Corridor. Plus, the small eastern iowa town at the candidates agenda. Fox 28 news at nine will continue in two minutes. I love a gourmet cheeseburger as much as anybody. And thats why we created the pub burger at culvers. My favorite cheeseburger starts with great beef. When you get that burger in your hand and chef, were going to make a pepper grinder pub burger. Im stoked, man. Weve got a little wisconsin swiss and wisconsin cheddar. Those are the criteria for me esh beef, bacon, wisconsin cheese. The fourpeppercorn mayo really sets this burger apart. This is the ultimate bacon cheeseburger. Our new pepper grinder pub burger. Right now on fox 28 news, the university of iowa hopes a new space will help them continue the fight against sexual vivience. Its called the soft space and it is housed at the ui police department. Department. Fox 28 News ReporterMellaney Moore gives us a look. Look this is what some of the interview spaces at the university of Iowa Police Department look like. David visin interim assistant Vice President , director of public safety18 21 42 instead of being some place thats a sterile environment, very institutional, we try to create a place where theyre comfortable. Uipd says this new soft interview space is designed to help survivors of Sexual Violence come forward and express themselves. David visin interim assistant Vice President , director of public safety18 20 12 when we hav victims of trauma they the chemicals of the brain affect whats going on, their memories, there are certain ways you can improve the recollection of the details of the crime. There are 12 elements in the rooms design that agagcies hope will make that easisi to do. Like dimmed lighting, weighted blankets and white noise. Jen carlson, rvap executive director18 44 06 if we can create an environment that is warm, compassionate and empathetic that allows survivors totohelp counter that neurobiological response, which is a high trauma, high anxiety, also with some memory recall issues. The Rape Victim Advocacy Program says that kind of environment and response leads to more and better information. The department used the room for the first time in late november, thanks to partnerships with other university organizations. 18 34 55 part of the reason and rationale behind the project was that acknowledgme nt by Law Enforcement and Advocacy Services that the environment in a Police Station is not always the most conducive for victims of crime. Visin says seseal assault is a problem on College Campuses d crime. 18 24 55 anything we can do to improve a survivors propensity to come forward to Law Enforcement so we can prosecute this crimes. In iowa city, Mellaney Moore, fox 28 news Mellaney Moore reporting. Uipd tells fox 28 news the room is open to other surrounding Law Enforcement if they need that kind of space. A new list is naming the safest cities in the state, and waukon is on it. It. Safewise dot com says waukon is the Safest Community in iowa. The website used Violent Crime stats from the fbis 2013 report. Other eastern iowa cities to make the top 15 include new hampton at number four. Williamsburg and decorah rank fifth and eighth respectively. Mount vernon is 14th. Iowa city is one of the best College Towns according totowallethub. Wallethub. Ic was third on the websites list of best small College Towns. Those are coege communities with people. Wallethub used categories like quality of education and crime stats to determine its rankings. Fellow big ten city, n arbor, michigan was number one for best small College Towns. Rose bowl fever still has hawk fans packing for pasadena. Pasadena. The rose bowl itself started selling tickets this morning through ticketmaster and they went fast. A quick check shows only a few tickcks left starting at around 18 hundred dollars. Stub hub still has some Tickets Available starting at 575 dolalrs. University of Iowa Athletic DepartmentOfficials Say season Ticket Holders can expect to pay about 150 dollars. They can apply online chipotle is facing scrutiny again after dozens of Boston College students got sick after eating at the restaurant. Today, the college said at least 80 students have checked into Student Health services after eating at a chipotle nearby. A chipotle Spokesman Says the illness is norovirus and not related to an ecoli outbrere thats been reported in 9 states. Still, students say theyre shocked at how fast this illness spread. One of our friends was in the infirmary with a concussion and she said when she walked out there were like ten people in the waiting room, all with buckets, all throwing up from chipotle. Chipotle. The Massachusetts Department of Public Health is investigating. Chipotle stock has been dropping since the e coco outbreak. The nations highest court will continue hearing arguments that could change the way legislative districts are drawn. Drawn. The case centers around a texas ruling seseing to change legislative districts so they are represented by the when the state drew boundries, it chose to draw them considering the size of towns, not number of eligible voters. That could change the balance of power a single voter has in a district. Fox 28 news has the latest information on keota hopes for hillarya twitter campapan launched in effort to bring the president ial candidate to the small rural town. It started in a sociology class of three students. Students. Former senator Rick Santorum already visited the