While you were sleeping, multiple fire crews tried to save a burning home on ely street in cedar rapids just after midnight. Our crew on the scene says firefighters worked to tame the flames for more than two hours. The Linn County Sheriffs Office tells cbs 2 news no one was home at the time. Initial reports say the home may have been undergoing renovations. Officials are now working to figure out what started the fire. Well continue to monitor this developing story all morning long. An update this morning authorities have now released the names of two People Killed just outside of decorah. Decorah. It all happened in a Mobile Home Park in freeport. 55yearold craig freilinger and 41yearold sarah szabo were both found dead on sunday evening from gunshot wounds. The Winneshiek County Sheriffs Office says the are not looking for any other suspects, and the public is not in any danger. Developing right now in cedar falls authorities are now piecing together what led up to a double stabbing. Police were called to University Avenue studios apartments just after 4 30 yesterday afternoon. Investigators tell the waterloo Cedar Falls Courier the two victims were stabbed at two different locations at the complex. A suspect is now in custody. Both victims were taken to local treatment. An 18yearold university of iowa student now nowfaces charges for falsely reporting an active shooter on campus. Police arrested harrison tsimourisafter the scare saturday night. Night. Police say he sent a text message to a friend saying there was an active shooter in burge residence hall. The friend then told police. After officers arrived and evacuated the building tsimouris sent the same student another text saying it charged with filing a false report. In her first interview since the 2005 tape of donald trump was leaked Melania Trump defends her husba. Husband. In an interview with Cnns Anderson Cooper melania called trumps words inappropriate and offensive. In the video trump is heard making lewd comments about his attempts to pick up women. Melania says the two are now moving on. Melania trump he i accept his apology. I hope the American People will accept as well. And it was many, many years ago. Hes not the man that. That i know. Know. Also in the video she says her husband blamed tv host billy bush saying he egged trump on to say dirty and bad things. Speaking of bush he has now been fired from his position on the today show. Hes only bush was orginially suspended two days after the 2005 tape was leaked. Iowa Governor Terry branstad says he agrees with donald trump about a rigged election. Branstad says theres a media bias against trump and it doesnt give voters the complete picture of different candidates. He says media bias and voter fraud are one and the same but trusts voters to make the right decision. Terry branstad 03 10 37 07 a lot of people are skeptical today becae bias of the national press, they see what they consider to be collusion between the clinton machine iowas secretary of state paul pate disagrees with the governor. He says republicans and democrats Work Together to make sure every vote is fair. Fair. Im telling you iowans can be confident in our election system we have the checks and balances, we work on a bipartisan basis and our county offices are open to anyone who sees any potential problems so we can address it. It. Secretary pate says since iowans vote with paper ballots theres virtually no chance of an internet hack. Another Major Political topic during this years race for president immigration. And that was the focus of a discussion last night in cedar rapids. Cbs 2 news political reporter kevin barry went to that discussion which included people who work in the immigration system every da. Day. The National Discussion about immigration is never far from charged words like terrorism and jihad. Dr catherine shaffstump from Kirkwood Community college says thinking all muslim immigrants are linked to those words is where the the misconceptions start. Its sort of like comparing all christians to seriously fundamental christians. Shes seen the immigrant population at kirkwood grow from 60 people in 2005 to about 500 in 2016. Many of them are sudanese population in our community had no idea what that really meant mike mbanza helps immigrants navigate the legal battles in the system. I won the lotteryhe fought those fights himself when he immigrated from the congo in 2008. He says many of the small amount of crimes immigrants do commit are out of desperation. If the immigration system is fixed to allow those people to get whats theyre looking for, there wont be crim, theyll be minimal. Theyre trying to help people like Lindsey Ellickson learn more about all aspects of immigration. Ive learned a lot about racism and about how best to raise my daughter. I work at waypoint so its important to understand what different people in the community have experienced. Clearing up the facts that get kevin barry reporting. Doctor shaffstump says the 2016 election cycle is like nothing shes ever seen but that the immigrants she works with in eastern iowa are generally looking to stay and set up a life and family. The fbi released another batch of notes from its investigation into Hillary Clintons emails. Mails. Those notes reveal a top official at the state department tried to strike a deal with the agency over one of her emails. Th surrounds one email about the 2012 benghazi attacks which was classified as secret last year. The classification contradicts clintons claims that she didnt send classified information. According to interviews Security Officials felt pressured to change the e mails ranking. The fbi says no favors were granted