Authorities in Chickasaw County were not able to save a driver pleading for help as he was being swept away by floodin. Flooding. It all happened just after 4 30 wednesday morning. Authorities say a driver called 911 near protivin saying floodwaters pushed his car off the road. Later, rescuers found the mans car near lawler. But no sign of the victim. After floodwaters was found. Authorities have not released his identity. Flooding in Winneshiek County from wednesday is still affecting parts of eastern iowa. School officials in decorah and riceville have cancelled classes again today. Decorah schools were forced to close on their first day back yesterday. Flood waters damaged several homes and businesses. Some were forced out of their homes before it was too late. We can hear water right away when when we got to our bedroom door we ran through the kitchen and opened the tidal wave of water the basement was filling up and the walls had collapsed in the basement and he said we need to get out the water is coming up the stairs. Stairs. Right now, there are no mandatory evacuations in effect. Help for victims has come near and far to assist those affected by devastating flooding. The turkey river in Fort Atkinson swelled up from those heavy rains that hit north east iowared cross and Salvation Army volunteers were on site helping flooding physically help in the flooded areas you can still give monetary donations. What we can do with Financial Assistance is mobilize that money and mobilize those funds to get and utilize those in a bulk way. So we come up and we bring our clean up kits, we bring up food, we bring up water and we can do that and do it expiditiously. Expiditiously. Red c officials we talked to also asks that you keep the victims of flood damage in your thoughts and prayers. The National Weather service in la crosse announced that there is a place people can go due to the flash flooding. Those in need of shelter or food can go to Stone Ridge Community church in decorah. Its located at montgomery street and highway nine. And remember, whenever Severe Weather threatens, you can track it anytime, anywhere, with the cbs 2 weather first weather app. Its free to download for apple and android devices. Viewers for sharing your photos with us from the flash flooding. Cbs 2 news recieved images and video from the area. As a reminder if you do approach a road covered in water, the best idea is to turn around and find another safer way. Severe weather struck to our east too. Parts of indiana were hit hard by tornadoes. Tornadoes. As many as 8 twisters were reported near kokomo which is about 40 miles north of indianapolis. Check out this amazing video it captures the moment a starbucks is knocked down by the storm. Customers or employees were hurt inside the building. A number of other structures were damaged. Indiana governor and Vice President ial nominee mike pence left the Campaign Trial to survey the damage. gov. Mike pence r Vice President ial candidate kokomo, indiana in 2013 this very same neighborhood was struck by a tornado. And as the major and i talked about that tonight i could tell how heavy his heart was that the very same neighborhood, in some cases the same families, later. Tens of thousands of people in the area went much of the day without power. Only minor injuries were reported throughout the state. Hillary clinton is now on the defensive about her familys charitable foundation. She called an ap report absurd and said it only looked at a small portion of her time as secretary of state. State. The report found that more than half of the non government officials who met with clinton while heading the state Department Gave money to the Clinton Foundation contributing as much as 156 Million Dollars to charity. Former president bill clinton said he has no regrets regarding the charity. former president bill clinton were trying to do good things. If theres something wrong with creating jobs and saving lives, i dont know what it is. The people who gave the money knew exactly what they were doing and i have nothing to say, except im really proud of the work theyve done. Done. The Clinton Foundation recently said it would ban donations from corporations Hillary Clinton is elected president. In waterloo jurors have found a man not guilty in his second trial for the shooting death of a teenager. Teenager. 