an update to a story we first broke to you monday on cbs 2 this morning, morning,linn county authorities are now investigating a murder at a cedar rapids motel. motel.deputies say 47-year-old michael lehman stabbed 23- year-old jimmi-jon lee lint to death after a fight.both were residents at the motel.the criminal complaint does says this stabbing was premeditated. the linn county sheriff's office tells cbs 2 news there was *no previous connection between both men. the victim was staying with his brother at the hotel - i'm not sure how long he had been living there prior to this incident. incident. "it's got me shaken up a hell of a lot - the kid - i like the young man, he's cool, he's nice, he's harmless."

in the linn county jail on one million dollars bond.he is also listed in the iowa sex offender registry with two incidents in 2009 in clayton and johnson counties.lehman had been living at the motel since july. this morning -- cedar rapids police are still searching for the person responsible for a shooting.officers responded to the 1100 block of third street southwest -- monday afternoon -- where they found a man with a gunshot wound.he was taken to the hospital and is expected to recover.be sure to check our facebook page and website, cbs-2-iowa-dot-com for any updates on this developing story. new this morning -- the head of russia's security service says the plane crash in europe a few weeks ago was the result of a terrorist act.russian president vladimir putin was told this morning a homemade explosive blew up the plane. u-s and british officials said that last week -- but russian and egyptian leaders were holding back.all 224 people on board were killed in the october 31-st crash. raids, and arrests continue

throughout europe, as do french airstrikes in syria. there have been at least 7 of those airstrikes in the is-is stronghold of raqqa this morning, causing at least three major explosions. explosions.those strikes destroyed a command post and training camp.this is in response to the deadly attack friday night in paris, that killed 129 people and left hundreds more injured.france's president, francoishollande declared war on terrorism, and is urging the u-s and russia to unite in the fight against isis.this morning, secretary of state john kerry met with the french president. at least one of the terrorists who helped carry out the attack is still on the run this morning. morning.an international manhunt is right now underway for 26-year-oldsalah abdeslam. investigators say 8 attackers killed people from 19- countries.presidenthollande is going to present a bill tomorrow to extend the country's state of emergency for another three months.right now they're under a temporary state of emergency, which

conduct searches and make arrests.so far they've made 127 arrests and secured 31 weapons--although police say they haven't arrested anyone with direct involvment in friday's attacks. some in washington are now saying the u-s should declare an outright war on isis.a utah congressman is among those concerned about the current situation when it comes to u-s border security. in a new video released yesterday, isis warned of more attacks to any country that attacks them, specifically mentioning washington, d-c as a target. right now, new legislation is being drafted that would give congress the power to approve the number of refugees entering the united states - a number that is now decided by the president. right now, governors from more than half of the 50 states have said they do not want syrian refugees settling in their state.. state..and that includes iowa governor terry branstad.one by one several governors made the announcement monday, after finding out, at least one of the attackers entered europe through greece, from the current wave of syrian

refugees. "the isis threat i think is growing, and is very dangerous throughout the free world, and it's something that we've got to take very seriously, and i'm going to do all i can. i'm just asking the federal government to coordinate and work with us." us."the president previously announced the u-s would accept up to 10-thousand people fleeing from syria.. immigration experts say under the regfugee act of 1980, governors cannot legally block them from settling in their communities. it's after the break... break...the features on your smart phone that are wasting more power than you might know.

the average american spends about 40 hours a month, on their cell phones using apps. apps.and that can be a serious drain on your phones battery. battery.jill wagner explains why some of those apps take more power than you might think. think. sarah kim and jack d'addario don't leave home without their smartphones--or... their smartphone chargers. (nat-sot) (sarah) "i have my portable one too."(jill) "oh is that a portable charger, smart"(gfx)a new study from the online security firm a-v-g discovered which smartphone apps are the biggest battery drainers. for social media -- it's snapchat. which has dethroned facebook. netflix is high on the list- no surprise since it streams movies.so are shopping apps like walmart. (vo) cnet tech editor bridget carey says, most alarming--- lots of apps

