Spsps tomorrow, with widespread 50s likely for thursday and friday. Plan on a wet weekend, with a possible transition to snow out there on sunday or monday as well. This is a multipronged storm system with a lotf moving parts, therefore its important to stay tuned as we get closer and as more data becomes available. Todayyisolated pm showers high 4652 winds s 515 alo 48 dbq 46 iow 50tonight isolated a federal regulator wille in des moines today to approve or deny the changes to the states Medicaid Program. Those changes are supposed to happen january 1st. Yesterday, an Oversight Committee took a vote to delay the switch by six months, but the vote tied, and failed. The Committee Also questioned the companies thth will oversee meddaid and heard public comments. Several dozen medicaid recipients and family members packed the meeting room and an overflow area. Nearly every patient complained the switch to private the system is happening too fast. One activist hopes they stop the rush to m
A federal regulator will be in des moines today to approve or deny the changes to the states Medicaid Program. Tse changes are supposed to happen january 1st. Yesterday, an Oversight Committee took a vote to delay the switch by six months, but the vote tied, and failed. The Committee Also questioned the companies that will oversee medicaid and heard public comments. Several dozen medicaid recipients and family members packed the meeting room and an overflow area. Nearly every patient complained ththswitch to private operation of the system is happening too fast. One activist hopes they stop the rush to managed care. T outpouring from iowa and the outcry is unprecedented and cms has never seen that and theyreretudying it cms stands for centers for medicare and medicaid services. The organizations regulators will question the four companies the state selected for the Medicaid Program. Cancer are living longer today than they did 20 years ago. Thats what a new university of iowa study fou
Milestone. Fox 28 News Reporter and host of iowa in focus, kevin barry joins us now live from the governors celebration in des moines with more on tonights festivities. Kevin . More than a thousand people came to the fair grounds tonight to celebrate with the governor. The night included a discussion with the governor where he talked about his time in office. Early on he spoke about how he grew up in a family of democrats until he got to college. He said he didnt fit in with the College Democrats at the time so a friend invited him to a College Republicans meeting. And the speaker that night was a state representative named Chuck Grassley. So the first republican meeting i went to Chuck Grassley was the speaker and ive been an active republican ever since. Says from then on, he was a republican, and eventually got his mother to switch parties house. At the bottom of the hour. Hear what the governor has to say about how iowas worth ethic helped him get reelected over and over again. In
So i learned to humbly go to the door, introduce myself, tell them who ones and what i was running for and and sincerely ask for their vote. And i found that people appreciate being asked. Was that easy . No. Branstad says he thinks thats why he, senars Chuck Grassley andjoni ernst, and former senator tom harken did so well for so long in iowa. In des moines, kevin barry, cbs 2 news ten at cbs 2 news ten at ten continues now with continuing coverage of the war on rror. Terror. President obama toda met with his top military advisors at the pentagonon pentnton. The president says the us and its allies are hitting the terror group harder than ever. He cited ramped uattacks not only by the us, but france, and the addition o oair strikes carried out by great britain. The president is also calling on the Muslim Community to become more active in the fight against extremism and radicalization. A new popo shows iowans have a new favorite in the race for the white house. According to the poll f
Separate themselves from the pack. Steve handelsman is live in las vegas to show us how they all did tonight. Steve . Reporter thanks, good evening. Americans are concerned about isis. Worried about terror and demanding solutions. And this mostly collegial debate here in las vegas tonight ahead of the holidays seemed to reflect that concern. These republican candidates. Its the first time the republican candidates have faced off since the terrorist attacks in paris and san bernardino. The first since ted cruz took the lead in iowa polls and donald trump rose to a wider lead in National Polls calling for a ban on muslims entering the u. S. People like what i say. People respect what i say. Reporter trumpowed tonight to deport any new syrian refugees. If obama has brought some to this country, theyre going. Theyre gone. Reporter jeb bush took on trump. Donald, you know, is great at the oneliners. But hes a chaos candidate. And he would be a chaos president. He would not be the commander