u-s army sergeant bowe berghdal has made his first appearance in front of a military judge. judge.bergdahl faces charges of desertion and misbehavior in front t the enemy - for leaving his post before being captured by the taliban in 2009.during his hearing this morning, bergdahl deffered a plea.he also did not decide whether he wants to face a court-martial with a jury, or only face a judge.bergdahl was

swap with the taliban.if convicted of misbehavior, he could get life in prison. las vegas police have released dispatch audio, audio,from when a woman drove her car into a crowd of people on the vegas strip with her three year old child in the back seat. seat.female dispatcher: "a female is with security, advising she just hit several people on the strip, and wants to turn herself in."male dispatcher: "control, there's units southbound. we need units to go back northbound, eastbound, and westbound. i'll be returning to the scene. the scene goes as far as down to bally's with people all over the (indistinct). we're going to need somebody to shut down traffic at harmon." harmon."investigators believe lakeisha holloway intentionally plowed into the crowd.one woman was killed, more than 30-other people were hurt.holloway is charged with murder, leaving the scene of an accident, and child endangerment.more charges are likely.

in jail on suicide watch.she and her three-year-old daughter are originally from oregon.investigators say they had been living out of their car before the crash.neither holloway nor her daughter were hurt sunday nighthtauthorities are still trying to figure out what led holloway to ram into the crowd. in waterloo... a woman now faces several charges for a weekend stabbing.. rachelelerger was arresteded just hours after authorities found the victim on riehl street sunday afternoon. officers believe a fight led tohe stabbing.berger is being held in the black hawk county jail. we now know a standout high school wrestler died of natural causes. causes.austin roberts from spencer collapsed during a wrestling match on saturday. his body is now bebeg nt to the state medical examiner for more testing.now his teammates are grieving over the sudden death of a great friend. "i can't really describe the gap in my heart that i have. there's not a lot of guys that can make me laugh like he did.

he'll always be my practice partne he'll always be my workout buddy. and i know he'll be at every one of our meets cheering us on." on."austin's wrestling team wanted to thank everyone who has supported them.a go-fund-me-page for austin has aleady raised more than 40- thousand dollars.that's 30- thousand more than their original goal. the path to ththwhite use ain comes through eastern iowa today. today.we are taking a live look from inside keota high school.that's where hillary clinton will appear in just about ten minutes.keota high students used a social media campaign to bring the democratic front-runner to their school.cbs 2 news will have more from clinton's visit tonight on the cbs 2 news live at@five. quinnipiac university has come out with its lalast national poll for both races.for democrats - clinton remains in the lead over bernie sanders

31-point advantage for clinton is up from 18-points earlier this month.martin o'malley is third in the democratic race with six-percent support. it's a much tighter race over the republican side. side.donald trump is still the front-t-nner, but ted cruz is only four-points behind.that's with-in the four-point- four-percent margin of error, meaning the g-o-p race is virtually tied.three weeks ago,o,uinnipiac university had cruz in third place, and 11- points behind trump.marco rubio and ben carson are the only other republican candidates with double-digit support. an up-coming republican debate in des moines will happen just days before the cuacuses. hosted by fox news channel, it will feature the same moderators from the first g-o-p debate in august. criteriaiaor particication will be nounced later.the next republican debate is january 14-th in south carolina. iowa's population gr this year.but it's still below the national rate.

says as of july first, the state's population grew by half-a-percent.that's three- tenths of a percent under the national rate.right now - there are three-point-12 million people in the hawkeye state.that's the 30th highest population in the country. we have a traffic alert out of dar rapids. rapids.crews have shut down a part of old marion road north-east.the road is closed in the area of the 42nd street intersection.crews tell cbs 2 news they are reconnecting the sewer.they plan on having the project finished by the end of the day. media-com is threatening legal action against iowa city. city.yesterday, media-com gave the city a letter of complaint and a copy of a federal lawsuit it plans to serve unless iowa city reconsiders recent agreements with i-mon. mediacom says those agreements put *it at a competitive disadvantage. disadvantage.the company has given the city until december 31st to respond to its concerns.iowa c cy's legal

with the rose bowl getting closer, the eastern iowa airport is making accomodations for hawkeye fans. fans.the airport is scheduled to have thirteen charter planes head to pasadena next tuesday.airport officials say they'll have more staff around to help with parking, check in and security..charter passengers will have two t-s-a lines open for use.avelers will also be welcomed by an iowa hawkeye football field display. "our restaurant and our bar area - we'll have additional offerings" "we also have some trtria games and contests going in the gate areas just to get the festive atmosphere kicked off." off."another charter plane will leave next wednesday.the hawkeyes play stanford on new years day at 4. cbs 2 news will have complete coverage of the gran-daddy of them all.bsure to tune in all next week for specici reports from cbs 2's zach hanley and kevin barry from pasadena.and don't miss our

year's eve at 6:30, and on new years day at 7:30 a-m on our sister station fox 28. coming up on the cbs 2 news at noon - there's going to be a full moon this week.we'll tell you when and why it'll be rareone.

