minutes. this is cbs 2 news 10 at 10. yesterday's loss - was the last straw - - the paul rhoads - era - at iowa state university - - is over. good evening.- after a tough season - that should have been a lot better - the cyclone's head football coach - was fired** earlier today. today.the nevada native was considered to be a hometown hero of sorts.many fans loved him, but some say, he just didn't *win enough games. cbs 2 sports director zach hanley is here to explain. unfortunatley paul rhoads i i in the business of winning and he just couldn't get win enough of them -- in his 7 years in ames -- rhoads won just 32 games gameshis only winning season was in his first year as iowawa statats head coach -- the university said in a release that rhoads will coach in the season finale against west virginia on saturday. -- i-s-u will owe rhoads nearly 4 point 6 million dollars in a buyout-- pollard and rhohos will speak with the media tomorrow about the decision

thanksgiving will be wet but warmer with temps in but warmer with temps in the 50s. our current temps right t now are in the 20s and 30swinds

partly cloudy skies tomorrow morning will be a cold start for the kids with temps s the upper teens.but our monday planner shows sunny skies and temps warming into the upper 30s. 30s. new tonight, tonight,the belgian capital of brussels is completely locked down.for part of the day, people were ordered to stay where they were - some even stuck inside stores and cafefe cafefethe terror alert - is at the highest level - ever. authorities in belgium - - say there is a "serious - and imminent" threat for a terrorist attack..schools and subways are shut down.police say - terrorists connected to the paris attacks - that killed more than one hundred

people - may be - in brussels. tonight - president obama - appears to be taking a tougher stand - against isis.he is now vowing to destroy* the terrorist group. he made the comments - at the end of a nine-day trip - in - malaysia.the president - also used the event - as an opportunity to defend - his plan to bring g syrian - refugees to the u-s.more than half of the nation's governors - have vowed to block the process - - and polls show many americans are concerned - terrorists may be among the refugees. the concern - over terrorists - - and refugees - - hits close to home -- here in the corridor. corridor.the mother mosque of america right here in cedar rapids, is thehenation's ololst mosque - the house of islamic faith. faith.cbs 2 news reporter steffi lee is here to tell us why they're asking people no to stereotype their faith, as "terrorism." r decades - imam taha tawil says iowa always welcomed syrian refugees with open arms. that's why he says the refugee

isis shouldn't be about isis or terrorism at all. all. tucked away in one of cedar rapids' small neighborhoods... s... (built from the ground up) is this white and green building.it's the nation's oldest mosque - and imam taha tawil says state officials asking to shut the door to refugees is hurting his faith. faith."this is the land of the free, and the land of the ave. we didn't see anything so far pointing to terrorists coming from immigrants."syrian migrants built the mother mosque of america in 1934 -- and imam tawil says the history inside speaks for itself. itself. "we have to stick with our principles. we haveeen welcoming community"but with isis terror attacks in paris - he say's there's a deep divide seen in the fearmongoring generalizations about islam. islam. "when you say muslims,

muslims, muslims, we are not doing that. it's a few individuals."he says he'd rather see heightened immigration security efforts - because that would at least give refugees a chance. chance. "they are dying, in the sea, they are dying in the desert. they are dying erywhere they go." imam tawil says he and other islamic leaders are looking into ways to communicate with state officials about the immigration policy.steffi lee, cbs 2 news ten at ten. in political news tonight - donald trump is once again back in the lead to become the republican nominee for president. president.that's according to a new cbs news poll which sampled likely iowa primary voters. voters.but there's a a *new name in second place: texas senator ted cruz.he edged out ben carson, who now sits n *third. *third.67 percent of those iowans polled say they believe cruz is ready to be commander in chief. chief.and another number for you, 74 percent believe the u-s should send ground troops

to fight isis. the highways are going to be crowded this year as you head to grandmas. triple-a says more than 46-million americans are expected to hit the road this thanksgiving, the highest in eight years.it's all thanks to those lower gas prices which are about 74 cents, on average, lower now than this time last year.make sure you - and all the kiddos - are buckled up. law enforcement sasa, they'll watching for that, as they patrol the roads, and try to keep all of us safe. it started as something of an experiment ... stretching black friday shopping deals .. into grey thursday.and this week - a record number of stores will open - right at dinner time - on thanksgiving day. whether you'll be among the shoppers - - is our topic - - in tonight's say what, " chaos crowds rush in " for decades thanksgiving was one of the few non - commercialized holidays - but this year dozens of stores - plan to be open by 6pm " i think it's a terrible

