state.and...looking for support, *before the caucuses. "you trust them to talk about something that's difficult and unpopular."why chris christies says no one wants to talk about the most important issue of the presidentiaiacampaiai. campaign.now, the corridor's top stories and tomorrow's weather forecast in the first ten minutes. ts is cbs 2 news 10 at@10. the storms are gone but the wiwi has set in across the corridor. corridor.cbs 2 chief meteorologist terry swails joins us now to tell us when

terry thanks.risht now, the national weather service says five tornadoes hit the state during last night's severe weather.cbs 2 news is still waiting to find out whether damage in rural iowa county was caused by a sixth toado. tornado.orms ripped throroh a shed and barn near williamsburg.in addtion, the property's owner tells cbs 2 news, a 500 gallon barrel of el was thrown 30 yards.the national weather service willll go out again tomorrow to look at more damage. there was more damage further

buildings were destroyed when an e-f-1 tornado touched down there.one couple says they ran to their basement and two minutes later, the top of their home was gone. fortunately, no serious injuries have been reported from last night's storms. cbs 2 news ten at ten continues now with more of the corridor's top stories. stories.the conversation to improve cedar lake opened up to the public tay...a number of organizations -- and pepele -- came out to express what could make the area better. better.cbs 2 news reporter dora miller was also at the open house and is live at cedar lake with what people want to se a lot of people use this area to fish and bike and hang out...but many say it's not living up to its full potential until some work is put into it. it. at sagwagonhings are good... good... "do you wanna try it in a little sample?"but they could be better. better. "it could mean more traffic for us and the trail just in general." sitting right on the edge of cedar

lake, bikers and trail walkers are conststtly flowing through the bar. bar. "so many, when it's warm out that's most of our businessbut there's no shortage of ideas that could make the area thrive. thursday's open house was for just that -- to share ideas about how to make cedar lake a better place. place. "i'd love to see more development of trails, but also i think the beautification is important because it's right off of the interstate." ininrstate.""i would like to see kayaking opportunities, boat rental opportunities, a beach." beach." "as far bs the fishing part, bringing the water leveve up so the fish can survive the winter because it's shallow." the written and spoken ideas were not in in, the friends of cedar lake say it's all a plan for the ture. future. "we envisiononthat those things will start happening as early as next spring."some say it's not just about the lake, it's also about the morale of the city. city. "a lot of people drive by and n't even think about or realize it's there and then

when you go there, it's like it's been forgotten."but a cleaner lake could mean a better feel for the people who call cedar rapids home. home. "a destinatioio too...what's there to do in cedar rapids, well come on, let's show you. it would be a great thing." there are two phases to the improvements...the first phase should begin as soon as the spring time.covering the corridor in cedar rapids, dora miller cbs 2 news ten at ten. right now fierce debating continues over a cobtroversial pipeline project. project.the bakken oil pipeline would stretch across four states in the midwest.in iowa, it would cut across 18 counties.hundreds turned out in boone county today to speak for and against the pipeline. pipeline.bbause of the number of speakers, each had just two minutes to state their case. but that short time still produced fiery comments from both sides. there are those that argue jobs created on the pipeline project are temorary and only provide work until the project is compklete. i think it's important to take a wider

view. two year project will yield thousands of high paying high skilled jobs.it will create an unprecedented abuse of land owner's rights, it will present a perpetual threat of catastrophic spills in iowa and it will contribute climate change. change.the iowa utilities board will have the final say - on the project.they already have another hearing on the issue set for next week. in cedar rapids, ofofcials are lookininat revising topsoil standards to prevent runoff and flash flooding.the proposed plans allow developers to select from eight soil management methods. but,they say that could still add more than o o-thousand dollars to the cost of a new home. developers and builders are questioning the polcy saying more economic analysis needs to be done. one of the republican candidates with a lot of momentum is making his way through eastern iowa. new jersey governor chris christie faded from the polls early in the race. cb2 news reporter kevin

barry spoke with him today abououhow he's turning those numbers around. the focus at a townhall meeting in cedar rapids was entitlement reform.christie says it's not an issue that is going to be wiwily popular with vovors -- but that's why he should focus on it. 71-percent of federal spending is now on entitlements and debt service. and if don't talk about that, you can't be a credible leader.he says it'll eventually chip away a trillion dollars from the national debt by limiting who gets social security -- medicare and medicaid -- and delaying when they get it.his reasoning is that people are living longer than they did when these programs were created -- and that people making more than 200-thousand dollars a year in retirement don't need the extra help anyway.but when he get's into the weeds about income and elligiblity -- he admits it doesn't take long before ople's eyes can gloss over... over...you trust them to talk about something that's difficult and unpopular, but that they need to hear. that's the kind of leader i am and the kind of leader i want to be for the country. even if iowans buy into that -- people

