the warmer air by thursday , with even warmer temperatures still likely for friday and saturday. at this time, widespread 50s are likely both friday and saturday. snow w ck will be gone. fire up the grill!today: chance of snow, mainly early high: 32-38 winds: nw 5-15 alo: 35 dbq: 34 iow: 36tonight: mostly cloudy low: 17-23 winds: nw 5-10 alo: 18 dbq: 20 iow: 23tomorrow: mostly cloudy high: 29-35 winds: n 5-10 alo: 31 dbq: 31 iow: 34tomorrow night: partly cloudy low: 20-26 winds: se 5-10 alo: 24 dbq: 22 iow: 24 firefighters in cedar rapids are trying to figure out what caused a mobile home fire. one person is dead and another was taken to the hospital. the fire was at 3701 16th avenue sw. 72 year old ronald jacobs died at the scene. responders took his wife, 72 year old karen jacobs, transferring her to another hospital. smoke and flames had filled the mobile home when firefighters arrived just after 7:30 a-m yesterday morning. but the fire never got large enough to threaten any nearby mobile homes. one long time resident at the mobile home park says ththjacobs couple had lilid there for about 45 years. he knew both had health issues, which may have slowed them down if they were trying to escape. " he was on oxygen, and he liked to cook in the mornings, cook breakfast and stuff like that... but i don't know what happened or whatever." one battalion chief said he does not know if the oxygen tanks they found side the mobilee home played any role in the fire. in a tv-9 follow-up this morning.. authorities are investigating a house fire in north english where firefighters found a man's body. firefighters arrived at 208 south highland street around 8:30 sunday night. but they didn't find the body of 25 year old out. the state medical examiner's office will ininestigators believe a fatal fire in waterloo last friday night was not suspicious. firefighters pulled 53 year old ray anthony reed from his burning apartment at 16-84 mount carmel drive. he l ler died in the hospital. president obama will be picking a new justice for the supreme court after antonin scalia died suddenly. and a federal appeals court judge who was once a u.s. attorney based in cedar rapids could be up for consideration. justice scalia's death set off a debate about whether president obama should nominate someone to fill the seat in an election year. some senate leaders say the next president should nominate someone when he or she comes into office in january. president obama says he does plan to nominate a replacement. the senate then must approve that nominee. and that's why judge jane kelly is on a short list of nominees. kelly was an assistant u-s attorney in cedar rapids until president obama appointed her to the 8th u-s circuit court of appeals. the senate unanimously iowa senator chuck grassley accelerated her nomination. grsley is now the chairman of the senate judiciary committee. grassley released this statement saturday. quote: "given the huge divide in the country, and the fact that this president, above all others, has made no bones abo his goal to use the courts to circumvent congress and push through his own agenda, it only makes sense that we defer to the american people who will elect a new president to select the next supreme court justice." if republicans don't get their way, university of iowa political scientist tim hagle thinks republicans will stonewall any nominees until a new president is elected. " i think that their better move will be to delay. if you give hearings to somebody and that person comes across as knowledgeable and calm it becomes harder to vote no." judge kelly was confirmed in 83 days to her circuit seat. on average, research of confirmation. ' city council members in waverly will wait t til nextxtonday to discuss options for a a storic bridge. several people gave their opinions during the city council meeting last night. the city will decide between 14 options for the nearly 100-year-old bridge after it clolod because of structural problems. the choices range from doing nothing to tearing it down and replacing it. a petition circulated last year to save the bridge. now more than evev, iowa is taking closer look at who is in its prisons. the state is looking for innocent people who may have been falsely convicted. legal experts here in iowa say they're certain some innocent people are sitting in iowa's prisons right now. late last yearar governor branstad created the wrongful conviction division at the state defenders office. that was in response to the f-b-i admitting they put too much trust in bad hair analysis techniques for decades. the state has ready identified r rghly 80 cases of prisoners that are deserving of a closer look. this all comes as documentaries, like the netflix viewed and talked about. offffials say they think many prisoners will ask for case reviews. "everybody is talking about these issues, and it's fantastic so it's not just us in the legal community that realize sometimes innocent people get