Transition team. Perhaps those topics will be part of your thanksgiving day discussion. And, the results of the election, will you talk politics on this day . Especially with those people who voted for another candidate . We want to see how you plan to handle the political discussion. This is how you let us know. Democrats at 202 7488000, republicans at 202 7488001 and independents at 202 7488002. If you plan to talk politics on this day and you want to post your thoughts on twitter and facebook, you can do so. Twitter cspanwj. On facebook as well. You want to welcome me to the washington journal on this day first of those lines will be available to you if you want to call and let us know about your political the scotians especially if you plan on engaging on those people who voted for another candidate. You can post on our Facebook Page for that discussion. Several pieces today in the paper. Lets take a look at the topics of the thanksgiving table discussions. In the this morning Wash
Now heres video from now heres video from damage left after last nights storms in floyd county. Powerful winds knocked trees into roadways closing some of them down. Other large tree branches also fell onto powerlines. Powerlines. We want to thank the cbs 2 news viewers who shared their pictures of the storms. A number of people posted pictures of the tornadoes that touched down, including this picture taken by sean britt near greene in you can track storms anytime by downloading the cbs 2 weather app. Its free for apple and android devices. Still developing this morning a civilian shot last night during a second night of violent violentprotests in charlotte, North Carolina is still on life support right now. Now. Police say they were not responsible for this shooting. Most protesters left around 2 am eastern time. Governor pat mccrory declared a state of emergency in the city and is sending in the national guard. Police fired tear gas on hundreds of protesters other people. People. De
Few tornadoes. Tonight storms continue to pound parts of the viewing area. We now go to meteorologist terry swails who has your weather first forecast. We did have a number of tornado Warnings Issued and we were on the air for about three consecutive hours for that reason. Now we have evolved to a flash flood threat around eastern iowa as heavy rains have fallen in the northern and western counties. Before this happened there was north and that will be out until 7 00 on thursday so we were concerned with the development of storms and it came to fruition today. Now we are seeing rain and big totals coming from the northern and western counties particularly in floyd county. Heres the radar and you can see we still have thunderstorms that are active around the area. They are in the Northern Counties. This is north of highway 20. This is where we see some of counties. We do have a Flash Flood Warning that is in effect and that includes county. That is out until three or clock. Strong storm
Tell you something about er doctors and things they never, ever, ever do. Any guesses on something an er doctor based on what they see in their Emergency Rooms would never do . Let you go without charging you . [laughter] thats pretty good. Its hard to top that. They never ride a bike without a helmet for example. So these are all things. I see where youre going with it. Okay. Go through the list there is a lot of them, but it really gets you thinking. They never hop on a motorcycle. They never set up a slip and slide. I know i love slip and slide. We have a friend of the Morning Blend who has a foundation for a head trauma and his accident, i think was in college on a slip and slide. And something i set up for my kids every summer so a trampoline. They dont do and they dont let their kid goes to parties with difference . Its a good question. They didnt address that. Lets a kid drive a lawn mower, using dull knives and playing with fireworks. Do you have time for my cookies. Family cir
Now in the southwest you can see another strong cell that is located to the north of sumner. This is located to the north of highway 20. This storm tracking to the north of be around hawkeye, west union and claremont between now and 11 00 tonight. Heavy rainfall is the primary threat. Additional storms are expected around eastern iowa as we go to the nighttime hours. A Flash Flood Watch is out to the north. We are expecting more heavy rain and flooding problems around the northern parts of the viewing area. We have breaking news related to the weather. Firefighters in charles city are going door to door to warn residents that evacuations could be ordered at any time between now and friday afternoon when the cedar river could be cresting. In floyd county they are saying travel is not advised. More rain is expected there. Wide due to the high waters. Stay home if you can. In the meantime scott you have pictures that illustrate the storm. Thanks to our viewers who shared their pictures. T