school earlier this school year. And at a coralville event in november, clinton gave them a verbal commitment to visit. Now, theyre awaiting her official appearance and their school is getting more attention for what theyre fighting for. For. Fox 28 News Reporter steffi lee explains the issues sparking the passion. Passion. Its going to put 3 million on us that were goininto put on the citizeze. Keota mayor tony cansler says his town faces a financial crisis with epa regulations and their contacd us saying we werent in standard or in compliance and changes were going to have to be made. Thats one of many problems they face in the heartland. Keota sociologys project to bring president ial candidates to their high school already put these concerns on the campan trail. On tuesday it was democrat martin ooalleys turn. Students say they want the next president to promise dollars will be divided into the right programs. Maybe Something Like ap courses that we dont offer. I mean theyre available to us but our school doesnt offer them. Chemistry is a class a lot of chemistry is a class a lot of people need for college and we dont have a Science Teacher to teach chemistry. Freshman ianna duwa wants to study nursing after graduating but shakes her head at how lab time doesnt exist. I like to learn with a teacher showing me what to do so that kind of scares me yes i have a younger brother and its just interesting because the reason i took physics was to try to get a head start. But the idea of getting a head start in this town is just dream for many down the road no matter how much they embrace the a Small Community like this, presents opportunities that you cant get anywhere else. I dont know if its a first but for quite some time thth is the most attention that weve had. In keota, steffi lee, fox 28 news. The students from keota sociology say they want to launch another Twitter Campaign soon with the hahatag studentssaving schools. The goal is to bring state leaders into the conversation. This is Computer ScienceEducation Week and to promte the subject, the Cedar Rapids School district is s partnering th imagination iowa to teach code. Code. Throughout this week, hundreds of students from several schools have the opportunity to participate in whats called hour of code. Organizers say while coding is easy for some, its a challenge for others. Nevertheless, the language of Computer Science is an allaround important topic. So it looks like a game and it loooo like its just fun but the reality is there is a lot of learning happening. So you can see the code thats being written and really dots. The students are alal getting the opportunity to go on tours of local businesses and receive guidance for their college planning. Fox 28 news has learned that radio personality bob bruce is returning to eastern iowas airwaves. Airwaves. Ext month, newstalk radio 1540 kxel in waterloo will add the bob bruce radio experience to its line up. You can catch the show weekdays from two to ve. Five. Bruce had long been on the air at wmt in cedar rapids. He left for a job in omaha less than a year ago. Kxel Program Director jeff stein says adding live, local programming is one of the statioios top priorities. Rivarly week coming up on fox 28 28george niang had a lot of things to say about cyhawk we why he els the cylones will get their third d straight win in the series seriesplus smellin roses why this bowl bid is a little extra special for kirk if i only went two and two with iowa, i mean, whats the point of playing . Obviously the goal is to threeandone d we obviously want to beat them and continue our hot streak. Must be rivarly week on the hardwood the cyhawk series tips off thursday and for the past two years its been a cyclone state in fact iowa state has beaten iowa 5 out of the last 6 times george niang is 2 and 1 against the hawks averaging just under 18 points per game he loves the rivalrlrso much so last year he blew a mia obrien found out has much more to say about the cyhawk series lets cut right to the chase and ask for your thoughts on the iowa game how subdued you want to be or how flamboyant . Flamboyant . Uhhhhhh its not that george niang doesnt respect the hawkeyes. Hawkeyes. They really have a rhyme or reason for everything that they do and everything is precise. Its just. Well. I feel like a lot of us arent even from the state of iowa and we feel the rivalry and i dont wanna say hatred but. Dislike towards. That other school theyre just different differentwere sorta like free flowing. Our coach isist really getting on us to get in a certain position like Fran Mccaffrey would be. They heckle more than other fans i think thats the biggest thin that gets me riled up. And niang has responded accordingly its all out of good fun, i feel like i just have a competitve nature and thats just me i dont really hold the hawks wont be holding back either i expect them to come in and try and make it a blood bath to be honest with you. And im sure you guys are gonna put all this trash talk that im doing now everywhere so its gonna be great Bulletin Board material im sure theyre gonna give us more than their best shot the panthersrsgot a big road win in virginia 73 to 65 over george mason uni had the lead for nearly 39 minutes Paul Jesperson and wes washpun dropped in a game high 19 points. The panther road tour continues saturday at new mexico. In 1981 kirk ferentz was 26 years old and in his first year