trend. " lia - says - it's sad for families - but she understands the retail motivation. " because they're capitalists and they'll make money and they want to start the frenzy .. why wouldn't you i mean it's all about money but we have to put our priorities in order. " - best buy - kohls - sears wal-mart - and target are just a few of the stores - open on thanksgiving - but shirley says she won't be there. there. " madhouse .. and it's not worth it .. cause the same things are on sale at another time. " others feel bad for the store employees. employees. " i mean they already get the shaft a lot during the season so it really sucks when they have to go in on thanksgiving as well. " " the people at the stores don't get to do thanksgiving stuff and turkey day is the best day of the year. " on our fabook page - heather writes - love shoppininon thanksgiving nightht. (and for the haters) hope none of you go out to eat or to a movie on thanksgiving or christmas.and carrie says -

and voluary. it gives those who are working extra dollars to look forward to. to. " i think some families do it as an activity .. maybe it's fun for them, some people maybe just get tired of sitting aroundndeating all day. " and while most kids can't wait for toys - deandre says - not on turkey day. day. " you're worrying about shopping and getting the latest deaeaas opposed to spending time with your family on thanksgiving. " a lot of very strong views on this - you can share your thoughts - right now - on our face-book page. alright, matt, thank you. you.now a look at tonight's other stories across the corridor. there's a lot of different types of life, and different ecosystems found on our planet - and they're all being studied and loed at, at u-i. the e wa organic conference is happening right now at the university of iowa.it's a joint effort between iowa state university and the u-of-i's office of sustainability.expertrtfrom across the country are all taking part - sharing ideas

and tips on getting into, and improving organic production. mark twain once said "a person wiwi an ideaeas just a crank until the idea suceeds."here's hoping the ideas being thrown around this weekend in iowa city, will *all turn into success stories! tty're hosting folks from 200 other cities from across the world, as part of a "startup" weekend. they say it's a way to look at each other's backgrounds and creative visions, and hopefully, turn them into successful businesses. "i think there is a lot of things that come out of an event like this. one you may discover that you are in fact an entrepreneur, and you want to go o rk for your self, you want to build your own company. the other thing is to figure out what that entrepreneur spirit is all about." about."the whole thing, is also a competition. the winning teams from each city's event will compete in a global video pitch challenge--to see who created the best new idea. as the season giving - begins - sports teams in

those who are lessssfortunatat the cedar rapids rampage - indoor soccer team - - and the titans* football team - - hosted the stuff-the-bus - food drive today - - bringing in a lot of food items s for way - point..it was a chance for fans to get to know - some of the players and cheer-leaders - - and help those in need. they might have coats, but even animals sometimes need an extra layer or two. andndhanks to a group of volunteers at the dreaming bear in marion, the animals at the cedar valley humane society will be warm all winter. these guys spent their day tying 80 blankets together f f the shelter dogs and cats. if you get a chance, head to the cedar valley humane society to check out the animals sporting their new warm accessories - and maybe even take a loving dog or cat home. still ahead on your cbs-2 news - ten at ten - - smoke in the sky.what happened in the moments after - one of the tallest buildings in

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if you've spent antime in chicago - you know the john hancock center - is an iconon** part of the - w wdy city - sky - linene line.and that's why - every-one noticed - when flames - erupted* - on the - 50th - floor.five people suffered minor injuries - when flames - swept through - an apartment.keep in mind - - - fifty** ffors up -- is not hook - and ladder - territory.it took fire- fighters - a while to bring it under control.more than a hundred fire-fighters responded to the scene - - but the hancock - - s so large - - they didn't** even try to evacuate the entire - sky-scraper. you saw the snow coming down - - that's delayed - flights across the mid-west - - and brought in - - a blast** - of - arctic** air. air.marissa scott has your

