Complete newscast of the day. Protests against president elect donald trump are stretching into a third night. Thousands are marching in major cities many demonstrators remained peaceful but some are blocking the highways setting how the president elect took to twitter to attack the demonstrations. He accused the media of orchestrating t. Them. This morning donald trump to tweeting love the fact that the small groups of protesters last night have passion for our great country. We will all come together and be proud. There were . More demonstration s in iowa city today. Today. . Dozens of protesters walked . Right into the evening rush hour on interstate80 near dubuque street tonight. Iowa city police and the iowa state patrol were called in to deal with the situation. But it took about 15minutes to clear the road, leading to a massive miles. Eventually, the group marched back down dubuque street toward the downtown district. Despite the disturbances, police tell fox 28 news no one was
For us, there is an additional application because of nitrate concerns in the des moines and Raccoon Rivers. About 80 million will go simply to improve nitrate removal process. Steve water works has taken a little heat for taking the nitrates out, treating the water, and putting the nitrates back in. How are we going to fix that process . Bill we have taken heat. We have a permit from the state of iowa that lets us remove nitrates and put the slurry back in the Raccoon River. The board of trustees that i work for has reached the conclusion that that does not make a lot of sense from an environmental standpoint. We have the legal right to do that but we want to go above and a process will eventually take that slurry into a Sanitary Sewer System before it is released by the wastewater reclamation facility. We are going well above and beyond the rights we have to make sure we are better stewards of the Raccoon River. Steve will that totally remove the nitrates . Bill cycles and elements,
, just those two projects alone could be easily over 100 million. Cynthia ag leaders say a Funding Source is needed now to clean up iowas lakes, rivers and streams in light of the , water works lawsuit to keep record levels of nitrates out of our drinking water. It is so important to every single iowan. If this doesnt get resolved, farmers wont know what to do. Theyre bankers wont know what to lead. What to lendd. There is a tremendous need for immediate action. Cynthia Senate Majority leader Mike Gronstal says the proposal to take money from a school fund for Water Quality is expected to meet some resistence by legislators. Steve just yesterday, we told you that last year the Des Moines Water Works ran its nitrateremoval equipment a the Iowa Department of human rights estimates that iowas prison population will grow 23 in the next 10 years. The Department Says there were nearly 8200 inmates in iowa prisons as of june of last year. By june 2025, they estimate that number to climb to mo
Steve hes directing the fbi and atf to hire more agents to speed up background checks and to enforce existing laws. And he wants 500 million to expand access to treatment for mental illness. They dont appear to be inconsistent with or a violation of the Second Amendment in the sense that they do not prevent people from acquiring firearms. Steve the nra says the president is engaging in political rhetoric instead of offering meaningful solutions. A spokesman says, the American People do not need more emotional, condescending lectures that are completely devoid of facts. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell says the plan is about nothing more than politics and congress will be overseeing the president s actions to determine whether they follow federal law. Eric friday marks the 5th anniversary of the tucson shooting rampage that killed 6 and wounded 13, including former arizona congresswoman gabby giffords. Joins Anderson Cooper for a onehour live town hall meeting on gun control in fa
Your storm track seven forecast. While there are still plenty of Single Digits out there this morning, we are actually warming up. Although wind chills are still well into the negatives. South winds have taken over at 5 to 15 mph and will through. This has brought a blanket of clouds, but also a few snow showers that will continue to track through this morning, but should clear out of the area snow where it snows , but it will also be warmer. Highs will be closer to normal today and we will warm even more tomorrow. Ill have the details in a few minutes. Our top story this morning, we have a better idea of what our top story this morning, we have a better idea of what president obama would like to achieve in his last year in office. Final state of the Union Address last night. He spoke about the future. Saying in the next decade, the country needs to address the economy, Climate Change, National Security and politics that divide the country. He also looked back on his time in office. Se