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
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
Now, eastern iowa is avoiding all of this snow but unfortunately we are definitely not dodging the cold and the we begin with meteorologist Brandon Marshall with your weatherfirst developing developing right now in cedar rapids linn county attorney Jerry Vander Sanden has called for a grand jury to examine the evidence after an officer shot a suspect during a traffic stop. Stop. It is an unusual move in linn county as some question the actions of that Cedar Rapids Police officer on november first. Thats when investigators say officer lucas jones pulled over jeremie mitchell. Authorities say there was an jones then shot mitchell. The car with mitchell behind the wheel accelerated away from the scene. It then hit an unmarked squad car and other vehicles. Mitchell remains in the hospital and friends say he is paralyzed from the shooting. Shooting. In the days since, mitchells family and other Community Leaders have demanded more information from police. But, so far, the linn developed mor
Driver is not being charged in connection with the accident. The victim was taken to saint lukes and is now recovering at the university of iowa hospitals and clinics. Traffic was kind of piled up and i went to pull around and then, i didnt really see that much i just saw her kind of roll off the windshield. I didnt really see how fast the car was going or anything but i just saw kind of like the end of it when she fell off. Off. Coming up at 6 we talk hard lessons learned. Covering the corridor joe huisinga cbs 2 news live at five a cedar rapids mother is facing charges after crashing into a semi with her baby in the car. Car. According to Police Reports it happened earlier this month on the eighty 380 interchange. They say tenille sulzberger hit the truck causing her car to flip multiple times. Her oneyear old was in a car seat but sulzberger admitted to taking more than her prescribed dose of medication, as well as medication that wasnt hers. Shes charged with child endangerment and
After intense pressure from the public and lawmakers, the drug Company Mylan has now caved on the cost of the epipen. Epipen. The life saving shot will now also come in a generic brand. Brand. The cost of emergency shot during an allergic reaction has ballooned in recent years its right now more than 6 hundred dollars. The announcement means a generic version would cost about half as much as the current price. While the Company Works on that, some First Responders say theyve managed to find an even cheaper solution. All our emts to draw their own medications. The cost savings has bled over to our patients, and also to our depar department. Other companies are also looking for new technologies to compete against the epipen shot in the open market. Iowa senator Chuck Grassley is among the lawmakers pushing for the chang. Change. In a statement, senator grassley said quote this sounds like good news but the details are important to know. Grassley says he will continue to work with the foo