jersey are increasingly saying they want him out of the race for president.he says he's not too worried about it -- after getting re-elected with more than 60-percent of the vote in 2013. 2013."the fact is, when you're running for president and you wind up spending a lot of time out of the state, looking for a new job, often times people get a little miffed about that. that.there's still plenty of time to make big moves in the republican field. the back of the pack and some of the candidates just outside the top spots are only a few percentage points apart with the iowa caucuse still 3 months away. covering the corridor in cedar rapids, kevin barry, cbs 2 news ten at ten, fox 28 news. a new cbs news poll has hillary clinton maintaining a commanding lead over the rest of the democratic field.the former secectary of state h h a 19-percent lead over senator bernie sanders.martin o'malley remains a distant third with five-percent support. all three candidates will square off in saturday's democratic debebe.you caca watch it right here on cbs 2.

and we'll have complete coverage of the week's political news this weekend.be sure to tune into iowa in focus, sundnd morning at 10:30, only on cbs 2. now ten at ten continues with a look at tonight's other stories across the corridor. in cedar rapids tonight, a discussion was held on the knutson building.the 128-year- old structure is one of the oldest commercial buildings on the west side of the river. originally, the city planned to demolish it, but a survey shows it is possible totosave and restore the building.it'll be up to the city council to decide whether they should spend the money to rehab it. leaders are expected to discuss the issue at next week's council meeting. also in cedar rapids, residents will get a first look at renovations being done to the historic mott building. crews started working on the building in september.linn county solicited bids for r e ilding late last year.the county purchased the building in 1995.it was later purchased by hobart historic restoration.

plans call for turning the first floor into office anan retail space, other floors will be turned into apartments. in iowa city, city,a group of more than 200- people gathered at the university of iowa today to discuss heroin overdoses in iowa.each year 20-iowans die after overdosing on the drug. experts tell cbs 2 news, one way to fight increasing addiction is to provide more drug take back options.they say most heroin dealers first got into the drug by abusing perscription opiates. also in iowa city, cbs 2 news has learned the university of iowa is saying yes to johnson county's minimum wage increase. the university says it raised its minimum to 8-20 an hour earlier this month.thth incrcrse means s raise for more than 700 temporary and student employees. coralville is once again collecting unwanted christmas lights.yoy can drop your lights off starting nextxt saturday at any o othe five

now.the city is asking residents *not to throw their lights in curbside recycling bins. bells will be ringing tomorrow across the rridor. corridor.the salvation army's red kettle campaign is getting underway.i had the privilege of emceeing tonight's kickoff nquet at the cedar rapids marriott.tonight's event also featured a very familiar face, rmer cedar rapids t-v weatherman, denny frary.just about an hour ago, the salvation army announced they hope to raise a record 790-thousand dollars this holiday season. season.for more on tomorrow's bell ringing kickoff, be sure to tune in to cbs 2 this morning beginning at five a-m. that is cbs 2 news ten at ten -- the corridor's top stories and tomorrow's weathehefirst forecast in the first ten minutes. minutes.but we are just getting started.coming up... up...could don bosco get revenge and punch their ticket to the 8 man final?find out later in sports.

i owe about $68,000. i owe $44,000 in studentntoans. my plan, the new college compact, says you should not have to borrow money to pay tuition if you go to a public college or university. and you ought to be able to refinance student debt. and i don't believe the federal government should be making a profit off of lending to young people who are borrowing to be able to get their education. we have got to make college affordable.

tomorrow on cbs 2 this morning, headnjuries can happen in all sports, not just football. the new recocoendations in one of the country's most popular *youth sports.that ane more tomorrow on cbs 2 this morning from 5 to 7. temperatures are chilly in 30s to near 40

40 winds will stay strong into friday afternoon at 20-30 20-30 a blustery friday will be followed by a dry warmer weekendiowa football clear and cool conditions at gametime with a temp of 47 47 highs were in the upper 40s to

rainfall current temps are in the 30s and 40s 40sthe next storm is showing in the pacific northwest northwest a digging trough means another storm early next week weekmore significant rain of an inch or more is possible possiblesome snois possible

midwestmostly clear skies into friday night night clear windy with lows low 30s 30smostly sunny and windy with highs upper 40s 40stemperatures will warm to near 60 this weekend with more

still ahead on c-b-s two news... news...we head to the cell -- who's season is still alive in the state volleyball tournament -- semifinal action is next. if you think there's no solution to the climate crisis, think again. in iowa, wind energy is already producing ough power for ovov a million homes, reducing our dependence on foreign oil and supporting six thousand jobs. i'm tom steyer. with bold leadership and an endless supply of wind and sun, we can do that across america. the goal is 50% clean energy by 2030.

