Now to our top story, Governor Terry branstad is laying out s priorities for this years legislative session, including spending more on education and reworking the states medicaid system. Cbs 2 News Reporter steffi lee was in des moines during branstads twentysecond condition ofofthe state address. Address. The republican majority house and the democratic controlled Senate Working for this new yesterday and are already hard at work. With the march first medicaid review deadline leaders plan to send an oversight bill to the house to hold managed Care Organizations accountable. Governor Terry Branstad said in his condition of the state speech tuesday he wants to Fund Medicaid and ededation. He says medicaid continues to stretch iowas budget and wants to follow other Healthcare Programs across the nation. Branstad said he wants an increase of k12 funding of more than one hundred and d fortyfive Million Dollars. He stuck by the proposal he unveiled last week where School Infrastructure funds would be shared with water qualaly programs. Branstad 10 04 34 the growth of medicaid will virtually consume almost all of our revenue growthsot liz mathis 10 45 32 i agree with him medicaid does take a bigig portion of t t bubuet but the reason that it does is because it is a catch 22 coming up on the cbs 2 news at six, hear fromlsome corridor lawmakers about what they think could happen with the delay. In des governor branstad also said today he wants to reform the criminal justice system. System. He says lawmaker should pass legislation to combat dodostic violence, Human Trafficking and help mental health. And time served behind bars needs to fit the crime. The governor said a minor offensnsshouldnt jeopardize a juveniles chances at building a successful career. State representative ken rizer of cedar rapids said that aligns with what hes workjng on. Rizer says hes filing a bill to change sentencing penalties. On the national level, president obama is about to union addresu. Tonights speech is expected to focususn challenges and americans. The president is expected to skip the usual laundry list of policy proposs and focus inytead on accomplishments, cluding expanded health care and a nuclear deal with iran. Several lawmakers are hoping like a comprehensive plan lo defeat isis. But experts say the focus after tonight will depend on reaction from those trying to succeed the president. In some ways the most important aspect of the state of the union isnt goininto be what the president says it is going to be what the candidates on the campaign trail say abt the speech. Speech. There will also be silent, but powerful messageses sent through the e selection of audience members. For examplesitting along with the first lady a lead plaintiff in the Supreme Court case that legalized samesex marriage. And House Republicans have i iited kim davis the kentucky county clerk who went to jail defying courtorders to issue marriage licenses to samesex couples. The gop p response to the president s address will be given by South Carolina governor nikki haley. Party elders usually give the rebuttal to an upandcoming politician. Governor haley called for the removal l the Confederate Flag from the in charleston. The move won her acolades from both sides of the aisle. Youll recall, last years response was given by newlyected iowa senator joni ernst. Today, ernst tweeted a photo saying she texted Governor Haley good luck. Right now, on the Iowa Campaign trtrl, democrats have a new frontrunner. The latest Quinnipiac University poll shows vermont senator Bernie Sanders with 49percent support. Its the first time hes led the state outside the margrg of error. Hillary clinton holds 44percent of likely caucus goers. Its interesting to note, while sanders leads in iowa, most iowans believe clinton has a better shot at winning in november. During a Campaign Stop in iowa today, clinton tore into the new frontrunner on issues from health care to gun control. Clinton sat down with cbs 2 news totoght on the cbs 2 2 news ten at ten, hear her take on what the future of medicaid should be. On the gop side today, a meeting with eastern iowa voters. Mike huckabee held a meeting atathe erican legion in coralville this afternoon. Jeb bush greeted a full room of supporters at the coralville library. And at six tonight, donald trump will speak with voters in cecer falls at the uni campus. Dont forget, there will be much more political news from des moines and washington during this weeks iowa in focus. You can watch it sunday morning at 10thirty, on cbs 2. New tonight at five, Iowa State University now says its replacing its annual veishea festival with two events this semester. In february, the school will hold a cherry pie sale as part of valentines day activities. A celebration of the arts will be held in april. Plans for next year are also in the works. Us president cancelled the veishea festival after rioting in 2014. It began nearly 100 years ago as a way to celebrate the school ththes a group in iowa taking action to help animals in the state. Theyre working to make sure dogs are bred in safe and healthy conditions. And tonight theyre having an ininrmational meeting at