Last night in fairfax, virginia. Along with supporters of his plan, a number of critics were also in attendance. The president s executive actions have angered a number of gun lobbyists, who believe hes trying to get rid of guns completely. But the president said thats not the idea. There are a whole bunch of law abiding citizens who have grown up hunting with their dad or going to the shooting range and are responsible gun owners and then theres the reality that there are neighborhoods where its easier for a 12 or 13 year old to purchase a gun and cheaper than it is for them to get a book. Book. President president obama admitted to never owning a gun and having little experience with firearms, but said his policies make sense. Among the supporters at the president s town hall last night, was former arizona representative gabby giffords. Today marks the fifth anniversary of when she was a rally in tucson. Your remember, six people were killed, including a nineyearold girl. Gifford was severely wounded, and spent months learning how to walk and talk again. The shooter, jared loughner, was aprehended at the scene. He is serving life in prison. Now an update to that shooting we told you about yesterday at noon. Noon. Cedar Rapids Police believe Derek Bekeris shot at a man who is not being identified. Bekeris faces a number of charges, including attempted murder. Murder. Just after 7 yesterday morning, Police Received a number of calls of shots fired on 7th ave southeast. Police say bekeris fired at least six rounds. He was arrested at the scene. Nobody was hurt. Friends and family will come together today to remember the life of tanner wymer. Wymer. The solon high senior died sunday when his boat capsized on coralville lake. A visitation for tanner will be from 3 to 7 this afternoon at Saint Marys Catholic Church in solon. His funeral will be tomorrow. Tanners family asks that instead of flowers, Tanner Wymer Memorial Fund at the solon state bank. Investors on wall street today are trying to close a tough week on a high note. Note. All three major indexes finished thursday with sizeable losses. Both the dow and nasdaq closed with tripledigits losses. Its been a better day so far for the dow at least, which was up 13points just an hour ago. The u. S. Economy did get some very good news this morning, thanks to the december jobs report. It said american employers added 292thousand jobs last month. That means the u. S. Added twopoint65 million total jobs in 2015. Thats the second best year ever, behind 1999. American paychecks also grew twoanda half percent in december, tied for the best increase over the last six years. New this afternoon. Afternoon. President obama has vetoed a bill repealing key parts of the Affordable Care act. This comes as no surpise, as the president promised to reject the measure. The proposal would have cut federal funding to planned the Gopled Congress earlier this week, showing their ability to repeal the law if a republican wins the white house in november. In the race for the white house. House. A number of candidates are wrapping up the work week in eastern iowa. Iowa. Bernie sanders was in cedar rapids earlier today. He held a press conference at the Double Tree Hotel where he spoke about paid family leave. Right now sanders is at Wartburg College in waverly. At 7 tonight hell return to cedar rapids for a town hall at the Veterans Memorial building. Fellow democrat Martin Omalley will head to dubuque tonight. His stop wont be like the other candidates though. At 8 oclock hell perform Acoustic Guitar at a local bar. Omalley is trying to improve his numbers both here in iowa and across the country. Hes currently a distant third in the democratic race behind sanders and Hillary Clinton. A pair of republicans are also in eastern iowa today. Today. At four kentucky senator rand paul will be at the Marion Public Library for a meet and greet. After that hell go to north North Liberty for another meet and at 530. Meantime ted cruz is in northeast iowa. The texas senator has events this afternoon in cresco and osage. He will end the day in decorah. Cruz has been on a bit of a hot streak for the past month. A number of polls have him virtually tied with donald trump for the republican lead in the hawkeye state. If you want to give back to the community you can by donating blood. Its National Blood donor month and cbs 2 News ReporterStephanie Johnson is here to tell us why giving is so important. Important. When you donate blood youre not only giving your time but saving a life. Life. January is desinated as National Blood donor month because blood donations are lower in the colder months. Cancer patients are some of the top candidates to recieve blood. Also, blood donations help hospitals maintain a sufficent amount of blood supply. I spoke with tim nash of Mississippi ValleyRegional Blood Center about why its so important to donate to people should give blood because it saves lives. Every unit saves three to four lives. So everytime you do your saving lives right here in our local hospitals in local hospitals in cedar rapids and iowa city. City. If you are interested in donating blood you can visit Mississippi ValleyRegional Blood Center s website to find out more. You can find a link on our website, cbs 2 iowa dot com. Com. Stephanie johnson. Cbs 2 news newsthanks, stephanie. Coming up on the cbs 2 news at noon, a talk with iowa lottery ceo about all the lottery ceo about all the powerball excitement. The nfl playoffs get underway tomorrow night right steelers travel to cincinnati for an afc wild card showdown with the bengals. Kickoff is 715. And then on sunday the Green Bay Packers square of with washington in an