On tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by bnsf railway. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff the president and Top Democrats went the rounds today over whether to sit down together and talk about keeping the government operating. As they did, a republican tax reform bill moved another big step forward. Lisa desjardins begins our coverage. Desjardins President Trump criticized senate and House Minority leaders Chuck Schumer and nancy pelosi for refusing to meet at the white house today. They decided not to show up. Theyve been all talk and theyve been no action. And now its even worse. Desjardins in a morning tweet, mr. Trump preempted todays scheduled meeting with democratic leaders, writing, i dont see a deal hours later, schumer and pelosi pulled out of that meeting, saying
Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by bnsf railway. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff the president and Top Democrats went the rounds today over whether to sit down together and talk about keeping the government operating. As they did, a republican tax reform bill moved another big step forward. Lisa desjardins begins our coverage. Desjardins President Trump criticized senate and House Minority leaders Chuck Schumer and nancy pelosi for refusing to meet at the white house today. They decided not to show up. Theyve been all talk and theyve been no action. And now its even worse. Desjardins in a morning tweet, mr. Trump preempted todays scheduled meeting with democratic leaders, writing, i dont see a deal hours later, schumer and pelosi pulled out of that meeting, saying the president s tweet indi
Against the casting choice. Cbs 2 news has been following this for more than a week when we broke the story. The plate features a lead character who is deaf. After speaking with members of the Deaf Community the theater released a Statement Today admitting they could have done more. They are now working with deaf citizens and hope to reschedule the plate. We enjoyed a sweet whether. The temperatures in the range of 7277. The official high in cedar rapids at 77. Were now watching clouds develop. As we go to our predictor you will see that the clouds are thin as we go to midnight. By tomorrow morning there starting to increase especially in the western and southern counties. During the day tomorrow there will be a mix of sun and clouds showers and storms are expected to come back into the area. As far as mars whether it should be another nice day. Will start at 57 and get to 77 under partlys partly cloudy skies. Are now two peoples are charged near the cedars public library. Several peop
Cbs 2 news joe huisinga is live in cedar rapids where the road will make connections. Joe . Reporter yet, scott. Once this road opens it will mean a shorter commute for a lot of drivers. We looked at some of the challenges in building it and some of the methods used to give you a smoother ride. Four miles of pavement that will extend highway 100 to covington road has been a lot of work. 115,000 tons constructed in one season. Reporr terrain near the cedar river. From bedrock down to sand and gravel. Silt and very bad material you have to work with. So we have to do a lot of changes. Reporter the road is paved with asphalt. Rather than concrete. It is saving a lot of money. This project was estimated at 20 million. The asphalt bid came in at 15 million. Reporter also trying to make the project as sustainable reporter crews are using gps mapping to track paths to ensure even compaction and a smoother ride. A smoother surface means less noise for nearby homes. Also using a method called p
Calls for change at theatre cedar rapids the production is on hold. The delay comes after the terms of Deaf Community spoke out against the casting choice. Fox28 first broke the story last week. The play call tribes features a lead character who is deaf. Leaders at pcr assay to death actor cannot be found they turn to an actor can hear. After speaking with members of the Deaf Community the put theater released a Statement Today done more. Then out working with deaf citizens to get more involved. They hope to schedule the plan later date. The weather is putting on a pleasant show across eastern gruesome images of the crime scene were shown to jurors today in day two of testimony in the david miller murder trial besides the bloody pictures the jury also heard the first interview investigators conducted with miller. Miller. Miller is accused of stabbing and strangling Sabrina Hustad janish in october. Her body was found lead investigator walked jurors through the crime scene as it looked