Your headlines with. Tamsin pep. Thank you and good afternoon from the newsroom. At 12 01, its trail has dropped leaflets in gaza warning residents to move for their own safety and to distance themselves from Hamas Terrorists who they say are using civilians as human shields. 1. 1 million residents have been told to move to the south within the next 24 hours for their own safety. The united naļ¬ons their own safety. The United Nations says such a move is impossible without devastating humanitarian consequences. The humanitarian consequences. The first minister of scotland and humza yousaf has posted a video on social media today from his mother in law. A retired nurse whos in gaza. Everybody from whos in gaza. Everybody from gazais whos in gaza. Everybody from gaza is moving towards where we are. Are. 1 Million People, no food , no 1 Million People, no food, no water, and still theyre bombing them as they leave. Where are we them as they leave. Where are we going to put them . But my
Firefighters in cedar rapids are trying to figure out what caused a mobile home fire. One person is dead and another was taken to the hospital. The fire was at 3701 16th avenue sw. 72 year old Ronald Jacobs died at the scene. Responders took his wife, 72 year old karen jacobs, to Mercy Medical center before transferring her to another hospital. Smoke and flames had filled the mobile home when firereghters arrived just after 7 30 am yesterday morning. But the fire never got large enough to threaten any nearby mobile homes. One long time resident at the Mobile Home Park says the jacobs couple had lived there for issues, which may have slowed them down if they were trying to escape. He was on oxygen, and he liked to cook in the mornings, cook breakfast and stuff like that. But i dont know what happened or whatever. One battalion chief said he does not know if the oxygen tanks they found inside the mobile home played any role in the fire. In a tv9 followup this morning. Authorities are inv
Collision sports to provide a licensed athletic trainer to assess concussions and other injuries. The Senate Education Committee Approved the bill on an 86 Party Line Vote yesterday. Democrats approved it while republicans opposed. State senator from maquoketa and former High School Wrestling coach tod bowman spoke in favor of the bill, telling the Des Moines Register quote we are not covering every practice, but this is a step in the right direction where the most vulnerability occurs. Meteorologist Justin Gehrts has your first alert forecast, justin. We saw southern counties but now the anticipation of spring is taking over. Cloudy skies remain for the rest of the day, but the light snow has left with the exception of a couple flurries near the mississippi through early afternoon. Well have highs in the e wer to middle 30s. Mostly cloudy weather continues through tomorrow with highs in the lower 30s again. Well climb into the 40s on thursday, friday and saturday. We should see more s
Creek. Police havent found her attacker. Kelly recovered incident in 2005. I think i saw a rock in his hand. After that, i dont remember. Take an 8th circuit spot. She was quickly confirmed by the senate, 960. Shes very smart. Very dedecated. Shes very hard working. Judge Michael Melloy has known kelly for more than 20 years. In fact, she took the seat he left. I think that the fact that she has a background as a public defender would be unique on the Supreme Court. And also that she has had trial experience. Political scientists think it will be an uphill battle for kelly. Scalia was known as a soliliSupreme Court to avoid losing the spot to a more liberal judge, the gop who controls the senate, is threatening to wait out any of obamas nominations until a new process is reset. Of the republicans kelly will have to get past to reach the Supreme Court spot. Hes chair of the senate oversees the grassley was key to getting her a quick confirmation by the senate during her bid for the cour
Iow 36tonight mostly cloudy low 1723 winds nw 510 alo 18 dbq 20 iow 234omorrow mostly cloudy high 2935 winds n 510 alo 31 dbq 31 iow 34tomorrow night partly cloudy low 206 the Cedar Rapids Community School District says people wont see much change following the firing its equity consultant last week. There were allegations the consultant. Edwin javius , misrepresente d his credentials to other districts in the past. Javius is the ceof a Consulting Company called, ed equity, out of san jose, california. The district says he worked alongside a Diversity Committee to create the equity action plan. It went into effect in 2015. Some events like thisisommunity forum i i january are part it. The program monitors the progress of targeted student groups including african american, latino and special education students. Despite the recent termination, the district says plans are in motion to continue making progress. 15 33 53 from the onset of kind of a gradual release to coach our manager of st