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Are saying the refugee process isnt americas weak link thats exactly where senator rand paul is focusing his attention. He points to two iraqi men who said they were refugees in his home town of bowling green, kentucky and then tried to buy stinger missiles. Missiles. The interesting thing is that when we caught them, one of their fifierprints was already in a database because one of their fingerprints was on a bomb fragment in iraq. Last week the president ial hopeful introduced a bill that would suspspd the visa process for anyone coming from 34 high risk countries until the screening process is improved for entry and the tracking system is bolstered to catch anyone who overstays their visa. Visa. My bill alslswould address that. It would say that if youre anyone in france, germany or any other country and you want to come visit us, you have to go through global entry. Global entry is a preapproved travel prograrathat includes a background check and inperson interview. He says without it the Visa Waiver Program which allows people from certain countries to come to the United States with very limited screening could inadvertently allow terrorists into the us even from a close ally. In cedar rapids, kevin barry cbs 2 news. Senator paul also introduced an ammendment to another bill that would stop federally nded social welfare to refugees from those 34 high risk countries. You can see a larger piece of rand pauls interview on iowa in focus this sunday morning. And, the entire raw inteteiew with senator paul is on cbs 2 iowa dot com. Less than a fourth of the country believes the president has a clear plan to deal with isis. Isis. Thats according to a new cbs news poll. Thats the lowest number seen yet. On top of that, more americans now think sending troops overseas to fight isis will be necessary at some point. And we want to know what you think on these topics. Weigh in on our cbs 2 twitter poll todays question shld the government be countable if through Refugee Resettlement programs . So far, 89 percent are saying yes, 11 percent are saying no. Cast your vote o o our twitter page, its cbs 2 iowa. In light of all the recent news surrounding terrorism, the university of iowa is considering changing the name of a major database widelyused by those oncampus. Campus. The system is called isis, which stands for iowa student information system. A University Spokesperson tells cbs 2 news the school is looking at how much it would cost to change thehename. The acronym isis is used on a lot of documents and in other areas, so making the change would be a large undertaking. The university of arkansas faced a similar issue and d st week changed the name of an identical system. In the middle of the tv coverage the social media and even conversations among friends we sometimes forget that children may be watching and listening. Depending on their age, it can be overwhelming to a child trying information coming in. Cbs 2 news spoke with a child specialiststn how to talk to kids about terrorism. One piece of advice she gives applies to all ages. Give them a little extra nurturing during this unceceain time. I love you. Were here, were going to be through this together, and focusing on the stuff we can control controlwe hope youll joinins tonight for our special report terror talk. Talk. Coming up tonight on the cbs 2 news ten at ten. National security remains a heavtopic on the campai trail. Trail. That means reporters will continunuasking candidates what their plans are. Are. Cbs 2 News Reporter steffi lee brings us the story of one reporter whos learning to do that at a very young age. Fifth grader Bridget Gustafson won a contest that makes her one of thirty five scholastic news kids reporters. Reporters. This means up until the president ial election, shell be just like how National Media are in our state covering debates and trtrking candidates. Recently, she attended the democratic president ial debate at drake university. She was able to cover how each candidate plans to addrs national security. The paris attacks and them actually taking a moment of silence honoring the people who perished really opens my eyes and shows me theyre very trustworthy candidates and whoever does w w will stick to their r omises. Promises. Bridget says her next report will focus on what social Services Organizations are doing locally, such as their food drives. Steffi lee, cbs 2 news. With the busy thanksgiving travel season upon us, gas prices are sitting pretty low. Low. Right now, the National Average for gas is projected to hit a dollar99 on thanksgiving day. Thats according to gas buddyand it would be the first time thats happened since 2009. Its s so aarage of 80 cents cheaper than this time last year. And analysts say if you like what you see now, youll be even happier by christmas, because they expect prices to continue to fall. Fall. To find the cheapest gas in your area, head to cbs 2 iowa dot com and click on gas gauge. Kirkwood Community College is celebrating its 50th anniversary and so, too, are three living president s of the college. College. They met today to discuss the history of kirkwood. Its all part of the Community Colleges yearlong 50th anniversary celebration. Among those on todays panel, norm nielsen, who served as president for r 20 years, until 2005. He says kirkwood remains onthemove serving students. Kirkwood has passed two major bond issues since ive left and that only helps and hahaens cause of great Relationship Building and people know theyre out there supporting a quality staff faculty and administration. Nielsen