and the classification remained the same. That brings us to our question of the day. What is your reaction to the wikileaks click the question link on the homepage of cbs 2 iowa dot com. Also, be sure to join us for a live town hall after tomorrows debate. You can watch your voice, your future, on our website, cbs 2 iowa dot com, and on our digital channel, thursday night at six. A follow up now to the thedamage caused by protesters along the controversial Bakken Oil Pipeline that will cut through iowa. Iowa. Officials now say estimate about two Million Dollars in damage at a construction site near reasnor. Thats the same location where equipment was targeted back in august as well. Federal authorities are now investigating. Dakota access is offering 100thousand dollars for information leading to an arrest. Officials say repairs to the Iowa State Capitol dome have now been delayed. The des moines project was supposed to start in august and last 12to18 months to complete. But right now the on drawings and specifics. Earlier this year the state legislature approved nearly 10 Million Dollars to restore the dome. Its and right now in its de. Degrees. Coming up next the new way wine is being packaged that might surprise you. You. In your cbs 2 weather first forecast we have. Have. Your planner shows whats ahead for the next hoursa now a live look outside courtesy of our weatherfirst skycama a bit of fog in temperatures around the areaa taking a look at regional temperatures we see highs are mild all around iowa the regional satellite radar is keeping conditions quiet lets move ahead in time by taking a look at the midwest surface mapa moving into a closer view with our predictor forecast we see mainly quiet conditions todays forecast features clear skies cooler temperatures tonights forecast has us looking for mainly clear chilly conditions the next three days show more dry and cool weather our 7 day forecast does bring more cool weather wine is getting a makeover. No glasses or cork screws are nece. Necessary. Danielle nottingham has the new trend thats gaining popularity with milleni. Millenials. pkg vo wine is rolling out a new looka and andrew jones of field recordings in Central California is one of the first sounds like youre opening a beer jones started putting wine in cans back in 2013. Back then it made up 5 percent of his business. Today, canned wine accounts for 40 percent. sot danielle why wine in a can . andrew its real simple. Simplicity. Wine doesnt have to be so ceremonial. nats canned wine currently makes up less than one percent of the market, but the growth has been explosive. gfx sales more than doubled over the last to 14. 5 million. Sommelier Whitney Adams says wine in a can is portablea. Aff ordablea single serving and a hit with millenials. sotWhitney Adams sommelier i definitely think thats where things are headed. I think more and more every month or two, a new wine comes out in a can, whether its a wine spritzer. I ve seen lots of different things. Its here to stay for sure. Single cans retail for as low as five dollars. At field recordings. Its about 8 dollars. 4 packs and 6 packs are also available. sotandrew jones winemaker you dont have to buy it that day and drink it that night canned bottles because theres no light hitting the product so it keeps the product super fresh. Whether you want pinot noir a or something bubbly natsot cheers theres a variety. In a cana to quench the thirst of every wine lover. Danielle nottingham, cbs news, its now on this morning. And if youre in its degrees. Degrees. Coming up next in sports the one game that might tip the favor for the iowa hawkeyes this saturday when the badgers come to town. Town. T karma again . Just wanna see if my score changed. You wanna check yours . Scores dont change that much. I havent changed. Oh really . I love summer weddings oh no. Yeah, maybe it is time. Maybe i should check my credit score. Try credit karma. Its free. Oh woah. Thats different. Welcome back heres a live look at the interstate 380 overnight construction on an exit ramp is delaying traffic this morning. Theres a detour for drivers wanting to head north on 380. That will open back up in about 30 minutes at 6. 6. Heres a look at some of eastern iowas top stories on this morning. Details about job cuts coming to rockwell collins. We first told you last week the cedar rapidsbased Company Plans to eliminate twotothreepercent of thier jobs worldwide. Rockwell says theres now a slowndown of business in the jet market. The cuts will mostly come from retirements and not filling open positions. Its still unclear how many jobs will be cut from the cedar rapids campus. The city of cedar rapids now warns residents dont let political signs make the road more dangerous for drivers. Republican or democrat those signs cannot be placed in the public right of way. That generally means between the street curb and the sidewalk. The city says workers will remove illegally posted signs when they see them. No more rutgers no more purdue its about to get real for the iowa hawkeyes big ten west title bring on wisconsin. The badgers are an early favorite for this saturdays game at Kinnick Stadium iowa won a tight one in madison last year but the hawks have dropped three straight heartland trophy games . In . Iowa city still homefield advantage will be a factor in this one and the badgers know it. You can hear guys saying anything and everything some crazy things being said from some of these fans but hostile, man especially going to iowa nuances and they are right on top of you and thats what makes going down there a fun place to play but a hard place to playanother week another close loss for