executive orders were made public, republican presidential candidates were attacking them. them.florida senator marco rubio toldoters in cedar rapids this morning that it's just another example of how the president is infringing on american's rights.he said under a rubio administration -- he'd restore the rights he says president obama is taking away. "and so thesesnew rulings that he's coming out with that limit and undermine the second amendment, on my first day in office, they're gone. all of these overreaches by the epa, the employment prevention agency, every single onenef these overreaches, on my first day in office, they're gone." gone."this is part of a three day tour for rubio.he finishes up in marshalltown tomorrow. democratic preredential candidate hillary clinton is proposing a new initiative to boost autism screening, treatment and research. her plan will push states to require private insurers to cover autism seseices. it will also expand employment and housing opportunities for

clinton also plans to extend new resources and establish public-private partnerships that will ensure a post- graduation transition plan for

new at six, six,a dire warning today from the u-s army rps of engineers. engineers.e agency is urging people be extrtrely careful near coralville lake.they say right now, the lake is about ten feet higher than normal, but is decreang rapidly. because the water is falling below the bottom of the ice, it's making for extremely dangerous conditions.the corps says falling through the ice right now leaves little chance for escape and a svccessful rescue becomes kext to impossible.they're advising everyone to stay off the lake. the warning comes just one day after the body of 17-year old tanner wymer was found in the la after his canoe capsized sunday.a second person in the canoe was able to make it to shore.we now know funeral services for wymer will be

cedar rapids police need you help in finding two robbery suspects.take a look: look:this is surveillance video from the kum and go convenience store at 31-32 first avenue northeast early on the morning of december 21st.police say the two robbed the store.it's not clear what they took or if any weapons were used.if you know who they are, call police or crime stoppers. the iowa department of natural resources is set to pay out mo than 688-thousand dollarsrs to an employee, who was disabled and claimed he was discriminated against.john vetter worked as a technician for 36 years.he was injuredin 20-1and underwent surgery. despite continued positive annual reviews, the d-n-r hired a physical therapist to evaluate him before putti him on medical leave and eventually firing him.vetter will receive back pay, as well as payments for emotional distress. governor terry branstad wants to divert some future tax

school buildings and pp it towards watereruality projects.s. the governor calls it his biggest and boldest initiative ever and says the plan helps fund two top priities: education and water quality.he wants to extend by 20-years a one-cent salal tax established in 2008 to accomplish it.the plan would provide nearly 21- billion dollars for schools and more than four-and-a-half billion for water quality.u-s agriculture secrcrary tom vilslsk is endorsing the plan, saying the state's water attention. a head-up for drivers who use a busy route in southwest cedar rapids.starting thursday, c street is going to be closed just north of tait cummins memorial park.and, it's going to remain closed for one to two months.it's happening so the city can instal a new ewer line.the city will have a detour posted if you still plan to take that route. the city of marion now has a new mayor and three new city council members.

was sworn in this afternoon.he won a three-way election in november to become the new mayor.in the proce, he vacated his seat on the city council.randy strnad was appointed by the council to fill the vacancy.kim etzel and paul draper were also sworn in today. "ultimately this is how we are going to move forward. we're all in this togetheheand we accomplish so much more when we work together. marion deserves our best and nothing less." less."the marion city council has seven members, includingng the mayor.they all serve four-year terms. a home dedicated to helping others - needs a little help of its own. own.the catholic worker house in waterloo is reaching capacity - and is looking to buy y re space. space.cbs 2 news reporter steffi lee explains why there's such a demand for rooms at the current home. scott and karen - the volunteers say with recent cold weather - they ish they could offer more housing to those who are homeless. homeless.community member and volunteer fran fuller says right now - the mens house is

and three couches.the catholic workerouse wants to offer arnd ten beds if they get this new housesehey need forty five thousand dollars to buy this next home.so far they've raised some funds - but they're hoping to quicklymake up the rest. 03:29:16 "the first time i came here and realized what they do for the community - and what they were doing for me and what they were offering me - they should put a bigger sign outse hahaha." hahaha."on january 22,2,the catholic worker house is holding a fundraiser at the knights of columbus dedicated to getting this additional home.steffi lee, cbs 2 news. a handful of local enenepreneurs spent t t afternoon taking their businesses to the next level. level.last month, mount mercy university hosted a business case competition after its annual market at the mount.the vendors s who took part had the chance to compete to win a free online store from godaddy. three businesses won, and

mount mercy's enactus business organization, as well as godaddy to launch their sites. "for mount mercy as a smaller school we try d help the community. kind of get us some experenice as students growing in business and find new a creative ways to help local community members to grow and build their own businesses." businesses."the market on the mount drew more than 30 vendors from across the community last month.it markeke the e second year for the event. coming up next, on the cbs 2 news at six, mutual benefits. benefits.how a ticket to see the university of iowa basketball teams, could helplp local middle schoolers.

cordes: most nurses are tough. they're problem-solvers. they like making things better. people don't have access to healthcare because they just can't afford it. bernie sanders understands how pharmaceutical companies and major medical companies are ripping us off. bernie tells the truth, and he's been consistent. he understands that the system is rigged, and he's the only one who can bring real change.