joined former president bill stewart and current president Mick Starcevich at todays event. If youre looking for a way to the Johnson County Crisis Center is kicking off their 28th annual project holiday fundraising drive today. Proceeds go towards providing holiday meals for local families in need. This year mid West One Bank has agreed to match the first onethousand dollars in donations to jumpstart the effort. Effort. If you would like to donate to project holiday weve pua link on cbs 2 iowa dot com. Forgetethe fine. Thats the message from parking authorities in downtown cedar rapids. Rapids. For the next month, park cedar rapids is accepting donations for area homeless shelters and Family Service centers. In return, those with certain outstanding citations, can have them forgiven. The amount forgiven depends on the amount donated. All donations will benefit horizons, the willis dady y sheheer and waypoint. Weve put complete information on cbs 2 iowa dot com. Next at six, end of the road. Need a new head football coach. What paul rhoads is saying as his career is abrubtly ended, tomorrow on cbs 2 this morning,when you begin your holiday shopping, remember not all toys on the shelf are safe. Safe. What you need to know before heading down the toy morning. Tonight, parents and students in the Iowa City Community School District have an opportunity to get more information on the new Liberty High School. School. Cbs 2 News Reporter Mellaney Moore is live in North Liberty with what parents hope to nd out. Mellaney. The iowa city School District is adding a third gh school. School. D tonight parents can get the latest information. A meeting to discuss Liberty High School will be at west high at 630 this evening for about an hour. The new school is scheduled to open in time for the 2017 school year in north l lerty back out here back out here live a sizeable crowd is beginning to gather. Well have the latest for you tonight at ten. Covering the corridor in North Liberty Mellaney Moore cbs 2 news. Lots of sunshine out there today and a bit warmer a aer our wintery weekend. Weekend. Chief meteorologist terry swails is here now with your cbs 2 weather first coming up in sports sportsiowa city regina going for history again how the regals ran past the wolfpack for their vth straight title next on cbs 2. 2. Cbs 2 news connects with you. Call us at 1800222kgan email us at news at cbs 2 iowa dot comconnect with us on facebook at facebook kgan cbs 2. Small impact on you because i promise you, youve made a large impact on vicky and i. If paul rhoads was judged by the type of person he is hed be a cyclone forever but unfortunatley in his s profession, head coaches are judged by wins and losses and rhoads didnt have enough sunday iowa state announced that saturday at West Virginia will be rhoads last game as the head c cch of the cylones today Athletic Director jamie pollard, rhoads, and the players spoke for the First Time Since the news sometimesyou can want something more than it wants you. I wanted him to be our coach. He wanted to be our coach. But it just wasnt meant to be. Be. I looked up to coach rhoads as a kid. He was kinda like a hero figue to me wheni was younger so seeing him having to leave is a little bit heartbreaking r me. Before his Second Season as the head football coach at mount vernon Lance Peterson wanted to prove making the playoffs in his first year wasnt a fluke lets just say he proved his point the mustangs are for real just to get to the 2a championship they knocked off undefeated anamosa and top ranked south tamanow they get spirit lake for all the marbles First Quarter drew adams fires one to Jack Cochrane to tie the game at 7then in the second its adams again this timeo his bff Connor Herrmann o makes a idiculous catch herrmann set 2a title game records with 10 catches, 4 recieving touchdowns adams added 2 more with 387 passing yards and 6 passing tds but it wouldnt be enough mount vernon falls 70 to 56 it seems like every time iowa city regina takes the field theyre on the brink of making history a a it was no different today the regals the unidome with their 6th straight state title nobody has ever done that regina facing western ristian whos m ming theirir first title game apperance regals down 7 in the 2nd but not for long Isaac Vollstedt takes the handoff and he gone 72 yards untouched on the score to tie the game at 14 vollstedt rushed for 125 yardsand regina could get it done through the air too Nathan Stenger puts it where only sam lincoln can get it a nice catch and even better footwork by lincoln regals led 21 to 14 at the break. Then in the 3rd Justin Hunter put it away with one of his 2 touchdowns on the day regina wins their 6th straight s ste title 35 to 28. Its pretty unbelievable actually, but with the classes previously that have set us up for this i mean, weve seen n how itit dde and we just try to continue to do that. And to get it done with our seniors and the rest of the guys stepping up it was like nothing like ive ever dreamed of. Of. Theyve done whatever theyve had to do, just great guys that t truely play the game for the guy next to them and when you get a group of guys who do that its fun to be apart of. We will be right back to take one last look at y yr forecast tt2watx nt p bt q7y tt2watx nt p a qu tt2watx nt p bm q, tt4watx nt r dztq nd tt4watx nt r entq xj tt4watx nt r gzt am\ tt4watx nt r hnt qc0 tt4watx nt r iztqtq; h nt thanks for watching your cbs 2 news at six. Entertainment tonight is up next. We hope youll in us tonight at ten. Until then. Enjoy your evening. 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