chicago's police superintenden t has been fired. fired.about an hour ago, mayor, rahm emanuel, announced garry mc-carthy was let go this morning.emanuel and mc-carthy reportedly met last night, with the mayor making the decision to fire mc-carthy sometime overnight.mc-carthy's termination comes after a week of protests through out chicago over the fatal shooting of a teen by an officer last year. this afternoon that officer is out of jail. jail.jason van dyke bonded out last night after he posted ten- percent of his one-point-five million dollar bail.van dyke was charged with murder last week in the shooting death of la-quan mc-donald from last october.the city of chicago released dash cam video of the shooting, which sparked the protests. president obama is on his way back to the u.s. after a two

paris.he was at a climate change summit with several other world leaders.speaking to reporters this morning - the president discussed goals of the two-week conference, and what each nation can do to fight global warming.but he also took time to address the fight against the islamic state, and the importance of getting russia on the same page as the u.s. and other allies in destroying the terrorist group. "i'm confident that we are on the winning side of this and that ultimately russia's going to recognize the threat that isil poses to its country, to its people, is the most significant and that they need to align themselves with us who are fighting isil." isil."president obama hopes russian president vladimir putin will eventually decide that syria is in need of new leadership to get rid of the isis threat there as well as the syrian civil war. meanwhile - u-s-a today is reporting the pentagon could increase the u.s. presence in syria. syria.a senior defense official told the paper the

deploying more special operations troops if the pilot project there shows progress. last month - the pentagon announced 50 commandos would be sent to northern syria to advise forces fighting isis. cbs 2 news will carry a special town hall discussion on the war on terror.you can watch it tonight at 6 o'clock, on cbs 2 iowa dot com. university of iowa officials tell cbs 2 news they are investigating a racist remark found etched in a bathroom at spence laboratories. laboratories.last night - school president bruce harreld sent a statement to students and that said quote: "this act is offensive to our community and will not be tolerated."harreld said the remark was sanded away immediately . .the university's public safety director said the message was a racial slur, but didn't have any threatening language.he says the specifics are not being released due to an investigation. a west union man is accused of attacking a fayette county sheriff's deputy. deputy.terry mork faces

peace officer, and trespassing. investigators say mork caused a disturbance on another person's property last wednesday night.officers claim he resisted arrest and assaulted a deputy who later was treated for a minor injury. mork has posted bond and is out of jail this afternoon. a crash is now being blamed on a johnson county sheriff's deputy.the iowa city-press citizen reports it happened over the weekend at the intersection of highway six and highway 109 near oxford. the sheriff's office said the deputy pulled out in front of another vehicle, causing the collision.one person had to go to the hospital, but they should be okay. if you'r planning to buy christmas presents online, authorities want to remind everyone to be cautious. cautious.each year - consumers get their credit card numbers and other personal information stolen through fake or unreliable websites.crime prevention officers advise you shop at the sites you know and trust and beware oforder forms that ask for social security numbers.they say they aren't trying to scare people away from online shopping, they just want them to be careful. on the campaign trail today...

in eastern iowa right now. now.the former governor of florida is currently at a town hall meeting in waterloo. earlier today - bush was in dubuque talking to voters there.some of the issues he addressed were isis, gathering support from arab leaders, and immigration.we will have more from bush's visit tonight on the cbs 2 news live at five. right now - voters in black hawk county are deciding a pair of run-off elections. elections.first in waterloo - voters are picking a new mayor. city councilman quentin hart and former mayor tim hurley are going head to head.they got the most votes in last month's election, but failed to get the majority needed to win. win.then in cedar falls - both jim brown and incumbent mayor jon crews' names on the ballot, even though crews dropped out.brown got the most votes during the election - but failed to win outright. dave halterman, who was third, is running as a write-in campaign. tiffin city leaders have decided to go along with johnson county's minimum wage ordinance. ordinance.the city was