sentenced and convicted of things they didn't do, but now everybody knows. " exoneration, and the national registry of exonerations lists just 12 non-dna exoneratatns for state cases. killing an iowa state student has pleaded not guilty. benjamin clague's attorney submitted that plea in story county court yesterday morning. police say clague was driving the cy ride bus last december that killed 18-year-old emmalee jacobs while she was crossing a campus intersection. police say after the crash, clague drove away was from bana. clague faces several charges. a judge has scheduled his pre-trial conference for next month. the center for disease control new study that recommends active women ages 14 to 55 to use birth control, or stop drinking. the c-d-c says 3.3 million women are putting their developing babies at risk for fetal alcohol syndrome. kcrg-tvtv's brea love joins u u live from the newsroom. brea, you spoke with a doctor here in cedar rapids? that's right. she told me the study is making an important point. 50 percent of pregnancies in the united states are unintendede when women are drinking alcohol at any time without using birth-control they are at risk for an alcohol-exposed pregnancy. alcohol exposure during even the 6 weeks can be detrimental to a baby. 45:18 "in most doctors minds, if you're not birth control and you're having intercourse, you're trying to get pregnant. so, i always tell people if your having intercourse and you don't want a baby than lets do something to prevent it." she says if an individual does want to have a baby, they should refrain from drinking as soon as they decide to try. besides the damage to the child, says fetal alcohol syndrome can cause many social implications and other damages. she says women have the tools to prevent it, they just need to take precaution. live in t t newsrsrm, brea love, kcrg-tv nine news. one cedar rapids travel agency says its getting calls from people who are concerned about going to countries that have the zika virus. zika is a mosquito- borne virus that's been linked to a birth defect that causes abnormally small heads and brain damage in babies. for most people the symptoms are minor, like a bad cold. the disease is spreading in central and south america. destinations unlimited says no one has canceled their trips to those destinations. but vice president jane schulyer says the company has been talking with concerned travelers. "whether it be young or older, somehow everyone thinks it's going to affect them. it's not the age group. so we try to council them on what may be relevant, and what may not be relevant with the facts." she says her office also received a number of ebola virus spread through a number of african countries. however, she said concerns are different because the viruses are different. smart shoes may be the new wave for workout technology. and no manners needed. new smart chairs are making sure offices look professional a a presentable at all times. good morning! it's ---. dusting is likely in many areas with locations south of i-80 possibly getting a half inch. overall, we will melt more snow than we will gain today. plan on highs yet again in the 30-35 range. moving forward, precipitation moving forward through next tuesday. the big story will be the warmer air by thursday , with even warmer temperatures still likely for friday and saturday. at this time, widespread 50s are likely both friday and saturday. snow pack will be gone. fire up the grill! thanks kaj. now here's abc's reena nan and kendis gibson hey there. in today's "techbytes." comcast says almost all of its services have been restored but for several hours yesterday customers in major cities throughout the country could not access the internet for watch tv. >> there was no rd on how many were effected or what exactly caused the problem. get ready for a brand new type of wearable device. a couple of former samsung employees have developed the smart shoe. >> it contains built in sensors to help coaches present work joutsz for the wearer. how about this, chairs that park themsmsves? a clap isisll you need to have to get the chairs right back where they belong. this was done by neeson engineers to promote their new vehicle parking feature. >> snd >> those are your "techbytes." if you have moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis like me, and you're talking to your rheumatologist this is humira. this is humira helping to relieve my pain and protect my joints from further damage. this is humira giving me new perspective. doctors have been prescribing humira for ten years. humira works for many adults. it targets and helps to block a specific source of inflammation that contributes to ra symptoms. humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, sometimes fatal infections and cancers, including lymphoma, have happened, as have blood, liver and nervous system problems, serious allergic reactions, and new or worsening heart failure. before treatment g g tested