25yearold Perquondis Holmes was found not guilty yesterday in the 2013 shooting of daequan campbell. Homles was previously convicted in the killing but earlier this year was granted a second trial. Jurors in his first trial were shown facebook photos that included gang affiliations and that violated a previous ruling by the judge. A black teen in waterl for keeping quiet about a settlement he reached with the. City. A white Police Officer was caught on camera throwing the teen down. After resolving a federal lawsuit worth 95grand, the city of waterloo negotiated an extra 5thousand dollars to keep the deal a secr. Secret. The terms of the deal meant 19yearold Malcolm Anderson and his attorney would not have press conferences, talk to civil Rights Groups or mention it on social media. Media. The details were agreement under state open records law. Law. Critics say it could be illegal for an iowa Government Agency to demand confidentiality in a case like this. New details have been released on the man who shot and killed five dallas Police Officers las month. Month. Newly released documents say former army reserve solder Micah Johnson showed symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder after returning home from afghanistan in 2014. Johnson sought treatment for anxiety, depression and hallucinations but doctors risk to himself or others. On july seventh he targeted officers at a large protest in downtown dallas. Authorities later killed him using a bombcarrying robot. Princes home, paisley park, will soon open to the public. Public. Fans of the late rock legend can start buying tickets online tomorrow for tours that begin on october third. The 65thousand square foot estate in chanhassen, minnesota was where the superstar recorded, produced, and mixed most of his biggest to do. His family wants to turn it into a museum, occasional Recording Studio and concert venue. Habitat for humanity is working to beautify some cedar rapids homes in need of a little love. The home repair blitz has dozens of volunteers working to landscape, paint and repair 6 homes throughout the week. The work in Wellington Heights is funded by donors from the paint to the labor. One organizer tells cbs 2 news the paint job alone is worth 15 to 18 thousand dollars. As the saying is many hands make light work weve been very greatful to all of our volunteers who have come out outthey are already looking for more home owners to apply for the project and they are always looking for volunteers for information on both you can go to our website at cbs 2 iowa dot com its and right now in its de. Degrees. Coming up the hip way one new teacher hopes to win over his students. Whatcha doin . Just checking my free credit score at credit karma. What the . . . Youre welcome. I just helped you dodge a bullet. But i was just checking my. Shhh. Dont you know that checking your credit score lowers it just be cool. Actually, checking your credit score with credit karma doesnt affect it at all. So i guess i can just check my credit score then . Oooh check out credit karma today. Credit karma. Give yourself some credit. A teacher in chicago is spitting rhymes, trying to grab his students attention. Hes created a rap video which is now sparking interest. Online. Audrina beeghis sat down with the first time educator whos hoping his new viral hit will be a hit in nats music video hello, im your teacher my names mr. Reed and its very nice to meet ya hes 25. New to the classroom, and new to the rap game. dwayne reed new teacher i actually dont have any other music videos. This is my first one ever. Hard to believe right . nats music video you gotta keep it positive, thats the key. Have respect for each other. Creating a catchy rap song, introducing himself to his new fourth grade students. Audrina Bigos cbs2 what inspired you to do this . dwayne reed new teacher yeah good workin hard until the bell starts ringing. Welcome to the 4th grade. dwayne reed new teacher so if i can get my kids on board with me, connecting with me before i even meet them . Its just like ive hit the jackpot. All while hes learning the ropes in his first classroom. dwayne reed new teacher like i have zero idea what im doing. But focusing on hard work, respect, and positivity. dwayne reed new teacher people love you, theres people who value you, theres people that affirm you and think that youre worth something. nats music video cant wait til i see you. dwayne reed new teacher i want them to know that for eight hours a day im that person. Im that person that you mean something to. nats music video ill always greet you with a smile. Audrina Bigos cbs2 what do you think your first words are going to be to them in the classroom . dwayne reed new teacher oh i see you heard my song reed still has some time to finish decorating his classroom. Chicago Public Schools start classes on september 6th. 6th. Its now on this morning. And if youre in its degrees. Degrees. Coming up next when the hawkeye Football Team will start to gameplan for their first opponent closing in on a week before the season kicks. Switch to u. S. Cellular and get 50 off smartphones. Its a deal you dont want to miss. Sir, hi. Did you just say, switch and you get 50 off a smartphone . Uh, yes. Sorry. Hi. Hello. I was watching tv and i saw you say 50 off smartphones. Oh wow also, you g. Uh, excuse me. Switch to u. S. Cellular and get 50 off smartphones. Plus, well cover all switching costs. Excuse me, can i just. Hmm . What . I just need it back. I dont have it. I dont know what youre talking about. Yeah. Welcome back its now were taking a look at your . . . . . . . Your . . . . . . . Heres a look at some of eastern