It was one of the most anticpated president ial debates in recent memory and now the candidates will get ready for their final election. Sunday nights debate got heated even before it start. Started. Republican donald trump held a News Conference with women who had accused . Bill clinton of Sexual Misconduct just two hours before the primetime debate started. It was in response to his leaked 2005 video where hes seen making vulgar comments about women. Women. When the two candidates finally took the stage they didnt even shake hands and they got right to the leaked video. If you look at bill clinton far worse. Are actions. His what what he did to women, theres never been anybody in the history of politics in this nation thats been so abusive to women. Women. If this were just about one video, maybe what hes saying tonight would be understandabl e. But everyone can draw their own conclusions at this point about whether or not the man in the video or the man on the stage respects women.
History. The latest battle after last nights most tweeted about president ial debate in history. A helping hand in cedar rapids, helping residents get rid of sandbags. Here is protection asserts this week. A look at i380 and wilson avenue southwest. We have a straight shot. You can see most of the way down i380 a little bit south. There is not a lot of traffic that headlights it is chilly outside. I am kelly and we hope you have a wonderful weekend. We are hoping for fall weather. s track we have good weather. Command tomorrow is mild but then we will change things a bit as we head to the midweek. Take a look at where we are. As we meet you and greet you with temperatures of about 45 ther there. It seems to be clear this money. The temperatures on the board are 45 in cedar rapids with clear skies. It is 49 in waterloo. Dubuque is 48 in monticello and iowa city is 46 degrees. Compared yesterday morning at this time, we are anywhere from 3 as much as and 11 degrees warmer this point. The
New poll numbers are out now after the release late last week of a videotape showing republican president ial nominee donald trump talking about taking sexually aggressive actions towards wome. Women. The video was recorded 11years ago and led to a quick condemnation from most re. Republicans. New poll numbers now show Democrat Hillary Clinton taking a double digit lead over trump. Clintons biggest lead over the republican nominee in months. Donald trump hit the campaign trail last night warning his supporters to keep a close eye on the election. Election. We have to make sure were protected. That vote counts are 100 . But i hear there horror showswe have to make sure this election isnt stolen from us and taken away from us. That the system is rigged and that the election might be lost due to voter fraud. That comes despite several studies that have shown theres no evidence of widespread voter fraud across the us. The republican partys top elected official House Speaker paul ryan told
Cedar rapids city officials are breaking ground on new flood protection later today. . Cbs 2 News Reporter Stephanie Johnson is live liveright now with a preview. St . Stephanie . Kelly im here on Second Avenue where mayor ron corbett and city manager Jeff Pomeranz will discuss the sinclair levee. . The citys planned to build the levee since june 2015. The sinclair levee project will be the First Permanent flood the levee will start at the African American museum and stretch all the way to tenth avenue where the alliant sub station is located. Until the whole east side system is complete we will have a 40 year flood Protection Level but we are building it to the 2008 flood volume and when all that system is complete on the east side well be protected. We wont suffer what we occurred in 2008. 2008. The project will also include a four feet deep Detention Basin and a pump station. The levee will be 13 to seventeen feet high, costing twenty million dollars. . Tonight well have more detail
Construction will soon begin on permanent flood protection in cedar rapids. Rapids. Cbs 2 News Reporter Stephanie Johnson johnsonis live in cedar rapids this morning to explain where the city plans to start the project. Good morning . The city will soon build a levee that will start here at the African Museum and stretch all the way to tenth avenue where the alliant sub station is located. The city broke ground on the 14million dollar project on tuesday. The levee will be thirteen to seventeen feet high. The city wants to build it high enough to protect from flood levels seen in 2008. The project will also include a fouracre catch basin and new pumping stationsos dollars. For now, mayor ron corbett says the sinclair levee will cover just the east side of the river, near newbo. Were starting in the lowest lying area first so this is the lowest area, its the first place to get flooded so the work that is done today will actually have impact tomorrow and then well go to the next lowest ar