First tonight, cleanup is underway in cedar rapids after a car went through a building. This is on eighth avenue southeast, right across from Mercy Medical center. The car has since been pulled out, but as you can see, the building was noticeably damaged. Police say the call came in around seven tonight and they have no reports of any injuries. However, they tell us they dont yet know what caused this to happen. Monday marks the third anniversary of the sandy hook elementary mass shooting. Shooting. Some in the corridor are making sure no one forgets the twenty six victims most of them children who died cbs 2 News Reporter steffi lee is here with the story of gun control advocates and how they honored those killed. Todays event is one of many across the country to remember these victims. Students from Cedar Rapids Metro High School partnered with iowans for gun safety as they tried to make sense of this tragedy and spark action. Weve come together pair of boots. Her favorite pink dress
And making this selection possible while iowa last played in the rose bowl in 1991 their last win came in january of 1959 nearly 57 years ago but this has been a special team theyll be looking to make a bit more history on new years day mac thanks mark as a reminder the hawkeyes will play standford at four in the afternoon on new years day. Moments ago kwwls Kristen Rogers talked with the hawkeye head coach to hear about this selection. Kristin . He says the rose bowl is good medicine after last nights loss to Michigan State. He said he is excited for the players to have this opportunity this year. The hawkeyes lost in the final seconds in indy to Michigan State when l. J. Scott reached for a touchdown. Before the touchdown, iowas defense had held Michigan State to just three field goals. The kirk ferentz has said he is proud of this team, and he has certainly happy with the bowl selection this the rose bowl is the granddaddy of them all, you opponent, that certainly will be the case t
San marnan and laporte road intersection around two this afternoon. A ford f150 pickup, Chrysler Pacifica and Ford Explorer Police Vehicle all experienced front end damage. Traffic resumed in the area after the vehicles were moved and the scene was cleared. Its one of the most dangerous intersections in iowa. And as People Get Ready to start doing their Holiday Shopping, Cedar Falls Police are putting out a warning. Theyre talking about this intersection, highway 58 in cedar falls. The stretch of highway between greenhill road and viking road has seen its share of problems. Kwwls Nikki Newbrough is live out near that interseciton. Nikki what did you find out . Police tell me there was even a couple accidents here last night. And now between thanksgiving and christmas, they are on high alert in this area. Some people ding during this holiday season, the Cedar Falls Police department has one interesction they keep an eye on. In my years working the streets yes i have, i have been there f
Across the northwestern third of the area close to where our cold front is. If you are traveling, you will likely run into some issues, especially late this morning and into the afternoon. Water weather advisory is out from noon through this evening for bremer, butler and Chickasaw County and points to the west, this is for eventual rain, snow and sleet mix later this afternoon. Pinks are winter storm warnings. For the most part it will be rain here in eastern iowa. Just a couple scattered showers right now and there could be a few delays at the airport hubs across the midwest. Be sure to call ahead. Rain will overspread the area today, as you can see from future track. Then as cooler air filters in this afternoon, expect rain to transition to freezing rain, sleet and snow mixture, then eventually all over to snow. This is expected to occur between 3 and 7 oclock to the northwest. As far as rainfall, could see widespread 1 to 2 transition occurs. Most snow new this morning a man is fac
Turkey claiming it shot down that warplane after repeated warnings saying that the plane was violating its airspace. Lets get right to nbcs chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel in istanbul this morning. Richard, what are you hearing about this . Reporter good momoing, savannah, turkrk says it acted legitimately when a then unidentified aircraft violated its airspace, did not heed warnings. The kremlin, h hever, is disputing that claim and calls this incident they serious. Russias Defense Ministry says its jet which turned into a fireball when it was shot down this morning was i iide syrian airspace, its location confirmed by its instruments. The jets two pilots appear to have ejected bailing out before the plane impacted. Helicopters could be seen searching for the pilots. Russiaialamed ground fire whwhh attacked the jet on a mission in syria near the turkish border, but turkey said two of its u. S. Made f16s like these shot down a jet after it illegally entered turkish airspace.