Transcripts For KGAN CBS2 News Live At 5 20151207

Were now into the second week of the edward cusic trial. Cusic is accused of murdering his mother tee years ago on old marion road. Last week we learned abououcusics Mental Health as well as his suicide attempt. Cbs 2 News Reporter Stephanie Johnson was in the courtroom today. Stephanie, what happened . Throughout tt trial today cusic barely made any eye contact with anybody. He did speak to his attorney when the prosecutors brought up thr witness, dr. Trel. Tranel. Dr. Tranel did not personally interview cusic but he reviewed cusics mental history and gave his expert opinion. He talked about cusics iq test and showed results of the test for the jury. He compared cusics iq results from two different psychologists. Both tests were given ten months apart from one another. Cusics sce differed slightly between the two tests. Based on the tests, dr. Tranel suffer from long term brain damage. Sot well my opinion about that is his behavavr during that call is sufficiently coherent and organized a linenr but he does not appear to be majorly intoxicated at that time 11 22 0311 22 20 11 22 0311 22 20 reporting in cedar rarads. Stephanie johnson. Cbs 2 news live at 5. Now lets check in with chief meteorologist terry swails to see whats coming down the line in our weather first the Justice Department has opened an investigation to see wheer Chicago Police ofofcers have been breaking the law. The attorney general says they want to see if there is a pattern of violations of the constitution within the partment. Calls for an investigation have grown in recent weeks after video s released showing an officer shooting and killing Laquan Mcdonald. Case a chicago officewill not be facing state charges in the shooting deatatof 25 yearold Ronald Johnson last october. The case was brought back into the spotlight after the video of Laquan Mcdonald gained attention. Johnsons family sued for wrongful death but today, it was nounced the officer involved will not face charges. The video of johnsons death is set to be released later this week. Today, the Supreme Court refused totoule on whether cities or states can ban assault weapons that have been used in recent shootings. The decision came as they rejected an appeal from gun owners who wanted to challenge a chicago suburbs ban on assault weapons. The court left in place a lower ruling that found local governments do have leeway in deciding how to regulate firearms. The married couple who carried t the deadly attack in california had been radicalized for some time. Thats according to fbi authorities who held a press say syed farook and Tashfeen Malik had beenenat target practice a few days before the shooting that killed 14 people. No word yet on a motive but agents are looking at items taken fm the home of farooks childhood friend. They say the assault rifles used in the attack were purchased by enrique marquez. He is being questioned by federal investigators but is not considered a susuect right now,. The president is set to announce a new terror alert system. Homeland security secretary jeh johnson says the new system will bter inform the public about threats to thehe us. S. Ththcurrent system hasnt been used because it requires a specific, credible threat to the us to be activated. This new effort will include an intermediate step. This will be the third chanan since the september 11th attacks. New tonight republican president ial candidate donald trump says hes calling for a he says his propopal comes in response to the level of hatred among quote large segments of the muslim population. Trumps Campaign Manager says the ban would apply to all muslims trying to enter the country, including tourists. Governor branstad has announced an extension for medicaids safe harbor deadline. Deadline. Now up until april first, medicaid providers will receive 100percent reimbursement thats for all services regardless of whether theyre innetwork under the patients n w plan. This comes as the governor continuewith his initiative to change the medicaid system from a staterun plan to one run by four private companies. Meanwhile, the governor is still waiting for federal approval from the centers for medicare and Medicaid Services on his privatization plan. As cbs 2 News Reporter Mellaney Moore explains, there are groups willing to take their fight to s moines who dont this is right for iowans. Iowans. The concerned citizens are they left before sunrise to be heard by state lawmakers. Neil nord, clinton iowa18 04 07 my wife and i are parents and guardians of a mentally challenged individual who will bebedirectly affected by the switch in current Healthcare Programs to managed care organizations. Neil nord is on a jounrey om clinton iowa, to des moines to advocate on behalf of his daughter. 18 02 08 im here e speak for those people that cant speak for themselves. He is one passenger of two busses who left the corridor to attend an all day Health Oversight committee meeting. Some passengers, like aistant orornizer karol krotz will be speaking for the group. Karol krotz, assistant organizer 17 51 10 the reason we want to go today is because we want our voices heard and our faces seen. Medicaid has been managed federally and by the state. 17 52 17 what his proposal is, is to move that from state operations to operations by four managed care organizations. The group says they have concerns about how money will be handled, wha that will leave for medicaid recipients and the companies being trusted with managing their care. 17 58 38 its going to affect the lives of 560,000 iowa18 13 19 some of the benefits would be were moving people along a continuuuuof care and so we can manage their care in a better way, but that has yet to be seen in the state of iowa and in many other states. Recipients are supposed to choose an mco by december 17th. The program would start january first. Receipients would have until midmarch to make any changes in their chosen mco, but this group says these decisions are being made too fast. 18 07 44 please extend this program out until everyone has had the chance to make an informed decision. Thank you. The centers for medicare and Medicaid Services will be in des moines tomorrow. We have more information about this on our website