issue, and last discussed it during a public meeting in mid- november.last month - johnson county communities raised their minimum wage to 8-20 an hour, and will raise it to 10-10 an hour by 20-17.so far - oxford, shueyville, swisher, and solon have opted out. if you're following the hawkeyes to indianapolis this weekend, we have a detour you're going to want to make. make.lafayette, indiana is home to the cheapest gas in the country right now, according to gas buddy dot com. some stations there have fuel for as low as a dollar 39 - which is 45-cents lower than the national average.if you can't make it to lafayette - gas should be pretty cheap almost every-where else. analysts predict the national average could be under two- bucks a gallon by this weekend. corridor residents are coming together today to help those in need. need.giving tuesday is chance for those to help spread the holiday cheer to the less fortunate.in north liberty - the community pantry says they're in need of some the same items you'll purchase for your own family meal, like pie crusts and stuffing mix.hacap

some tough decisions for food insecure families, like whether to pay for a meal, gifts or heating bills. "the need is, it just keeps unfortunately keeps growing. we've distributed close to 4.5 million pounds of food last year. ten years ago we distributed 100,000 pounds of food." food."for every dollar donated to hacap says they can buy seven pounds of food to distribute. coming up on the cbs 2 news at noon - how many accidents were reported in minnesota yesterday while a massive winter storm system slammed parts of the upper plains.

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out from record snow-fall.a massive winter weather system slammed extreme northwest iowa, parts of the dakotas, and minnesota, where nearly 400 accidents were reported on monday.a number police departments even had to suspend responses to minor accidents.the midwest isn't out of the woods yet.parts of iowa, wisconsin, and the dakotas could see up to a foot

justin checks in now with your cbs 2 'weather first' forecast. main weather- your planner shows what's ahead for the next hoursa&- now a live look outside cocotesy of our weatherfirst skycama&- a bit of 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 -

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 temperatures- tonight's forecast has us looking for mamaly clear & chilly conditions- the next three days show more dry and cool weather- our 7 day forecast does bring more cool weather to the area

some characters from seinfeld recently got back into

happy birthday.james calderer had terminal lung cancer and his son wanted to do something special for his 67ths birthday, so he wrote an essay for the huffington post to reach out to the characters of seinfeld because it was his dad's favorite show.several of the characters made youtube videos wishing him happy birthday, here's one from the famous soup nazi nazisadly, calder passed away sadly, calder sadly, calder passed away on nov. 7, but he did get to see the videos first. his sone said it meant to world to him and was a much needed distraction during a difficult time. still ahead on the cbs 2 news at noon - when we willllearn

will have his manslaughter conviction over-turned. cbs-2 news connects with the corridor.call us with your story tips at 1-800-222-kganor email usust news at cbs2iowa.comor connect with us

a south h african appeals court will rule this week whether to convict oscar pistorius of murder. murder.the former olympic sprint was found guilty of manslaughter last year for the ooting death of his girlfriend in 20-13.the court is expected to announce thursday morning if it will over-turn that ruling.if pistorius is convicted of murder - he faces 15-years in prison.right now - he's under house arrest until 20-19. a u.s. marine is now guilty in the murder of a trans-gender woman in the phillippines. phillippines.lance corporal joseph scott pemberton will serve the next 12 years in prison.police said the victim's naked body was found with their head in a toilet in a hotel room last october. court documents show pemberton told police he choked the victim but then tried to revive her.he also told polce he became angry when he found out she had male body parts. we now know what led to a plane crash that killed 162 people last year. year.indonesian investigators

system and the pilot's response caused the crash of an air-asia plane into the java sea last december.when pilots tried to respond to the malfunction, the plane stalled and fell from the sky.aircraft maintenance records show the plane had problems with its rudder system 23 times in the year prior. the state department has released one of hillary clinton's email chains that's at the center of republican criticism. criticism.one exchange shows clinton using a code-name f f hehedaughter chelsea, telling her that "an al-qaeda-like group" launched the attack on the u-s consulate in benghazi. on the same night - clinton also released a public statement condemning the attack, suggesting it t was a response to an offensive video posted online.representative jim jordan first brought the exchange to light last month during clinton's eleven-hour & testimony on the attacks. staurant papaons in new york city are noticing something new today on their menus. jamie yuccas shows us how health officials hope pictures of salt shakers can help save lives down the road.