coming up in sports -- how alexa kastanek's perfect performance powered the hawkeyes over the panthers -- next on cbs 2 2"cbs 2 news coects with you. call us at 1-800-2-kganemail us at news at t kgananomconnect with us on facebook at

it looks like blowing a 35 to 14 lead to kansas state after blowing a 17 point lead at home against oklahoma state was the straw the broke paul rhoads' back -- iowa state athletic director jamie pollard firerhoads this morning -- one game short of completing h h 7t7tseason. season.the university said in a release -- that rhoads will coach the cyclones in their season finale at west virginia -- during his time ashe head clone -- he led them to 1 winnininseason, and 2 bowl games after last season iowa had an empty trophy case -- the pig was gone, the bull was gone, the cy-hawk was gone -- you get the picture -- this year -- they might have to build a bigger one every trophy game they've played this season they've won -- and yestderday against purdue the hawks added a new one to the collection -- the big 10 west trophy -- because all off season they saw a broken trophy case, every where they went. "walking into the complex every single day you don't want to looa broken ttphy se, you know withthnonoing in

it. so it just gave us a little extra motivation you know each day going in there working hard so we could get our trophies back." back.""anytime you see empty trophy cases, especailly all of them, t tt's just not the standard that has been set here before we even got here. and we wanted to fix that, we wanted to raise the bar in terms of standards and culture around here." the panthers wrapped up their regular season with 5 straight wins -- which got them into the f-c-s playoffs again -- this year like last -- they're hosting in the first round -- first for northern iowa -- eastern illinois -- but the playoffs are something u-n-i is used too -- they've been in that mode for the last 5 weeks. right now... the st are in n the playoffs... every team is good... and we get a home game to start with... and you can look past that and who's on your side of the bracket... and we have... but first things first... we've got to take care of eastern and get our football team ready for another week...

it doesn't get any bigger than this in the n-f-c north -- it's the packers versus the vikings -- minnesota has won 5 straight and lead the division -- green bay, has lost 3 in a row and sit 2nd 2ndone of those streaks will come to an end green bay up 13 in the third -- mininsota not going away -- adrian peterson will not be denied -- vikings cut it to 6 -- but that's the closest they'd get -- the green bay d shut down petetson and sacked teddy bridgewater 6 times and a-rodg looked like the a-rodg of old -- he buys time and throws a dart to james jones -- packers win 30 to 13. the bebes have quitete won 2 in a row -- taking on the broncosdenvers up 17 to 9 late in the 4th -- but here come the bears -- jermey langford plunges in for the score -- so now all chicaog needs is a two point conversion n tie the game --- but langford is stuffed -- and the bears lose 17 to 15. chiefs in cali -- taking on the chargers -- san diego retired ladainian tomlinson's

was the only time the chargers were cheering -- justin houston says -- i'll take that -- and houston has no problem heading to the endzone -- the pick 6 puts the chiefs up 166 and spencer ware had himself a day -- 11 carries -- 96 yards -- and two scores -- chiefs roll -- 33 to 3. to be state champs is a goal had by high school teams -- not usually college ones -- unless you play for one of the big 4 -- the first step for achieving that title was in cedar falls for bluder's bunch bunchiowa has beaten-n-i 8 straight timeme.. but the panthers came out firing in this one... amber sorensonon dials long distance and connects -- sorenson had a game high 23 points... but the hahaeyes brough their a-game too... alexa kastanek... was on fire -- the three is good and so was everything else she put up -- kastanek finished 12 for 12 from the field with 22 points ..chase coley also was huge r bluder's bunch -- coley finished with a double double -- hawks in 80 to 65.

shots... we got wide open twos... you can't shoot as poorly from the two as we did... and we didn't do a very good job of that tonight... the energy we started with was much different today than it was last game... and i think that was a key for us... a we had a lead and they kinda hit a couple threes back to back... then we calmed down and so i felt like we were in control the whole time... thats a check of sports -- we'll be right back. america's never been a country of quitters. it's not who we are. we don't ignore threats like climate change. we face our probobms head-on. with american-made clean energy, we can end our dependence on foreign oil...

and create millions of new jobs. solving our climate crisis starts with 50% clean energy by 2030.

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