Is donald trump a serious candidate. This is what its like to be on the floor of the United States senate. The gop battles on the debate stage. Who is talking . Im talking right now. Im talking. Cruz support. He campaigned promising to lead would you please get to me . Sorry, you havent. We punched the russians in the nose. If im elected we will build a wall that works and ill get donald trump to pay for it. A 737 off the runway in nashville and eight people taken to the hospital. Next thing we are getting off the road. Students back in class on l. A. Today after a terror attack that shut down the entire district. The fbi has said its not a credible threat. A powerful storm is spreading wintry conditions across the country. Parts of the colorado saw as many as two feet of snow. Nearly 500 flights cancelled. Where are you headed . Costa reek ko. Fight inside to iraqs leaders. A water crisis led to a state of emergency in flint, michigan. Hundreds of people in the town could have lead po
And rain. A thudnerstorm warning was issued for parts of washington county, but so far no reports of serious damage. The storms might have been responsible for this semi crash on i380. The semi was knocked over north of boyson road, backing up traffic in both directions while crews cleared the scene. So far theres no word on any injuries in this crash. Fortuantely, the threat for Severe Weather for the corridor is over. Over. For more on what to expect tonight, we turn to Marissa Scott in for chief meteorologist terry swails with your weather first forecast, marissa . Heres a look outside. Doppler radar shows some light rain east of cedar rapids and some light snow showers mainly in our evening. Well see cloudy skies through the remainder of the night with some gradual clearing. Some gradual clearing. Reduced visibilities in northeast iowa but for the most part we are seeing improvements on the roads. However some roads are still wet and slick, in fact some icy roads are in central iow
Theres a backup on i380 near Tower Terrace road. Ad lib thank you justin. For the first time ever, triplea is predicting 100million americans will travel more than 50miles from home this Holiday Season. And while most are driving, the six million who chose to fly may find more security to deal with. The tsa says passengers are more likely to be screened traveling this week, especially for overseas deststations. And now newer body scanning machines are extremely sensitive, and are able to pick up something as simple as handkerchief. Hopefully, it t doesnt back k up the travels to much but security is really at its tops right now. Now. In addition to long lines, Minneapolis Saint Paul International airport had to find their way around a group of protestors s from the group black lives matter. We are now in the final hours away from Christmas Eve and christmas day. All month long weve shown you how different communities are celebrating theolidays were told its the most wonderful time of t
Tonight at 730 on cnn. Cbs 2 news will be watching and well have a full report coming up tonight on the cbs 2 news ten at ten. Governor Terry Branstad is now the longestserving governor in us history. History. He earned that distinction yesterday. And during his time in office, hes seen a lot happen in iowa politics. Politics. Cbs 2 News Reporter kevin barry reports on whats the same and whats different. Different. When Terry Branstad first became governor in 1983, he was the youngest in iowas history at 36 years old. He says back then setting records for being in office a combined 21 years was the farthest thing from his mind. Was that the plan back in 1982 . No. I had no clue this would happen. In fact i didnt even know what the record was when i ran the first time back then, branstad was the Lieutenant Governor and was just as surprised as everyone else when robert ray decided to not run for governor again. He says he wanted to be in in eighth grade he majored in Political Science a
Suddenly over the weekend. Austin roberts collapsed during a meet on sunday. He went to spenccr high school. Yesterday the state medical examiner did an autopsy but results are pending. The visitation is this coming sunday and his funeral will be monday both at the spepecer high school gym. Four people were rescued this morning after becoming strandd on a sandbar in Prairie Creek in cedar rapids. The people became straaed when their atv veered into the creek. Crews made the rescue with were reported. Prairie creeks located at e intersection of j street and Hawkeye Downs road. Eastern iowaaman is arrestt following a report of gun fire and the discovery of a stolen assault rifle. Police in waterloo arrested this man 22year old Vincent Harrington in the 6huudred block of wellington street tuesday night. Several people ran away when Police Responded to the report of gun fire in the area. The rifle was found at the scene and police say it was stolen in a burglary eaalier this wwk. With Chri