Theyre being combative or if they appear to be a threat to themselves after a night of drinking. Theres got to be better ways, cheaper ways to do it, than going to the emergency room or going to jail, thats the most expensive options there is right now, were already spending that. Hargadine says his department is exploring other options along with other local Law Enforcement agencies but a solution is a little ways off, and for now isnt a bill to end publicicntoxication arrests. As for other members of the Iowa City Community they seem to agree. Ive seen a lot of instances down here where we have had intoxicated people, i dont think we need everyone Walking Around here drunk all the time, it starts a lot of fights, people passing out everywhere, i think if they took the law away it would just cause more problems for people. I did talk to representativ e mary wolfe this afternoon who introduced the bill. She has a law degree and says being drunk isnt criminal. She says shes not re whats
With only a few breaks here and there. We will be mild, though, with highs in the mid 30s. As the winds turn to the northwest, though, those temps could start slide. We will be colder tomorrow, butit warms up by the end of the week. Ill have that forecast for you in a few minutes. Our top story this hour. Getting your taxes done early can help protect you from fraud. Thieves are filing returns early and the easiest way to protect yourself is to file early. If you need help getting them done theressfree serviies avavilable. Kwwls Amanda Gilbert joins us live from the uni campus to explain how to take advantage of this free service. Accounting juniors. Seniors. And grad students at uni are offering free tax return help. They say every monday and wednesday night they will be in the Curris Business Building from 7 to 9. They are a part of a program called helping low income tax payers. Students will electronically a prepare and exile both federal and iowa tax returns for people. I spoke wi
While adelele performance hits a sour note due to audio issues. She laughs it all off, today, tuesday, february 16th, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today on a tuesday morning. Im Savannah Guthrie and we have carson daly in for matt. On my best day, i wish i sounded like a ale with the technical issues. There was something for everybody. Well talk politics, too. Our top story is the weather. A wintry mix of snow, ice and coast. Proving to be downright dangerous. The same system, responsible for tornadoes, as well, in the south. Nbcs Hallie Jackson has it covered for us this morning. Good morning. Good morning, savannah. Were waking up after the Winter Weather advisory in 17 states, stretching some 1,200 0 les from georgia to maine. In a lot of spots, we expected the snow to turn to rain overnight. The problem is rush hour is still dangerously icy in location
Places, should not be tied up in politics. The president , in california hosting an asian summit, those responsibilities described in the constitution are iron clad. There are no caveats, he office. And Hillary Clinton weighing in. Unleashing a flflry of tweets overnight aimed at gop senators. Hillary tweeting hillary tweet so, a message for senate the scalia succession fight now also a Campaign Issue for the democrats. Sot hillary today now last time i looked, the constitution did nottave a parenthesis. He an Election Year . Thats not the way our srinivasen of washington, dc and jane kelly of iowa, also Washington Appeals Court judges merrick garland, long on his list, although older at 63 and patricia millett, an experienced litigator and former clerk for justice ginsburg. President could decide to fire up his own democratic ase. Nominating a minority candidate, or another woman. In a deliberate contrast to the majority of the gop opposition in the senate. Back in iowa a longtime fue
Its a cooking segment coming up. You know, you go to a fancy straentth restaurant, that will cost you 150 bucks. Craig ferguson will be joining us, cook or die. A cooking show. We also have the Property Brothers get a visit by jenna hager bush. Theyre fun, theyre fun to pick on. What is jenny wearing . It looks like a house coat. It was cold. That day was cold. The grammys arent just about award, theyre about style. We will show you a red carpet look with store bought makeup. Youtube testing your magic. So many great tricks. But last night it was big, baby. Yep. Because it was the grammysys anddig winners last night. Taylor swift. And lamar. Taylor swift got three, album of the year for 1989. Kendrick lamar had 11 nomination, took home five trophies and a lot of people were like it either made you feel old, you are like, what, i cant understand what he is exactly. That did happen a lot. A lot of the kids know he is on fire. Cup tow funk won best pop album of the year. Yes. Justin beach