School are gathering tonight in honor of a fellow classmate. Minutes after classes began today, the school was put on lockdown for a medical emergency. Police tell cbs 2 news the 15yearold boy tried minutes after school began the school was put on lockdown for a medical emergency. They are told the 15 drove boy tried to shoot himself outside the auditorium. He was taken to the university of iowa hospitals. Students work Health Inside that building until they knew there was no safety. In general we dont report suicides. In this case we have to consider the many concerned parents and Community Members looking to us for answers. We also reached out to help experts in the community. They asked us to be sensitive in our reporting because apparently when a young person attempt suicide it can increase the risk for others to do the same. All of us here at cbs want to help parents and caregivers of teenagers and anyone who can seems too hard. Reporters talk with dental Health Experts today and
Jacket and a nice cup of hot chocolate and enjoy homecoming game today if you happen to be tailgating it could get a bit chilly for some. Tonight skies will start to clear out some. Well call it partly cloudy and temperatures will drop into the low 50s. Well see a bit more sunshine on sunday and high temperatures are expected to rise into the low 70s. Today mostly cloudy. A few sprinkles are possible. Wind n 515. High 64 alo 64 dbq 63 iow 64 61 to 67 tonight partly cloudy. Wind n 510. Low 52 alo 52 dbq 51 iow 52 49 to 55 thanks britley. This morning cedar rapids takes back to normal after this weeks flooding. After evacuating several city blocks along the river, the entire flood zone is back open to the public today. It opened back up evacuate their home or business. Traffic is also clearing up later this morning. This is a live look of northbound interstate 380 at 1st avenue southwest, near the quaker oats building in cedar rapids. The city plans on reopening traffic on all downtown b
The crowd cheered the second chief trelka walked into council chambers. Nat . Some supporters, who were wearing blue, addressed the council. Nat i appreciate you that you look into the community you hear the voices of those are crying out and you listen while other simply watched. And held signs, like dan trelka came into this town and took it on 150 percent. Earlier monday, mayor quentin hart and chief trelka held a joint news conference. Mayor hart announced trelka would shift his focus to a Community Policing effort that focuses on restoring public trust. Trelka 52 08, im here to work with mayor hart. Weve got some challenges to face, we have some adjustments to make and were having great conversation s and all of this is for the betterment of waterloo and im optimistic for all of us. These changes come after use of excessive force. Mayor hart 47 35, they dont represent city hall, and they dont represent the best these officers have to offer this community. Nat you have Police Offic
Go downhill, the wind increases and once it picks up, temperatures falling and that will lead to blowing snow concerns, especially in open areas and the countryside and will lead to slick roadways. The weekend, arctic air saturday followed by more snow saturday night into sunday. Great news, check out the 8 day forecast, temperatures next week , 30s, 40s, maybe close to 50. Eric this morning, there is still a bit of snow. Across most of the state, a hold of green but a lot of partially covered roads. In the northwest, blue, be careful, especially in the metro, a little bit slippery for your morning commute. Give yourself extra minutes. Elizabeth in commitment 2016 news now rematch. Hillary clinton and Bernie Sanders faced off last night for the First Time Since sanders defeated clinton by a landslide this week in new hampshire. With a recap. Nikole today, Hillary Clinton campaigns in South Carolina. While Bernie Sanders stumps in minnesota after going toetotoe last night. The Democrati
Administration, the democrats were going to make sure he did not appoint anybody to the suprcourt. Cynthia today grassley said , after giving it more thought, he implied he wouldnt rule out Holding Hearings on an obama nominee, but would only say senator grassley i will take it a step at a time. He hasnt nominated anyone yet. Cynthia the constitution states the president can nominate with the advice and consent of the senate. Matt sinovac, who questioned grassley about the process, was not pleased with his answers. The kept repeating that we will take it one step at a time, but he tried to be very vague and continued to play political games with this nomination process. Cynthia president obama today challenged republicans to offer any plausible rationale for refusing to consider a Supreme Court candidate, and he vowed to nominate an outstanding legal mind. Stacey the man looking to unseat senator grassley comes to the Selection Process for the next Supreme Court justice. State senator