And the global gogetter. The intrepid traveler trying to visit every country in the world. Why shes doing it and what shes calling the most beautiful part of her epic journey. Hey, good morning. We have a shot here of trump tower in midtown manhattan. Where, this morning, decisions are being made about whos going to run this country for the next four years. And we now know that Vice President elect mike pence will be taking over the transition team. Were also hearing a flurry of reports of the various republicans including Rudy Giuliani and Newt Gingrich who could move into one of the top positions. Meanwhile, it was another night of antitrump protests. In portland, oregon, one person got shot. Well have more on the simmering divisions in this country, but we start with mary bruce at the white house, reporting on the transition from an Obama Administration to a trump administration. The president elect is walking back from a central promise of his campaign after meeting with president
Welcome to cbs two this morning. Im dora miller alongside brandon traffic at i 80 at coral ridge its that time of the year again americas biggest shopping day black friday. Plenty of people here in the corridor are rushing to the malls includingour cbs 2 News Reporter Stephanie Johnson who is at Coralridge Mallstephanie, has the craziness started yet . Many corridor many corridor retailers are ready for the Holiday Shopping rush. This is a live look at lindale mall it opened at six last night. Managers tell us every store got lastminute shipments for black frid they should be ready for all of the early shoppers. The mall will reopen in about an hour. Several other stores are open right now. Jcpenney kohls and target are all open through black friday. Best buy will open at 8 this morning. Tanger Outlet Center in williamsburg will be open until 10 tonight. In iowa city the areas chamber of commerce is rewarding shoppers for taking their holiday lists to local stores. 12 businesses are pa
Were take a look now at highway 13 near Mount Vernon Road and it is starting to pick up just a little bit for traffic. We were a little worried earlier this morning because nobody was on the road. It is black friday. You are watching cbs 2 this morning. Not a joke. Im here for jenee. And im here for justin. So we talked about how traffic will be pretty good today. A little on the chilly side. Cars are already starting to pile into the parking lot at lindale mall as the stores will be opening up over the next couple of hours. Right now, mostly cloudy. A feelslike temperature of 30 degrees. Iowa city now at 38. As we take a look at live doppler radar, not much going on across the corridor. And dry back it out, high and dry all over eastern iowa. Seeing some clearing in far eastern nebraska. Mostly cloudy today, clearing later this afternoon. A little cooler up to the north. 39 in decorah. 38 in charles city. Down to the south, 43 in washington. Mild temperatures will continue into the we
Track the next chance for rain coming up next. Thanks for tweet at us at cbs 2 iowa, or post on our Facebook Page kgan cbs 2. Black friday didnt start off well for everyonesome shoppers at black friday did not shut off well. Some shoppers were upset the Department Store stores this morning. Sorry about that. Shoppers made a mistake. They were standing in line for hours. A solid deal online the promised the first 50 people would get a free gift card. The only problem is, that deal that they stole was not for the store. After shopping. 12 months ago, the hawks won in lincoln. This year they are aiming for a strong finish. Nebraska has three wins and i what to. Some free stuff so stop by and say hi while youre out there, want to see your just head to our Facebook Page kgan cbs 2 and send us your photos. Wed love to see your hawkeye or nebraska pride. State fire investigators are planning to be in central cityto search for the cause of a massive fire. It happened at iowa gold an Oil Recycl
Folks, we live in the best place in the world. And i know youve heard me say that a lot. And ill continue to say it. But because it continues to be true. And the reason we live in the best place in the world is because of our people. Nebraskans give to their communities. We share a common set of principles. We treat each other with dignity and respect. And we care about each other. Im proud of the fact that nebraska is one of the top states in the nation for volunteerism. The kids of cub scout pack 190 picked up trash on highway 7 last year. When floods slammed into dewitt, i saw firsthand the community pull together, neighbors helping neighbors. I met volunteers like john law from omaha helping clean houses whose basements filled to the ceiling with mud and water. I want to thank john. John is here today. For joining us and setting such a great example for volunteer work. John, can we recognize him . [ applause ] and of course, there is no better example of service than the heroes of