for tb.b. tell your doctor if you've been to areas where certain fungal infections are common, and if you've had tb, hepatitis b, are prone to infections, or have flu-like symptoms or sores. don't start humira if you have an infection. talk to your doctor and visit humira.com. what's all this nonsense about balls? pink balls, blue, yellow, red. it's hard to keep the whole thing straight. and alalthese so-called dealal well, they come with a lot of deal breakers. like when you leave the city the signal goes weak. u.s. cellular built a network to give you a stronger signal where the other guys don't. and as for deals? how's $300 back for every line you switch? $300! no ball nonsense. and a stronger signal, dangerous up and down the east coast this morning. abc's megan hughes has more on the wild weather and some of the hardest hit states. sot jay filawisz: "i'm just cleaning up the area, so that nobody slips and falls.." up and down the east made for wobbly walking. on the drivers scrambling to get traction? in pennsylvania-- derek fair was driving down route 29 in valley forge when he this not trying to hit the guy in front of me...so i started to skid and came off the road." north carolina's wintry mix caused more than 1500 car accidents in less than 24 hours the 1200 mile long winter storm is also creating trouble at airports-red dominated the departures board at charlotte douglas international. close to 1,600 flights were cancelled monday. philly pkg: i am done..i am done...i am done...hahaaa.. .i am ready for summer." the snow, ice, and rain are marching north up the east coast--17 states seeing winter weather alerts?with a big warmup in many places by later tonight. nats--storm the wild weather stretching into the south with reports of several tornado touchdowns? in mississippi, this house - destroyed... this high louisiana, winds ripping apart this car wash and pizza hut? and sent debris flying sot miranda supple / witness: "i seen it like coming at me. woo it's scary." reporter tag: this latest severe weather comes after aweekend that shattered cold records in new york and boston- today in some areas, temperatures in some places are expected to rise into the 50's. megan hughes, abc news, washington?. some popular music acts have a new trophy to put on their mantles this morning. we'll have a bundown of the big winners from the grammys, plus some highlights of heartfelt tribute performances . here's a live look on our camera. kaj will be back right after the break with a look at your tuesday forecast. meteorologist kaj o'mara joins us now with your first alert forecast. plan on light snow to graze the area today. only a dusting is likely in many areas with locations south of i-80 possibly getting a half inch. overall, we will melt more snow than we will gain today. plan on highs yet again in the 3335 range. moving forward, there is little to no chance of through next tuesday. the big story will be the warmer air by thursday , with even warmer temperatures still likely for friday and saturday. at this time, widespread 50s are likely both friday and saturday. snow pack will be gone. fire up the grill!today: chance of snow, mainly early high: 32-38 winds: nw 5-15 alo: 35 dbq: 34 iow: 36tonight: mostly cloudy low: 17-23 winds: nw 5-10 alo: 18 dbq: 20 iow: 23tomorrow: mostly cloudy high: 29-35 winds: n 5-10 alo: 31 dbq: 31 iow: 34tomorrow night: partly cloudy low: 20-26 winds: se 5-10 alo: 24 dbq: 22 iow: 24 thanks, kaj. one eastern iowa city is trying to make cuts to reduce its bottom line. one eastern iowa city is trying to make cuts to reduce its bottom line. now some city workers could see change. keep it here on tv-9. it's . on our citycam. it's februarar 16th and here's what you need to know today. fire investigators are working this morning to find out what caused two deadly fires yesterday -- one in north english and one in cedar rapids. the cedar rapids community school district says it isn't looking to hire a new equity consultant after firing edwin javius last week amid social dia allegations. iowa is taking a closer look at who is in its prisons. the state is looking for innocent people who may have been wrongfully convicted. doctors are telling women who drink to use birth control to decrse the risk of fetal alcohol syndrome. snow, ice and heavy rain is making driving conditions dangerous this morning on the east coast. and people in the south are cleaning up tornado damage. you're watching kcrg-tv9. now, from your 24 hour news source, this is kcrg-tv9 news morning news. first, , teorologis t kaj o'mara has your first alert forecast, kaj... plan on light snow to graze the area today. only a dusting is likely in many areas with locations south of i-80 possibly getting a half inch. overall, we will melt more snowhan we will gain today. 