currently...satellite and radar shows clear skies across the board. our planner shows our highs warming into the upper 40s with windy conditions and sunshine. sunshine. we are still waiting on

confirmation that one of the world's most wanted terrorists has been killed. killed.last night - the pentagon announced an airstrike targeting the man known as "jihadi john."his real name is mohammedemwazi, you'll remember he's the one who' appeared in a series of is-is execution videos, taunting western leaders in a british accent.u.s. officials say the strike followed what they called "persistent surveillance."speaking this morning - secretary of state john kerry called the stike a warning for isis. "we are still assessing the result of the strikes, but the terrorists associated with daesh need to know this -- your days are numbered and you will be defeated." defeated." "daesh" is another name for isis.while the u.s. is confident they've killed emwazi, british leaders aren't yet as sure. we cannot yet be certain if the strike was successful but let me be clear: i've always

said that we would do whatever was necessary, whatever it took to track down emwazi and to stop him taking the lives of others. others.britain has also been working to track down emwazi, who was on their list of potential terrorists even before the execution videos.if his death is confirmed - he would be the most high profile isis target to be taken out yet. authorities are still working to figure out why a teenage girl was walking on a busy highway before she was fatally hit by a semi. semi.17-year-old johanna gingerich- feil was hit wednesday night along highway 30.it happened near the entrance of palisades kepler state park. park.the linn county sheriff's office tells cbs 2 news gingerich-feil was in the eastbound lanes when she was hit.the driver of the semi was not hurt. we now know the name of the man killed in a charles city apartment fire. fire.the fire chief identified the victim as 61-year-old steven sadler.sadler was found inside the building, and was

pronounced dead at the hospital.nobody else was hurt. the fire broke out early tuesday morning.investigators believe it started in a kitchen. the national weather service is now confirming another tornado touched-down in iowa wednesday night. night.the latest confirmation is out of le-claire in scott county.the n-w-s rated the twister as an e-f one with wind speeds between 86 and 110 miles per hour. hour.this now makes six tornado touch-downs in iowa from wednesday night's stor. in central iowa several buildings were destroyed by tornadoes there.we're also waiting for confirmation of a possible tornado in rural iowa county. in the race for the white house... house...donald trump could be hurtg his cacae with iowa voters. voters..in fort dodge last night - trump openly wondered how "stupid" voters here are for backing republican rival doctor ben carson.the billionaire then took aiat carson's story that h honce tried to stab someone, only to have his knife broken by the person's belt.carson has taken notice of trump's comments. this is what one of his

closest adviser's says his reaction was. you know, when i spoke with dr. carson about this yesterday asking how should we respond, you know he was so sad by it. he said pray for him. he feels sorry for him because he really likes mr. trump trumpcarson wasn't the only candidate trump called out last night.he also called marco rubio as "weak as a baby," and accused hillary clinton of playing the "women card." hillary and her fellow democratic candidates are getting ready for their debate tomorrow night in des moines. moines.it will be the second time the three have squared off at the podium.a new national poll released yesterday by cbs, has clinton with a 11point lead over sanders, and o'malley is a distant third.but political experts say a poll in november can mean nothing come february. they point to the last esidential election cycle as proof of that. "we have to remember, in november of 2011, herman cain was doing really well. newt

well"as you can recall in the 2012 republican primaries - herman cain dropped out even before the iowa caucuses, while newt gingricleft the race that may. may.remember you can watch tomorrow's debate live right here on cc 2.coverage starts at eight. cbs 2 news anchor kevin barry will have complete coverage of the debate on this week's iowa in focus.be sure to tune , sunday morning at 10100, only on cbs 2. the university of iowa has raised its minimum wage to eight-20 an hour. hour.this comes after the school initially hinted that it might opt out of johnson county's minimum wage increase. the universitytysays it made the change earlier this month. more than 700-temporary and student employees will now get a raise. cedar rapids is bucking the national trend of rising poverty rates. rates.according to finincial website smart-assest-dot-com the number of people living in poversty is down by more than four-thousand people compared to ten years ago.cedar rapids placed third in smart-assest's list of top ten places where

poverty isisfalling fastest. since 2005 - cedar rapids' population has grown by nine-percent, making the number even more impressive. hawkeye fans prepping for a big sports weekend will be in downtown iowa city for a pep rally tonight.the rally starts at five and will be at the weather-dance fountain stage in t ped mall.a double header basketball game will follow at carver hawkeye arena. and tomorrow, a hawkeye wrestling meet and football game will both be held inside kinnick stadium. wrestling starts at eleven, football at seven. just two more wins and the hawkeyes will appear in the big ten hampionship game in indianapolis.cbs 2 news is giving away two tickets to the game plus a one-hundred dollar gas card and hotel stay.you can enter our grid-iron get-away cocoest on our facebook page - kgan cbs 2 - or our website - cbs 2 iowa dot com.entries are due by november 29-th.we will announce the winner the next day. in cedar rapids tonight - a movie made here in the corridor is premiering at the

paramount theatre.showings for "up on the woof-top" start at seven, with a pre-party happening at ix.tickets cost 15-dollars."up on the woof-top" follows a smaller than average dog at the north pole, who gets left behind in iowa after he sneaks onto santas sleigh. those famous bells are back! back!e salvation army of cedar rapids has kicked off their red kettle campaign.this year, their goal is to raise more than 790 thousand dollars during the holiday season.the red kettles will be out until christmas eve - all of the money that will stay local. that means the funds will help families in our area with food, clothing and more.the salvation army says it still needs more volunteers to fill up the 78-hundred hours "seeing the look on people's faces when they are able to hearing stories of people that from the salvation army but now they're able to give to the salvation army and that joy that brings to their life is a huge blessing." blessing."if you don't have

donate, you can donate to the online kettle campaign at online red kettle dot org. and type in cbs2. coming up on the cbs 2 news at noon, tips for pareres on how to react if your kids like playing violent video games. games.plus, a wild video going around online that looks like the earth is breathing!it's not special effects, what is actually happening in this forest, coming up.