st season don bosco's streak of making it to the 8-man championship game was snapped at the hands of newell fonda in the quarterfinals -- this season the dons are back with vengence -- and facing none other than the mususngs both teams undefeated entering the dome -- the dons were down at the half -- but whatever colby yoder told his guys at halftime worked -- third quarter -- joel sweeney running like a man possessed -- he broke 4 tackles on his way in for the 25 yard score -- dons take the lead and they'd never look back later in the quarter -- dons knocking on the door -- and nick mangrich busts it wide open -- to the final --- they'll face m - m - c in the championship. this season the center point urbana volleyball team did something they haven't done since 1998 -- make it to state -- and even though they came up short in the quarterfinals -- to cathy hussmann and the rest of the stormin' pointers it's not all about winning -- it's about s-p-p s-p-pcathy hussmann -- our ed

thomas coach of the week. week. the center point urbana volleyball team has a lot of fun -- -- -- "yeah... i like to joke around."and that starts with their head coach -- cathy hussmann -- -- "kids like to laugh, if you can laugh with people, they are going to trust you, they are going to listen to you, they know thatatou care." care." "always there for us, always trying to get us to work our hardest and smile while we are doing it and just have positive attitudes." because a nice set -- and a good spike -- aren't t the only things that matter on the court at c-p-u c-p-u "winning is great, winning is phenominal, but there's more ways to win than just to win the game.... it's the supporting of there teammates -- because that's what is going to take them later in life."which is why hussmann created s-p-p --- -- stormin' pointer pride pride "we say s-p-p like literally every other

sentence."but it's more than just a saying -- --"it means a lot since we are such a close community... storming pointer pride, it just means for us and nobody else." else.""we have pride in ourselves, with our team, and we are proud of what we are doing."--- bringing a tight-knit community -- even closer. to the cell center -- still to come on cbs 2 2what west liberty did for the first time in school history -- in all sports -- volleyball semifinals are after the b bak.

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2006 was the last time cedar falls reached the finals in the state volleyball tournament -- the tigers can get back there with a win over the bettendorf who's been there the last two years yearsit's the number 2 team in 5a against the number 3 team - -- and this lived up to the hypetigers got down early but clawed their way back -- emm gerdes -- gets up for the block and then it's her sister's'sturn to shine -- in the third set -- claire gerdes -- slams it down -- it would go to 5 sets -- but bettendorf just a smidge better -- cedar falls falls 3 sets to 2. dubuque hempstead in the other 5-a semifinal -- mustangs

taking on the defending champ ankeny centennialkasey davis don't care -- e nearly hits the camera -- daivs had a game high 21 kills then later in the set -- makayla doyle -- welcomes the jaguars to her block party -- but centennial would be the ones celebrating -- they win in straight sets. in 4-a -- west delaware trying to get back to the finals for the 6th time in school history -- just have to get by lewis centralbridget hoffman --- figer tips the kill -- hoffman had 7 of thoseand speaking of that -- claire demmer -- gets up to o get down -- all hawks in this one -- as west delaware sweeps their way back to the finals for a rematch with harlan never before in school history -- has any sport at west liberty advanced to the state championship game -- this season -- the comets can make history -- but it won't be easy against mount vernon who's looking to get back to the finals the mustangs are ranked 5th in 3-a -- the comets firstthey'd take the first -- mount vernon -- not backing down in the 2nd --- syndey meeker --- drops it into no mans land -- for one

were on a mission -hailey dowfeldt -- brings the at -- and west liberty is headed to the finals -- with a sweep -- they'll face nevada in 2-a -- sumner fredericksbur g trying to slow down the 4 time champs -- dike new hartford -- and the woliverines can get up -- baylee peterson -- daughter off u-n-i head volleyball coach -- bobbi peterson -- shows off both speed and power -- with that kill but sumner fred -- would not be denied -- becca pagel finishes the spike -- and the cougars are headed to t t finals witita 5 set winner. so cougars get either -- west branch or top ranked western christian bears wanting it to be them -- abby knoop -- sends the spike home -- and then later in the set -- it's their big time hitter -- bailey lou-kah-ski -- hammer time -- but western christian would get the win 3 sets to 1. in 1-a --- it was round 2 between janesville and tripoli --- the panthers won that meeting -- keely y ller playing for a simular result -- she puts it down for the point -- but janesville took the first setand they were in cruise control after that -- jillian gergen -- with a

janesville gets the sweep and gets sidney in the finals. stay with c-b-s two -terry has

in c calville today, company y representatives and community members gathered for the annual national philanthropy day awards.the group meetsor the ceremonies once a year - to honor those who have gone above and beyond in volunteerism aa financial support.i had the honor of emceeing the program.seven winners were announced in various categories.organizers say the association of fundraising professionals represent all facets of the