probably 80,000 iowa fans there, i know a lot of people who are going - it's just going to be...it's the dream season." season."coming up on the cbs 2 news ten at ten, we'll show you his rose bowl souvenir collection - and some of his prideful memories from the parade.steffi lee, cbs news. of course, we're less than a week away from the hawkeyes taking on stanford in the rose bowl.be sure to tune in to cbs 2 all next week for special reports from our own n ch hanley and our sports team.and don't miss our 30-minute road to the roses special which will air new year's eve at 6:30 right here on cbs 2.it will air again new year's *day at 7-30 a-m on our sister

the death toll from a series of tornadoes in the southeast that touched down wednesday - has risen to 17.7. two more bodies were found in mississippi, bringing the state's total victims to 10. seven more people died in two different states, including 6 in tennessee.laststight, a tornado touched down in birmingham, alabana, but fortunately there was *not a lot of damage there. in california, a large brush fire that broke out last night is threatening dozens of hohos. in some parts of the area, major highways had to be shut down, and residents are being evacuated.wendy gillette ports (nits helicopter)a helicoer dropped water on fast moving flames in ventura county, california saturday.the fire

heavily used 101 freeway and a portion of the union pacific railroad tracks-- started d christmas night.(sot: chief mark lorenzen/ventura county fire department) "it was pushed by strong northwest winds of 50 miles an hour. the fire quickly grew in size." about 600 firefighters are battling the blaze.they're trying to keep the fire from spreading to nearby homes in the solimar (soul-uh-mahr) beach area.almost 100 houses were evacuated.(sot: fred burris/ventura county fire department) "we have a lot of fuels, lot of light grass, shrubs burning right down on the e coast in and amongst the structures in the solimar community."firefighters are also keeping a close eye on nearby oil fields, as they deal with difficult terrain, high winds and very dry conditions.(sot: norman department) "we actually have had- even though you folks have had pretty good rain in counties, we've literally had about a tenthf an inch in the last 6 weeks."no injuries have been reported. it's unknown what started the fire.wendy gillette, for cbs

fire officials say less than 10 percent of the fire is tained, and expect it will take several days to get it under control. back here in eastern iowa, police in waterloo are investigating g two separate reports of shots fired. police tell cbs 2 news, the first was a call from the 500 block of keystone street around 2-15 yesterday afternoon. they say someone in a car shot *at another person, but nobody was actually hit. officers say the man targeted is *not cooperating later on - just before midnight - police were called to a home on lafayette street, after a window was shot out. there was also a car hit. police say the witnesses at that scene are also not co- operating. so far no arrests have been made in either case. in chicago, two people are dead after a police-involved shooting. shooting.it happened early this morning near west garfield park on the ity's west side, after police responded to what they descscbed as a "d"destic disturbance."officers say once

quote "a combative individual." they say an officer fired his weapon, and 19-year-old quintonio legrier and 55- year-old betttie jones were both killed. a woman told a local television station she described him as a college student with mental challenges. he was having a mental situation,n,sometimes he gets a little loud, but not violent. i was just with my son on christmas. i talked to h and told him he has to control his temper." temper."chicago police are already under intense scrutiny, after *other officer- involved shootings in recent months. in the race for the white house... house...several presidential hopefuls will be in eastern iowa n nt week. week.on monday - new jersey governor chris christie will make a couple stops.the first will be in dubuque for a town hall at noon before ending his day in davenport.on tuesday - the repupuican will be in the e corridor.christie will visit the hamburg inn down in iowa city and the field-house in

christie is in the middle-of- the-pack in the g-o-p ra. demomoat martin 'malley will also be in eastern iowa monday he will be stumping in waterloo and tama.the stops are a part of a four-day swing through the hawkeye state for thformer marlyland governor. his s rst event in iowa is sunday in des moines.o'malley is in third among the three democrats running. later on in the week, the number *two in that race - bernie sanders will start a three day run in iowa, ending his year in the hawkeye state. on tuesday, he's holding town hall meetings in muscatine and davenport.wednesday, he'll hold more town halls in keokuk and ottumwa.and on neneyears eve, he's hohoing a new years party in des moines. you can watch a recap of the busy year in politics with a special edition of iowa in focus, as cbs 2 news takes a look at one of the *most crowded presidential races. it airs right here on cbs 2 at 10-30 tomorrow morning. if you didn't get what you

ok, take comfort in knowing, you'u' not alone. consumer reports estimates around 40-percent of americans try to *return or *exchange a gift they don't like.that definately was true here in cedar rapids.anyone who drove down collins roro could see lindale mall was packed.some shoppers we talked to at best buy said it was hectic. "it was pretty busy, there @was a lot of help in there but it was a lot of people you had to weave and bob through the neighbors there to get to where you wanted to be ." ."if you do cide to brave the lines day, experts say you should have a reciept you're trying to take back a gift.you should also keep the item in the original package. still to come at 6 6record rain. the area facing major flooding thisisdecember, and why it could be some time,

that tornado us monday morning at 5 right here on cbs 2.we begin our count-down to 20-16.from patti labelle's es to that t e dress - we take a look back at some of 20-15's most viral stories. that's monday on cbs 2 this that touched downwnn alabama we told you about earlier, didn't cause much damage, but the storm is bringing another threat - rain. nearly 200 roads in the state

flooding.in nearby mobile, they saw 4 inches of rain pour down, nearly doubling previous records.alabama's governor is touring weather-damaged areas, where he's declared a state of emergency. we've seen some rain ourselves, but we could be seeing something *else this week. week.meteorolgist jeff kennedy

coming up in sports -- christian mccaffrey does it all for the stanford -- what iowa has to do inorder to stop

the hawkeyes have taken over disney lala -- the team w w welcomed to california by mickey mouse along with other disney characters -- as the offical kickoff to the week before the rose bowl -- stanford was there too tooand so was christian mccaffffy -- their do it all running back -- mccaffery can run -- catch -- recturn kicks

so inorder for iowa to win -- the hawks must stop -- or at least slow mccaffrey. "the thing with him is he's just... he's just so patient, he waits for those holes to open up and then he hits them pretty quick. he seems like he can do it all.l.he throws the ball, catches the ball.. runs it really well.. it's just .. i guess you just have to be prepared for everything when it comes to a guy like him." him.""our preparation starts right there. you tter find a way to contain him a little bit. and that's going to take

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