eat up battery life even when you're not using them. (sot bridget carey/cnet tech editor) "they're not really supposed to be doing that. they're supposed to be asleep." carey says apps like snapchat constantly pull your gps location and send notifications, which can kill your battery. her best advice... go into settings and turn off what's called the background app refresh for your apps. i looked on my phone---all of them ... were on. nat jill/bridget (jill) "which is not good." (bridget) "you don't need to have google maps using data in the background, things like that they're not always necessary."and it turns out--- simply closing an app when you're done using it may eat up more battery than it saves. sot carey 514 "because when you start it up again it has to re download and re pull in all this memory." jack and sarah say they're on their phones all daya& sot "facebook, instagram, any social media." so they're still not ready to leave their chargers at home. jill wagner cbs news new york. easy ways to save battery life: turn off blue tooth, gps and wifi if you're not using them. and you can always lower the

it's now on this morning. morning.coming up next... next...the special trip that one iowa mother is taking -- trying to convince lawmakers to give her children the medicine they need.

right now, sally gaer is in washington, d.c. on a lobbying trip. the iowa mother flew out monday morning to fight for her 25-year old daughter and thousands of others who struggle with debilitating medical conditions. gaer says she wants lawmakers and everyone else to know that cannabis oil is medicine and

this morning morningin a story you will see only on cbs 2 news- anchor scott sanborn shows us how and why anxious parents are getting around state law to buy it. "this is hemp." "that's hemp oil, which is cbd, cannabidiol." "right, which is a variety of a cannabis plant." sally gaer just started giving the oil to her daughter, margaret, who has dravet sydrome, in the spring. tediously filling capsules with the oil to make it easier for margaret to take, she cautiously and gradually added it to margaret's daily regimen of four anti-seisure meds and two other drugs that counteract the pharmaceutica ls' side effects. she says the oil made a difference almost immediately. immediately. "initially, right away she was sleeping better which is huge. huge for us, huge for her. i think anytime you're sleep better you're going to do better."and she did. margaret's speech improved along with her gross motor skills. plus,

seisures even though they've reduced one of her parmaceuticals by a third. "she could have 3 to 5 a week. big ones." "is she still having that many?" "no, no, i'd say she's down to 1 to 2 a week." "and would you contribute that to the cbd oil?" "oh absolutely, yeah." iowa's medical cannabidiol act, signed into law by governor branstad last year allows gaer to possess and use the oil since she has a state-issued registration card. but the law doesn't provide any means to buy it here because it's still illegal to manufacture it. "getting it through the house is where we're at today." representative bob kressig of cedar falls tried to get a broader senate- approved bill debated in the house this year but it didn't happen. so, with support from a waterloo lawmaker who works in health care, they're going at it again in january. january. "the best thing would be it come through a committee process and be discussed. but if not, could bring it up as

bill." "i don't even work with a lot of the epilepsy children. we know that that's going to vastly help that population. i work with cancer patients. i work with ms patients. i work with parkinson's patients and i work with folks with anxiety and chronic pain issues. so we know, the studies will show you that the cannabis oil will help relieve all of those folks and help them live a more quality life." life." "it's just simple things." "me?" "yes, you!" "why mom?" "you just keep getting sharper." (giggle)it's working for 25-year old jacob gealow, who saw his seizures drop by two-thirds in just 80-days. and that's not all. "jakey would bruise easily. that's gone. his cognitive has sharpened. we're talking in full sentences. " "he's really excelling and i'm ecstatic."mom nancy buys jacob's cannabis oil the same way sally gaer buys margaret's - over the internet through cw botanicals. the colorado-based company says it ships to 49-states, the.k. and canada

it calls an herbal supplement contains only point-three percent of the psycho-active compound t-h-c. "i think if you really look at it, it's not that hard. it's not like we're asking for something anybody can abuse because there's not enough thc in there to ever get anybody high. it's not hurting anybody."represenative rod blum agrees. "it has nothing to do really, with marijuana. it has none of the ingredients in it that marijuana has to get a person high. it's a plant extract."that's why blum and two other iowa congressmen are sponsoring federal legislation that would amend the controlled substances act to exclude cannabidiol from the definition of marijuana and treatment as a controlled substance. "i've always been a person that believes if you or your legal guardians think that an experimental drug can help you that why shouldn't you be able to do that. why

