Human trafficking is not something youd expect to see in eastern iowa communities. But its here and Law Enforcement is working everyday to fight the crime across the state. One of the hardest obstacles is recognizing victims. Victims. Cbs 2s joe huisinga joins us live right now from our newsroom with more on a new campaign to raise awareness. Karen the signs of humnan trafficking can be hard to see and the victims of it can feel invisible. The Blue Campaign is a National Effort to draw attention to possible red flags. Today we heard from a trafficking survivor who hopes awarness can help others like her. Her. I was just scared of being in this man said hey lets go ill take you somewhere were they cant bring you back and i went for it and when we arrived i quickly figured out what was going to happen to me. Christi was 18 years old when she fell into the world of Human Trafficking in dubuque. Dubuque. They pray on the most vulnerable members of our Society Youth people that are kind of down and out and they offer them what looks like an opportunity for a better life and it turns out to be a real hell. Christi quickly knew she wanted help but was scared to reach outshe remembers an officer in tennessee who failed to see the signs signsi just remember standing there and crying and just praying that he would come back, and i think that was the worst moment of my traffic time. After many Law Enforcement encounters her silent cries for help were answered. Answered. He separated myself from my trafficker and he asked the questions and he showed that he cared and that he wanted to help and that it was going to be ok and i wasnt ever going to have to see that man ever again. Stories like christis make victims can hide in plain sight in many ways Human Trafficking is an invisible crime so if we can make the public aware of some of the signs the red flags, increase the trainnig for our local Law Enforcement we can do a better job of impacting the crime in our communities. Helping often come down to looking for the signs and speaking out outif you feel it in your gut that somethings wrong, physical abuse, trafficking call the police dont hesitate you could save someones life. Human trafficking cant be stopped by Law Enforcement alone. They depend on organizations like truckers against trafficking and members of the community. Theyre counting on you to Say Something if you see something. Joe huisinga, cbs 2 news live at five. Right now, lawmakers in the iowa senate are hearing from the states medicaid director on how prepared iowa is for privitizing the medicaid system. System. My colleague Scott Sanborn joins us now nowwith what theyre karen the plan to move iowas medicaid system from statecontrolled to forprofit last month. It was supposed to take effect january first, but after federal officials visited with patients, caregivers and state wasnt ready. That echoed the call of many who claimed the quick switch over brought more confusion than it did answers. Officials with the centers for medicare and Medicaid Services told state leaders their plan would be delayed until march first providing certain conditions be met. Those conditions include patients having a means for their questions to be answered and the program having proper state oversight. Recent reports suggest the state would have to hire about 134 people to handle that oversight. And that would cost the state about 17million dollars. But iowas medicaid director says communication with patients is one of the biggest things federal officials wanted taken care of. She said today the state is holding communication training for the new managed care organizations. Communication plan there has been a series of informational lettters out to providors and weve also been developing scripts that align in all of our call centers to make sure all the information is clear. And are soon to be launching some social media platforms for Iowa Health Link that have not been laucnhed before but shortly as well. Well. State senator liz mathis responded by saying while m cos may have a script for patients, the patients are still getting conflicting information. Iowas medicaid director also pointed out the 30day grace period offered to patients starting march first. So even if your doctor isnt in the privitization network, you can still see them for a month without fear of losing coverage. Karen. The latest details from this weekends blizzard are grim. At least 32people have been killed. Many died shoveling mountains of snow piled up from the carolinas to new york. The Nations Capital took a snow day today closing schools and federal buildings. In new people trudged through the snow to work. On the southern new jersey coast history seems to be repeating itself. Winds and rain rivaling Hurricane Sandy left several towns underwater and boats being pushed out onto streets. Crests topping ninefeet forced evacuations and nearly 100thousand people lost power. Floodwaters are from the shore. In exactly a week, iowa voters willl head to their cacus locations to make their voices heard. Tonight, all three Democratic Candidates will appear at a Town Hall Forum hosted by the Iowa Democratic party and Drake University in des moines. This is the last time hillary clinton, bernie sanders, and Martin Omalley will be on the same stage before the caucuses next week. Week. The republican candidates will have one last debate before the caucuses. That debate is also set for des moines, on thursday. Cruz has picked up a big endorsement. Former Texas Governor rick perry is now supporting his fellow texan. Perry who dropped out of the president ial election in september says he believes cruz is the most conservative of all the gop candidates. Perry is also popular with evangelical voters a key demographic in the republican race. Big sports news tonight at five, the iowa hawkeye men are breaking through in the national spotlight. Spotlight. The Basketball Team shot into the top five in two major polls. The ap poll has the hawkeyes in third place their highest ranking since getting the number two spot in 1988. And the usa today coaches poll ranked the team at number four thats five spots up from last week. Iowa has not been ranked in the top 5 of any major poll since january of 1989. The hawkeyes are still perfect in big ten play, at seven and oh and on number seven ranked maryland on thursday. We are minutes away from a chance for parents to be heard during the Cedar Rapids SchoolBoard Meeting tonight. The board is being asked to approve a new School Calendar that would require a late start to the day each monday. Some have complained saying a late start will disrupt home and work schedules. The school says Elementary School students can still be dropped off early and will be watched before school. School leaders say the late start is needed for teacher training time. A public hearing on the issue will take place during tonights Board Meeting. That begins at 5 30 tonight. Governor branstad is asking iowans to push themselves toward healthy goals, this morning, he announced the kick off of the 2016 live healthy iowa challenge. The 10week challenge began as a Small Program 15years ago and has grown to a statewide