nfc matchup. That game is cordes most nurses are tough. Theyre problemsolvers. They like making things better. Because they just cant afford it. Bernie sanders understands how pharmaceutical companies and Major Medical companies are ripping us off. Bernie tells the truth, and hes been consistent. He understands that the system is rigged, and hes the only one who can bring real change. Im bernie sanders, and i approve this message. One person is in custody for officer. It happened late this morning. Police say the officer was shot in the leg, and rushed to a nearby hospital. They are expected to be okay. Right now, there is little information, including a motive. Police will hold a press conference later this afternoon. The mother of the affluenza teen, ethan couch, was back in a texas courtroom this morning. Tonya couch was arraigned for helping her son flee to mexico last month. Ethan couch was on probation for killing four people while drunk driving in 2013. He got out of jail time because his lawyers argued he had a spoiled upbringing and was not taught rightfromwrong. Ethan and his mom fled the u. S. After video surfaced of him violating his probation. Right now he is still in mexico, who granted him a stay. The state department has released another three thousand pages of emails from Hillary Clintons private server. Server. 65 of the documents contain information deemed confidential, while one was determined to be secret. So released more than 43thousand pages from clintons server. Only about 12thousand have not been released. Coming up on the cbs 2 news at noon, how Tech Companies are now trying to help with the war on terror. Marco rubio thinks its unfair to criticize him for missing votes. But i am going to miss votes, im running for president. But hes been missing votes for a long time. One third of all of his missed votes in 2015 were missed before he announced he was running for president. Over the last three years, marco rubio has missed more votes. Than any other senator. Washington politician marco rubio. Doesnt show up for work, but wants a promotion . Right to rise usa is responsible americas Biggest Companies are meeting with Top White House officials today in san francisco. Francisco. They will talk about how terrorists are using social media to recruit attackers. Some of the Companies Taking part are apple, facebook, and google. The companies will discuss various ways to use technology to combat terrorism, including identifying recruitment methods and making it harder for terrorists to carry out attacks. Fitbit is facing a number of lawsuits. Lawsuits. A number of users claim the devices gave them inaccurate heart rate estimates. They say the most noticeable misreadings happened while they were lawsuit points to the charge hr and surge models. Fitbit is standing by its products. Chickfila is hoping to cash in on americans appetite for healthier food. Food. The fast food chain is introducing kale salad as a side option. It has a maple vinaigrette dressing and is topped with dried sour cherries, walnuts, almonds and pecans justin has your weather to go next. But first heres a look at todays markets. America is not just electing a president , were also electing a commander in chief. That choice matters. Because strengthening the economy, raising incomes. All of that depends on us being both secure at home and leading the world. I will get up every single day and do whatever it takes to make sure our country is safe and strong. Im Hillary Clinton and i approve this message. Save his best bud. Jacques and annabelle have been Furry Friends for years. Their owner had a medical emergency and when First Responders came the two dogs ran away. Later they found jacques but not annabelle. But then jacques led crews to an embankment where annabelle had gotten stuck. Forget winning the a dog in massachusetts helped save his best bud. Jacques and annabelle have been Furry Friends for years. Their owner had a medical emergency and when First Responders came the two dogs ran away. Later they found jacques but not crews to an embankment where annabelle had gotten stuck. Theres a big difference between making noise, tapping sound and making sense. elephant sound donkey sound when it comes to Social Security, we need more than lip service. Our next president needs a real plan to keep Social Security strong. elephant noise hey candidates. Enough talk. Give us a plan. You got people working incredibly long hours. Median Family Income today 4,000 less than it was in 1999. The bottom line of this economy is that it is rigged. What this campaign is about is to demand that we create an economy that works for all of us rather than a handful of billionaires. If you work 40 hours a week in america, you should not live in poverty. Wyatt okay. Are you sure liam didnt say arizona . Steffy no. No, no. Hes in australia with ivy. Wyatt okay, well, he flies halfway around the world and doesnt think to mention it to anyone. Steffy no, ii knew he was upset with me. He thinks that i caused ivy to fall down the stairs, but to ignore my text, not even have the courtesy to tell me that hes flying to sydney . Wyatt okay, well, maybe theres some kind of explanation for this. Steffy nobody forced liam on the plane. Wyatt what does this mean . Do you you think that ivy and liam are bacactogether or something . Liam she hung up on me. Before i even had a chance to explain. Ivy [ sighs ] okay, its just typical steffy jumping to conclusions. Liam oh, god. She probably just assumes you and i ran off together. Ivy yeah, when really all you were doing was just being nice and making sure i was on the plane safely. Liam i mean, i wasnt in the bathroom and waking up at