Todays heat means a short day for some eastern iowa students. Right now, at least three districts, including iowa city, are dismissing class early. You can see the realtime list of early outs on our website, cbs 2 iowa dot com. Right now, president obama is on a historic visit to the country of laos. Hes the first sitting president to isolated Southeast Asian nation. Nation. And as Margaret Brennan shows us, hes already in the middle of a diplomatic dispute. Dispute. It was a shocking insult from us, hes already in the midi of the diplomatic dispute. Nobody but nobody reporter it was a shocking insult from u. S. Military alley you must be respectful. Reporter speaking, the philippine president told reporters that he called the was president , a son of a pitch, if questioned about his more than 2000 suspected drug dealers since july. When asked to respond, president obama chose his words carefully. I have seen some of those colorful statements in the past and clearly he is a colorful gu
Continues now with the corridors top stories. Stories. Shortly before classes began today at Jefferson High School police tell cbs 2 news a 15year old boy attempted suicide near the auditorium. He was rushed to university of iowa hospitals school, a 15yearold attempted suicide. He was rushed to the university of iowa hospital, with life threateninginjuries. Students were kept inside of the building, until there was certainty there was no threat to the safety. Suicide or attempts, but in this case, we considered the impact on students and parents and the community. Experts said to be sensitive about the situation. They said, when a young person attempts suicide, it can increase the risk for others considering it. In honor of the 15yearold, students from both jefferson and other schools turned out wearing purple, color of suicide awareness. Counselors were there during the school day today. Cedar rapids, Washington High School was on lockdown today. A teen made an online threat against t