nationwide calling for tighter gun laws. march for your life rallies are scheduled for today. some locations underway right now like in d.c. rally-goers reknewing cries for addressing the gun violence epidemic after a series of mass shootings and cnn is covering events across the country and i want to begin with brian todd at the capitol. hi, brian. things are just kicking off where you are? reporter: that is right, amara. the crowd gathering, several hundred strong with the riser and with the white house in the background. we ve talked to several people in the crowd about the general mood as we come out of the horrible shootings in uvalde and buffalo, and it is the mood of being fed up with the gun violence taking place in the country. especially lately. four years after parkland, a lot of them feel like enough is not being done. rackon brown is about to get up here and speak in a few minutes. and he s a survivor of gun violence in d.c. we should add. what is the message t
Finding a solution sooner than later. Abc9 reporter allison n rren met with supervisis Jeremy Taylor today and she has more his plan. Allison other than for a once a month, Weekend Program for nonviolent offenders. The Prairie Hills work release facility hasnt been used in weeks. Jeremy taylor tells me that having the facility is a waste of taxpayer dollars and he thinks he has a better solution. Allison warren, abc9 news a long term facility study of the Prairie Hills work release facility is again getting the building some attention. This building is in need of w electrical system, new boilers, a domestic hot water system and a variety of upgrades to the point wherer structurally and for the long term were questioning whether its really worth keepepg this facility in use. Allison warren, abc9 news and before those repairs are made, taxpayers are already spending a pretty penny on Prairie Hills. Jeremy taylor, itll cost us over 1. 2 Million Dollars over the next ten years and thats ju
Theit kids to stand up and lock up cancer. It was a day full of lauter and hope as students at hartley melvinsanborn Elementary School came together for a cause. Over 300 students came to School Friday ready to fill up this fish tank with pennies, which will all go to charity. And since it was filled. The principal got locked up in jail. Not real jail. But a cage in the lunchroom. We try to do something a little different to get the students excited and motivated so that we can do our part even as small as it may be to help create awareness and show people that we care, said hms elementary principal, cathy jochims. Cancer hits home for those at hms elementary as they lost an associate, a past secretary and a former teacher to cancer. All within three months last year. A few years ago, a current third grade teacher got Breast Cancer and a special Education Teacher was diagnosed with uterin cancer. And now they have an associate who is diagnosed with lymphoma. Staff, she is going through
For more than 30 years, gay and bisexual men were not allowed to donate blood. But yesterday, that all changed. The fda lifted its lifetime ban allowing men who have sex with men to give blood. Though there are still some restrictions on this new rule. Cbs 2 News Reporter dora miller shows us how the new plan will work, dora . The 12month rule still applies meaning, if youve the past year, youll have to wait to give blood. And because this change is still new, itll take some time to fully it. All blood cells matter. Thats the new ruling after the food and Drug Administration lifted a lifetime ban on gay men donating blood. Blood. They have missed so many blood donations by people who would have liked to have done so. Gay and bisexual men are now under the same category as anyone else who engages in risky behavior. If a man has sex with a man, to donate. Donate. Its a little hard to understand why the fda took so long when the blood banks that are out there, actually doing the work and
Hard. When you have a district doing a good job, it seems counterproductive to impose Financial Burdens on it. She told Keota High School she hopes it can overcome its tough financial times. Sot principal Nathan Carlson but its not only about school pride. Pride. Iowa in general being such an agriculturally focused economy and society and general general Hillary Clinton 08 01 36 i want young people in our country to think of all the ways we can combat clean renewable energy. Its what iowa stands for making the stents who filled the gym with almost their entire towns population populationhopeful for someone running for the 45th presidency. Presidency. We are so excited and this is the best Christmas Present and just an honor in general for her to be here. Here. since the entire campaign started on twitter today, the trending hashtag keota hopes for hillary turned into hashtag k kta got hillary. In keota, steffi lee, cbs 2 news. Secretary of agriculture tom vilsack and his wife christie