Transcripts For KGAN CBS2 News Live At 5 20160826

Himself. Along with Lieutenant Governor kim reynolds he toured some of the worst hit areas including decorah and spillville. Our cbs 2 news crew caught up with the governor in fort atkinson. I wanted to get a first hand view and obviously reassure people that the state is there to provide assistance and help them. The spirit has been great the way people are coming together, neighbors and friends and the communities really working to clean up and at the same time the Iowa Natural Resources department is evacuating the big spring hatchery in elkader. They are Natural Resources is evacuating the rig spring hatchery trying to save 150,000 rainbow and brook trout. There was concern the river water would go over a protected glove. The fish have been moved to lets check in with chief meteorologist terry swails. The first thing or a were talking about his High School Football. The season really gets going. 71 degrees is a kickoff temperature. There are a few showers around especially in our northern and western counties. You may have to deal with some of those. We go to the radar and show you where the showers are found you can see there in the northern and western counties. Nothing overly heavy but once you get out around tama and west to waterview waterloo, some of the rain is a little bit heavier and these are the showers working across our northern and western counties and these will increase across the area later tonight and be around for parts of saturday. Tomorrows temperatures upper 70s so there could be wet moments tomorrow things will get better on sunday and we will tell you why in the forecast ahead. Threat of synthetic opioids. From 20132148 states reported sharp increases in deaths from overdoses. They are mostly eastern from maine to florida and to ohio. Right now iowa is considered a low burden state along with 18 others. The cdc blames the increase production of fentanyl which is more potent high. The fda once all u. S. Blood banks to string screen for zika. As cbs2 news first reported back in february our local blood banks were already taking precautions. The Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center asked donors if they had traveled or been sick recently and if the answer was yes they had to wait 28 days. The new advisory meets all states and tear means all states and territories have to test blood. They already test for hiv, apis borne illnesses. Researchers in california are using altered mosquitoes to help prevent the spread of other bugs in the dangerous zika virus. Chris martinez explains how it works. Reporter Mosquito Control teams in this california neighborhood are trying a new tactic to battle the bugs the carry the zika virus. The mosquito is called jeopardy. 80s and is a vector of some very serious diseases. Historically, yellow fever and now more recently zika. Scientists are releasing hundreds of thousands of scientifically altered male mosquitoes to mail to meet with females. The altered males carry a bacteria which prevents the females from reproducing. The females are the only ones who play people and spread disease. And ship them to california. Are these the same species . These are. Reporter researchers say the mosquito population could plummet and they could use it strategically against zika if it appears. Maybe you see disease transmission in an area and you can go with these mosquitoes and release them. Reporter researchers say the project results are promising with tens of thousands more altered mosquitoes left to deploy. Chris martinez, cbs news, clovis california. So far stone county is the only program in the nation to use modified mosquitoes. And if the project is successful they will likely see the altered bugs used in florida where zika cases are growing. Als known as lou gehrigs disease grabbed headlines in 2014 when videos of 14 when videos drenched themselves with reporter Connor Morgan joins live to explain how the corridor is continuing the cause. Reporter its showing in iowa city is showing tonight. It follows gleason and he is diagnosed with als. They show his journey pouring over 1300 hours of compressing it into less than two hours of screen time. The closest showing was in des moines. Shields and films brought it to the angler theater and the Events Coordinator has one goal in mind. I just did not one to have ticket sales, proceeds, will go to the university of iowa hospitals, to benefit the Neuroscience Department who treats als patients and helps the documentary isnt just about als, but focuses on one mans aim to connect with his family despite the progression of the disease. One of the films producers is an iowa city native and says having the documentary showing at the englert theatre is a dream come true. Connor morgan, family despite the progression of the disease. One of the films produce a is in iowa city nation native and says having it shown is a dream come true. A first. Thousands of Country Music fans take the field for the first concert ev of the hawkeyes. Seven bands including Blake Shelton will play the back porch revival. Cbs News Reporter