iowas top stories on this morning. Authorities in scott county have arrested this man 30 yearold donald oien on child weekold baby. Back in april doctors tipped off police that the baby had multiple broken bones including a broken arm. That lead to a investigation. Now hes behind bars with a Court Date Set for next friday. If found guilty he could face 10 years in prison. A Search Committee is now in place to find the next president at the university of northern iowa. The board of regents announced yesterday the committee that will interview several candidates. Committee leaders vow to be the monthslong process. The group will meet next week on the uni campus in cedar falls. Theres just ten days until saturdays at kinnick the beginning of iowas defense of their historic 2015 campaign. And its business as usual for kirk and friends. The hawks wont look ahead to their week one foe until next week and are just focused on them . Because competition and a good gage of how competitive theyll be in 2016. 2016. Its just iowa vs iowa right now. I think well move into miami of ohio within the next week so then well start getting into that thatwere trying to introduce different situations. Today we did the last four minutes of the game. We havent done an overtime period yet. So we still have some things but not even the abcs more the as cornell fourteen starters to the griidorn this fall including a large junior class paced by quarterback daniel brown. At media day today the rams praised the growth of that thirdyear group, and hope they can lead the way in 2016. 2016. Their junior year is where they make the biggest leap. Sophomore year is kinda a pain in the rear end. From a coaching perspective, they think they know more than they do. But junior year they settle in, they make plays, see what they can do. Do. Last year we were maybe a little less mature. Goofing off at practice. Just trying to get into the groove of things but now we know what to expect. Everybody came in with a very mature mentality just grew up a little bit over the summer theyve taken four of five during their most recent home stand and now the kernels not taking the brooms out just yet but opening the door to a sweep of quad cities. Game three of a four game set tonight. Sean poppen lights out through four only allowed a hit but column. Until the sixth inningto quote the great jon alba, roll thunder. Roll kernels offense Brandon Lopez base hit to left just as the storms arrive to get cr on the board. And as the saying goes, when it rains it pours still sixth zander wiel gets enough mustard on it to drive in another as the kernels win again 3 nothing. Quarterfinals in williamsport for johnston little league. Down 1nothing two on for little but these dragons bring the fire as iowa takes its first lead. But tennessee also packs a punch bases loaded for r. J. Moore well, that escalated quickly four three, advantage goodlestsville it was all good from there as they win 14 to 3. The cbs two Community Calendar is brought to you by Collins Community a five year old boy from new jersey is making headlines for showing love to his local Police Department. Sandwiches for officers. Williams mother says her son respects cops and wanted to make sure they had a healthy meal. As a thank you to the boy, william went home with a number of gifts from the officers, including a shirt. The Police Department issued a statement on its Facebook Page thanking william for the meal. Good morning again its now right now its degrees in still ahead the developments in europe as rescue efforts continue foll earthquake. Youre watching cbs 2 this morning credit karma, why are you checking your credit score you dont want to drive old blue forever, do you . Turn it off. I did. Credit karma huh . Yea, its free. That was easy. Cbs 2 this morning. What work is being done so residents can call breaking the budget. The important Traffic Alert you need to know if you travel along one busy cedar rapids road. Plus, how heading back to school can cause stress in some kids and what you can do to help. Welcome to cbs two this morning. Im kelly dambrosio. Dambrosio. Finding a place to live in iowa city can be very costly. But city leaders now say their search for a solution to the problem is a top priority. Priority. Cbs 2 News Reporter tell us what theyre working on. Stephanie . Stephanie . Kellyleaders in iowa city say they need to create more housing to lower the demand and in turn lower prices. Prices. Last night about 60 people showed up to an open house to discuss the citys affordable home action plan. It was first introduced back in june. According to a study by the city staffiowa city has a vacancy rate of less than two percent. So the homes and apartments that become available for rent go for top dollar. Iowa citys mayor living in iowa city spend too much money on housing. They cant afford to do anything else. They cant afford food or to provide for their kids or transportation. The Iowa City City Council will deliberate over the action