Northern Iowa the panthers have dropped four games this season all of them by a touchdown or less. On one hand mark farleys team hasnt been able to finish games on the other theyve held late leads in all of their losses and if they can still get to what farley is calling their magic number thats seven wins and hopefully a playoff spot. Were out of space now so now were down to weve really got to be good the rest of the way out excellent the rest of the way out we have to win out and i dont think theres any doubt about that we knew that coming in what the magic number was i think thats evident to everybody i dont thik thats a surprise former Panther David is balling out on monday night football tonight. First quarter johnson takes the handoff cuts back cuts outside and he is gone this guy is the whole package a dazzling 58yard touchdown run by dj puts the cards up 7nothing. Then in the Second Quarter give it to him again big hole for johnson his 2nd touchdown of the game he also added a third he now has eight on the season. Arizonas on top in the fourth, 21 to 3. To fedorawitz made a big play on a National Stage last night the texans were down seven with under a minute to go when Brock Osweiler found his big tight end for a gametying, 26yard touchdown pass the iowa alum had six catches for 85 yards in the houston win. After starting the season 7 and 0 coe football is getting some National Attention the kohawks were ranked in two national divisionthree polls on monday just two days after they beat dubuque to take over sole possession of first place in the iowa conference coe is ranked 17th in the afca poll and 18th in the dthree football. Com poll in iowa state basketball news no surprise here star point guard monte morris was named to the cousy award watch list on monday which goes to the nations best point guard morris was a finalist for the award last season averaged just under 14 points an iowa zoo is the talk of the web this morning. Meet the blank park zoos new baby rhino. This little girl weighs 80pounds and stands 2feet high. Apart from being the apple of her mothers eye she also happens to be one of the rarest rhinos on the planet. She is one of only about 950 eastern black rhinos in the world. The zoo says well. It hopes to announce a campaign to come up with a name for the new baby around the holidays. Good morning again its now right now its degrees in coming up after the break were tracking a deadly storm right now thats expected to make landfall sometime today. This morning covering the its not uncommon for autistic kids to flap their hands. And so when i saw that, that was completely disqualifying. Im a republican, but this election is so much bigger than party. My son max cant live in trump world. So im crossing party lines and voting for hillary. I dont always agree with her, but shes reasonable. And shes smart. She can work with people to solve problems. I want to be able to tell my kids that i did the right thing when it really mattered. Right now on cbs 2 this morning. How the University Future to help prepare for the . Next major flooding threat. And why the threat of future flooding . Wont scare businesses from moving to downtown cedar rapids. The one store thats not clowning around this halloween when it comes to the creepy clown craze sweeping the nation. Welcome to cbs two this morning. Im jenee ryan. Ryan. Lets get a check of our cbs 2 happening right now parts of t southeastasia are bracing for the full brunt of a typhoon thats already killed 31 people. People. Vietnam has already suffered heavy rains and powerful tropical storm. The typhoon is expected to hit land sometime today. This is video from the phillipines where the storm killed two people and displaced nearly 150thousand people over the weekend. That country could be hit with a . Second typhoon later this week. The director of the Iowa Flood Center will visit cedar rapids today to talk about how you can better prepare yourself for the next flood. Flood. Cbs 2 news Stephanie Johnson is live liveat the Cedar Rapids Downtown Library to explain how. How. Jeneethe Iowa Flood Center at the university of iowawants people to use its website as a one stop shop for all of their flood needs. The ifc developed the website after the floods of oh eight. Since then they have added more features such as a flood alert feature and a vitural also features locations for the red cross and flooded roadways. Todays discussion will feature representatives from both the flood center and the National Weather service. Officials at the Iowa Flood Center say floods are happening more frequently and knowing where you can find information is important. 16;20;56 the flooding trends are increasing so we expect this to be something that well probably be dealing with on a more just how we can get ahead of the game a bit and you know help to provide the people with the information they need before the next flood event hap happens. This event is set for noon today at the Cedar Rapids Downtown Library its free and open to the public. Covering the corridor in cedar rapids Stephanie Johnson cbs 2 news. On friday one of university of iowas biggest comebacks explore. But today were going to give you a sneak peak. At 11 am ui officials are letting our cameras into the new voxman music building. Flooding 8 years ago forced students and faculty out of the former building but after years of planning and construction the new space welcomed students this fall. The public musicfilled dedication ceremony will begin at 4 on friday. Hundreds of rapids will move from the edge of town to the heart of it. It. Digital Marketing Company hibu is moving from its c street southwest location to the