initiative. So far its helped more than 300thousand iowans record hundreds of millions of more than onemillion pounds. For the next ten weeks, iowans are encouraged to make healthy choices through friendly competition. If youd like more information on the challenge, head to our website, cbs 2 iowa dot com. Your doctor may not prescribe it but Health Experts are learning more about the benefits of chocolate and not just dark chocolate. Milk chocolate also contains flavonoids healthy ingredients found in tea and wine. Studies involving more than 20thousand people show those who ate the most chocolate over 11years had a lower risk of Heart Disease and stroke. Of course chocolate does have high calories and fat so as with anything sweet like that enjoy it in moderation. Still ahead live at five, a corridor collaboration results in a oneofakind brew, how you can get your hands on an extremely rare, limited time beer crafted in the corridor. Interstate 380 near North Liberty as drivers make their way home this monday evening. Lets check in with chief congress doesnt regulate wall street. Wall street regulates congress. Its a rigged economy that sends most new wealth to the top 1 . And its held in place by a corrupt political system where wall street banks and billionaires buy elections. My campaign is funded by over two and a half million small contributions. People who know you cant level the Playing Field by taking more money from wall street. Im bernie sanders, and i approve this message. Beer lovers this one is for you. A collaboration between hyvee, Millstream Brewing Company and cedar ridge means a new special release beer coming next month. Cbs 2 News Reporter dora miller took a tour to get a sneak preview at what beer connisours can look forward to. This is definitely a one of a kind event and were standing next to a one of a kind machine. You wont see this lager tank anywhere else. You also wont see this beer anywhere else thanks to a wilson avenue hyvee manager. On a whim, he chose to beer. Were talking chocolate and vanilla beer aged for about three months. And theres only 144 bottles to go around the cool part about this is he chose to include the community in this venture, meaning theyre getting their hands dirty bottling and labeling this special beer. Were putting them to work and they think its great, we think its great because we dont have to do it and its a winwin for everybody. Everybody. It will be released on february 12th. But you have to get to the but you have to get to the wilson ave. Hyvee soon because theyre going quick. Covering the corridor in amana, dora miller cbs 2 news live at 5 still ahead live at five. Think youre getting the same deal as men . Well show you why women are willing to pay more for services. This is a live look look at the scurve on i 380 in cedar rapids. Theres more news ahead when live at 5 continues on cbs 2. 2. Sometimes you cant even imagine. Thats the job. And shes prepared for it like no other. A tireless secretary of state, standing up against the abuse of women and girls. Negotiating a ceasefire in gaza, leading the diplomacy that keeps us out of war. The presidency is the toughest job in the world. And shes the one leader who has what it takes to get every part of the job done. A recent study shows women may be paying more for virtually the same product. The new York City Department of Consumer Affairs revealed a big price gap, after comparing nearly 800 items with clear male and female versions. That Research Shows on average the womens versions of a product cost seven percent more than the ones for men. Men. But price discrimination is not limited to retail. Retail. Have you ever been here before . Cbs went undercover. One female producer and one male producer visited a handful of dry cleaners in new york city they brought nearly identical 100 cotton button down shirts in comparable sizes and requested the same service. nat dry cleaned huh . Yes please. Our female producer was charged at least twice as much in more than half the businesses visited in one she was charged 7. 50 while her male counterpart just 2. 85. At another she paid 3 dollars more. But it happens more than just at dry cleaners. The new york city study found differences in clothing like these jeans, personal Care Products like these razors, and toys like this scooter. Their research showed that women paid more than men for similar prodcuts 42 of the time. Tod marks the senior project editor for Consumer Reports has been researching this issue for years. sot tod marks you dont realize how badly youre getting ripped of, as a woman, because youve become so conditioned to pay more. While there is no federal law that bans this practice, gender price gouging for services is illegal in new york, Miamidade County and california. sot michael cone, trade lawyer fisherbroyles we dont really know who is responsible for it. Michael cone is a trade lawyer who says part of the problem are the extra costs for womens products tacked on from the getgo. He found that womens clothing, shoes and gloves often enter the country with a higher import tax than mens. sot michael cone, trade lawyer fisherbroyles it may be 5 extra paid to uncle sam, but by the time it hits the shelf it can be 10, 112 13 dollars. Michelle miller, cbs news, new york heres a live look at highway 30 in cedar rapids. Terry will have your final forecast when live at 5 comes back. Corridor. Call us 1800 222kganemai phone ringing you cant deal with something, by ignoring it. But thats how some president ial candidates seem to be dealing with social security. Americans work hard, and pay into it. So our next president needs a real plan to keep it strong. Exciting news for country fans buying drinks for everybody. Its a party show for the 2016 iowa state fair has been announced. Dierks bentley will be taking the stage monday august 15th. New this year the iowa state fair decided to stagger when show tickets go on sale. You can get yours for Dierks Bently at ten am saturday february 13th. Thats cbs 2 news live at 5. Coverage continues now with the cbs evening news and well be back here at 6 with the top announcer 3 republican governors. But which governor won national praise for tough leadership handling nine hurricanes . Which governor made his state number one in job creation . Which governor led the fight to stop obamacare expansion in his state . And which governor laid out a tough plan to destroy isis months before the paris attacks . Jeb bush. Right to rise usa is responsible for the content of this message. Today in america, the top 1 10 of 1 owns almost as much wealth as the bottom 90 this great country and our government belong to all of us. Wall street, corporate america, wealthy Campaign Donors have so much influence that the only way they are defeated is when millions of people begin to stand up and say loudly and clearly, enough is enough. Lslslwww;` q pelley frozen in place. Its the worst ive ever seen. Pell. Pelley the road to recovery is buried under snow and ice water. Also tonight, a real cliffhanger. Homes at risk of falling into the pacific. The candidates agree on one thing. Weve got a week to go. One week away. Pelley and a pintsized