tomorrow on cbs 2 this morning, new smartphone apps come out all the time, but rarely do e have to ability to save a life. tomorrow we'll show you an app one father made, that ended up saving his son's life.see you tomorrow on cbs2. there's a new opportunity for you to help local students and have a lot of fun doing it. it.it's called hawkeyes for education. education.cbs 2 news reporter mellaney moore joins us live from carver hawkeye arena in iowawacity where the iowa men's basketball team is getting ready to take on the big red nebraska huskers. coming to an evevt like this one is a gooooway to have a fun time with family.now it is also good way to support local education. education. this academic year the universityf iowa's adhletic department approached the iowa

with an idea that could benefit them both. both. it's a really great program that we're excited about to partner with the university, brand new this yearthis is the way hawkeyes for education works: cocounity members can get tickets to certain hawkeye sporting events at the discounted group rate.then ten percent of that money go ba to the iowa city school district's foundation to help local sixth graders. graders. it goes to the school of the wild program, so that's a really great outdoor classroom program that the foundation supports.so far the university says ticket sales have gone up every time they've announced a new eligible event.there are two games available for several sports-- football, volleyball and mens and womens basketball. basketball. we have two for wrestling and then we'll add baseball and softball once those are available.the next women's basketball game is against michigan on january 28th. 28th. if you haven't maybe gone to a women's game of you maybe haven't gone to a football game or a men's s basketball game, regardless of the pricing, it's a way to

think, 'you know what, maybe we'll try that gamejensen has a student in the district. whher the hawks win or lose, , she sasa it's a win for families and their kids. kids. if you attend one of the hawkeye sports events and a percentage of your tickets go to the school district, it's a pretty cool deal to be a part that the tickets are available through an online link with the foundation.we have that & for you on our website, cbs 2 iowa dot com.covering the corrrror in iowa city, mellaneyeyoore, cbs 2 news. another bright sunny day, and that warmed the temperatures a bit. bit.but chief meteorologist terry swails says be prepared to take a dive.he explains in the weatherfirst forecast. mostly clear over cedar rapids now, with temperatures in the

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on monday desmond king was listed as the 24th overall pick in the n-f-l draft by nfl-draft-scout dot com --ut the national football league will have to wait on the king -- he's returning to iowa for his senior season -- his mom broke the news last night to the daily iowan -- and today king confermed it on his instagram page -- posting this -- quote -- "feels good to fininh my educatiti and to be with my brothers for my senior year. there will be those that say my decision is wrong but it's what's best for me. let's make it a gooone $ fellas" last season king was named a consensus all-amemecan, the jim thorpe award winner, and the big 10's best defensive back -- he finished the year with 8 interceptions. matt campbell and iowa state made it offical -- jon heacock hahabeen named i-s-u's

brings 32 years of coaching experience to ames -- most recently he was in toldeo with campbell where the rockets were number 1 in tt mac in scororg defense. the iowa men's basketball team is just under 2 hours away from tipping off their 3rd conference game of the season -- but after beating two top 15 teams -- the hawkeyes are no longer the hunter r they're the hunted in the big 10 10everybody's going to bring their best shot when they face the hawks -- and that starts with nebraska -- whw's oh and 2 in conference play -- and who iowa isn't taking lightly. "you know our guys know what this league is, every time you take the floor somebody has guys who expect to play in the pros... and theyave two of them, maybe more." more.""anyboddy can beat anybody and top to bottom i always say it's probably the best conference in the country. but now you kind of have a target on your back, everyone is gunning for us so you really have to bring your a-game every night." that's exactly what the

12 -- because the league -- is in a word -- brutal -- with 4 teams ranked in the top 17 in the e country -- including the top two teams in the nation -- so again -- anybody can beat anybody at anytime -- but steve prohm has a plan to put his clones in the x to win the big 12 at the end of the season. "if you win your home games and win on the road.. you know 5 and 4 on the road... you're going to have a chance at 14- 4. i think 13, 14 wins because of how good this league is... i think is going to put you right there." it's been over a month since the panther men have won back to back games -- - they've been on a win -- loss pattern since november 30th -- so if it stays true u-n-i should beat missouri state on wednesday -- but ben jacobson isn't a fan of that papaern -- he wants consecutivivwins, but knows the pattern isn't all bad for his panthers. "i will tell you this... there's some good and bad in

and neutral games we've played to be gogog bbk and forth and not have consecutive losses, there's a lot of good in that with the schedule that we've had. and i thinkhat's a rea positive. we've jt got to get as we've talked about here today again... and we are getting there, we've got to be more consistant." on the mat -- iowa's brandon sorensen has been named the co-big 10 wrestler of the week -- the number two raed 149 pounder went 6 and oh last wewe -- en ute to his first midlands championship -- the honor is the third of sornensen's career. and on t ice -- dubuque fighting s`ints head coaeh -- jason lammers has been named the head coach for team east in the top prospects game on january 12th -- in his first season with dubuque -- the saints are hold the top spot in theeast and have the best overall record in the u-s-h-l the halfway point in the season. that's a check of sports,

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