Melanie Moore Mellaney Moore has all you need to know. Reporter organizers are expecting close to 50,000 people here. There are things those people need to know to make sure the concert experience is as smooth and fun the four lots closest are sold out but there are other lots and ramps. Starting at 3 00 the bus will shuttle from downtown and from hampshire. University Heights Police say every available officer will be on duty. They are allowing tailgating and long parking. Gallon size ziploc bags and small clutch purses purses are allowed. Once you are in you are there concert venue. There is a these details before you head to the show. We have that link on our website, cbs 2 iowa dot com. Covering the corridor from kinnick stadium, Mellaney Moore, cbs 2 news, live at five. If Country Music isnt your thing there are plenty of other events going on this weekend including the annual cedar rapids Farmers Market after dark. Dark. There are some changes from last year. You might recall thousands more people than expected showed up for the after dark Farmers Market. Farmers market after dark. Many complained there were not enough venues pixel organizers came up with a few solutions. Standing and opening up the venue we hope to address that. We have vendors on one side of the street to allow for more walking room, more vendors and more beverage tents. The ec making one major change with bars and restaurants and we will have details coming up at 10 00 tonight. A party going on in central city. Lets check in with meteorologist Rebecca Kopelman and our friday forecast for the bluegrass festival. Go get bluegrass at the fairgrounds. Outside a live look. At 8 00 and again tomorrow. Down at the fairgrounds this weekend in central city, a lot of blueblack bluegrass going on. For this evening we have the clouds around. We do have a chance for showers and storms later tonight and if you showers lingering once again tomorrow and we will clear out later on saturday night. After the break chief meteorologist terry swails will break down earleywine when legislators fail to invest in education here, it affects all of us in here. Without adequate funding, districts are forced to make cuts or cut funding for the fundamentals, like microscopes and lab equipment, leading to overcrowded classrooms, making it harder to learn. Our students deserve better. Its time for iowa legislators to invest in iowa schools. Im Hillary Clinton and i approve this message. Theres a race going on right now. The worlds clean energy super powers either going to be germany, china, or us. First term, to precision manufacturing. Well beat the competition and create new high wage jobs. We can do this, millions of jobs right here in america. Thats my plan. Monday on cbs 2 this morning. Right now a zika vaccine is in the works but it could take several months before it ready for use. Use. How scientists are fighting the virus now, that could be the key to preventing the spread of the disease. Thats monday on cbs 2 this weve been talking about the fact that it is high school its a possibility. Northern and western counties will see the most of it and then everyone later on tonight. There is the current condition the Current Conditions in cedar rapids. Temperature 74 degrees and winds out of the east northeast at seven Miles Per Hour and the dew point in at 65. That is a moderate moisture. Plenty to get through the nighttime hours. You can see showers are out to the west of us and a lot of clouds around eastern iowa. Wasnt a pretty day and temperatures were held down because of the cloud cover. These are the highs reported and in waterloo where theres never got above 70 degrees today. 73 in dubuque and 75 in cedar rapids. A cool day as far as temperatures are concerned around eastern iowa this afternoon. Here is the radar and we talked about some of the showers. You can see there is not too much going on in the eastern two thirds part of our area. You get out to the west and it begins to increase in our far western counties. Especially in grundy county. These are moving northeast towards this part of our viewing area. Those in Butler County too. This is the region that will see the majority of showers in the next couple of hours. Eastern iowa and the Football Games up that we could have some wet moments during the evening hours tonight. The rain extends back down into northwestern missouri and theres more energy that will come there. That should generate additional showers and storms. It does look like the heaviest totals will be across our far northern and western counties and in some areas we dont need the spots in North Eastern iowa could close to seeing close to another inch of rain later on this evening. As far as the temperatures go, more clouds and showers. Only only upper 60s in the northern counties. Iowa city and washington recording readings of 77 degrees. Here is a jet stream flow. Right now we on the edge of the cool air and things will change as we go through the weekend. Big ridge of High Pressure will start to build over the eastern u. S. Humid air back into the midwest and make for some early conditions. Longrange