plan on september 20th. Until then they still want to know what you think about it. If you have any questions comments or want to know more about the action recommendati ons visit our website, cbs 2 iowadot com. Stephanie johnson cbs 2 news. An accident from yesterday has been all cleaned up but authorities now warn drivers to be extra cautious because animals could now be attracted to the scene. Scene. A truck loaded with horse feed rolled over into the median of highway thirty between edgewood road and williams boulevard. Crews were able to clean most of it up but some of the feed could still be in the median. That might attract deer and other wildlife. The driver in the crash was hurt but is expected to be ok. An accident outside of a workers. A fence and retaining wall collapsed near a parking lot at the center pointurbana Intermediate School yesterday afternoon. The School District sent a text alert, as well as an email to parents explaining what happened and alerting them that all students were safe. Because of the emergency units responding the school recommends that parents talk to their kids about the accident. No word right now on the severity of the workers injuries this week marks the beginning of a new school year throughout the corridor. Corridor. While many students are excited to be back in class it can also make some one counselor at clear creek amana who told us things like new schedules, a new environment and new people can all contribute to their anxiety. And all that could affect a Childs School work. Grant elsbernd, cca school counselor09 31 33 if a kids not feeling well at school, theyre not going to learn as well as a kid who is feeling well, feeling happy, safe at sc. School. He says its important kids have activities theyre familiar with and like to do to help get rid of the stress. School counselors can connect resources that could help. The Iowa Department of Public Safety is looking into ways Police Officers can work with schools and keep your kids safe during an emergency. Cbs 2 news statehouse reporter steffi lee shows us the new program in a story you will see only on cbs 2 news. News. If there was an emergency and if everyone ended up using their cell phones or connected to wifi to get a hold of one another that could potentially clog up the network and by having this secured wifi here at the Norwalk Community school st officers wont have to compete with others and they can communicate more quickly. If youre a Police Officer in a School Emergency and youre trying to get a picture of a suspect downloaded on your car computer so you can identify that person in a crowd, you would want that picture to come quickly. Thats one example of how the wise Pilot Initiative short for wifi internet for School Emergencies could help. Norwalk high school is one of three where police can use a case of an emergency. That link is wired in to the larger Broadband Network already at the school. It helps to secure the safety of our buildings and grounds and our students Norwalk Police chief greg staples says officers will be able to send and receive information from their cars. In an emergency we could connect to our networks through the wifi and not have to worry about the cell network and whether or not it was bogged down. Maybe we could insert a camera in a hallway at a school and monitor where our suspect was and chief staples says its not only about efficiency but another chance to build a stronger bond between police and the community. This will just allow us more opportunity to be on School Property interacting with students, teachers visitors in a positive way. Steffi lee cbs 2 news the Iowa Department of public theyll look to expand the program into other schools. An update now in the fight against isis Turkish Forces helped a Syrian Opposition group take back a border town that was being held by the islamic terror grou. Group. Turkish tanks crossed the border a move that could further escalate and complicate syrias current five year war. The attack came on the same day that Vice President joe biden was visiting turkeys president. Biden said the us supported the operation and that American Forces provided air cover. Afghanistan killed several people and wounded more in an attack at the American University of afghanistan. Thirteen people were killed including seven students and six guards and policeman. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack so far and right now its unclear just how many attackers there were. Security forces were still combing the campus well into the night searching for those responsible. About a thousand students are enrolled at the university. A powerful 6point2 central italy, has killed at least 247 people and has displaced another thous. Thousand. More than 50 of the victims killed were in the town of amatricethe earthquake hit early wednesday morning in italy. Rescue efforts are continuing through the night. Officials say in some cases victims have been rescued alive after two days in rubble. A series of strong aftershocks have been felt since the initial quake. An American Basketball Team in italy is back home safe this morning after that deadly ea womens baksetball team was in rome about 100 miles from the center of the earthquake. Some players were woken up by the tremors. No one on the team was injured, but the head coach says she did wonder if they needed to evacuate. Charlotte Smith head coach, Elon UniversityWomens Basketball i was very curious to get up and find out what was going on, and to try and find out if there was cause to wake up everyone in our travel party. The elon squad was in italy for a 10day visit. During their stay, they played several exhibition games. Earthquake struck central myanmar on wednesday. An official there says villagers around the epicenter say they felt heavy shaking. While most buildings remain intact, two deaths were reported in one town. Data from the Us Geological survey shows the tremors were felt as far away as bangladesh, india and thailand. Its and right now in its de. Degrees. Coming up next the argument one teacher is making for handing out no homework to im patty judge, and if you dont think washington has changed chuck grassley, try and ask him. The senate is broken. Why are you leading all the obstruction . If you get your way and defund planned parenthood, where am i going to get my cancer screenings . If im paying more for medicine because your medicare plan passes, how do i afford that . Are you even listening . I approved this message because, chuck, classroom are excited for the school year. Thats because they wont have homework. Homework. Ken molestina explains why she taking a different approach. Approach. Im gonna start with you, brooke, are you ready . Godley Elementary School 2nd grade teacher brandy young is all about hands on in class learning. Which is why this year she is trying something new. Get it girl. I like it. She wont be assigning homework to any of her students. In a letter sent home and now going viral on social media she explained her decision to parents. mrs. Brandy young godley Elementary Research has been unable to prove that homework improves student performance. Rather i ask you spend your evening doing things that are proven to correlate with student success. Instead of homework mrs. Young is encouraging families to eat, read, and spend leisurely time together. Were trying to be innovators here and develop much focused on them pushing paper when a child goes home. And as youd imagine this is one idea her 2n graders are loving. Brooke Sheldon 2nd grader i like it because we get to play outside, and when we read books and go outside we learn about new things. 7year old Brooke Sheldons mother made the original post to facebook which has now been seen tens of thousand of times across the globe. Samantha Gallagher mother shes a pioneer. Shes defeintelty on to something here for sure. Mrs. Young has had some critics, but over all she her no homework plan has received overwhelming support. Im thrilled that this is a conversation that we are its and youre watching cbs 2 this morning. And if youre in its degrees. Degrees. Still to come the new controversy facing welcome back its now were taking a look at your . . . . . . . Burrito shop chipotle is under new scrunity this morning federal regulators say several policies in their employee handbook violate labor laws. Laws. The National LaborRelations Board says the company can no longer ban workers from criticizing them on social media. It also has to change a policy that prevents workers from talking about politics or religion. It all started when a man in pennslyvania was fired for criticizing the company on twitter. Now they must a lawsuit against starbucks has been throw out by a judge in california. California. A customer sued the company, complaing the coffee giant put too much ice in its cold drinks. He argued that meant he was getting less actual coffee than he paid for. The judge says a reasonable consumer should know when they order an iced drink. A portion will be ice one of the most iconic buildings in the entire country has a new foreign own. Owner. Qatars soveriegn wealth for a nine percent stake in the the Empire State Realty trust. Thats the company that manages the Empire State Building in new york city. Along with the 102story sky scraper, the trust also manages other office and Retail Properties in manhattan and the new york area. Switzerland is preparing to test robots as mailmen. Mailmen. Take a look these small sixwheeled pods will soon be cruising down swiss sidewalks next month. If the tests go well, they could one day deliver food and medicine. Similar trials are underway in britian and germany right now. Actress leslie jones is having trouble with the internet again again wednesday the saturday night live stars website justlesliedotcom was shut down. Apparently hackers posted personal photos and some raciallycharged comments against her. This comes about a month after she was hit with numerous hate comments on