a new study is suggesting the role parents should play if their child enjoys violent

video games.researchers at kansas state university looked at parental involvement for kids ages eight to twelve.they found parents who were warm and approachable, but still set clear boundaries, had the greatest impact when their kids play violent games. if this isissomething that is important to you as you work with your children, don't be overly emotionally, don't be overly protective, don't be anxious, just be involved. researchers say their next step is to look into if age ratings have any impact on the amount of violent video games kids play. marissa scott checks in now with your cbs 2 'weather

main weather- your plannerer shows what's ahead for the next hoursa&- now a live look

weatherfirst skycama& -temperatures around the areaa&- taking a look at regional temperatureseswe see highs are mild all around iowa - the regional satellite/radar is keeping conditions quiet - let's move ahead in time by taking a look at the midwest surface mapa&- moving into a closer view with our 'predictor' forecast we see mainly quiet conditions - today's forecast features clear skies & cooler

tonight's forecast has looking for

conditions - the next three days show more dry and cool weather- our 7 day forecast does bring some plplsant weather this weekend with rain next week. week. look closely, how weird is this?it looks like the earth is breathing.this is in a forest in nova scotia.a guy was out taking a walk and captured this on his cell phone.experts say no, the earth isn't breathing, but tree roots spread out wide underneath the forest floor

have detached and when the trees are caught by the wind, it pulls up on the ground making it look like this.it has over 3 million views online! still ahead on the cbs 2 news at noon, another embarrasing moment for the secret service. how an agent was caught doing something to bring shame to the agency. agency. cbs-2 news connects with the corridor.call us with your story tips at 1-800-222-kganor email us at news at cbs2iowa.comor connect with us

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one e the murderers who escaped a new york state prison, has pleaded guilty to charges in connection to the break-out. break-out.david sweat entered his plea this morning to two counts of escape and one count of promoting prison contraband. sweat is already serving a life sentence without parole on a murder conviction. investigators say he and richard matt drilled their way out of the maximum security prison back in june.sweat was shot and captured by police three weeks later. a popular cbs actress is

recovering this afternoon after she was attacked outside her home. home.in a tweet - --c-i-s star pauly perrette detailed how a home-less man pinned her down, punched her, and told her he was going to kill her.one of her friends was able to track the attacker down, and police later arrested him.police say the man will face felony charges.perrette should recover from her injuries. a secret sevice agent assigned to the white house is facing federal charges.lee robert moore is accused of sending nude photos of himself to someone he thought was a 14-year-old girl.in reality - he actually sent them to an undercover police officer in delaware.this is just the latest embarrasment for the secret service.last year - one man was able to breach a white house fence.and earlier this year - two agents were investigated for drunk driving afafr a party. there's a new estimate this afternoon for how many kids in the u.s. have autism. autism.the figures from the centers for disease control and prevention says one in 45 children have the disorder.

that's's much higher percentage than reported in other studies.one survey from 20-13 had the number at one in 68 children.the cause of autism has not been discovered yet.t.but some searchers believe there are genetic links to it. coming up on the cbs 2 news at noon, if you have spaghettio's at your house, how to identify

if you think there's no solution to the climate crisis, think again. in iowa, wind energy is already producing enough power for over a million homes, reducing our d dendence on foreiei 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.

if you have spachettio in your home listen up!mpbell's sosos is recalling 335- thousand cans of that food because of a chocking hazard. hazard.the company says pieces of red plastic were found in a small number of cans, a a the product should not be eaten.if you have a can of spachettios, they say you should return it to the store where you bought it and you'll get a full

the date: february 22nd, 20-17. americans are buying more gold. gold.the world gold council the demand for gold bars and coins jumped more than 200- percent during the third- arter.the group says this big of a surge has not been seen since the 2008 financial crisis.experts site low prices and the recent uncertainty on wall street for the increase.. ford is testing self driving cars!they even built a fake city to test drive them in! in!they call the city "m-city." it's located in ann arbor, michigan.there's storefronts, traffic lights and other real-world things to put the cars through real-life scenarios.ford is just the latest company to experiment with self-driving cars.google has pbeen testing them for years and tesla has upgraded software in its cars to allow them to operate themselves. online real estate site zillow is going to give their employees some great maternity leave benefits. benefits.for new moms, they'll give four months of fully paid leave and a thousand-dollar

get eight weeks at full salary and adoptive parents eight weeks of paid leave.the new benefits will go into effect at the beginnini of next year. marissa has our weather to go next...but first here's a look at today's markets.

actor, david hasselhoff got a lot of people talking after he posted a video on his youtube page telling everyone he's changing his name to david hoff.the hoff's spokesman says the clip is part of an ad campaign lauching in australia this weekend and the actor is just having fun and isn't legally changing his name, but more will be revealed soon. today: sunny, windy and chilly with highs in teh 40s.tonight:

mostly clear with lows in the 20stomorrow: sunshine with highs warming into the 50s!our seven day shows showers on monday. that does it for us here on the cbs 2 newswsat noon.our next newscast is this afternoon live at five.and you can see us right back here tomorrow morning at 5 a-m.