nearly 800 flights across the country have already been cancled today because of severe weather.o'hare international and midway airport in chicago have been two of the most affected over the past two days.on monday - o'hare had to cancel more than 13-hundred flights, and delay almost 300 others.and midway had to cancel nearly half their flights yesterday.right now - thousands of passengers are scrambling to figure out how they're going to get to their destinations back here in the corridor... the eastern iowa airport is packed full of hawkeye fans gegeing ready to leave for pasadena and the rose bowl. bowl.cbs 2 news reporter stephanie johnson now joins us live from the airport. where

are ready to take to the skies. stephanie? hawkeye fans are taking over the eastern iowa airport today. and in spite of the weather these fans are pumped and ready to go bowling in pasadena. pasadena. i can't explain how exciting this is first time going to the rosebowl for myself and my wife. it's been a long time since the hawks have been there. go hawks! its been 25 years since the hawks last went to the rose bowl and fans young and old are e cited to see this day. day.go hawks! booo stanford stanfordthis is a childhood dream to go to the rose bowl. i am so exexted and to think k the hawkeyes are going to win is even more exciting. airport crews worked overnight to get the runway cleared for hawk fans to takekeff. f.things are going relatively smooth considering all of the snow we had last night. all of our maintenance crews were here overnight keeping the roadways open, keeping the runways open so the rfield is n great shape.

out, airport officials recommend you get there early. early.we're recommending tqo half hours early today because there's gogog to be so much traffic. we've got 13 charters going out along with our regularly scheduled flights so it's going to be a busy day here. the airport is workinwith the university of iowa's alumni asasciation to prepare for this big day.covering the corridor at the eastern iowa airport... stephanie johnson...cbs 2 news. local band "four star fate" has gone viral in the hawkeye world. world.they re-worked their song "born to rise" into a new war cry called "born to hawk!" at last check it has 134 thousand views and 2,719 shares and it was just posted monday!band member tim king told cbs2 where the idea for the songngame from. "a few weeks ago my grandma said you should do a rose bowl theme song for the hawks. and

she really liked our song born n to rise and wrote some lyrics based on the song born to rise and she kept sending to me via email. and i'd get these emails at like 6am and she'd write these lyrics and i was like ok that's enough." enough."the band is in the process of working with the university of iowa to make sure they are in the clear to play and promote this song. king said they do have the university's blessing, but the school doesn't t an to use their ng in any capacity.if you'd like to hear their song visit our website cbs2 iowa dot com and we have a link up. andon't forget, cbs 2 news will have complete coverage of the big game.be sure to tune in all this week for special reports from zach hanley and kevin barry.and don't miss our 30-minute special which will air new year's eve at 6:30 right here cbs 2.and new year's day at 7:30 a-m on our sister station, fox 28. a bus crash in chicago has claimed the life of a university of iowa student. student.21-year-old nicole

killed yesterday when the bus driver lost control and hit and a contstruction sign.the drer told police he was trying to avoid a pick up truck that moved d to the bus' lane.a g-p-s system in the bus says it was going six-miles under the speed limitfour other passengers were injured in@the crash and weretaken to the hospital.this is what one rider had to say... "i c cld hear a boom. so you know when you hear a noise, you're going to jump up. i had seen windows busted. it was three windows; on the passenger's front side, then the window next to the statas, then the back window, it was all open. a woman in the back had got injured real bad," "everybody was so shook up that you don't know what to do. you don't know if you want to scream. only thing you could do was look around," around,"a go-fund me page has been set up in nicole's memory. proceeds will establish a scholarship fund in her name at the univererty of iowa. the chicago police officer charged with killing, killing,laquan mcdonald has pleaded not guilty.

was in court earlier today for his arraignment.van dyke was arrested last month, more than a year after he shot mc-donald 16-tiimes, killing him.his arraignment comes just days after chicago police shot and killed two people, leading to more outrage across the cityty mayor rahm emanuel has returned to chicago early from vacation in response to the turmoil. a former tower gud at the amosa state prison prisonwill serve 17-months i prison for being a drug user in possession of a firearm. firearm.ethan darrow and three other former guards were busted by federal authorities in october.darrow admitted to regularly using marijuana and cocaine last year.former officer garrett barton is also awaiting sentencing on federal charges. now an update to last spring's bird flf outbreak. outbreak.state officials are stopping a statewide ban bibi exhibits at fairs. the ban will officially be removed friday.today iowa ag secretary bill northey said $-

