Where to begin. Because this is what is, my friends cheers in pennsylvania a key prize on clintons map trump rocked a packed house in hershey. Trump i didnt have to bring jlo or jay z the only way she gets anybody. Im here all by myself. While not stars. Trump was joined by the parents of a teenage su trump so well dedicate this evening to riley, okay . A rare tender moment in a race thats gotten ugly and shows no sign of changing in the last three today. Vermont senator Bernie Sanders making the last of three iowa along with the president ial race many local races on the ballot come tuesday. Tonight we have a detailed look at iowa house race district 60 waterloo cedar falls. Kwwls Jessica Hartman joins us with more. Facing off in the race 2 term veteran in the House Republican candidate walt rogers and new comer democratic candidate gary kroeger. Both locally born and bred kroeger and rogers say they are invested in iowa and creating a strong iowa economy but in their own ways. Just m
Complete newscast of the day. Protests against president elect donald trump are stretching into a third night. Thousands are marching in major cities many demonstrators remained peaceful but some are blocking the highways setting how the president elect took to twitter to attack the demonstrations. He accused the media of orchestrating t. Them. This morning donald trump to tweeting love the fact that the small groups of protesters last night have passion for our great country. We will all come together and be proud. There were . More demonstration s in iowa city today. Today. . Dozens of protesters walked . Right into the evening rush hour on interstate80 near dubuque street tonight. Iowa city police and the iowa state patrol were called in to deal with the situation. But it took about 15minutes to clear the road, leading to a massive miles. Eventually, the group marched back down dubuque street toward the downtown district. Despite the disturbances, police tell fox 28 news no one was
Happening now there is new leadership in the republican controlled iowa senate. Chamber members met privately today at the iowa capitol and selected they met privately today and selected bill dix as majority leader and jack with for as president. It starts in two months. A steffi lee shows us this is a key member for i democrats to try and regroup for 2018 and 2020. Majority control over the statehouse, some democrats a it is not time for a reflection but to also find new inspiration. If you start keeping score you kill the conversation. A key victory for republicans. Dan johnson defeated mike rohde stole. Is top priority is tax reform and improving Mental Health a bit. Synthesize the systems. This is a changed election. Matt mccoy is weary. The shifting control caput issues like Public Education funding and gun laws at risk. He expects more republican support for School Voucher programs. Providing state dollars for kids who want to send their and i think that but democrats believe the
Trump. In the meantime there are a number of Government Programs that support veterans as they age. But one has been dubbed the ghost benefit because so few know about it. Our reporter has been looking into the program she joins us live, dora. Thats right about 70 of veterans qualify for this benefit but dont even know it exists it is called ana pension. Around for veterans that most have never even heard of. No, never. Even in all my retirement briefings i never, never once mentioned. It is not as widely known as medicate or medicare this is basically free money on the table. It is called the aide and attendance for veterans or ana. Gives 2,100 for help with senior care costs. Just an assistance living home. Gary signed up his motherin law for the program. It helps with the total cost of her upkeep at the care center where she is at until she can stay there a longer period of time and not run out of money. Right now applicants have to have 80,000 or less in assets but the government i
Cedar rapids has been down this road. This time supporters of a new casino proposal hope they can sway state regulators that turned out to gaming license three years ago. Tonight i learned that the iowa racing and Gaming Commission started the process today for a new study to determine the impact of the cedar rapids casino. A similar project found a massive gaining center would pull too much money away from away existing facilities. That was majority of state regulators that had to hear when they shut down the request. Wild rose entertainment which already operates casinos and i what hopes is smaller compact gaming facility would cut down on that cannibalization. They are hoping to pitch the new plan to state regulators and gambling finally come to the secondbiggest city in the state. Here is how everything could play out in the weeks and request a casino license for linn county sometime in january. In february the iowa racing and gaming to patient plans to study how the proposal would