twitter. No comment yet from jones, her manager, or her lawyer. After word came out about the apparent hack, many celebrities showed support for its right now its degrees in coming up next why the Biggest Challenges one Police Officer faces everyday isnt on the streets. Streets. Why are you checking your credit score . You dont want to live with mom and dad forever, do you . Boo laughs well. Im not changing. So, how can i check my credit score . Credit karma. Dont worry, its free. Hmmmm. Heres a look at some of on this morning. Drivers in iowa city are now getting a little relief on the roads. Park road is back open to traffic this morning. It was closed in midjuly as part of the iowa city gateway project which aims to reduce the effects of flooding in that area. The project is raising dubuque street and raising and replacing park road bridge. Construction is still going on in the area, so the city is asking drivers to be cautious and still expect some delays. You can taste what foods downtown iowa city has to taste of iowa city will be held from 4 to 8. This is video of the event last year. More than 40 restaurants will be particpating in the outdoor event tonight. It was suppose to be held last night but organizers decided to push it back one day due to the weather. Out of 36thousand nypd officers, there are about a thousand who are muslim. Jamiel altaheri is one of them. Michelle miller explains why its not on the streets where he faces one of his biggest cha. Challenges. Captain in a better relationship with the community we serve. Narr 1 nypd captain Jamiel Altaheri has been protecting and serving new york city for 12 years. on street thats what were here for, thats what we dommm do you like him being a Police Officer . Nadine nods yes cause he savhe helps peoplenarr 2 but his 10yearold all american daughter, nadine, recently needed her own protection from a bully. Nadine a boy in my class said that muslims are terrorists and isis and they hurt people. Terrorist, did you know what isis was . shakes head no narr 3 captain altaheri is one of the highest ranking muslims on the nypd. At home. He and his wife, sameha, first generation yemeniimmigrants faced the hate head on. Sameha honestly inside me i was destroyed, that my daughter has to experience that. mmm were you ready to really explain to her these big issues . Sameha you have to be ready because you hear it all the time. I hear bus, i hear it in the train, i hear it in the park. I hear it every time i go out sameha we need to have respect for each other, to love each other, accept each other. We dont need walls. We need bridges between us. Narr 4 they encouraged nadine. And all of their children. To look past the negativity captain i want her to be proud of her identity. Proud to be an american, proud to be a muslim. i dont see myself as any different than an americanjew, american catholic, a gay american. Im introduce myself as muslim. I think when they find out, they say wow. Youre a cool guy, youre muslim . Mmm laugh captain im like yeah, muslims are cool, too captain i wear this uniform with great honor. I know the responsibility i have. Not only to myself, but to the community that i serve. Narr 5 thats why. In his free time. nats narr 6 he travels around the country speaking at mosques, synagogues, and churches. This visit came in the aftermath of the orlando shooting. Terrorism has no place in islam. Islam is soft. Islam is gentle. Islam is loving. Islam is peace. Boro pres so youre the first yemeni. Narr 7 the bronx boro president recently recognized him. For his work in the communityboro pres he exemplifies everything good that it means to be a muslim, everything good that it means to be an immigrant, and everything good that it means to be an american. He credits his mother for giving him the strength to taught him to always see the positives in life. If youre just getting up, good morning its now right now its degrees in the response hillary and bill clinton have amid criticism over their charitable foundatio. Foundation. Youre watching cbs 2 this morning hey, youre clarence yes, sir. You know, at the model year end clarence event, you can get a great deal on this 2016 passat. Steve. Yeah . Clarence is on a roll. Yeah. I wish theyd name an event after me. Same here. But the model year end becky event . Thats no good. Just vandalism. Whatever you want to call it, dont miss the volkswagen model year end event. Hurry in for a 1,000 volkswagen reward card and a five hundred dollar labor day bonus right now on cbs 2 this morning. How eastern iowans are still dealing with the aftermath of devastating flooding. The Severe Weather that ravaged other parts of the midwest. How eastern iowa iowas are still dealing with devastating flooding. All eyes are on the flooding this morning that continues across north and east iowa. Lets get into Flood Warnings we have an effect and we see across the north and east iowa brummett decorah area continuing. Fayette county area Flood Warning through 11 30 00 a. M