should the government be able to say, no you can't put this in your body."senator grassley argues it's the fda's role to make that decision after researching cbd's safety and effectiveness. something that's beng done at the university of iowa. "i don't think there's any question about safety but we had some evidence come out in our hearings that indicated, and we had these from people that use cannabis oil, they said it doesn't have the same quality every vile that you buy." buy."these people out there in colorado are doing a wonderful thing. there are so many people that are being helped by this." lori tassin wanted to try the oil and lobbied tirelessly for a comprehensive iowa medical cannabis law that would help her deal with brain cancer. she died last month before getting the opportunity. "people who need it for a medical reason, cancer, like lori tassin that we didn't

they don't need it next year. they need it now." the director of the governor's office of drug control policy tells cbs 2 news the state needs to prioritize its resources so it is not looking to arrest registered families who get their cannabis oil through the mail. and the attorney general's office says it's not received any requests from county attorneys to pursue prosecution. so far, 72 registration cards have been issued by the iowa department of public health. it's after the break... break...why oxford dictionaries' word of the year isn't even a word at all!

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so, what are we waiting for? right now on cbs 2 this morning...the latest information in the case of a cedar rapids girl who says a local police officer grabbed her hair and cursed at her. the latest group challenging unversity of iowa president bruce harrold to defend his record. the life-changing surgery helping one volunteer firefighter on a long road to recovery. welcome to cbs two this

morning...i'm kevin bbarry. barry.and i'm kelly d'ambrosio. d'ambrosio.

now an update to a story cbs 2 news first told you about last week. week.in an exclusive report -- we introduced you to a mother who claimed her 10-year-old daughter was attacked by a cedar rapids police officer.

officer.they say the incident happened at the johnson steam academy.lakeshia hayes told cbs 2 news the officer pulled her daughter's hair and cursed at her.now -- a lawsuit has been filed in federal court against the officer -- the police department and the school district.a judge will figu out if that suit goes to trial.the cedar rapids police department is also reviewing a complaint filed against the officer. a cedar rapids man crashed his truck into a church.it happened monday morning at the kingdom ll of jehovah's witnesses on mount vernon road southeast.no one was inside the church at the time of the crash.the driver was the only one injured. this year's flu season has already killed two people in iowa. iowa.state health officials say it serves as a reminder for everyone to get a flu shot. the c-d-c says iowa is among the top three states in the country with the highest flu levels.experts say the flu vaccine isn't perfect but it can protect many people from getting sick.less than 20- thousand americics died during the last major flu pandemic which started in 2009. at the university of iowa, iowa,a group called iowans

defending our universities will be holding a community assembly tonight about the controversial hiring of president bruce harreld.the group wants to speak with him directly.the university says president harreld has met with community members since his first day....both one-on-one and in small groups.but the group asked president harreld to take questions about issues like university funding, sexual assault and racism where everyone can hear. 16:21:09 folks n have their voices be heard anthink about how their concerns about t the wellbeing, the economic wellbeing of iowa city and the u.iversity of iowa and the status of the university of iowa can be maintained. maintained.the group plans to discuss their goals for the community and the university in van allen hall's lecture room one at seven o'clock. a for-profit education company must forgive nearly 500- thousand dollars in college loans for 600 former students in iowa.state attorney general tom miller says education management corporation lured students into unfair loan

programs while opperating 110 schools in 32 states. nationally -- the company will forgive 102-point-eight- million-dollars in outstanding loan debt. this morning -- college students at washington college in maryland will be heading back to class after a gunun threat on monday. monday.the college's spokesman said the parents of one student notified the school that their son returned home -- grabbed a gun and left. right now -- the student is listed as a missing person.the private ssool canceled classes monday and urged students to seek shelter. new this morning, a federal search team is ending their efforts to looks for what's left of el faro, the cargo ship that sunk at the beginning of october.all 33 on board are believed to be dead, the remains of only one crew member were recovered. n-t-s-b officials did not find the ship's data recorder.the ship went missing during hurricane joaquin. one man is in jail this morning in texas, arrested for the murders of six people at a campsite.right now though, the suspect, william husdon, has

count of murder.on sunday morning police found the bodies of two victims.....one man and one woman.the bodies of four others were found in a pond on hudson's property.the sheriff's office says there wawaone female survivor who was related to some of the deceased victims. a black lives matter group blocked traffic along a busy interstate monday night in minneapolis. minneapolis.the group is demanding information about thweekend shooting of jamar clark -- who is o olife support this morning.a police officer shot clark after a struggle on sunday morning. some witnesses say clark was handcuffed -- authorities deny that claim.members of the activist group camped outside a city police precinct.the mayor has requested a federal civil rights investigation. some forecasters say colorado could get as much as 18-inches of by the time a storm passes through today. today.areas south and east of denver are expected to be some of the worst hit areas.the wintry storm brought blizzard like conditions to parts of the west monday night, after damaging tornados hit central california over the weekend.

