You. Before i go further, i am instructed to tell you to please turn off any cell phones, apple watches, what other gadgets you may have, so they do not interfere with our system. Thank you. As you know our host tonight is Justice Sonia sotomayor. We are pleased to have her with us tonight and want to thank or on behalf of the society for giving her time when we call upon her to participate in events like this. It is quite important to us and quite important to you. We very much appreciate it. I will tell you briefly a bit about the justice. She is a native new yorker, born in the bronx, very unhappy about last night baseball game, i gather. Undergraduate work at princeton and went to yale law school, then joined the District Attorney office in New York County as an assistant District Attorney. She was a litigator in the international and commercial law area. That attracted attention and before long, she had become a Federal District judge on the Southern District of new york. Six year
Watched the protesters and followed them on their march. Sam, what did protestors tell you tonight . Well its important to point out that these protests may have begun with High School Students but then more joined in. At one point there were hundreds of people marching through iowa city. Nats chanting hundreds walked through the streets of iowa city this evening. Walking straight through the middle, disrupting traffic so that no cars could pass. We came down here, blocked off traffic to make the statement that this is not the america that we want to live in chanting and waving signs the protest turned dangerous when they made their way down dubuque street during rush hour traffic. The protestors didnt stop. They made their way to interstate 80 and blocked traffic heading east bound. This woman wants to remain anonymous but was driving one of the cars blocked in front. it was scary because i dont know how i stopped that fast but it was like within a few feet of these people just came o
Complete newscast of the day. Protests against president elect donald trump are stretching into a third night. Thousands are marching in major cities many demonstrators remained peaceful but some are blocking the highways setting how the president elect took to twitter to attack the demonstrations. He accused the media of orchestrating t. Them. This morning donald trump to tweeting love the fact that the small groups of protesters last night have passion for our great country. We will all come together and be proud. There were . More demonstration s in iowa city today. Today. . Dozens of protesters walked . Right into the evening rush hour on interstate80 near dubuque street tonight. Iowa city police and the iowa state patrol were called in to deal with the situation. But it took about 15minutes to clear the road, leading to a massive miles. Eventually, the group marched back down dubuque street toward the downtown district. Despite the disturbances, police tell fox 28 news no one was
Happening now there is new leadership in the republican controlled iowa senate. Chamber members met privately today at the iowa capitol and selected they met privately today and selected bill dix as majority leader and jack with for as president. It starts in two months. A steffi lee shows us this is a key member for i democrats to try and regroup for 2018 and 2020. Majority control over the statehouse, some democrats a it is not time for a reflection but to also find new inspiration. If you start keeping score you kill the conversation. A key victory for republicans. Dan johnson defeated mike rohde stole. Is top priority is tax reform and improving Mental Health a bit. Synthesize the systems. This is a changed election. Matt mccoy is weary. The shifting control caput issues like Public Education funding and gun laws at risk. He expects more republican support for School Voucher programs. Providing state dollars for kids who want to send their and i think that but democrats believe the
Trump. In the meantime there are a number of Government Programs that support veterans as they age. But one has been dubbed the ghost benefit because so few know about it. Our reporter has been looking into the program she joins us live, dora. Thats right about 70 of veterans qualify for this benefit but dont even know it exists it is called ana pension. Around for veterans that most have never even heard of. No, never. Even in all my retirement briefings i never, never once mentioned. It is not as widely known as medicate or medicare this is basically free money on the table. It is called the aide and attendance for veterans or ana. Gives 2,100 for help with senior care costs. Just an assistance living home. Gary signed up his motherin law for the program. It helps with the total cost of her upkeep at the care center where she is at until she can stay there a longer period of time and not run out of money. Right now applicants have to have 80,000 or less in assets but the government i