Greatly expand with some of the space coming by reducing the size of this outside bar and restaurant. Airport leaders say passengers now spend much more time in boarding areas past security so this space will grow significantly with more food and drink Service Choices next to airline gates. Thats a great idea too, yeah, we came up here to sit and wait for our flight and were going to be here for an hour. At least yeah thats really transformed nationally how concessions are managed post 911 so people want to get through keep an eye on their gate and then relax. As for airport leaders, they probably wont be able to relax for another three years when all the work should be finished. The next phase of airport renovations here is the big one which will use up the bulk of the 55million dollar price tag. Airport directors say there will be disruptions so theyll try to let passengers know what is coming well ahead of time. Live in cedar rapids, Dave Franzman kcrg tv9 news. The preparations for
As president electdonald trump continues to work on his adminstrations transition into the white house hell receive his first tase of foreign diplomacy today. Today. Japans prime our future commanderinchief where he will likely look for reassurances that the us will remain committed to being strong allies with japan. He might also try to sway trump on the Transpacific Partnership which is a trade agreement trump opposes. President elect trump is still weighing his options on several cabinent members for his administration. And while hes denying alleged turmoil inside his transtion team he isnt behind schedule for making these appointments. President obama hadnt made appointments until three weeks after the election. President george w. Bush waited until middecember to make his picks. And bill clinton waited seven weeks before announcing cabinent nominees. Trumps former opponent Hillary Clinton made her first public remarks last night since her concession speech a day after the election
As president electdonald trump continues to work on his adminstrations transition into the white house hell receive his first tase of foreign diplomacy today. Today. Japans Prime Minister is heading to new york to meet our future commanderinchief where he will likely look for reassurances that the us will remain committed to being strong allies with japan. He might also try to sway trump on the Transpacific Partnership which is a trade agreement trump opposes. President elect trump is still weighing his options on several cabinent members for hes denying alleged turmoil inside his transtion team he isnt behind schedule for making these appointments. Appointments. Looking at the last three president s president obama hadnt made appointments until three weeks after the election. President george w. Bush waited until middecember to make his picks. And bill clinton waited seven weeks before announcing cabinent nominees. Trumps former opponent Hillary Clinton made her first public remarks l
Nor no issues for the commute tomorrow, maybe a few sprinkles around. Temperatures will start off mild. Look at what happens after a 64 degree reading around 8 00 or 9 00 in the morning. Temperatures will crash in the afternoon and by evening we are back in the 30s with the winds gusting up 3545 Miles Per Hour and the wind chills dip to the 20s later tonight. The party is just about over for the it will last until tomorrow morning and then things go downhill fast. The linn county board of supervisors made history when they welcome the first africanamerican member. The host of iowa in focus kevin barry was there when stacy walker was sworn in. Reporter not only did stacy walker make history, but he had a lot of people next to him to watch them do it as well. This is judge Kevin Mckeever who is the judge on the sixth position in october. Just around the audience in attendance, there were a lot of kids, mostly africanamerican from Washington High School in Jefferson Middle School watching
Say that no matter what was said during the Campaign Trump would have to reconsile his view of the world with the reality hed face in the oval office in january. Regardless of what expereince or assumptions he brought to the office, thsi office has a way of waking you up. Right after trump was elected the American Civil Liberties union jumped right into action sending an open letter to president elect trump saying theyd fight just as hard if he away the rights of individual groups of people in the united states. The response theyve gotten has been impressive. Impressive. The aclu says 400thousand people saw that open letter. Letter. And that in five days theyve increased their facebook followers 25percent to nearly a million people. People. Their mailing list has drastically increased and more than 120thousand donations have added up to more than 7point2 million dol. Dollars. They say its the biggest show of support in history. Protestors in iowa city are falling in line behind groups