cbs 2 iowa dot com. Melllley moore, c c 2 news. Technology experts say politicians havent addressed their growing field on the campaign trail. So they took the initiative to start that discussion with a president ial tech town hall. Hall. Cbs 2 News Reporter steffi lee is live at the hotel at kirkwood inside these doors more than 300 tech entrepreneurs will get to hear democrat Martin Omalley and republican Carly Fiorina about their ideas on this growing industry. Industry. The National Tech Advocacy Group engine partnered with the Technology Association of iowa to host this first ever president ial tech town hall. They say iowas reputation for having the first caucuses is great but the offices we have from Companies Like google and facebook are even greater. Cities like cedar rapids, des moines and iowa city are all gaining popularity for its startups. But engines executive director Julie Samuels says the candidates havent talked about ways t t keep the Tech Industry afloat. 11 04 11 one of the trends we see in places outside of Silicon Valley outside of new york that have successful startup communities that they kind of rely on what it is that their commununy is already good at. So f f instance in iowa you might see more agricultural startups. Startups. Coming up on the cbs 2 news at six, well give you a more in depth look at the policies these entrepreneurs want the candidites to address. Rapids, steffi lee, cbs 2 news, live at five. Coming up on live at 5. Getting creative, after voters rejectct a proposal to give more money to the library, staff had to find a new way to Keep Services going. What theyre doing now. Meanwhile, this is a live look at mays island icedar rapids on this momoay evening, lets check in with chief dear future, life is good. No, great. Im like, a man. Only better. But even though i know everything, i still feel like you could surprise me. Like that skateboard incident with the squirrel. But life is sweet now. Its you and me all the way, future. Still ahead live at five. How low can they go . Gas prices have beenendroppppg for months how long it could be before they start going up again. This is a live look at theres more news ahead when live at 5 continues on cbs 2. If youre looking for a medicare plan, were Health Alliance. We believe in superheroes. In t t slow dance at the end of the night. In being yourself. We believe in simplicity. And in doing good when no ones looking. Call Health Alliance now and learn more. Youll talk to a real person, not an automated system. Were part of your community, not a conglomerate. You can see the doctors you know and trust. And here is the best part. We have medicare plans that can save you hundreds of dollars on premiums. 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The church is hoping to make their building more acceceible but that means construction. On the final plans for construction. But parents fear construction will prezent the program from continui. There are so many questions there are so many uncertainties and there are no hard solid facts. Facts. The whole idea is to look at the spaces we have here and making the very best use of the spaces s that we have with a little question mark of how construction will interrupt for a very short period of time. Time. The vote happens at seven. The pastor says their task force is loloing for temporary spots to help the children and that they may not even have to move. After a failed attempt to nvince vovors to help fund the Cedar Rapids Public Library there is a new Program Underway to o get that help. Help. Its called the Library Champion program. The goal is to get money to support the library through philanthropic donations. Library Board Members say they need the e money to continue the high level of programs available at the library. They say the receives does not cover the various services it provides. Members the new liliary Champion Program will receive a window cling to display their support of the library at their own place of business. Good news drlvers these low s prices are expected to continue past the Holiday Season season this morning, prices in the corridor reached as low as 186 a gallon. Experts say Oil Production is exceeding demand and it might stay that way until summer. If prices stay this low, Oil Companies could cut back on some production, but for the moment, its nice for anyone looking to save dollars this holiday. To see the cheapest gas in your area, head to ouougas guage on cbs 2 iowa dot com. Heres a live look in downtown cedar rapids where trees are lit for the Holiday Season. Terry will have your final forecast when live at 5 comes the cbs evening news is next the sweet smell of victory will soon be in the air in iowa city literally hyvee is delivering a massive amount of yellow roses to the hawkeyes to celebrate their invitation to the rose bowl. Just take a guess at how many roses you see here. More than 20hy vee workers have been preparing the flowers today and will be decorating the hawkeyes practice center. A sea of roses will greet the team in the atrium, staircases, and trophy display case. The floral manager says they were planning on placing 2 thousand roses but that quickly changed. Laurel they started with a certain number and then they decided to keep adding arrangements to what we were going to do for the decor today and. I think we to 3thousand and then it just kind of kept going up, but. Whats one more thousand . Thousand . Hollopeter has worked on several rose bowl floats before and will be there again this year for the Dole Food Company float. At least five delivery vans are needed to carry the roses to the practice center. And to answer the question how many roses are there . Youre right if you guessed four thousandthree hundred and now a final look at your forecast. Forecast. This. Coverage continues now with the cbs evening news and well be back here at 6 with pelley the frontrunner for the republican president ial nomination calls for a ban on all muslims entering the united states. Also tonight, the San Bernardino killers practiced at a shooting range. Survivors tell their stories. I kept thinking, why doesnt he stop . Why wont he stop . Pelley the Justice Department investigates the chicago p. D. s use of force against minorities