the coralville public library. Library. Thats where cbs 2 News Reporter Mellaney Moore joins us live right now. Now. The meeting will taki place from 6 30 to 7 30 tonight. Organizers say not a lot of people know about puppy mills and they hope this meeting tonight inspires them to do something. Something. Caring for animals can be a lot of work. Nobody knows that better than iowa city animal care and Adoption Center staff. Liz ford, iowa city animal services, animal care and Adoption Center supervisor 09 13 06 we open our doors and weve opened our doors a number of times to the public to come in and look at our facility and see that its clean and things like that, of course volunteers, members of the public come in on a regular basis and help us do all that cleaning work, which takes hours every day. Theyre working to rehome up to 25 dogs. Othrs in iowa are working to address puppppmill issues with commercial, largescale breeders. Mary lahay, iowa second largest number of usda licensed dogreeders in the nation. There are approximately 15,000 adult dogs in those facilities. Lahay says she sees an unexpectedly large percentage of those breeders cited for violations to the Animal Welfare act each year. She says for the past three years she has been working with iowa lawmakers to get oversight at the state level from the department of agriculture 22 14 05 right now e usda is not requirid to enforce state levevelaws. Last may the Humane Society published a list of breeders with violations recorded from federal and state inspectors. It noted eleven breeders in iowa that had dogs needing veterinary caca, exposed to ld teteeratures and using inhumane forms of euthanasia. Robin krumm, royalair german shepherds09 37 58 in my opinion, a puppy mill is anyone who sells to brokers, whether they are large or small because you want to be able to interview the person youre selling g , you want to be able to know the person youre selling to. Lahay says there are things you can do. Like doing your homework when buying a dog, asking to see a puppys parents, and supporting organizations city animal services, animal care and Adoption Center supervisor09 15 03 the people who are doing it for the right reasons, theyre not out for money, its the love of their dog, their dogs temperament and the love of that breed organizers of the event tonight say they are working to put together advocacy groups. We have information on how to get involved on our website, cbs 2 iowa dot com. Covering the corridor in coralville, Mellaney Moore, cbs 2 news live at five. Coming up on live at 5. The historic Powerball Jackpot is enticing folks across the world. Y some say people crossing borders deserve to win more than a billion dollars. Meanme, this a live llok at the nations capitotowhere president ama will deliver his state of the union address. Lets check in with marco rubio. He ran for senate saying he opposed amnesty. Then he flipped, and worked with liberal Chuck Schumer to coauthor the path to citizenship bill. He threatened to vote against it. And then voted for it. He supported his own dream act and then he abandoned it. Marco rubio. Just another washington politician you cant trust. Jeb bush. Hes a leader, so you always know where he stands. Right to rise usa lottery prize in history is getting even bigger, tomorrows Powerball Jackpot is now at more than 1point5 billion dollars,and its drawing attention from outside our borders. Thousands of canadians s e pouring i io the us to try their luck. Some driving hours with hopes of becomming the worlds next billionaire. sot shari ann canadian we come here and drop a lot of money on a regular babas. We shop in n e u. S. A lot. So we give to you, its time you give back sot Alex Traverso california state lottery you dont have to be a us citizen to buy a powerball ticket. along as youre buying your tickets at an authorized retail location then thats fine with us. Winners outside the us can expect more taxes. The federal government can take 30 percent of winnings paid to a foreigner, which is 5percent more than for a as resident. Right now, experts have the nearly 300million. Even if you dont win the billion, you can still take home a nice prize. Joel l dominguez from sioux city won a Million Dollars after saturdays drawing. The 23yearold says he had a feeling hed win a lottery prize in his lifetime, and now he has. Temperatures are in the Single Digits to near zero below zero this morning morningskies are mostly cloudy cloudymost of the midwest is very cold in the range of 0 to 20 degrees degreeswind chills of 0 to 15 common commonclouds will develop tonight with a bit of lt snow flurries wednesday. Warmer thursdayay thursday clouds are pushing in from the west westlight snow of 1 4 weesdaysatellitewarmer air to the west will bring highshs above freezing thursday thursdayclouds tonight will bring a bit of light snow or flurries wednesday wednesdaybecoming mostly cloudy and cold d th lows zero to 9 9mostly cloudy and warmer with a bit of light snow or flurries. Highs 2028 2028temperatures will be mild thursday. Some snow showers friday will be followed by still ahead live at five. Marking a somber anniversary, its been 