state continues to recover from the devastation.last spring, iowa lost 32-million chickens and turkeys because of the bird flu, leading to higher egg and poultry prices. the race for the white house is back in the corridor today, today,right now w new jersey governor chris christie is at the hamburg inn in iowa city holding a meet and greet there with voters.the republican will also be in cedar rapids today.at 5-30 he'll be meeting with more voters at the field- house.doors open at 4-30. fellow republican and florida senator marco rubio is holding an event right now in clinton. at three this afternoon - he'll be in waterloo for an event at the e nter for the e arts.the stops are part of a bus tour that was supposed to start yesterday in burlington. that event had to be cancelled because of the weather. on the mocratic side - bernie sanders isalso in our neck of the woods.he has town hall events in muscatine and davenport.sanders will continue his visit tomorrow with stops in keokuk and ottumwa.sanders is also endg 20-15 in iowa wh a new year's party in des moines.

noon - what you need to know before you grab your snow shovel. shovel.

you got people working incredibly long hours. median family income today -- $4,000 less than it was in 1999. the bottom line of this economy is that it is rigged.

an economy that works for all of us rather than a handful of billionaires. if you w wk 40 hours a week in america, you should not live in poverty.

one of the most wanted teens in the world, is now in custody. custody.y.han couch and his mother were captured monday by u.s. marshalls near a mexican resort.couch avoided jail time after killing four people while drunk driving in 20-13. he earned the name "affluenza teen" when a defense witness testified he was a rich kid, whose parents did not set appropriate limits for him. couch and his mom fled earlier this month after video surfaced showing him drinking

probation.both are awaiting extradiction to the u.s. and will face charges. oklahoma authorities are looking for a missing coununy singer. singer.craig strickland disappeared sunday while duck hunting with a friend during severe weathestate troopers recovered his friend's body yesterday.strickland is the lead singer for the band "back- road anthem."officials say recent heavy rains are complicating the search.. storms over the weekend are being blamed for at least three deaths, and more thaha 100 injuries in n lahoma. two terror suspects have been arrested for plotting holiday attacks in belgium. belgium.they were arrested earlier today in brussels followg searches sunday and monday.one suspect is charged with acting as the leader of a terrorist group.brussels has been under increased security since the paris attacks last month. a man in hawaii will not be charged for flying a drone near president t ama's motorcade. motorcade.it happened yesterday while the first family was wrapping up their vacation there.the secret service says the drone was

very briefly near e passing motorcade.officials say the man did not know the president was in the area, and stopped flying the drone when asked by law enforcement.the motorcade did not stop or slow down during the incidenen coming up on the cbs 2 news at noon - the adjustment one tea company is making to some of its bottle caps. caps. tive heroes is an n organization dedicated to reducing veteran suicides across thenation. one man in particular inspired others to do the same. same.sot "justin fitch was diagnosed with stage four cancer. you know, he catapupued thestory of veteran suicides out there"ptsd contributes to eight thousand veterans taking their own life each year.sot "through the charity active heroe uh, whererwe assist them withth differentprograms that really counteract those symptoms with

fitch passed away he made it his final mission to reduce veteran suicides bybuilding the military family reeat. retreat.to join the fight donate at activeheroesdotorg. . victoria enmon was a typical energetic 11 year ololbefore she was diagnosed d th acute lymphoblastic leukemia and passed away in 2008 2008sot "she was the kind of kid that you could hear her coming long before she got to yoursoundproof studio"radio host and gamer jeromy adams, or "doc", befriended victoria during her treatmentand took her story to the gaming communitysot "it just occured to me that gamers should be able to do the things they love to helplpck and injured kids as wewe, and so extra life was born."extra life has a global community that benefits local hospitals through the children'smiracle networka& networka& to help children like victoria head to extradashlifedotorg. ..and that's your chideo

honest tea is removing a donald trump quote from its bottle caps capsit reads: "if you're going to think anyway, you might as wewe think bigighonest tea says it has no problem with the republican presidential candidate. the company updates its quotes every 18 months. vetailers are happy about the holiday shopping season. season.a mastercard survey showowretail sales grew by almost eight percent between black friday and christmas eve. but not everyone is happy with their fts. consumer reports estimates four in ten americans will return or exchange gifts.experts say for hassle free returns hold on to receipts and be prepared to pay re-stocking fees in some stores. target is buying unwanted gift cards. cards.the company is partrtring with gift carar exchange website card-pool and an electronic trade-in company.card-pool provide the trade-in rate of consumers' gift cards and then re-sells them.target says a 100-dollar wal-mart gift card would exchange for an 85 dollar target gift card. the store

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