city crews are already getting ready for tonight's big snow. cbs 2 news reporter joy howe is live at the cedar rapids city services center with more.

live in cedar rapids, joy howe cbs 2 news. news.thanks, joy. as the streets department is out taking care of our snowy roadad you m mht notice some changes to the snow plows. plows.as cbs 2 news first told you last month, the d-o-t is installing blue and white rear-facing lights to plows all across the state.e.it's part of a pilot program to make the trucks stand out and help avoid collisions.state lawmakers approved the program during the@legislative session. the snow put a ccnk in the plans of those who were

planning on going to the state football championship tonight in cedar rapids.state high school athletic officials decided to postpone tonight's game.they wanted to keep the thousands of fans and players safe by keeping them off the roads.iowa city regina, mount vernon and cedar rapids kennedy will now play monday. if you had tickets to the game tonight, they will be honored monday. a live stream will be availble, but no tv broadcast. so you can keep up with the weather while you are out and about, cbs2 has a weather app you can dowowoad! itit in the apple store, or google play store.just search for cbs-2. a hostage situation has come to an end inhe country of mali. mali.earlthis morning - forces from the islamimistate stormed a hotel in mali's capital city.witnesses say the insurgents shouted "god is great" in arabic during their assault.right now - the united nations is reporting that 27-people were k kled in the siege.authorities are still checking the hotel - so that number could go up.the hotel the attack happened at is popular with tourists, and is

located near t u.s. embassy. an update now on the raid this week near paris.the third body found at the site of the raid has still not been identified. identified.that operation did kill the suspected mastermind behind last week's attacks.a number of nations have now tightened up their security to prevent another isis attack.in france - officials say there's still a constant threat despite hundred of raids this week. beligium -- theyeyre ill looking for suspected attacker, salah abdeslam.isis has released more videos threatening to attack more cities -- including new york city and washington.however - intelligence ofofcials have not found a credible or specific threat. the debate continues over refugees from syria and iraq. iraq.the house passed a bill that would susuend the entry of fugees from the isis-torn countries into the u.s. for months, or even years.the measure got the more than the two-thirds majority it would need to ovrride a veto.the bill was troduced by

republicans, but got support from dozens of democrats.it's unclear when the senate will take on the bill. we now have an update to a story fromomearlier this week. week.the dubuque man charged with a federal hate crime will stay in jail until his trial starts.a hearing was held this morning for randy metcalf.a criminal complaint says metcalf repeatedly stomped on a black man and used racial slurs during a bar fight last january.a trial date for him has not been set.the u.s. attorneys office now has thirty days to indictctmetcalf. dunkerton's former police chief is now facing felony charges. charges.last month - a state audit found timothy schultz bought bought two-thousand dollars rth of gas with a city fuel card while he wasn't on duty.schultz was arrested yesterday and faces a charge of theft and unauthorized use of a credit card. cedar rapids has seen a arecent rise in burglaries. burglaries.just this month - burglars have hit 67-homes across the city.in most cases

front door and break in through the back of the home if there's no answer. "a lot of these are happening in broad daylight and so the best deterrent, quite frankly, is to have a good set of neighbors that if they see something or hear something, that they call in." in."police are still looking for suspects in the burglaries. they're encouraging everyone to report any suspicious avicity immediately. iowa's unemployment rate fell last month to three-point-five percent.while that's only down a tenth-of-a-percenenfrom september - it's still well under the national average of five-percent.the iowa work- force development says the number of iowans with out a job fell by more than a thousand people from september to october. in vote 20-16 news... news...a number of republican presidential candidates will be in des moines tonight. tonight.ben carson, ted cruz, marco rubio, and rand paul will be joined by carly fiorina, mike huckabee, and rick santorum at the 20-15

presidential family forum.the event is sponsored by the family leader.bobby jindal was also supposos to be there, but he dropped out of the race earlier this week. after tonight's event in des moines - rand paul will make his way to iowa city.he's throwing a tail-gate event outside of kinnick stadium before tomorrow's hawkeye football game.marco o bio will also be in the corridor tomorrow aternoon.he's going to be at a town hall event at the hotel kirkwood in cedar rapids. in marion.... marion....four oaks has opened a new residential site for young people struggling with mental health and behavioral needs.the facility has updated bedrooms, a kitchen, a gym, and classrooms.four oaks will be partnering with linn-mar high school and other agencies to fill the need of e residents at the new site. the university of iowa says, says,nearly five-thousand students have received free mumps shots.the school has been offering free vaccinations to students under 25 after more than 100-cases of the mumps were reported during the fall.the u-i will next offer the m-m-r vaccine on monday, november 30th.