30-35 range. moving forward, there is little to no chance of precipitation moving forward through next tuesday. the big story will be the warmer air by thursday , with even warmer temperatures still likely for friday and saturday. at this time, widespread 50s are ikely both friday and saturday. snow pack will be gone. fire up the grill!today: chance of snow, mainly eerly high: 32-38 winds: nw 5-15 alo: 35 dbq: 34 iow: 36tonight: mostly cloudy low: 17-23 winds: nw 5-10 alo: 18 dbq: 20 iow: 23tomorrow: mostly cloudy high: 29-35 winds: n 5-10 alo: 31 dbq: 31 iow: 34tomorrow night:partly cloudy low: 20-26 winds: se 5-10 alo: 24 dbq: 22 iow: 24 the cedar rapids community school district says people won't see much change following the firing of its equity consultant last week. there were allegations the consultant... edwin javius , misrepresente d h)s credentials to other districts in the past. javius is the c-e-o of a consulting company equity, out of san jose, california. the district says he worked alongside a diversity committee to create the equity action plan. it went into effect in 2015. some events like this community forum in january are part it. the program monitors the progress o& targeted student groups including african american, latino and special education students. despite the recent termination, the district says plans are in motion to continue making progress. " 15:33:53 from the onset of hiring the consultant our plan was kind of a gradual release to coach our manager of student equity to a place where he felt comfmfrtable taking that work and moving it forward and i think he has had opportunities to do that." now that manager of student equity will take over work on the plan in the district. the district says it will look at school needs to determine if another consultant is needed in the future. but it's not currently considering that route. the next step in an investigation that found school will be decided today. the environmental protection commission will meet today. the commission could decide to send the case to the attorney general's office for enforcement. both the cedar rapids school district and the company it hired to clean up asbestos, abatement specialties, will be allowed to comment during that meeting. he investigation found there was uncontained asbestos at washington high school last year. the district ss renovation work was taking place in the area - but students and staff did not have access to it. the district says it cleaned the area where it found asbestos and tested the air when the work was done. bills in the iowa legislature have untit the end of the week to make it out committee. this frray is the first fununl, which means ththbill will die if it doesn't pass committee. if the bill started in the house committee it must make it to the house floor by friday. same goes for bills that started with senate committees. the second funnel is not until march 11th. by then, all senate bills must make it out of house one bill up for discussion today would expand medical marijuana. the house ll would allow medical marijuana production and distribution in iowa. as of now, people with epilepsy can use cannabis oil and must get it out of state. today, nearly 100 cancer patients, survivors and caregivers from across iowa will travel to the state capitol. they are asking lawmakers to pass a bill that would not let minors use tanning beds. last year, thoseewith american cancer society tried to appeal to lawmakers for the same law. next month, the state is scheduled to transition to a privatized medicaid program that 3 companies will manage. but some say the state is still not ready to make the switch. they shared their concerns with lawmakers in des moines yesterday. one retired doctor said changing an entire healthcare system could set people back years and compromise health. " when you have to lose your provider, or case manager, or change the medical system you the democratic- led senate passed a bill earlier this month to stop the privatization. representative art staed - a democrat from cedar rapids - has proposed a similar bill in the republican-led h hse. but that likely won't make it to the floor for debate. a district court judge has sided with the state's decision to terminate its contract with wellcare of iowa for managing medicaiai the department of human services threw out the contract with the health care company in december. it said wellcare had not disclosed some information during the bidding pcess. wellcaread filed a lawsuit in response to the decision. 