Town Center Building on third avenue southeast. The move transfers 650 jobs to the downtown district. The business formerly known as yellow book will make the move in may. There are several small operations also eyeing downtown cedar rapids. Cbs 2 News Reporter Connor Morgan shows us how the center of the overhaul. With two major floods in eight years even city manager Jeff Pomeranz can see why businesses may be skeptical of locating downtown. Downtown. It would have been easy for a Company Looking for a new headquarters to say, no, i think ill go somewhere else. turns out the threat of future flooding isnt scaring businesses like hibu from setting up shop in the heart of cedar rapids. Mayor ron corbett says the companys downtown commitment is a city. They actually looked at space not just in cedar rapids, but outside of cedar rapids. So to keep these jobs in cedar rapids was critical. Large companies arent alone in choosing downtown. Ironically the flood of 08 is aiding aspiring downtown entrepreneurs. Economic Development Manager Jasmine Almoayed says some of the money left over from the disasters relief fund is kickstarting Small Businesses as part of the citys micro loan program. Program. Theres actually a lot more interest than what we had originally anticipated. We high of a demand. Modteets williams got a tenthousand dollar micro loan from the city. A chicago native williams plans to open a market at the roosevelt and says the downtown is a prime location for business. Business. Coming from a bigger city, i can see what needs to be fulfilled in downtown cedar rapids and i just felt like it was an opportunity, and im happy that i was the first one to take advantage of that opportunity. Thats Connor Morgan reporting. Williams says he plans to have his convenience mods market opened before the start of the new year. If youre looking for a clown mask this halloween you wont find one at target. The retail giant decided to remove clown masks from their shelves and online. Thats due to the negetive attention clowns have been receiving the past few months. Cedar rapids Public Safety officer greg buelow says there have been about a dozen clown sightings called into police recently but there have been no credible involving clowns. The creepy clown craze has now inspired a new slogan for the Iowa Department of transportation. If you traveled on area interstates yesterday you probably saw dont be a clown. Just slow down. The national Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports aggresive behaviors are behind at least 50 percent of deadly crashes every year. Ifyou find yourself behind the wheel when another driver is acting agressively the dot and focus on your own driving. Every night a Staggering Number of kids right here in the corridor and across the country go to bed hungry. Hungry. A recent report found that last year more than 13 million American Kids lived in food insecure households. Households. Cbs 2 News Reporter dora miller explains how one high school in iowa city has taken a big step to combat this issue. Issue. Natsfor some students, food readily available. Jarod f17 34 19 its very hard for parents to make ends meet and so some kids even feel like they need to get a job and help pay for food. At tate high school, theres an overwhelming population of students in need. Amber 17 20 09 we have a High Percentage of free and reduced lunch students as well as a good number of homeless families. Senior jared rogers says his family has struggled with food insecurity. Jarod 17 34 56 my mom, shes doing the best she can. This is going to be the sixth year since my dad had died so every day its kind of a struggle. The new food pantry would allow students like jarod to take free food on mondays and fridays no questions askeda its an expansion of a program that already existed. Amber 17 19 31 all of our students get free breakfast and lunch and then having this pantry will provide with them with knowing that they essentially get a free dinner as well. Jarod 17 35 53 its already made a big difference in our finances. Alleviating stress outside of school is only part of the goala School Officials want to help students succeed . In the classroom too. Amber 17 19 16 what were hoping for is that we see an increase grades and the attendance even, having the healthy meal that they need. Natsdevari 17 32 22 its definitely the best thing that they did this for all the kids in the community. And for students who need a little extra helpa amber 17 18 50 we have every item that you need, we have some teen parents here so weve been provided diapers, wipes, toiletry items, hygiene items and a ton of food. Dora miller reporting. All donations come from Trinity Church and Johnson County crisis center. Officials will hopes of expanding it to other schools in the district. Its and right now in its de. Degrees. Coming up on cbs 2 this morning,why donald trump is now lashing out against a tv show hes appeared on multiple times. Times. In your cbs 2 weather first forecast we have. With the election getting closer saturday night live is thriving with their spoofs of the president ial cand. Candidates. Jeanee moos tells us why donald trump is now objecting to alec baldwins maybe it was alec baldwin portraying him as jaws. That made donald trump want to bite back. At snl, the donald called it a hit job on me. Time to retire the boring and unfunny show. Alec baldwin portrayal stinks. Baldwin must not have been too hurt because he retweeted and to think donald himself has graced snl over the years. donald trump, r president ial nominee call me on the cellphone. Apparently before it was boring and unfunny. donald trump, r president ial nominee