In just about ninety minutes, trial resumes for he man accused of brutally killing a woman in the marion hyvee parking lot. Lot. Today the defense is making its case for nicholas luerkens. Hes pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity in the stabbing death of lylysey donald in april. April. Cbs 2 News Reporter dora miller has been in the courtroom all morning long. Long. Right now, trial is on recess, so dora is joining us live on the phone. Dora, what can you tell us . Thank you dora. Dora will be in the courtroom until court is dismsmsed later today. Cbs 2 news will keep you updated with how things progress. Progress. For the latest information be sure to follow us online at cbs 2 iowa d com. The Egyptian Government now says they have not found evidence supporting the theory that a bomb took down a russian airplane. Airplane. The passenger jet killing 224 people. The first funerals for the v vtims are being held today in russia, where officials are also expressing caution until a final investigation is complete. On wednesday u. S. Intelligence officials said there is evidence sugugsting an explosive was planted on the plane. The British Government also echoed that concern, and suspended flights to and from the egyptian airport where the flight took off. Right now egypts president is in great britain, where hes being met with angry protests. Hes there meeting with the british prime minister. France is deploying an Aircraft Carrier to fight isis and other terror groups. The announcement this morning meeting between the french president and other government officialsthe decision was made after an examination of the and its citizens. A new audit says one of governor braratads top lawyers was paid too much. Much. State auditor mary mosiman found ryan lamb was overpaid 22thousand dollars. Lamb is a former Legal Counsel for the department of ministrative services. Mosiman found lamb was paid for four months of work while he was out of state for military training. But he didnt follow the States Military leave policy. Mosiman also found he didnt have the required experience fororhe b. A judge has thrown out a lawsuit challenging the governors decision to close two state mental facilities. Facilities. Democrats and Union Leaders filed the suit, clclming branstadadade the move without legislative approval. The judge sided with the governor, saying he has the power to veto funding for the centers in Mount Pleasant and clarinda. An attorney representing lawmakers says they plan to appeal the ruling. For the first time linn county knows exactly where it stands on premature births. Births. The march of dimes today released its county specific premature birth report card that gives linn county a b grade at 9 percent. Thats slightly better than iowas overall c grade. The goal of the report card is to improve preterm birth rates across the country. Country. Cbs 2 news will have on the cbs 2 news live at five. Cedar falls is getting a new mayor. The waterloo Cedar Falls Courier reports reportscurrent mayor jon crews is dropping out of a runoo election. However, the Black Hawk County auditor tells cbs 2 news that crews has not spoken to him yet. On tuesday niether crews nor Cedar Falls School board member jim brown got enough votes to win the election. Crews was seeking a 16th term in office. Jim brown will take over at the end of the year. Changes are coming to the cedar rapids public library. Library. On tuesday voters rejected a tax levy that woululve provided funding for the librarys operations. Library Staff Members say most likely both the Downtown Location and the ladd library across town will have to shut down one day a week and reduce some of their services. I havent been this upset about a city happening in a long, long time, but im a lover of the library, and apparently not enough people in this town love the Library Library staff believe it will most likely be a few months before they have to start making those cuts. Down in iowa city. City. Development leaders are seeking g edback on possible guidelines for downtown storefronts. A proposal last year addressed things like appearance, patio use, and commercial signage. Downtown leaders say they want to make the area allecompassing. An open house for the oposed guidelines will be held at city hall tonight at 530. A university of iowa scientist is taking part in a nasa briefing today about mars. Mars. Jasperhalekas will be part of a Panel Discussion today about the first findings from nasas maven mission. Mission. The goal of the mission is to find out how much of the mars atmosphere and water have been lost to space. Earlier this year nasa a termined it is likely that liquid water exsisted on the planet. Cbs 2 news is following todays nasa briefing and will speak with halekas. You can find that tonight on the cbs 2 news live at five. Coming up p the cbs 2 news at noon, hear who former president George Hw Bush is calling out in his new book. Book. Plus, the fate of a famous hockey player accusev of rape. Rape. Its going to be a wet commute fromomork this evening. Ill break down when we will see the rain and have your Northern Arizona cocoinues to recover from its first major snowfall of the season. Flagstaff saw nearly nine inches of snow fall on wednesday, breaking the citys snowfall record for november fourth. Flagstaff schools were on a twohour delay yesterday because of all the white stuff. Marissa checks in now with your cbs 2 weathererfirst forecast. Main weather your plannerer next hoursa now a live look outside courtesy of our weatherfirst skycama temperatures around the arara the regional satellite radar shows cloudy skies with some light showers in o southern counties moving into a closer view with our predictor forecast we will see scattered showers things out for tomorrow todays forecaststfeatures clear skies cooler temperatures tonights forecast has us looking for mainly clear chilly conditions the next three weather our 7 day forecast does bring more cool weather to the area area online this afternoon, social media users are making fun of the new star wars posters. Posters. The new posters for the force awakens show han, leia, finn and rey with an eye covered and fans have postst pictures mimiking the posters. Still ahead on the cbs 2 news at noon, who a former president says is arrogant the son of a polish immigrant who grew up in a brooklyn tenement. He went to public schools, then college, where the work of his life began fighting injustice and inequality, speaking truth to power. He moved to vermont, won election and praise as one of americas best mayors. In congress, he stood up for working families and for principle, opposing the iraq war, supporting veterans. Now hes taking on wall street and a corrupt political system funded by over a million contributions, tackling Climate Change to create cleanenergy jobs, fighghng for living wages, equal pay, and tuitionfree public colleges. People are sick and tired of establishment politics, [ cheers and applause Bernie Sanders husband, father, grandfather, an honest leader building a movement with you to give us a future to believe in. Four people have died in an apparent murdersuicide in maine. Maine. Aututrities say herman derico shot and killed three other people inside an apartment building, berore taking his own life outside. Police also found a four yearold girl l who was not harmed. An investigation is still going on. One of hockeys most popular stars will not be charged with rape. Rape. Today prosecutors announced there is not enough evidence to charge patrick kaka. In august an accuser claimed the blackhawks star raped her at his home in buffalo, new york. Since then investigators say the accuser has stopped cooperating with them. Dna evidence also failed to back up the claims against kane. George hw bush is blasting some of the key figures during his sons presidency. Presidency. The 41st president takes shots at former Vice President dick cheney and former defense secretary donana rumsfeld in his new biography. According to the New York Times the elder bush says that cheney built his own empire and asserted too much hard line influence in the white house. He also calls rumsfeld arrogaga and says he served the president badly. Hw bushs biography hits store shelves next week. Country are planning to go on strike. A Group Representing fast food employees says striris will begin tuesday in 270cities. Theyre calling it an effort to raise the National Minimum wage to 15dollars an hour and rally support for president ial candidates in favor of boosting the wage. Therers no word yet on which cities the strikes will happen in. Theres good and bad news for the Housing Market this afternoon. Home sellers saw an average gain of almost 41 thousanddollars in the Third Quarter. Thats the highest price gain sincece2007. The Third Quarter also saw an increase in firsttime home buyers. But home price appreciation is starting to slow down. Higher mortgage Interest Rates are also expected soon. Coming up on the cbs 2 news at noon, some tips from Tryon Investments about what to do with a 401k from a company if you think we can grow our economy while ignoring Climate Change, think again. 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Leigh bells hasasbeen digitally re mastered by disney animators, and will get its first public showing next month in london. We will see a line of showers this afternoon with maybe a scattered thunderstorm. Rain ends late tonight with lows bottoming out in the 40s. Tomorrow will be a cooler day with temperatures falling into the low 50s. Our weekend looks chilly too with temps staying in teh 50s but lots of