Amounts are possible. Record rainfall amounts will be broken. Temperatures are also very mild today. We wi start off in the upper 50s this morning and continue to rise into t low 60s by midmorning. The race for the gop president ial nomination is switching course here in iowa. A new Des Moines Register poll released yesterday shows texas senator ted cruz leading longtime frontrunner donald trump. Cruz sits 10 points higher at 31 percent, in n is poll of a little more than 400 iowa republicans. Trump is still in 2nd place, with 21 percent support. Dr. Ben carson, who once held the top spot, is now in 3rd place with 13 florida senator marco rubio runs in 4th place. He is the only other candidate in the field of 13 who is in the double digits, with 10 percent support. Cruz has gained momentum over the past 30 days. Last weekend in cedar rapids, he acknowledge d that jump in the polls. Cruz believed more conservatives are choosing him now, after evaluating other candidates. Though donald t
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
Mondnd marks the third anniversrsy 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 that day. Cbs 2 News Reporter stefef lee is here with the story of gun control advocates and how they honored those killed. Iowans for gun safety partnered with Cedar Rapids Metro High School students to ask for an end to gun olence. In remembrance of sandy hook, the students from metro high read the names of the twenty six victims. Organizers say event was to advocate for stronger gun laws. To make an impact organizers also passed out orange bookmarks with the victims names. The color orange is supposed to mean dont shoot. There are 90gun deaths everydyd in this s untry, about two fifths of them are homicides, three fifth are suicides, one or two accidental shootings, every day. Day. Tonight on the cbs 2 news ten at ten, well show you what the students have to say about living in a country wit
He was getting out of his police car. Myers is now beieig held at the Black Hawk County jail. The assault happened at the College Square manor on boulder drive behind the College Square hyvee. Kwwls Jessica Hartman investigates the incident. She joins us live in the newsroom with the details. Of evets started with myers eating his way through the College Squaree hyvee in cedar falls. When hyvee managers approached myers he became aggressive and attacked two employees. According to police he then left to his nearby apartment. While police were searching the building for myers he attempted to break into a locked cop car. Thats when officer nick puls spotted myers. The assault lasted about 10 seconds. He took officer puls to the ground and was striking him in the head when the other officer tased him and got him off. Myers is a resident at the complex. Person who keeps to himself. The seriousness of officer puls injuries are unkown this time. Weve got you covered live in the newsroom. Jes
Morning assault that all started at a grocery store. This man Michael Myers allegedly charged the officer as he was getting out of his police car near the College Square manor on boulder drive behind the hyvee store. Kwwls Jessica Hartman reports. Myers started his day at the grocery store. While eating his way through the store hyvee assaulted two workers one leaving witha bloody lip before leaving. Hartman myers ran just a couple blocks away to this apartment complex where he is a their cop cars. Thats when Cedar Falls Police officer nick puls spotted him. The assault lasted about 10 in the head when the other officer tased him and got him off. With so many recent officerinvolved shootings i asked if this assault could have escalated to that. Every situation that we get into, where violence is happens very quickly. The officers have proceeded to that is difficult to tell. Thankfully it did not. Myers neighbors say they are not close with him. Is unemployeed. The extent of officer pul