severe weather further east in kansas produced reports of multiple tornados.here's a look at one caught on camera. one tornado roughly a quarter-wide was confirmed monday evening.other reports of twister came from across western kansas. it's russian officialshink they know what caused a metro-jet to crash last month. month.their latest efforts to track who is responsible.

here's a look at some of eastern iowa's top stories -- on this morning... in cedar rapids -- the salvation army is collecting food at several hy-vee stores. the goal is to fill 13-hundred christmas food bags.volunteers will clect food until november 23rd. 23rd.if you'd like to help -- the information is on our website -- cbs 2 ioio dot com. today the non-profit group, the courage ride, will be donating 50-thousand dollars to help sarcoma research at the university of iowa hospitals and clinics.the droup will be presenting a chchk to the hohoen comprehensive cancer clinic tonight at 6.the actual ride was held on august 22-nd of this year.to date, the group has donated more than 200- thousand dollars to cancer

this weekend is the iowa hahaeyes very last home football game -- and this week's kid captain is beau atkinson -- from central city. beau is years old and was diagnosed with a severe form of hemophilia -- which is a rare disorder when the blood doesn't clot right.today -- beau knows how to identify injuries before the become a problem and cares for his disorder on his own. hopes one day he can be a civilian pilot for the military. good morning, it's on this morning, we'll have a look today's top stories, rit after this. cbs-2 news connects with the corridor.call us with your

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an update to a story we first broke to yououmomoay on cbs 2 this morning, rning,linn county authorities are now investigating a murder at a cedar rapids motel. motel.deputies say 47-year-old michael lehman stabbed 23- year-old jimmi-jon lee lint to death after a fight.both were residents at the motel.the criminal complaint does says this stabbing was premeditated. the linn county sheriff's office tells cbs 2 news there was *no previous connececon between both men. the victim was staying with his brother at the hotel - i'm

not sure how ng he had been living there prior to this incident. incicint. "it's got me shaken up a hehe of a lot - the kid - i like the young man, he's cool, he's nice, he's harmless." harmless."lehman is right now the linn county jail on one million dollars bond.he is also listed in the iowa sex offender registry with two incidents in 2009 in clayton and johnson counties.lehman had been living at the motel since july. this morning -- cedar rads police are still searching for the person respopoible for a shooting.officers responded to the 1100 block of third street southwest -- monday afternoon -- where they found a man with a gunshot wound.he was taken to the hospit and is expected to recover.be sure to check our facebook page and website, cbs-2-ioio-dot-com for any updates on this developing story. new this morning -- the head of russia's security service says the plane crash in@europe a few weeks ago was the result of a terrorist act.russian president vladimir putin was told this morning a homemade explosive blew up the plane.

u-s and british officials id that lt week but russian and egyptian leaders were holding backckall 224 people on board were killed in the october 31-st crash.russian officials this morning are offering a 50-million dollar reward for information leading to the arrest of those responsible for downing the plane. raids, and arrests continue throughout europe, as do french airstrikes in syria. there have been at least 7 of those airstrikes in the is-is stronghold of raqqa this morning, causing at least three major explosions. explosions.those strikes destroyed a command post and training camp.this is in response to the deadly attack friday night in paris, that killed 129 people and left hundreds more injured..france's president, francoishollande declared war on terrorism, and is urging the u-s and russia to unite in t fight against isis.this morning, secretary of state john kerry met wiwi the french president. at least one of the terrorists who helped carry out the attack is still on the run this morning.