3.3 million women are at risk of exposing their growing baby to alcohol according to the centers for disease and control. the organization released a new report this month urging women who are sexually active to use birth control. kcrg-tv nine's brea love joins us now. brea, doctors are saying this study is important? that's right. the c-d-c performed a survey between women ages 15 to 44. they were asked if they drink, if they use birth control, or if they or their partners have had any the study found that women who are not using a form of protection are putting their babies at risk. alcohol usage within even the first four to six weeks can cause lasting effects on a developing baby. doctors ask if a woman is trying to have a baby she should refrain from alcohol, long before finding out. 43:35 "what the study is really saying is up to 50 percent of pregnancies in the us are unintended, with unintended pregnancies being so common, if you are having intercourse, you should be using birth control to prevent a pregnancy." kapfhamer says sometimes having a good time can lead to more than people anticipate. she says it's safe to just be as prepared as you can be. the cdc says women who aren't actively trying to get pregnant don't usually find out until a month or two in. the organization says, w w risk it? chris, nicole? a couple of city council members in dubuque are calling into question a wage increase for about 500 city employees. luis del toro and david resnick say they want the council to reconsider a proposed 2-point-5 rcent salary increase. they say eliminating the increase, or even reducing it, would help balance the budget for next year. "if we were do nothing else and not be come to an agreement to make any further cuts, this would be one mean that would allow us to reduce our expenses by 400,000 " the two council members say eliminating or reducing the e planned salaly increase would put less of a burden on taxpayers. right now, city leaders have recommended a 1-point-7 percent property tax increase for next year. lots of the music industry's mosstalented artists have some new hardware this morning. last night was music's biggest night -- the grammy awards. taylor swift was a big winner. she won both album of the year and best pop vocal "1989." meghan trainor won for best new artist. and mark ronson and bruno mars took home the prize for "record of the year" for their song "uptown funk." but, some of the night's best moments came from tributes to artists who died this year. "take it easy" survrving members of the eagles paid tribute to the late glenn frey with the band's hit song "take it easy." frey died last month at 67 after complicatio with rheumatoid arthritis and pneumonia. gaga paying tribute to bowie and lady gaga paid tribute to david bowie. she performed a medley of his songs including "space oddity," "let's dance" and "rebel rebel." bowie died last month after a long battle with cancer. he was 69 years old. one eastern iowa v-f-w hall owes a lot to one of its members. he used his military training to save hihibeloved post from going under. up next... this morning's right after the break. it's ---. joins us now. plan on light snow to graze the dusting is likely in many areas with locations south of i-80 possibly getting a half inch. overall, we will melt more snow than we will gain today. plan on highs yet again in the 30-35 range. moving forward, there is little to no chance of precipitation moving forward through next tuesday. the big story will be the warmer air by thursday , with even warmer temperatures still likely this time, widespread 50s are likely both friday and saturday. snow pack will be gone. fire up the grill!today: chancecef snow, mainly early high: 32-38 winds: nw 5-15 alo: 35 dbq: 34 iow: 36tonight: mostly cloudy low: 17-23 winds: nw 5-10 alo: 18 dbq: 20 iow: 23tomorrow: mostly cloudy high: 29-35 winds: n 5-10 alo: 31 dbq: 31 iow: 34tomorrow night: partly cloudy low: 20-26 winds: se 5-10 alo: 24 dbq: 22 iow: 24 technology worked fine in iowa but there was an error in delegates. the iowa democratic party says human error is the reason. more on how it's affecting the numbers coming up. stay the iowa democratic partrtis it says workers in five precincts reported incorrect caucus results two weeks ago. hillary clinton is still the winner, but the party is shifting its allocation of county convention delegates a bit. "we looked into these issues that were brought up just to make sure we had it accurate. nearly 1,700 precincts made caucus night run really smoothly. " of the five countieseshat incorrectly awarded delegates, nearly all of the mistakes canceled each other out. taken altogether, the incorrect reporting gave bernie sanders one more county delegate. and martin o'mally also didn't get a delegate he was entitled to. the party fixed those mistakes. the university of iowa now has a $2.6 million dollar grant to help save marines from injury. the grant from the offffe of naval research will help create a simulation program to prevent injuries to u-s marines. the university's virtual human model, santos, will help create software that will allow marines to use their own characteristics like height, weight, and strength. the simulation accurately predict injuries and help recommend training for individual marines. "in 2006 there was 1.9 million injuries just in the u.s. marines. so if we're able to reduce that ust by 20 or 30 percent, then that would be fantastic. " karim abdel- malek started the the virtual soldier research program in 2003. each year, t-v nine and our show you care sponsors honor