its a special thing. Its a great honor. Its like a feather in your cap. jeanne moos reporter ok, so trump says baldwin stinks, but what does hillary think about how shes been portrayed . hillary clinton, d president ial nominee when Kate Mckinnon my chair. Kate Mckinnon as hillary clinton, snl id like to begin tonight by attempting a casual lean. Obviously, snl wont be saying sorry to trump. alec baldwin as donald trump, snl i deeply appleogeeze. Are you trying to say apologize . alec baldwin as donald trump, snl no i would never do that. Another thing trump almost never does. Have you ever seen donald trump laugh . You rarely see the donald genuinely cracking up. We found only a couple of instances the jolliest was when a screech interrupted a trump rally. donald trump, r president ial nominee this is something. [screech] donald trump, r president ial nominee what was that . Was that a dog . Hillary donald trump, r president ial nominee uh oh. Its hillary bet you wont catch the donald doing this while watching snl. alec baldwin as donald trump, snl wrong wrong its and youre watching c in its degrees. Degrees. After the break the mall of america made headlines for wanting to close on thanksgiving find out what store is not following their lead and instead opening we told you a few weeks ago that the mall of america will not open on thanksgiving day. Now macys has announced theyre opening one earlier. Fortune magazine says shoppers can start stuffing their carts at five pm this year. The Department Store giant has been having a lousy year. Last month, macys announced it was closing 100 of its stores because of declining sales. Skeptics say the retailer is unlikely to see any big gains by opening early. Netflix stock skyrocketed to start the week. On monday. The gains come after the streaming service announced threepoint sixmillion new subscribers in its third quarter. Most of those came from netflixs international markets. Pepsi drinks are about to pepsi drinks are about to have a whole lot less sugar. Sugar. Pepsico says it plans to aggressively cut sugars and calories in dozens of its products. Its promising that at least twothirds of their drinks will have 100 calories or less by 2025. Food giant also plans to reduce saturated fat and sodium levels in many of its other products, like fritolay chips. An nfl rookie now making a big splash on the football field is also making an impact off the field too. Too. Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliot helped more than 50 dallas families get new pets yesterday. He sponsored the 21dollar run to the deal was elliot would pay the difference of the cost after adopting families paid just 21bucks. The 21 refers to number he the 21 refers to number he wears on his jersey. Its right now its degrees in just ahead on cbs 2 this morning,how several states are now taking the issue of gun control into their own hands, and what it could mean for the rest of the country. Country. In your cbs 2 weather first forecast we have. The president ial election is not the only race on the ballot this november. In fact, in four states voters will decided whether to implement stricter background checks for guns. Juliana goldman telss us why they could serve as a barometer for the rest of the c. Country. After Mass Shootings in vote 027 02 the amendment is not agreed to. San bernardinoa. 07 16 02 senate vote the motion is not agreed to. And orlandoa. senate vote 03 37 14 the motion is not agreed to. Universal background checks have failed in congress. vo2 but it could be a whole different story in maine, where voters will see a very similar proposal on their ballots in november. vo3 david trahan runs the maine gun rights organizationa and opposes the measure. sot trahan 02 48 29 i could easily be charged with a felony and lose my right to own firearms simply for letting a friend borrow a firearm for hunting. vo yet in part because he says he cant compete against the millions spent by a Gun Control Group founded by former new york city mayor mike bloomberg. His millions go a long way in the state of maine. 00 06 35 24 trahan but if he gets a win here, he can then go to other states vo4 gfx in bloombergs group has raised 3. 7 million this year compared to just over 420 thousand by the National Rifle association. gfx out nat pop nra ad vo8 polls show overwhelming majorities of americans support expanding background Ballot Initiative allows voters to decide instead of lawmakers who fear the nra. David farmer is a gun owner who runs the bloomberg supported group in maine. 11 53 15 goldman do you think other states can see this and say here are ways to get around the gun lobby . That this is a chink in the nras armor . 12 07 09 farmer the power really still does remain with the voters, and if they want change, you can make it happen. nat pop it happen. You can make want change, and if they the voters, remain with still does power really farmer the 12 07 09 nras armor . Chink in the that this is a the gun lobby . Get around if youre just getting up, good morning its now right now its degrees in next whos now in trouble following an active shooter hoax on the university of iowa. Campus. Youre watching cbs 2 this morning covering the i spent many years as a Nuclear Missile launch officer. If the president gave the order we had to launch the missiles, that would be it. I prayed that call would never come. [ radio chatter ] eps these missiles from firing. [ sirens blearing ] i would bomb the [ beep] out of them. I want to be unpredictable. I love war. The thought of donald trump with Nuclear Weapons scares me to death. It should scare everyone
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