these emblems are now popping up on chain restaurant menus across new york city - there to highlight dishes with more than the recommended daily limit of 2,300 mg of sodium. that's about a teaspoon.(sot sonia angell) we really feel that can help consumers make decisions on limiting salt in their diet.that's because many people don't realize how much salt they're eating.quiznos' large mesqsqte chicken n b has 3200 milligrams and a chili's large beef nacho has more than 4300 milligrams of salt(sot mos) i would definitely pay attention to it because i don't want high blood pressure. healal officials stressed the elevated risk of heart attack and stroke at a press conference.(sot dr. mary bassett) the majority of new yorkers everyday eat more sodium than is reremmended. (standnd) the new standard applies to about 10% of menu items at new york city restaurant chains. the ceo of apple metro, who runs applebee's, supports the new icons.(sot zane tankel) we are not the foododolice we are not

do think it's important that we give them the opportunity to make the right decision or wrong decision if that's whatat they chose.(sot mos) too many things to balance on my regular daily leger to think about how much salt i'm putting in, too much stress. the national restaurant association says the new mandate puts financial burden on its members, who have been actively working to offer lower sodium options. jamie yuccas, cbs news ny. restaurants are expected to fofoow the rules startrtg today, but the city won't start collecting fines until first of march. coming up on the cbs 2 news at noon - the latest blow for volkswagen as the automaker continues to deal with a

volkswagen says sales in the u.s tumbled 25-percent last month in the wake of its emissions cheating scandal.

hurt the german auto-maker until now, with the company recording increased sales during october.in septembmb - v-w came clean that most of its diesel cars in the u.s. had software that allowed it to pass emissions tests, even though they gave-off 40-times the amount of pollutants allowed.the e-p-a has ordered v-w to stop selling those cars. target's website was unavailable for a portion of cyber monday. monday.a message on target's site said that the eor was caused by abnormally high traffic.they report receiving twice as much traffic than its previous busiest day.to manage the influx, target has set up a que, allowing a set number of people to shop while others it to access t t site. wal-mart says so far - the holiday shopping season has been all about mobile devices. devices.the retail giants reports nearly half their ders since thanksgiving have been placed ononobile devices. wal-mart says their hottest gifts this year have included star wars toys, x-box one and

and trampolines. local entrepreneurs will head to marion tonight to pitch some of their best ideas for potential business ventures. "innovate-her" is a national competition designed to meet the need of family-focused products and services.the best pitches will have the chance to move on to the finals next march in washington.tonight's pitches will be from six to eight at the giving tree theater. a new online database showcasingngistoric properties will be unveiled tonight in cedar rapids.the public is invited to two sessions to learn more about it.the first one until one.the second is deom 5-thirty to 6-thirty at the cedar rapids public library's whipple auditorium. justin has your weather to go next...but first here's a look at today's markets.

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watch this video a few times. this baby girl trying to be grumpy is making its way around the internet.when she was asked to show her "mad face," she did just that!the

>> thomas: you're overreacting, steff. nobody cheated. >> steffy: you just id the minute wyatt left town, ivy made out with you. >> t tmas: well, not the minute. >> steffy: you're not cute, no matter what she tells you. >> thomas: i'm just trying to lighten you up, steff. it wasn't a big deal. >> steffy: bet wyatt would think so. ivy's committed to wyatt, or at least that's what he believes. if that's not true, then wyatt needs to know. >> wyatt: oh, god. i wish i could've seen thomas' face when you sh him down. i meme, that dude needs a dose