a few roads are closed right now because of flooding in cedar rapids. rapids.j street south-west at prairie creek is shut down along with otis road south-east from the cargill plant to the prairie creek fishery.both closures are in

the record amount of rain over the last few days has caused these streets to flood.and city officials have made the decision to close them. a reported threat has closed down all schools in the los angeles unified school district. district.the threat involved back-packs and packages left at a number of campuses. authorities have not specified the threat but early reports indicated it was a bomb threat called in to a school board member.officials are now planning search operations at all of the more than 900 schools in the l-a-u school district.this comes just two weeks after the mass shooting in nearby san bernardino.that attack has officials taking every precaution possible. " as superintendent am not going to take a chance with the life of a student."i want every school searched to make sure it is safe for children and staff to be there on wednesday

unified school district is the second largest school district in the entire country, with more than 700-thousand students. bruce harreld is apologizing to a u-i employee for a comment he recently made. made.during a meeting last week, the new u-i president said instructors who aren't ready to teach their classes should be shot.in a statement, harreld called the remark "unfortunate" and "off the cuff."he also said he didn't mean to offend anyone or imply support for gun violence. harreld claims he had used the comment before with out any complaints. a man is now charged with first degree murder in the shooting death of a waterloo woman. woman.michelle key was found dead at a house in hampton sunday night.police say they first went to the house on a report of a suicidal person. but after finding key's body and looking around the house, they felt foul play was involved. involved.key's boyfriend, ronald rand, has been charged with her murder. we now know it was a corridor woman found lying in the street near the i-s-u campus. campus.police believe

urbana was killed in a hit and run yesterday morning..there are still no suspects or witnesses.officials are checking security cameras to see if they captured the incident. the family of moe sed is inviting the community to join them at a visitation at waterloo first methodist church this sunday from 1 to 4. the west high student's body was found a week and a half ago in the cedar river near gilbertville.sed had been missing since the end of october. new this afternoon... afternoon...a cedar rapids man faces multiple charges after running from police in mason city. city.trenton mc-cleary was spotted last night in a vehicle registered stolen from cedar rapids.when an officer tried to stop him, he fled on the highway.the pursuit came to an end south of clear lake when mc-cleary's car went into a ditch, hit at least two squad cars, and entered a corn-field.mc-cleary was captured at the scene and taken to the hospital for minor injuries.a female passenger was not hurt and released without charges. in waterloo... waterloo...more lay-offs are

plant.45 more workers will be given the pink slip effective january 18th.those employees will join neary 600 others who have been laid off at the waterloo facility in the past 18 months.this comes as deere continues to see its stock prices fall as more farmers spending. iowa's farmland values have dropped four-percent this year, according to an i-s-u survey.the state-wide average has fallen to 76-hundred dollars an acre.this makes two years in a row farmland values have gone down.it follows 20- 13's record breaking year when values were as high as 87-hundred dollars an acre. we're still waiting for more details on a government wide spending bill that would extend a number of tax breaks. breaks.negotiators from the white house and congress are closing in on the one- point-one trillion dollar deal. house speaker paul ryan said the bills would contain victories for both parties.a vote on the bills could come as early as the end of the week. today is the last day to enroll for federal health care

act for the first of the year.. year..if you miss today's cut- off, you'll still have through the end of next month to sign up.but your coverage will begin at a later time.the affordable care act requires americans to carry health coverage or pay a fine. people who choose not to get coverage will face an average fine of nearly one-thousand-dollars. there are about 11-million uninsured americans eligible to enroll through the federal exchange. in the race for the white house... house...quinnipiac university has just released their latest iowa poll for the democratic race. race.the new tally has hillary clinton ahead of bernie sanders by 11 points at 51 to 40,that margin is up 2 points from last month.martin o'malley remains a distant third with six-percent support in the hawkeye state. quinnipiac released their latest g-o-p poll yesterday.it had donald trump leading ted cruz by just a point.marco rubio rounds out the top three. trump, cruz, and rubio will all be in las vegas tonight for the final republican debate of the year.