outlook, eight14 date outlook that gets us well into september shows us above normal temperatures across much of the eastern united states. You can see the High Pressure building and the clouds rotating. This is pumping up the moisture that will bring us showers tonight. They will move out of here tomorrow night and after that warm and humid air moves in to next week. Tonight forecast lowes 65 degrees in eastern iowa. Mostly cloudy and some scattered showers and storms and for tomorrow mostly cloudy and the shower should diminish as we go into the afternoon hours. Hopefully they will be out late in the day. Temperatures cool 7579 and your extended forecast has dry conditions on sunday and 83 with a chance of showers and storms warming up back in the mid80s early next week. Turning now to our vote 2016 coverage. The president ial nominees are trying to appeal to minority voters. Each has accuse the other of bigotry the latest National Poll shows democrat Hillary Clinton with a 10point lead over republican donald trump. The numbers show nearly 60 of voters feel it is trump who appeals to bigots. Is to connect the president ial candidates to our viewers to better inform and empower you. We have reached out to the candidates to take part in extended interviews not only with our station but our sister stations across the country. We want to hear from you. Tell us what you want to know from the candidates. Share your thoughts by email or facebook. Still to come on these national dog day. How one dog is being put to work saving lives. Lets take you outside for ready for the back porch revival and we will be right back up. Your weather first i pledge allegiance, to the flag [continues in background] theyre bringing drugs, theyre brigning crime, theyre rapists. Blood coming out of her. Wherever [pledge continues in background] you gotta see this guy; oh, i dont know what i said. Ah, i dont remember. I could stand in the middle of 5th avenue and shoot somebody and i wouldnt lose any voters. Get him the hell out of here. Get him out of here get out national dog day. Besides being mans best friend dogs have some unique talents that can help save human lives. Lives. Cbs 2 news correspondent john bl. Today is national dog day. Besides the mans best friend they have unique talents and and hate help save human lives. Even comprehend. narr 1 with that remarkable sense of spaniel is on a mission to track down the most common remarkable sense of smell the spaniel is on a mission to track down the most common kind of hospital superbug known as c. Diff and infection rates are on the rise. It is back syria informs spores so it can persist in our environment for long time. It is called called contact with contaminated surfaces and sometimes deadly. It causes halfamillion next infections in the u. S. Each year and killing 15,000 people. We cannot see it with the naked eye but this dog can smell it. It will always be present so you want to control it. Thats where the dog comes in to play. He is Rebecca Kopelman detect c. Diff in the environment. The alert and advantage for us additional targeted trading and couple it with ultraviolet cleaning. Three years ago she was training bomb dogs and nearly died. Her husband suggested she try to train a dog to detect the superbug. If its got an owner i can train and to find it. So she did and the hospital initiated a first of its kind they thought it was outof thebox thinking. It helped that the dog is cute. Absolutely fascinating. John blackstone reporting. Angus is believed to be the only dog of his kind. His brother doctor will be next. Shes been getting inquiries from hospitals around the world. If youre considering your own furry friend, first consider dog in the first year concussed 1500 according to the American Society for the prevention of duty to animals. It includes spaying, neutering, training and medical fees and it still costs up to 875 a year to take care of the dog. Veterinarians say adopting a dog from a shelter can save you some money. Any cat or dog adopted from a shelter and new it and have most if not all of their vaccines given to them. The aspca says the best cost is preventative care, toothbrushing and good quality food for your animal. Lets take you outside for a live look at dubuque. This is a beautiful shot of the sky cam and the mississippi are guilty of impulse shopping at least once. Now there is most all of us are guilty of impulse shopping. Now there is no hightech fashion that might curb your church. The i bag to is designed to stop you from spending money. Are in places where you spend the most money. It even flashes and vibrates when you take out your wallet. The bank is a prototype by personal finance website finder. Com. The general consensus around here, terry, among the ladies is that we would try to disable it as soon as we got its. No sense getting it then. Not at all. But shopping is the weather tonight is important for folks. We have some High School Football to Gate High School Football Games but in our northern western counties we see credit score . 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