nine outstanding volunteers from throughout eastern iowa. we call them our nine who care. one decorah organization owes a lot to retired army man mark stockdale. stockdale is post commander of decorah v-f-w post 1977. he joined the club more than 10 years ago and quickly learned that it was struggling financially. mark handled finances and payroll in the army. he used his training to make drastic changes. he eliminated all paid club workers and even paid back taxes out of his own pocket at first to stop penalties. " i spent time analyzing what was going on...what was mark's mom says she was worried that he wouldn't get that money back. thanks to his efforts and a lot of other volunteers, as of last summer, that v-f-w post in decorah is now debt free. each of our nine who care winners received 500 dollars from our show you care sponsors to donate to their favorite charities. singer and songwriter jason derulo will be one of the artists perfrfming at the iowa state fair this year. he's had a handful of hits include "want to want me," "in my head" and "ridin' solo." other artists the state fair announced include country artist dierks bentley and pop rock band newsboys. tickets to see derulo go on sale saturday, march 5th. now here's our morning mugshot forour tuesday. it's project linus make a blanketday. project linus is a non-profit group that sews blankets for kids in need. its make a blanket day this saturday at the community in hiawatha on blairs ferry road from 10 to 3:30. if you can sew, bring your sewing machine and help make blankets. you can sew for a few hours or the whole day. feel free to bring a friend along, too. there will be soup, salads and snacks to keep you sewing strong. for more information, call 319-377-1877 if you have a non-profit event or organization you'd like to see featured... send us an e-mail... mugshot at kcrg-dot-com. here's what you need to know as you head out the door on your tuesday. the cedar rapids community school district says people won't see much change after firing its equity consultant last week. the district fired edwin javius after social media posts say he misrepresente d his credentials. the next step in an investigation that found asbestos in a cedar rapids high school will be decided today. the environmental protection commission could ddide to send the case to the attorney general's office for enforcement. both the district and the company that found the asbestos will be allowed to comment. the first deadline for lawmakers in des moines isis coming up on friday. bills have to have passed out of committee in their respective houses to continue on. all others will not have a chance of becoming a state law in this legislative session. now, one last look at this morning's weather,r,aj... plan on light snow to graze the area today. only a dusting is likely in many areas with locations south of i-80 possibly getting a half inch. overall, we will melt more snow than we will gain day. plan on highs yet again in the forward, there is little to no chance of precipitation moving forward through next tuesday. the big story will be the warmer air by thursday , with even warmer temperatures still likely for friday and saturday. at this time, widespread 50s are likely both friday and saturday. snow pack will be gone. fire up the grill!today: chance of snow, mainly early high: 32-38 winds: nw 5-15lo: 35 dbq: 34 iow: 36tonight: mostly cloudy low: 17-23 winds: nw 5-10 alo: 18 dbq: 20 iow: 23tomorrow: mostly cloudy high: 29-35 winds: n 5-10 alo: 31 dbq: 31 iow: 34tomorrow night: partly cloudy low: 20-26 winds: se 5-10 alo: 24 dbq: 22 iow: 24 we certainly hope your is off to a good start. good morning america is next. and we'll be back with a local news update at 7:25. also make sure to join us at good morning, america. weather whiplash. a wild swing in temperatures and slick roads spark major accidents. a massive pileup overnight. 17 tornadoes reported in the south destroying homes, businesses, and cars. and a new batch of bad weather moving in right now. just four days until the next showdown, jeb bush caing on his brother to charm voters. >> i've en -- life. >> as donald trump unleashes a tirade against the bushes and ted cruz. >> i've never seen anybody that lied&as much as ted cruz. and he goes around s sing he's a christian. >> now threatening to take cruz to court. donald trump is joining us live this morning. stunning revelation. the wrestling superstars now speaking out about the secret they kept for so long. why wwe star daniel bryan's wife agreed to keep quiet about her husband's concussions, the ones that eventually forced himo call it quits. everybody and the grammys rocking all night long. lionel richie saying "hello" to music's biggest night. taylor swift taking home a huge award and taking on kanye west. >> you don't let those people side-track you. we could be heroes just for one day >> and lady gaga with an out-of-this-world tribute to david bowie. this is ground control to