in the hawkeye state, trump said last night that the contest would likely turn messy.the billionaire said he's expecting to be verbally attacked by the other candidates. sot script script the top nine candidates will debate starting at 7:30 tonight.the other candidates will square off in an under-card debate that begins at five. coming up on the cbs 2 news at noon - we introduce you to two iowa city guys who've put their heart into a new local business. the product you might want to start adding in to your diet..

astronaut tim peake made history today when he took off from a launchpad in kazakhstan. he's on his way tothe international space station where he will spend six months orbiting the earth.peak will be the first british astronaut to join the i-s-s crew, and the first "official" british astronaut in space.there have been other british-born astronauts, but they either held u.s. citizenship or were privately funded.

there's a new local business in iowa city that seems to be supplying the entire town with a new health food! food!i stopped by their kitchen to see how the food is made, but ended up realizing how much passion they have for iowa city.take a look. look. "machine go" (grrrrr machine noises)kelly: in a world where being health conscious is the new trend, two university of iowa graduates are right on time for their new business, the old capitol food company. their product is organic, high protein, easily digestable, low fat, and low cholesterol. jake: tofu is great!kelly: after meeting at u-i, jake gratzonand matt mesaroswanted to create a business for iowa city that nobody had ever seen before.jake: for us it's really about putting something out there that has meaning and the best way we know to do that was to do something that came from our hearts that we

for staying local is even in their name.jake: we didn't want to do a name that people wouldn't recognize or that didn't tell our story because our concept is to be part of this community. to stay here. kelly: all of their ingredients come from a local farm. the scraps from the beans they use go to a local pig farmer, who uses it as feed and their product is sold at many local businesses.jake: pretty much if you use tofu, we've talked to you.kelly: jake and matt breathe, sleep and literally eat tofu. its just the two of them making *and delivering the product. and making tofu is not easy. they've gone to great lengths to make sure their product is the purest and freshest.jake: we use all reverse osmosis water.kelly: lifting, pouring, stirring, making sure the weights, measurements and increments are just right, and flipping.jake: a lot of flipping.kelly: all of their equipment was built by their hands.jake: this bubble effect is our signature look here. we get that from our baskets which we designed ourselves. kelly: jake grew up eating tofu

the hippie food generation. kelly: but they know it's not in the week night rotation for everyone.jake: first time trying tofu! (show kelly trying tofu) (butt to ) kelly: it tastes like cheese!kelly: they look forward to the community sampling their product and learning how to cook with it.we love being part of the iowa city community. we see so much growth and change around here we're so glad to be part of it and be accepted in to the community the way we have. there are a ton of steps involved in making tofu, i wish i had the time to explain to you, but jake told me tofu is essentially the protein extracted from a soybean.

still ahead on the cbs 2 news at noon, an update on the charlie hebdo attack 11 months after the tragedy.

paris: there's a lot to do on a dairy farm. nobody's gonna do it for you. you have to get out there and do it yourself. bernie sanders is a well-known friend of family farms. bernie cannot be bought out by big money. bernie's opinion cannot be purchased. it's time for our next president to get in there, roll up his sleeves, take off the gloves, and take on wall street, take on big business, take on big money, and get the working class back to where they should be. he's a rock.

two people have been arrested in connection to the terror attack at the charlie heb-do newspaper from january.

