Normally. Obviously in december you dont see a whole lot of people typically wearg dresses. But its not necessarily for style. Style. By wearing a dress s we can hopefully raise awareness of human trafficking, not only in the world but here locally. For 31 days, dress a day is supposed to spark questions in an effort to educate. Educate. This is the official dressember dress. And its been working. Working. Often the response is ive never heard of that and thats a great opvortunity for myself to share about dresseseer. Essember. People think its iowa, its a small town, a small state, its pretty safe but theres actually a lot of trafficking victims that are taken through the state of iowa. Bybyearing the dresses, theyre not only taking a stand, theyre supporting an effort already in place. All the items you see here are made by women, rescued from trafficking and they made these in the sewing center nepal. Nepal. They make is so that the women can have a choice being a trafficking victim, they can give them a chance to get a job, to pay them money so they earn enough money so theyve got income from themselves. Themselves. I cant always go out to the field or have tons of money to give out so juju anything i can do, i would love to just step out and do it. The goal is to raise one thousand dollars for the International Justice mission. And to help fund rescue initiatives for women and children in human trafficking. Dora miller, cbs 2 we now know the name of the man manwho started shooting at people inside a North Carolina mall on Christmas Eve. Authorities say 18yearold Daquan Westbrook was shot and killed by an offduty police officer. Witnesses say westbrook started shoing at someone inside the mall yesterday fternoon. Investigators believe the violence was sparked by happened last week. Four other people were injured,they are all expected to be o. K. In the race for the white hohoe. House. Two o esidential hopefuls will be in eastern iowa next week. Week. On monday new Jersey Governor Chris Christie will make a couple stops. The first will be in dubuque for a town hall at noon before ending his day in daveveort. On tuesday the republican will be in the corridor. Christie will visit the hamburg inn down in iowa city and the fieldhouse in cedar rapids. Right now christie is in the middleof thepack in ththgop race. Democrat Martin Omalley will also be in eastern iowa monday he will be stumping in waterloo and tama. The stops are a part of a foday swing g ththugh the Hawkeye State for the former marlyland governor. His first event in iowa is sunday in des moines. Omalley is in third among the three democrats running. Tens of housands packed saint Peters Square for Pope Franciss traditional christmas message to the world. He condemned brutal acts of end to war and human suffering. Specifically, he mentioned the syrian refugee crisis. The pope also spoke of those closest to his heart, the poor and disadvantaged. Many took the popes message to heart in fact, the Catholic Charity feeds ovov 200,000 Homeless People on christmas day. During the holidays, buying gifts for your family can add up. Cbs 2 News Reporter steffifi lee e shows us h h one local high school is helping those who might not have a lot to spend still wake up to gifts under the tree. Tree. Austin you wanna help me get the rest of his buddy . As the presents keep coming. Coming. This isnt it just hang on. Even the ones who live for piles of gifts Christmas Morning its too heavy its too heavy . Know this bundle of joy wrapped up is more than they couldve ever asked for. For. I am 125 percent happy that theyre doing it i mean the way that theyrrhelping me out is g ging my kids a high schools Student Government adopted 20 veterans families for christmas to givthem financl relief this holiday season. The linn county veterans affairsrsprovided the veterans names so they could craft wish lists. Lists. Kind of a sad situation around christmas because of all,the advertisements and expectations. But genorosity goes a long way to transform sad situations there you go guys all thats yours too. Into meaningful and joyful moments. Moments. I i s so happy that way my kids g g good christmases this year. Each gift veteran justin randalls family gets to unwrap is a glimpse of hope. Hope. I probably uldve skipped a house payment or whatever to get my kids what they could have and thth try to make up the payments later on on we all want something thats purely a want, not a need, and a lot of the vets just have needs. The students bargained within their thirte thousand dollar budget s fun to watch them in class theyll go through the adsstocking up on clothes, appliances. Toothpaste i think was one this year r at really stuck out in my mind as a you dont really know what you have until you have it type of item. Showing even the smallest things help families like justins final have what they ne. Need. My familys happiness. Theres nothing more important. Covering the corridor in cr, steffi lee, cbs 2 news, ten at ten now ten at ten continues with a look at tonights other stories acroro the corridor. In cedar rapids,mission of hope opened its doors to give a warm meal to anybody who needed it. But today was actually the first time mission of hope cooked for folks on christmas day. Volunteers we caught up with say its worth giving up some time on christmas with their families to give back. This afternoon in iowa city, the Free Lunch Program also dished up dinner. Normally, the group serves food monday through saturday at noon. But organizers start about a month ahead of time thering what they need for the annual y meals. 60 volunteers worked in shifts to make all the fixings come together for 200 guests. In williamsburg, two kids are making sure that families in their area have a merry y christmas. Two years ago, joe and matty kueter noticed some kids in their class wore the same clothes to school day after day. So, they collected some of their clothes, and took them to school to the kids. Now, joe and mattys giving tree has expanded into a clothes and toy drive their family takes anonymous wish lists from familys who arent sure if they can afford gifts for christmas. If you didnt get what you wanted under the tree its ok, take comfort in knowing, ure not alone. Consumer reports estimates around 40 percent of americans try to return or exchange a gift they dont like. Some stores say that theyve seen an increase in shoplifters trying to return stolen items for cash. Experts say you should have a reciept if f ure tryingngo take back a gift. You should also keep the item in Police Departments across the corridor are warning people to be on the look out for con artists selling fake rose bowl tickets. Cedar Rapids Police have taken several reports of fake tickets being sold on craigslist. They say the seller