are in the satellite and radar shows cloudy skies across eastern iowa with some spotty showers. ouratfernoon planner shows scattered showers and some flurries in our northern counties this afternoon.

we're following developing news oututf columbia south carolina. carolina.the school resource officer, caught on video dragging a student across a classroom floor - has been fired. fired.richland county sheriff, leon lott announced deputy ben field's termination just under an hour ago.fields was already suspended from the force after the video surfaced earlier this week.it shows fields flipping a teenage girl backward in n her chair, , d tossssg her across the classroom.this all happened after the student refused to leave class.fields has been accused of racial bias, which officials are denying.as for the student - she has been charged with disturbrbg school. wisconsin congressman paul

ryan is expected to be formally nominated today for speaker of the house. house.a source says congressman trey gowdy will give a speech inside the house g-o-p conference, urging memebers to vote for ryan.two other representatives are expected to second gowdy's recommendation.although ryan is facing fellow republican daniel webster, of florida, in todayay election, ryan is expected to win the nomination. ryan's nomination is expected to be approved by the full house of representatives tomorrow.he will replace current speaker john bofhner who is retiring from cocoress. meanwhile - former house speaker dennis hastert has pleaded guilty to evading banks laws .hastert is accused of paying a former student to keep quiet about sexual abuse allegations when he was a teacher in illinois.hastert has admitted in court to lying to officials in the case. that charge is expected to be dropped as part of a plea deal. prosecutors have recommended hastert serve six months in

cbs 2 news continues to follow a homicide investigation in benton county. county.rit now - authorities are looking for more connections between the victim, and the man living at the home where her body was discovered. discovered.according to court documents from 20-11 - sabrina hustad filed for a paternity test against david miller.that request would be dismissed. hustad's body was found sunday in the drive-way of the home rented out to miller. miller.he' s already in custody on a parole violation and is accused of ealing a truck.sosoar he hasn't been charged with hustad's murder. the benton county sheriff at this time is only calling miller a "person of interest." cbs 2 news has learned more about a shooting earlier this week in davenport. davenport.authorities say robert mayes of illinois was involved in a domestic dispute with his wife and looking for her when he opened fire at a law firm on monday.mayes then went to bettendorf to look for a man there.that's where he shot and killed himself.two

during the incident.the case remains under investigation. an 11-year-old boy i recovering after he was hit by a car in center point.. point.it happened around four yesterday afternoon in the 500-block of franklin street. the linn county sheriff's office says the victim was trying to cross the street when they were hit by a southbound vehicle.the child was taken to mercy hospital in cedar rapids for non life- threatening injuries.the driver of the car has not been charged. an iowa city man is in jail this afternoon after witnesses say y he punched his toddler. toddler.according to police documents, ty-shaun harris struck the two-year-old boy in the chest when the he wouldn't stop crying.the child suffered a fist-shaped bruise on his ribcage and was taken to the hospital.harris faces child endangerment charges. we now have a cbs 2 consumer alert to tell you about. about.there's a new warning about seats in cars. cars.a cbs news investigation found some seats can break and collapsesehen a vehicle is hit from behind.experts say this can happen in cars that even

have a five-star safety score from the national highway traffic safety administration. one mother says their child would still be alivevetoday if they would have known about the malfunction. and it was all because of some stupid car that we thought was the safest thing we could get for our family to protect them. (crying) (crying) if they had changed the government standarar to a point where they wowodn't fail, we would still have a 6- year old running around. around.the n-h-t-s-a says it didn't have the data to support changing their safety standards. we're getting a better idea about how iowa's fourth and eighth graders are doing in math and reading. reading.in their report card released this morning - the institute for education sciences has iowa eigth graders scoring five points higher than the national average in math.they were four points above in reading.fourth grade scores were three points ahead of e national average in both subjects.eigth grade math scores were the only categories iowa improved on from 20-13. happpping right now in marion - some iowa high school students are taking part in a

competition.the junior achievement titan challenge is taking place at the kirkwood training and outreach center. the high school seniors and jujuors are competing for college scholarships, while learning more about business at the same time.a lot of corridor companies are sponsoring the event, because they want to see how the students do. alot of area businesses, they t with thehetudents and kind of quiz them on, you know, why are you changing that price, kind of gettiing them thinking about how their desicions are impact, maybe their staff. 64 high school juniors and seniors are competing in the event.it will come to a close at two this afternoon. in the nation's capitol - house lawmakers are expected to vote on a budget deal today todayt bi-partisan compromise would fund the government for two years.but it's gotten a lot of criticism from conervatives, including paul ryan and iowa sentator joni ernst.cbs 2 news also reached out to eastern iowa's other representatives.both senator grassley and congressman loebsack expressed

which way they would vote.we congressman blum. in the race for the white house... house...the top ten republican candidates arerereparing or their next debate, which is tonight.this one is hosted by m-s-n-b-c and will take part in boulder, colorado.only one canididate from the last g-o-p debate will not take part. that's wisconsin governor scott walker, who dropped out of the race.an early debate four republicans. an eastern iowa turkey company is suing kraft foods over a contract dispute. dispute.in the federal lawsuit - west liberty foods claims kraft breached an agreement last december when it did not deliver two-point-eight million pounds of meat kraft had stopped producing.west liberty foods is seeking more than threeeemillion dollars in damages.a motion hearing is set for friday morning in des moines. some traffic headaches in coralville are lasting much longer than expected. expected.right now there are three big construction projects alalwithin a square mile of f ch other.that includes this one on coral