a man and a woman were arrested in northern france earlier today.the man is a mercenary, and the woman is his partner.17 people died in this attack 11 months ago. secretary of state john kerry is in moscow today meeting with vladimir putin.kerry and the russian president are expected to talk about the conflict in syria.earlier today, kerry met with russia's foreign minister.washington wants the kremlin to help push for peace negotiations between syria's president and his opposition. jury deliberations have picked back up, up,in the trial of a baltimore police officer charged with freddie gray's death. death.closing arguments in officer william porter's case wrapped up yesterday.porter is one of six officers accused of ignoring gray's cries for medical attention during his arrest in april.porter is charged with man-slaughter. there is outrage today over a police shooting in california. california.prosecutors announced they won't charge an officer for shooting a man

the crash happened last month, and killed andrew thomas' wife. thomas was trying to climb out of one of the windows of the s-u-v when he was shot in the neck by officer patrick feaster.thomas was drunk and feaster claims he was not cooperating.hundred of protestors are calling for feaster to be fired from the force, and are angry prosecutors are calling the shooting an accident.an internal investigation is still going on.feaster could still face some sort of punishment.thomas has been charged with vehicular man-slaughter. coming up on the cbs 2 news at noon, how much a toy of luke skywalker went for at auction and why it's so rare. rare. ((pkg) (pkg)in 2013, gabriel cordell made history when he travelled over threethousandmiles in his wheelchair. he's hoping to fund a documentary to embolden others to achieve. achieve.sot"listen, i'm the guy next door. i'm your brother, i'm your uncle, i'm

cordell believes that conquering physical, psychological and emotional challengescan lead anyone to extraordinary results. that's why he started an organization called"roll with me."sot"i want people to know that they can do whatever it is they aspire to do.""before, i was a drug addict. i couldn't even inspire one person. not even myself. and nowi'm inspiring strangers." strangers."to help gabriel finish his documentary go to rollwithmedotorg.with over 250 million children failing to receive a primary school education, afoundation called "pencils of promise" is hoping to make a dent in areas like ruralguatemala. guatemala. sot"this is our first school. this is my first time seeing it, it's an amazing accomplishment byour team, and it's made all completely by locals, and so we're really proud to be a partof this."in the last two years, "pop" has funded the training of 260 public school teachers inthree different countries.sot"great teachers, they make you come alive in a classroom. they inspire you, they exciteyou, and ideally they make you into a better version of yourself." yourself."100% of your

difference at pencilso heart disease. asthma. diabetes. 7 out of 10 americans take prescription drugs. but in the last 7 years drugs prices have doubled. hillary's going to take on the drug companies. require medicare to negotiate lower drug prices. let people buy their prescription drugs from countries like canada at half the price. and cap monthly prescription costs for every american. the drug companies have been over charging long enough. it's time to fight back. i'm hillary clinton

holiday travel will be at an all time high this year according to triple a! a!they say nearly 100-million people will venture at least 50 miles from home between december 23rd and january third.over the last seven years, more and more americans have celebrated the holidays away from home. gas prices in iowa remain steady this afternoon. afternoon.gas buddy dot com puts the average price per gallon in the state at a dollar-99..that's the same price as yesterday, and the same price as a week ago.the national average is two-dollars.in cedar rapids - gas prices can be found for as low as one 76. howard stern has signed a new deal with sirius x-m. x-m.the ageement is for five years, and comes just a day before his current deal was set to expire.stern first joined sirius eleven years ago and last signed a contract in 20-10 for 80-million dollars. the full terms and details of his new deal have not been

a "star wars" toy almost 40 years old was sold at auction for 25 thousand dollars! dollars!it's a luke skywalker action figure.it's considered very rare because the light-saber broke easily, so the toys were pulled from production.and it's still in the original packaging, making it priceless to collectors. marissa has your weather to go next...but first here's a look

today: mostly cloudy, breezy with highs in the 40stonight: cloudy with slight chance for a shower. lows in the 30stomorrow: 40s across the board with mixed sunshine.our seven day shows highs on thursday in the 30s,

that does it 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 tomorrow morning at 5 a-m. enjoy your afternoon. afternoon. paris: there's a lot to do on a dairy farm. nobody's gonna do it for you. you have to get out there and do it yourself. bernie sanders is a well-known friend of family farms. bernie cannot be bought out by big money. bernie's opinion cannot be purchased. it's time for our next president to get in there, roll up his sleeves, take off the gloves, and take on wall street, take on big business, take on big money, and get the working class back to where they should be. he's a rock.

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