is meeting people outside cedar rapids movie theaters, taking the money and gging t the fake tickets. In marion, some one is driving around a white car with Washington State license plates and is going doorto door selling fake tickets. If you encounter either of these people, police say, please give them a call meanwhile, some lucky hawkeye fans did find some real rose bowl tickets under their Christmas Tree this morning. This is some video that the rose bowls official twitter account retweeted today. Needless to say, they look ready to go. Go. Get yourself ready for the game with our 30minute road to the roses special which will air new years eve at that is cbs 2 news ten at ten the corridirs top stories and tomorrows weatatr first recast in the first ten minutes. Minutes. But we are just getting started. Coming up. Up. Mele kalikimaka the uni Mens Basketball Team wrapping up its tournament i i waii. How they fared Bernie Sanders passed more amendments in a Republican Congress than any other member. Cracked the e idlock with johohmccain to strengthen veterans healthcare. Bernie sanders. A consistent, principled, aneffective leader. Building a future to believe in. Us monday morning at 5 right here on cbs 2. Begin our counundown to 2016. From Patti Labelles pies to that one dress we take a look back at some of next on cbs two news. News. A new hope. A dying iowans wish to see the final ar wars movie, and the special people who transported the world have been flocking to theaters to see the 7th Star Wars Film the force awakens. but for one iowa fan, the wait for the new movie was especially difficult. Eric hanson shares his wish. Wish. For patients, one nighthtn the icu is one night too many. Nats this is the worst time of their lives. The guy in room 5 only knows hes somewhere in the triple digits. shawn norman icu patient its shawn norman is 28. He was a kid when Doctors First said noonan syndrome. shawn norman icu patient it can make you tired, it can make you weak, it can make you facece death. rita norman shawns mother its all heart related, its very complicated, its not very well known. Other than you spend a lot of time,e,dreamingng what youd do when you get out of the icu. Oh. Shawns mom couldnt singlehandedly grant his first wish electing donald trump. But a couple paramedics helped her with another. Busting him out, right past the white board where his big goal still read. get out of here to see star rs. tom norman shawns father thats kinda been a goal of his, every time he starts feeling down, or whatever we point at the board and say hey, we gotta get out, we got a couple more days, re getting close. Saturday morning, just after sunrise nats ill see you t tre ok . Shawn got a chauffeured ambulance ride to ankenys reserved one entire theater for the guy who was living, it seemed, to see this movie. rita norman shawns mother star wars was his anchor, his drive, his gotta get to see star wars. With his bed adjusted in the aisle and 26 loved ones around him shawn norman chose star wars as his last movie im thankful. The curtain rose and the coming attractions started. Which hurt. tom norman shawns father it does, it does. Because shawn had made it clear. This movie would be his last. rita norman shawns mother so thats what were doing, thats his wish, to go home, hes tired of beiei poked and d odded, he just wants to go home. By the time his face flickered with the return of his favorite character shawn norman chose star wars as his last movie i like han. The hospice nurse by his side hahaalready officially taken over. Natsthey were telling themselves this is what he wants. rita norman shawns mother its his wish, i have to. For 2 hours and 16 minutes, the guy whos already decided to donate his body to science soaked in every frame. rita rman shawns mother were making memomoes, and not everybody gets to do that. Once the lights came up, the guy on the stretcher was so exhausted, he mustered only a twoword review shawn norman star wars fan not bad. And a few, final hugs. tom norman shawns father ok, shall we get you home . All right, lets get you home. Where the guy whos only 28 wants his story to end. rita norm shawns mother its his call. That was eric hansen reporting. Hospice care is helping shawn rest comfortably at home. He recently h two visitors, darth vader and storm troopers from the fivehundredfirst t leigion. His family says the visit drew one amazing smile. Well be right back. Harder than putting the kids to bed on Christmas Eve . Trying to put them to bed all this week, with uni playing in hawaii. Hawaii. An afternoon start today ththgh agaiait byu. Tough first half for the panthers Paul Jesperson with the three to cut the lead to ten 3828 at the half. But uni hotter than chestnuts on the open fire to carlson there. Next up, Jeremy Morgan for three put that in your stocking cuts the cougar lead to three. But chase fischer unconcious for byu keep the change, ya filthy animal he led all scorers with 26 points. Uni able to put a dent int the lead late, washshn steal goes to matt bohannon. Drops another three he finished with twenty one but still not enough as uni falls 84 76. Whats christsts wiwiout the n ba . Bulls down in oklahoma city. And on fire in the first half, jimmy butler at the buzzer. Is that even legal . More air on that one than santas sleigh. 3226 at half. But kevin durant can never be counted out. He says anything you can do. I can do just as fine. The thunder mounted a comeback. But there was notopping the big guy in red and im not talking about santa. Paul on steph, on klay, on harrison, iggy and dray . Warriors hosting the cavs. Out to the early lead, and steph doing what steph does splash would exit the game briefly with injury. And lebron james took advantage, ties the ball game. Proving theres room r everyone on santas nice list. But golden state stormed back especially Draymond Green have yourself a merry Little Christmas he had 22 warriors win the finals rematch 8983 coach ferentz and the hawks touched down in Southern California yesterday and expected to get right to work preparing for the 2016 rose bowl against stanford on january first. Captain kirk told the media earlier this week that its actually bad luck to nottt practice over the holiday. So as far as todays itinerary goes. Christmas . Its actually like a wednesday of practice for us ho, ho, ho . We will celebrate christmas as a team that evening. The nice thing together. Thats our family this time around. Around. Ou do football with your family the first eighteen years of your life, and then college, you dont see em for five years so its intereing but. Id rather be with my football family than back home on chchstmas. Stay with cbs o marissa has one last look at your forecast after the break
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