20 years since Amber Hagerman was kidnapped and murdered and the case is still unsolved. What officers and her family are doing now in hopes of finding her killer. This is a live look over liberty as drivers head home on this tuesday evening. Theres more news ahead when marco rubio. Hean for senate saying he opposed amnesty. Then he flipped, and worked with liberal Chuck Schumer to coauthor the path to citizenship bill. He threatened to vote against it. And then voted for it. He supported his own dream act and then he abandoned it. Marco rubio. Jeb bush. Hes a leader, soou always know where he stands. Right to rise usa is responsible for the content of this message. At five, the crews of two small Us Navy Vessels are being held in iran. American Officials Say the boats were going from kuwait to bahrain when they y d mechanical trouble and ran aground. Iranian Officials Say the crews will be returned safely and quickly. At least ten pele are dead after a suicide bombing in turkeys capital. Isis is suspected in the attack at a park thats popular with tourists near the historic blue mosque. Th victims reportedly are both turkish and tourists, germany. Last year, turkey agreed to take a more active role in the usled fight militants. Friends of an american found apartment are searching for answers tonight. Ashley olsens body was found by her boyfriend and her. Her apartment was in a state of chaos, they said, clotots and broken glass and furniture strewn about. However, police say there is no sign of a break in, suggesting she may have known her killer. Officials say the 35yearold stayed behind at a night club friday night, after her friends left, and thats the last anyone heard from her. sot amy i c nt imagine a person who would hurt her, she is a gentle, a kind, a beautiful,l,friendly, lovely girl and its an awful shock. Shock. Some seventytwo hours video from surveillance cameras in the street near olseses apartment are being scrutinized in hopes of spotting a credible suspect. Old Amber Hagerman was kidnapped and murdered in arlington, texas. E case remains unsolved, but her search sparked whats now known nationwide as the amber alert. As Omar Villafranca found, her family hopes refocused attention can bring her kikier to justice. Nats amber talking about school work i was excellent twenty years agoa this nine year old girl, Amber Hagerman, was kidnapped by a stranger while riding her bike. Her mother pleaded for r hehesafe return. Nats if you have my little girl, please bring her home. Nats flyers on pizza boxes and cars alerted the community. Nats searchers despite an intensive search, foururdays latereramber was s found dead. Nats the victim was indeed amber. The kidnapping and murder led to the development of the amber alert, a nationwide broadcast system thats activated when a chchd is adductededthe system has saved more than 700 childrena. But two decades later, ambers murder remains unsolved. Police officers and ambers family held a news again for help finding her killer. Sot Ricky Hagerman ambers brother if you have any information, breaks down , please c ce forwardsot Donna Williams ambers mother too short to cg please dont forget amber. bridge Omar Villafranca arlington, texas amber was last seen riding her bicycle in this parking lot. After 20 yearsa. Detec tivehave received over 8000 tipsa. But the only suspect Description Police havea is a mana. Driving a black truck. Sot Donna Williams ambers mother amber desperatily needs justice. And as her mother, im not going to give up. I still have hope he will be caught someday. On tuesday. A local Company Offered a new 10housand dollar reward to help bring ambers killererto justice. Omar villafranca, cbs news, arlington, texas. Heres a live look at the fountain in the coralville library, made by iroroworks in terry has a final looat your forecast when live at 5 comes right back. C in the middle of a time when senior poverty is increasing. Republicans and some democrats came up with a brilliant idea for tting costofliving adjustments for social security. We said, it will be over our dead bodies if you cut social security. As president , i will do everything i can to extend the solvency of s sial security and expand benefits for people who desperately need them. Scraper, this car owner is going to need a blow torch. Along a highway near buffalo new rk. Icy water frfr lake erie, snow, rain and heavy winds created the carcicle. A lake effect snow band was dumping about two inches of snow per hour n the area. And now a final look at your forecast. Forecast. Skies will mostly cloudy wednesday with some scattered lt. Vnow or flurries. Temperatures will rise from 7 at 6am t t26 at 3pm 3pm thats cbs 2 news live at 5 this. Coverage continues now well be b marco rubio. He ran for senate saying he opposed amnesty. Then he flipped, and worked with liberal Chuck Schumer to coauthor the path to citizenship bill. He threatened to vote against it. And then voted for it. He supported his own dream act ananthen he abandoned it. Marco ruruo. Just another washington politician you cant trust. Jeb bush. Hes a leader, ririt to rise usa
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