officials say they ran into set backs with utility issues, weather and not enough contractors.they hope to get started on the next phase once they have thmoney. rock musician rick springfield will not perform in cedar rapids tonight.the show at the paramount theater has been re- scheduled to march 19-th.now, if you had tickets for tonight's show, those will still be honored.right now, ticket buyers arare being notififi, and refund requests are being taken. coming up on the cbs 2 news at noon, a shake up in the big 10 conference plus, how many people a gerian army has rescued from terrorist group. group.it's another gloomy and wet day.when we could see some more rain coming up in your full forecast.but first...we are alos expecting showers on halloween so here's a look at yo spooky forecast.in owers through the evening and then we will see the rain

do you think when you are president you'll be paid as much as if you were a man-male... this is one of t t jobs where they have to pay you the same. but there are so many examples where that doesn't happen. i'm going to do everything i can to make sure every woman in every job gets paid the same... ...as the men who are doing that job. i'm hillary clinton and i i prove this message.. a lucky cedar rapids kernels

fan is learning today they'll be trick or treating with mr. shucks.thteam held a contest this month where kids got to submit phohos of their halloween costumes to the kernels' facebook page.the child with "coolest" costume will get to trick or treat with mr. shucks for an hour. the winn will be notified by the kernels overfacebook or e- mail. playoff football returns to the corridor tonight.be sure totune in for a special edition of eastern wa o-t.it all kicks off on the cbs 2 news t t at ten.we'll have full coverage of all the action -- all the scores -- and all the highlights from your hometown heroes. main weather- your planner shows what's ahead for the next hoursa&- now a live look outside courtesy of our weatherfirst skycama&- a bit of fog in the area this morninga&-temperatures around

regional temperatures we see highs are mild all ound iowa - the regional satellite/radar is keeping conditions quiet - let's move ahead in time by taking a look at the midwt surface mapa&- moving into a closer view with our 'predictor' forecast we see mainly quiet conditions - today's forecast features ear skies & cooler temperatures- tonight's forecast has us looking for

conditions- the next three days show more dry and cool weather- our 7 day forecast does bring more cool

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the alabama student who was shot and killed over night has been identified.that's ahead

an alabama college is in shock this afternoon after a student was shot to death near the campus. campus.miles college officials say the body of keenen morris was found inside an apartment overnight.at least one suspect is in custody.authorities placed the school under lockdown, but it was lifted this morning.the school described the shting as an "isolated incident".miles college is located in fairfield - a suburb of birmingham. there was also a brief lockdown overnight at the univirsity of the incarnate word in san last night - multiple responded said they

saw a person walking around d with a aassault rifle. authorities say after searching the campus they did not find anyone.the school is the largest catholic university in texas. the nigerian army says they've rescued more than 300 people held captive by a terrorist group. group.according to a statement- nigerian troops raided a boko haram ca on tuesday.the statatent says in addition to the rescues, troops also took out at least 30-militants and recovered weapons.boko haram is an islamist group who gained international attention last year when they kidnapped hundreds of school-girls as they slept. there's been a shake-up in the big ten conference. conference.minnesota head football coach jerry kill is retiring immediately because of health reasons.kill, who has epilepsy, took a leave of absence from the gophers in 20-13 because of siezures.the team's defensive coordinator will serve as interim head coach.minnesota plays iowa at kinnick stadium november 14th. coming up on the cbs 2 news at noon, the historic proposal one midwestern lawmaker is making to keep a closer eye on

thousands of retired u-p-s

workers could see their monthly pension checks cut next summeme summertheir r nsions ar covered by the central states pension fund, which says it needs to make cuts to avoid running out of money.more than 87-hundred u-p-s retirees would be affected by the cut, but only the ones who retired before 2008.that's when u-p-s left the central states fund to set up its own pension program. some americans buying health policies throught health-care- dot-gov will soon see their premiums go up. up.new data says priceses for the silver plan will increase seven and a half percent in the 37-states that use the federal exchange.here in iowa - customers will see an increase of 13-percent. providers wanted big increases for next year because of higher-than- expected costs and rising prescription drug prices. an illinois lawmaker is recommending daily regulation of fantasy sports websites to protect customers. customers.a proposal requires sites like fan-duel and draft- kings to ban employees and underage players from

competing.both companies found themselves in controversy recentnt after a draft-ngs employee won 350-thousand dollars in a fan-duel contest. this is the first legislation around the country that would put regulations on fantasy sports. social media giant twitter says they beat expectations last quarter. quarter.their adjusted earning per share closed at ten-cents. that's a nickel higher than predicted.twitter also finished up nearly ten-million dollars more than expected. forecasts for fourth quarter revenue have also gone up. marissa has your weather to go next...but first here's a look at today's markets.

everyday is awesome when you love chocolate.but today - it's even better because it's national chocolate day!

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