as an assistant under hayen fry tt was the e e fifit me the head hawk made it to the rose bowl hes back again but its another first for capitan kirk this trip is his first as a head coach which is pretty crazy to think about considering all the success wanted nothing more to get him there. We have a special team with these guys and we are happy we could do that for coach ferentz. We know hes been here a while and hasnt got to be the head coach of a Rose Bowl Team and hopefully we can get that win on january first and make it even better. Bebeer. Its like your kids, they have all been great, but this ones pretty good. We thought we were going for sure in 2002, every one thought we were going and it didnt work out. So, to finally get at invitation, its really special. Special. What a year its been for kirk ferentz a perfect regualar season, the big 10 west title, a trip to their first big 10 championship game and along the way he was named the big 10s coach of the year yesterday he took home the afca region 3 coach of the year and today he added another the head hawk was named the woody hayes coach of the year anthe accolades continue to pile up for desmond king as well the big 10s defensive back of the year was tabbed by usa today as a First Team Allamerican king was one on the first team. And still to come on fox 28we hit the hardwood it was a battle of unbeatens at wash who dabbed their way to victory thats after the if youre doing everything right but find it harder and hararr to get by, youre not alone. While our people work longer hours for lower wages, almost all new income goes to the top 1 . My plan make wall street banks and the ultrarich pay their fair share of taxes, provide living wages for working people, ensure equal pay for women. Im bernie sanders. I approve this message because together, we can make a Political Revolution and create an economy and democracy that worksksor all nigh it and night out its a battle on the court in the mvc tonight was no different undefeated cedar rapids washington hosting undefeated cedar falls the tigers areranked 13th in 5a warriors wanting to protect home court courtand wash was fired up jahkneequa clark dabbin before the gamereilly johnson sees the dab and raises johnson gets the hoop and the harm dar falls jumped out to and early leadwash would battle back jessie puk coast to coast and 1 but the tigers were too much mma gerdes works it down low to cynthia wolf she banks it home as cedar falls gets the win 63 to 52 staying in the mvc xavier hosting iowa city west both team ranked in their respected clclsesjump to the third maddie fay rolls in a three for west but xavier can get it and go hannah helms pushes it ahead to maddie kadlick she banks it home for twobut the women of troy were just one step ahead all night off the steal Rachel Saunders finds logan cook for the easy layup west wins 62 to 31 it was a quick turn around for the mount vernon Boys BasketballTeam Remember a bunch of them were just playg football ithe undome but now their sights were set on hoopin hoopinmustangs hosting the bobcats from western dubuque but the bobcats came back in the third gregory bennent slices through the lane for twomt vernon would answer connor herrman dials Long Distance and connects from deep stangs go up 9but the bobcats would come all the way back. Alec wolfcool making moves down low and western ubuque wins a close one 52 to 50 elsewhere in the wamac, solon hosting central dewittand this one was all spartans First Quarter brevin hill drops in the jumperthen ststeter mcilravy with the no look dime to Adam Runyan Solon in cruise controlthen later in the quarter halston durr to mcilravy silky smooth on the jay spartans stay perfect 67 to45. Thats a check of sports terry has a last check of your forecast when the fox 28 news at nine returns. Hello. Im mark hymandid the us help create isis . The growth of isis got a boost following the administrations illfated arab Spring Campaign to topple certain arab leaders. Among those targeted were libyas muammar gadhafi. Egypts hosni mubarak. And syrias bashir alasad. Each was a brutal leader. But they generally ran secular governments. Islamic extremism was kept under control. Israeli officials didnttlike syrias leader. Or his father. The previous president. Hafez alasad. But they knew what they had. And they were experienng a tense peace with their neighboring enemem whwh worried israelis was who would follow the asads. Now we know. There are several reports the us was secretly training and arming isis to oust asad. Additional reports suggest us ofofcials were in benghazi to ship libyan arms to syrian fighters. Behind the headlines reported exclusively on one of the reasons for our reportedly there to recover thousands of shoulderfired. Surfacetoairmissiles. Looted from libyan armories. Now the pentagon ig is investigating whistleblower claims by 50 intelligence analysts that intel reports s were altered. The analysts allege their reports were changed to support the administrations narrative downplaying the isis threat. In an email directive,. Analysts were told to toe tt lili. Case in point,. President barack obama announced isis had been contained only hours before the group aughtered 130 in paris. So we ask. Does the us bear some responsibility for creating the isis monster . To comment, go to behind the headlines dot net. Im mark thanks for watching your fox 28 news at nine. Have a great nigig