noon, whwhcedar rapids will be a bit more magical this weekend. weekend.plus, a new study that suggests money really can buy happiness. happiness. people are sick and tired of establishment politics, and they want real change! [ cheers and applause ] bernie sanders -- husband, fatatr, grandfather.

that keeps in place a rigged economy. bernie's campaign is funded byover a million contributions -- people like you, who see the middle class disappearing and want a future to believe in.

there's a bit more magic in the air this weekend as disney on ice is at the u.s. cellular center in downtown cedar rapids.dare to drdrm will be going on through sunday.and presents stories of snow white, rapunzel and princess tiana.those who've performed in the show for years - say it's wonderful to see the tales come to life.tickets for

main weather- your planner shows what's ahead for the next hoursa&- now,a live look outside courtesy of our weatherfirst skycama&- a ait fog in the area this morninga&-temperatures around the areaa&- taking a look at regional temperatures we see highs are mild all around iowa - the regional satellite/radar is keeping conditions quiet -- let't'move ahead in time by y takingng 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 temperatures- tonight's forecast has us looking for mainly clear & chilly conditions- the next three days show more dry and cool weather- our 7 day forecast does bring more cool l ather to the area

still ahead on the cbs 2 news at noon, what vegetable has been recalled for a salmonella out break and how you can protect your family. family. i owe out $68,000. i owe $44,000 in student loans.

my plan, the new college compact, says you should not haveo 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 king 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.

israel says the u-s has freed a convicted spy after nearly 30 years in federal prison. prison.jonathan pollard is a former navy intelligence analyst.he was arrested in 1985 after trying to gain asylum in israeli.pollard drew suspicion when a supervisor caught him handling a large amount of classified materials that wereunrelated to his duties. the florida man who landed an unmannnn air-craft on the capitol lawn it expected to formally plead guilty today. today.earlier this month - douglas hughes said he had agreed to a plea deal for operating a gyro-copter

without a license.his attornrn sasa he will ask for probation and that prosecutors have promised not to give hughes more than ten months in prison. police in massachusetts have found a missing toddler.the two-year-ololwas reported missing from her home early this morning.she was found in another town several miles away.right now - the little girl is in a boston children's hospital.authorites are investigatininhow she went missing.they do not t believe there's any threat to the public. united-health group may stop offering coverage to individuals through public exchanges. exchanges.the insurer's withdrawal would force about five-hundred-40-ththsand americans to find coverage from another provider.the affordable healthcare act requires every american to have health insurance.but insurance providers are not required to pticipate in federal and state exchanges. the company says it will determine next year if they can continue in 20-17. now a cbs 2 consumer alert... alert...the c-d-c is reporting a lmonella outbreak linked to cucumbers imported from mexico.the agency says four

people have already died, while 800 people have gotten sick in 38-states, including seven in iowa.two separate recalls of mexican cucumbers were issued in september. coming up on the cbs 2 news at noon, how much an average

lkswagen says i iwill limit investments to cover costs in its growing emissions scandal. scandal.the automaker plans to cut investments by more than one billion dollars, but it's not clear if that will include jobs.volkswagen is under fire for admitting some of its diesel vehicles had software that could cheat emissions tests.the company says it will cost more than nine billion dollars to recall vehicles and deal with other issues from the scandal. as we head into thanksgiving week, here's something to be thankful for!gas prices in iowa continue to go down. down.gas buddy dot com says the average price per gallon

cents.that's down 15-cents from a week ago.across the county - the average gallon of gas costs two-dollars even. for the first time ever - a traditionathanksgiving meal could run more than 50-dollars. 50-dollars.the american farm bureau says thats how much it'll cost for a 12-item meal for ten people.a main factor is the bird flu outbreak in the spring that killed millions of f turkeys, and pushed the average 16-pound price to over 23-dollars. you'll also be paying more this year for side items like rolls and stuffing. a nestudy is suggesting that monenereally can buy you happiness, after all. all.a harvard business school professor says it just depends on how you spend your money.he found people generally get more pleasure spending money on experiences rather than n "things" like electronics or other gizmos.he believes that's partially because anticipation of a trip or a date can make you just as happy as the event itsese. while spending on expensive

justin has your weather to go next...but first re's a look at today's marketsts

that does it for us here on the cbs 2 news at noon.our next newscast is this afternoon live at five.and you can see us right back here

afternoon. people are sick and tired of establishment politics, and they wananreal 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 campaign 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. >> ivy: so, you, uh, you can't