defense secretary ash carter says a new team of special- operations troops will be sent to iraq to fight the islamic state. state.the pentagon has announced that nearly 200- commandos will deploy t t iraq's north, to conduct raids there and in syria.the troops will also gather intelligience and hunt down isis leaders.the expansion comes despite claims by iraq's prime minister that his country's forces are capable of defeating isis alone.secretary of state john kerry said the iraqis have been fully briefed on the plans. "we will continue to work closely with our iraqi partners on who will be deployed, where they'll be deployed. deployed.right now- the iraqi military is preparing to take back the city ofoframadi from isis control.civilians there have been ordered to evacuate despite death threats from isis. thousands of pigs have died after a fire at a hog confinement in wellman. wellman.the washington county sheriff's office says the fire

night in the 14-hundred block ofginko avenue. avenue.several fi departrtnts responded.it took nearly three hours to put out. brenneman pork owned the facility, they say it's a total loss.the company also estimates it lost roughly five- thousasa 25-pound hogs in the fire.right now - there's no word on what caused the inferno. a man has been charged in a double-murder earlier this week in des moines. moines.michaelelwanchanic was s taken into custody last night following a short pursuit and an hours-long stand-off with police.it all began around seven outside of perr and ended three hours later in town. toto.wanchanic is now charged with the murders of bryon howard and heather belieu.they were found dead at a home in des moines monday afternoon. police say they had been living with wanchanic, but they were not related to him. in cedar rapids... rapids...testimony has started in the trial for a man charged with killing his mother. moer.he defense and prosecuction gave their opening statements yesterday in the case of edward cusisi

violently beating his mother to death with a crowbar wle trying to steal her medication three years ago.his attorney doesn't deny cusic kilild his mother -but says the drugs had nothing to do with it. testimony is expected to continue through the rest of the week.if convicted of first degree murder - cusic would get life in prison with no chance for parole. new this afternoon... afternoon...a rock island man is in custody for a robbery last week at credit union in dubuque.shawn cade was arrested yesterday in illinoisis cade is accused of robbing the du-trac credit union on east 14th street last friday.police were told he passed a note to a tellerindicating,he was armed and demanded money.cade got away with some sh, but nobody was hurt.he is now waiting to be extradicted to dubuque. an inmate has been punished in a cell phone smuggling ring at the state prison in anamosa. anamosa.records show wesley ziegler was transferred back to kansas in october..kansas was paying iowa to incarcerate

kidnapping convictions. convictions.ziegler is the only inmate to ce punishment for the smuggling ring.four former prison guards have pleaded guilty to charges relating to the ring.nine prison employees were fired or resigned. at the iowa capitol... capitol.l.a new report says iowa's largest public employees' retirment fund is facing a five-billion dollar short-fall.assests for the & fund stand at abt 28-billion dollars, meaning it's 84- percrct funded.that's actually better compared with last year's report.right now - the pension fund has 346-thousand members including current and tired public school ememoyees, and workers for counties and cities. university of iowa president bruce harreld is asking for more than five million dollars in additional funding for school faculty.ioio state university p psident steven leath is also requesting more than eight million for faculty at i-s-u.leath and harreld want the extra state funding to add faculty members and giveaises to keep the schoololcompetitive.

house...quinnipiac university has released its latest *national polls for both major parties. parties.on the republican side - donald trump holds a 27 to o 17 leaeaover senator marco rubio, who has passed ben carson for second place.in last month's poll - trump only led carson by one point.rson is tied with senator d cruz for fourth.both candidates have 16-percent support nationally. on the democratic spectrum - hillary clinton continues to pull awafrom senator bernie sanders.quinnipiac's poll now has clinton with a 60 to 30 lead over sanders.the 30-point margin for the former secretary of state is up fr 18oints a month ago.the only other democratic candidate, martin o'malley is a very distant third with only two- percent support. the iowa board of regents is expected to vote today on a plan to rename the university of iowa children's hospital. hospital.the u-of-i askekethe regents today to fast-track their proposal to rededicate the hospital as the " stead

children's hospital-"it would be in honor of jerre stead and his s family who have donated nearly 54-million dollars to the university.the renaming would take effect when the new 360-million dollar hospital is dedicated. the fire department in cedar falls will start using helmets with cameras next year. year.chief john schilling plans to roll out the high- definition devices in january schilling says the cameras will provide a full view of fires, with video being used for investigations and training. right now - the department has three cameras, which will be rotated shift- to-shift.the cameras can pick up sound and are fire-resistant up to 900 degrees fahrenheit for limited periods. a 12-year-old from marion will be the iowa hawkeyes kid captain this weekend, when the hawks take on michigan state in the bigen title game. game.at a young age kaelea butterfield was diagnosed with severe life-threatating asthma. today she must take daily medications and pay attention to her symptoms.kaelea loves to painter nails and play with her younger siblings.

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time is running out for you to help give kids in the corridor a merry christmas.tomorrow is the last day you can drop off a gift for toys for tots.cbs 2 news has pattnered with capriatti's near lindale mall and united fire group to fill boxes full of gifts for children in need.the salvation army says this will help families still celebrate this christmas - a little light in their lives as manyontinue struggle financially. "use your money for the important things,for rent and utilities and things like that and let us help you - the community help you with other things. and i think people

to hear stories of people applying and stories of why people need to come. " "the salvation army also needs volunteers to sort and hand t these toys next week.now w starting at five tomorrow morning - you can drop off a toy right here at broadcast park.we're going to be out in the parking lot until six in the evening. 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 courtesy of our weatherfirst skycama&- a bit of fog in the area this morninga&-temperaturearound 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 'prerector' 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 weather to the area

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with no obligation. ten people are recovering from injuries after an apartment complex went up in

houston. the three-alarm blaze forced several people to jump from upper levels of the three story building to escape smoke and flames.at least eight people were taken to the hospital, while two others were treated on the scene, including an emergency worker. authorities sayone of the injuries appear to be life threatening. he cause of the fire is under investigation. opening statement's have started in the trial for the first baltimore police officer charged in freddie gray's death. deh.the jury for william porter was seated fofothe rst time this morning.he's one of six officers charged with gray's death while in their custody last april.his death set off days of massive protests in n ltimore, which caused billions in damages. things are back to normal this afternoon at the university of north carolina at chapel hill. this morning it was placed on lock-down because of an armed person ononampus.authorities gave the all-clear after a 30-minute search turned up no suspects.u-n-c officials say during the lock-down - students and faculty were ordered to take shelter, while

an early look at job growth last month is coming up positive.a-d-p says the private sector added 217-thousand jobs in november, whicicis higher than alaysts expectedthis makes two months in a row of strong and steady growth.but it also makes it more likely the fed will raise interest rates this month.the labor department's federal jobs report is due out friday. coming up on the cbs 2 news at noon, tips from an expert on

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this is the season of giving...but one thing you don't want to give or recieve from someone else...is the flu! we're talking now with lizzie st, the great great granddaughter of etiquette guru, emily post.and wiiam schaffner, the medical director of the national federation for infectious diseases with some tips on flu etiquette.good morning!what etiquette do we need to follow when it comes to the flu?you have some stats for us from the 2015 flue perception and awareness survey, can you share some of those findings? how can you knowowor sure ifif you have the flu and need to

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one thing you don't want to give or recieve from someone

talking now with lizzie post, the great great granddaughter of etiquette guru, emily post. and william schaffner, the medical director of the