Hill battle for the republican, peters, to win over the more than half Million People in the 24 county district. For an hour, the two sparred over a variety of topics. On obama care, loebsack said the system needed more competition in the market to drive down high premiums. Peters wanted a bigger overhaul, calling for an emphasis on Health Savings accounts and more high deductible plans. Social security, both agreed a raising the tax cap would be helpful. Loebsack hospitals was a bad call. Peters thought vas could be made to specialize in soldier specific issues, like ptsd. Heres how the two felt when it came to getting federal dollars for flood protection. Ultimately were going to have to move away from sending so much of our tax dollars to dc in the first place, then hoping bargaining, begging to get the money back when we need infrastructure projects, flood mitigation, etc. Convincing of a lot of folks to change the system as it is now. Not saying its necessary a bad way to go, but
For having me. Craig we also have suresh raghavan, a professor of Biomedical Engineering at the university of iowa. Suresh, i thank you so much for being with us today. Suresh a pleasure, craig. Craig thank you. Today people of my generation, i wont include you guys in this, but people of my generation encountered only in science we see regularly today in the news. Artificial intelligence, mechanical organs, bionic limbs, these things happen on a daily basis. They are being improved and becoming much more sophisticated as we speak. A few years ago, i had the opportunity to read an excellent book entitled radical evolution. Originally published in 2005, 2020, that the combination of genetic robotic information and nanotechnolo gies would soon combine to change the very nature of who we are. A particular point that stood out to me in that book is the fact that it is much easier for us to introduce rapid changes in technology than it is for humans to adapt to those changes, our values, an
Hawkeye game or if you happen to be in cedar rapids for the first half of the day, the farmers market. Whatever you have planned the weather is sure to cooperate. Even into the evening hours weve got seemingly perfect weather. Temperatures will drop down into the 50s overnight and skies will begin to clear even more. So sunday is going to be even better. Mostly sunny skies and a high of 79. Today partly sunny. Wind w 515. High 75 alo 75 dbq 75 iow 75 72 to 78 tonight mostly clear. Wind w 510. Low 54 alo 54 dbq 54 iow 54 51 to 57 thanks britley. Six people including two Philadelphia Police this morning after an overnight shooting. The shootout ended with Police Shooting and killing the suspect in an alley. And started shooting around 11 30 last night. Shots hit sergeant sylvia young multiple times on her protective vest. She shooter also wounded university of pennsylvania officer ed miller. Both are in stable condition. After running away, police say the shooter injured a secuirty guard
Two Council Members who both say theyve been completely in the dark about it, and are frustrated. Councilmen Steve Schmitt says the mayor never contacted any of the Council Members to let them know what was happening. He says hes troubled by a lack of transparency and communication among city leaders. 23 55 42;20 this is not how this has normally gone, i mean weve had some other Department Heads over the last ten years that have gotten relieved of their duties shall we say and all of those situations councilmembers knew about it before it actually happened but it also didnt happen when the mayor a defense of the mayor i guess he didnt announce it, director trelka, i mean its just odd how this whole thing has evolved just this past sunday, a Des Moines Register editorial criticized the Waterloo Police department. The Editorial Board called on the Us Department of justice to step in to restore trust between police and people. This comes after the city reached settlements in several cases
Philadelphia Police Officers are in the hospital this morning after an overnight shooting. The shootout ended with Police Shooting and killing the suspect in an alley. Police say a suspect walked up to a Police Vehicle and started shooting around 11 30 last night. Shots hit sergeant sylvia young multiple times on her protective vest. The shooter also wounded university of pennsylvania officer ed miller. Both are in say the shooter injured a secuirty guard and a woman in a bar. The suspect then shot two people sitting in a vehicle outside the bar. This morning, both of those people are in critical condition. Two Police Officers are recovering this morning after someone shot them in fort worth texas. The officers responded to a report of a suicidal subject around 8 30 last night. Police initially found a man inside a home with a gunshot wound to the head. The officers were later told a wi after opening the shed door. Both officers are in stable condition this morning. Investigators say t