Transition continues to raise eyebrows. Tracie potts has the latest. Mike pompeo has accepted a nomination as cia director and alabama senator general both require senate confirmation. sot senator Jeff Sessions r alabama 12 16 do you think you could be confirmed easily by your colleagues in the senate . People have to make that decision. Retired Lieutenant General mike flynn has agreed to become National Security advisor no confirmation required. sot lt. Gen. Michael flynn army, retired 23 26 the president elect is in full control believe me. sot mitt romney r fmr. sot donald trump r says president elect trump will former nominee mitt romney sunday to discuss romney as a possible secretary of state. sot ben ginsberg nbc news political analyst 41 48 you need people of quality like at odds. The Vice President elect is on capitol hill, selling his bosss agenda to democrats sot mike pence r Vice President elect 541 00 were beginning to discuss areas that we might move forward on together.
Tonight ino clouds to hang on. Sunday, clouds should disperse somewhat, allowing a return to the upper 60s low 70s across the area. Next week, a warming trend is likely through wednesday with a seasonable cooldown right behind a midweek cold front. Enjoy your weekend toda y becoming mostly cloudy. Wind ne 1015. High 67 tonight cloudy. Wind ne 510. Low 57 tomorrow mostly cloudy. Wind n 510. High 66 tom. Night partly cloudy. Wind n 510. Low 53 rapids will allow people who live or work in the flood zone to go back into the area. And its asking people who dont need to be there to stay away so large equipment can get in for cleanup. The flood zone will be open to everyone else starting at seven saturday morning. For the many oncall first responders, Police Officers, and firefighters, the return to normal is longawaited. But until their routine is normalized, there is one place providing is providing hot meals and a place to relax for those working. Crescent lodge mason john english says he
Border and stop the drugs from pouring in and destroying our country. Donald trump heads to mexico. Trump heads south of the border today at the invitation of mexicos president. This is donald trump going to the person who he has made a promise of to pay for a wall that is going to cost tens of billions of dollars. The tropical depression churned its way toward the florida gulf coast. Im a little nervous. First hurricane in more than 20 years. To go past the big island. The Intelligence Community is trying to confirm that the number two man in isis, ab due Muhammad Al Adnani is dead. Hope solo has resigned from her club team after being suspended from the National Soccer federation. Singer chris brown is charged with a Deadly Weapon after a nearly 14our standoff. In my face. A ferry in hudson river collided with kayaks. Everybody is fine now. A woman run over a police who was tasing her. All that. On a flight from l. A. X. A woman is doing yoga in her seat and started doing a headstand
Seasonable cooldown right behind a midweek cold front. Enjoy your weekend toda y becoming mostly cloudy. Wind ne 1015. High 67 tonight cloudy. Wind ne 510. Low 57 tomorrow mostly cloudy. Wind n 510. High 66 tom. Night partly cloudy. Wind n 510. Low 53 thanks kaj. Rapids will allow people who live or work in the flood zone to get back into the area. And its asking people who dont need to be there to stay away so large equipment can get in for cleanup. The flood zone will be open to everyone else starting at seven saturday morning. That klarge equipment will be in the area for a few weeks as as part of the Flood Recovery. As a safety measure, police will step up their patrols. And businesses, many will be anxious to get rid of their sandbags. But the city wants to do it properly. Starting at seven this morning, there will be drop off sites for businesses and non profits. The Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance is running the sites. Workers there are asking people let them know ahead of
Right now a waterloo man is accused of luring two girls into sex trafficking. Trafficking. Officers say theyve arrested Lawrence Campbell junior. Waterloo police tell cbs 2 news they discovered the crime earlier this week when they caught a girl shoplifting at the waterloo target. They say campbell met both 16yearolds onlineand told them to come to waterloo from chicago for a better life. When they got there, campbell allegedly told them they would need to have sex in order to make money. Police have now contacted the girls parents to let them know theyve been found. Across the country hundreds of thousands of children are at risk for being sold into Human Trafficking. Unlike other Violent Crimes this one can go unnoticed. Unnoticed. One corridor woman who escaped the sex trafficking trade says we have to band together to stop the cycle. Local organizations like chains interrupted also provide services to help survivors. But they say the only way to make sure children and women are saf