morning.an internatiol manhunt is right now underway for 26-year-oldsalah abdeslam. investigators say 8 attackers killed people from 19- countries.presidenthollande is going to present a bill tomorrjw to extend the country's state of emergency y for ananher three months.right now they're under a temporary state of emergency, which gives police greater power to conduct searches and make arrests.so far`they've made 127 arrests and secured 31 weapons--although police say they haven't arrested anyone with direct involvment in friday's attacks. some in washington are now ying the u-s should declare an outright war on isis.a utah cocoressman is among those concerned about the current situation when it comes to u-s border security. in a new video released yesterday, isis warned of more attacks to any country that attacks them, specifically mentioning wawaington, d-c as a target. right now, new legislation is being drafted that would give congress the power to approve the number of refugees

entering the anited states - a number that is now decided by the president. right now, governors from more than half of the 50 states have said they do not want syrian refugees settling in their state.. state..and that includes iowa governor terry branstad.one by one several goveveors made the announcement monday, after finding out, at least one of the attackers entered europe through greece, from the current wave of syrian refugees. "the isis threat i think is growing, and is very dangerous throughout the free world, and it's something that we've got to take very seriously, and i'm going to do all i can. i'm just asking the federal governmentntto coordinate and work with us." us."the president previously announced the u-s would accept up to 10-thousand people fleeing from syria.. immigration experts say under the regfugee act of 1980, governors cannot legally block them from settling in their communities. on monday -- president obama condemned the attacks while at a g-20 summit in while at a

turkey.he was critical of the muslim community for nonodoing more to make sure young people are not influenced by extreme beliefs.but he also said it was wrong to equate what happened in paris with islam -- saying that shutting the door to these refugees is not the right response. "we do not close our hearts to these victims of such olence. and somehow we start equating the issue of refugees with the issue of terrorism." terrorism."a number of republican presidential candidates are also sponding -- calling on congress to block programs allowing syrian refugees to enter the u-s or taking similar actions in their home states. an iowa congressman is making it clear who he'll support supportiithe race for the white house.steve king became the first congressional lawmaker from iowa to endorse a candidate. candidate.king is backing senator ted cruz.the texas republican is lling fourth behind doctor ben carson --

donald trump and senator marco rubio.congressman king called senator cruz "a candidate whom god will use to reore the soul of america" democrat martin o-malley is shifting staff and resources to iowa while his campaign is struggling to raise money. money.the additional staff is coming from his baltimore headquarters.through the end of september -- o'malley only had about 800-thousand d dollars his campaign account.the former maryland governor is struggling in the polls behind hillary clinton and bernie sanders. changes to iowa's medicaid system continueo be met with many questions. questions.a town hall meeting in cedar rapids last night tried to answer many people's questions over the upcoming changes.democrats, critical of the governor's move to privatize medicaid, have been ing to thehetate sponsoror meetings.one lawmaker says a lot of iowans are still confused about the changes and he's not happy with the answers they're getting at these meetings. "there are so many issues and they're pushing to do this by

understanably are very fearful about what's going to happen about their health care." care."some have called on thehe vernor to delay the changes. but last week, he rejected those requests. it's now on this morning. morning.the top stories you need to know about this

people are sick and tired of establishment politics, and they want real change! [ cheers and applause ] bernie sanders -- husband, father, grandfather. he's taking on wall street and a corrupt political system that keeps in place a rigged economy. bernie's camamign is funded byover a million contributions -- people like you, who see the middle class disappearing and want a future to believe in. i'm bernie sanders, and i approve this message. of the top stories that you need to know on this tuesday morning morninglinn county authorities are now investigating a murdrd at the ced rel l tel in cedar rapids.deputies say 47- year-old michael lehman stabbed 23-year-old jimmi-jon lee lint to death after a fight on monday morning.both were residents at the motel. the motel.residedes at the motel. cedar rapids police are still searching for the person responsible for a shooting

gunshot wound.it happened on the 1100 block of third street southwest yesterday afternoon. he was taken the hospital and is expected to recover. the head of russia's security service says the ane crash in europe a few weeks ago was the result of a terrorist act. russian president vladimir putin was told this morning g homemade explosive blew up the plane.all 224 people on board were killed in the october 31-st crash. we'll hope you'll switch over to fox 28 right now for fofo28 morning live.coming up - kids all over the country and here in the corridor can now go see santa at their local malls. however, why one mall's santa

. >> good morning, it is tuesday, november 17th, 2015. welcome to "cbs this morning." breaking news, russia confirst a terrorist bomb brought down a passenger jet in egypt. the kremlin vows revenge for the victims. dozens of mant hunts for the