winter is officially here, and so to has the winter solstice. today marks the shortest day of the year in the northern hemisphere.but, it's the longest day of the year in the southern hemisphere. the solstice began for everyone on earth last night at 10:48 our

main weather- your planner shows what's ahead for the next hoursa&- now a live look outside courursy of our weatherfirst skycama&- a bit of fog in the area -temperatures around the areaa&- taking a look at regional temperatures we see highs are cool all around iowa - the regional satellite/radar is keeping conditions quiet - let's move ahead in time by taking a look at the midwest surface mapa&- moving into a closer vw with our 'predictor' forecast we see mainly quiet conditions today with rain moving in overnight- tonight't'forecast features cloudy s ses & mild temperatures & s s. showers- our 7 day forecast does bring

you can expect a rare sight in the sky this christmas. christmas.nasa says the last full moon of the year will appear on christmas day.its peak should occur just after five a-m central time.a full moon hasn't appeared on christmas day since 19-77.it won't happen again for another 19-years.

still ahead on the cbs 2 news at noon - why there's more bad news today for one of america's favorite spots to get a burrito.

heart disease. asthma. diabetes. 7 out of 10 americans take prescription drugs. but in the last 7 years

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 and i approve this message. the centers for disease control is investigating new

chipotle.cbs 2 news reporter stephanie johnson joins us in the studio with more on the latest trouble for the fast food chain.stephanie? stephanie?that's right karen, the center for disease control and prevention is investigating five naw cases of a rare rain of e.coli linked to the restaurant. the five new cases are linked to the same strain as the other 53 cases but this strain of e.coli has a different dna fingerprint. recently, five people have fallen illllter eating at the restaurant. two people in kansas and five people in oklahoma. however, these new reports are not aring ny okalahomians away. "yeaea i've eaten there several times lately, and don't really have a worry about it. honestly, i feel like it's not something i should be concerned about." -"i'm not really worried about it. and i've eaten here a lot."" lot.""so has the recent e.coli cases made you less likely to eat at chipotle? we asked that question on our facebook page

ita&jujuana said 'tried it once, was not impressed. ill go to hot harry's here in cedar rapids or pancheros any day.veronica said 'i won't eat there anymore.'and tim simply said 'yes' so karen do you still eat at chipotle? chipotle? thanks, stephanie nobody was hurt when a y-train derailil this momoing at the miami international airport. airport.the four-car train was undergoing maintenance when two of its cars went off the rails.one of the cars fell onto the roof of a concourse. an employee was on board at the time, but was not hurt.the incident is under investigation. investigators are trying to figure out how a crane collapsed onto a home in massachusetts.a teenage girl

okay.the crane was being used to trim nearby tree branches. three other cranes had to be used to clean up the mess from the one that fell. for the first time in six months, space-x has left the ground. ground.the company launched a falcon rocket last night.it to 11-smalsatellites into space bebere safelylyreturning to cape canaveral.it's the first mission for space-x since one of its rockets failed shortly after lift-off in june.since then, the company has fixed the problem that caused the crash.space-x hopes to resume regular supply runs for nasa in february. coming up on the cbs@2 news at noon - the two biggest reasons why fewer amamicans are using g broad-band internet, according to a new survey. survey. this october, parts of south carolina were devastated by record high flood waters. months later, the rebuild is

underway.sow "when something hahaens, people a a willing to help ririt away. the folks that arein need are still out there."a group called "god's pit crew" has been leading an ongoing rebuild since the flood. thisweekend, they were joined by an unlikely crew of helpers.med wwe wrestler chris jericho joined some of these volunteers for the project. project.sot "i got on a bus with a bunch of screaming nine year old girlsa& a couple ys too.and here we are eight hours later"the weekend's effort was spearheaded by a group of children determined to inspireeveryone to live by the golden rule, and "be gold": treat others as you would like to betreated. treated.sot "go to chideo.com and donate. do it, or else i'll cry... hard"undergraduat es at stanford are taking their passion for computer science outside ofthe classroom. classroom. sot "we're sort of bringing a different way for students to view technology to say, 'you can build things that help disaster relief'."csfor social

students working on initiatives that bring change to real world issues. its mission is simple: simple:sot "making students lieve that a very good way to create real positive social goodchange, is through computer science" science"you learn more at csforgooddotorg...and that's your chideo causewire. paris: there's a lot to do on a dairyarm. 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, tata off the gloves, and take on wall street, ke on big business, take on big money, and get the working class back to where they should be. he's a rock.

fewer americans have high- speed internet in their homes. homes.that's according to a new study from the pew research center.the high costs of broadband connections and the convenience of smart- phones are big reasons for the shift.researchers say two- thirds of americans hhe high- speed internet at home.that's three-percent lower than two years ago. starbuck's expects record gift card sales on christmas eve. eve.last year, nearly two- and-a-half llion starbucks cards were purchased on december 24th.that works out to about 17-hundred cards per

in utah, calilirnia and w mexico are most likely to visit their local starbucks for a last-minute gift. according to the national retail federation, about 10- percent of holiday shoppers wait until at least december 23-rd to buy their last gifts. the north pole says santa's sleigh can now run on jet fuel if his reindeer fail. fail.but how much would santa need?.according t tc-n-n, he would need around 45-million gallons of jet fuel for his annual voyage.that would cost about 54-million dollars.about eight gallons of oil goes towards making a gallon of jet fuel.santa has to travel about 226-million miles to deliver all the presents to the world's children. marissa has yoyo weather to go next...but first here's a look at today's markets.

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