here.the record- setting jackpot for tonight's drawing has grown to one- and- a- half billion dollars.a single winner could take homa cash payout of 930-million. good evening, karen is off tonight.i'm scott sanborn.you saw the powerball drawing just moments o, right here on cbs 2.if you missed it, here again are tonight's winning numbers.s. numbers. we should know in just a few hours whether anybody was lucky enough to beat the astronomical odds tonight.we will be sure to tell you about any winners tomorrow on cbs 2 this morning. on additional note about gambling with the lottery.win or lose, a big unk of your ticket-buying money going right back into the community.y. community.the iowa lottery says six cents of every dollar

percent of ticket sales goes to state causes.the majority of that goes to the state's neral fund.the remainder goes to the vision iowa program to help state tourism. two-point-five million dollars goes to help the iowa veterans trust fund. i have e to approve applications for the veterans trust fund, which can be used to help veterans who are under 200 percent poverty level and under $15,000 in assets assetsby t t way, if there isn't a winner tonight, the jackpot for saturday's night's drawing could be close to

cbs 2 news ten at ten continues now with more of the corridor's top stories. stories.some area schools say governor branstad's proposed boost in education ending isn't enough. enough.during his condition of the state address, the governor proposed a two-point-45-percent increase in funding next school year. clear creek amana school board president eve swenka tells cbs 2 news they need four- percent just to keep up with

the governor has made it clear to critics in recent yrs that he's concerned about the revenues from agriculture and thth's why he's been conservative with funding for schools and the state budget in general.if the ag outlook for this year is any - indication, the future holds more fights over funding. cbs 2 news reporterermatt hammill joins us live with the story. matt. nearly one out out five iowans - works in agricultur- from making ethanol - to selling equipment.and from those we talked to - today at the w-m-t - ag expo - - 20-16 could be a chlenging year for them - - and for iowa. - "tractors" you could find it all - from the latest in ag equipment. " from the lower back to the top of the neck. to staying healthy amid the heavy lifting. but the focus for farmers - always comes back to finances. finances." i believe as agriculture goes the state if iowa goes. "steve bohrhelps

preserve wealth he says after profitable years - the state's main industry is in for a reality check. check." some have spent th income, some have invested that income and some have saved that income .. well we're getting ready to give it all back, it's a little bit like we're at the gambling table and when you win a little you better put some in your pocket." pocket."" farmers are scare they don't know where the mamaet is going yet. "at stutsmans where growers come for spraying - parts and services - they know another record crop - could send corn prices@tumbling. tumbling." thip will give farmers a hance to step back and see where they're gonna be and where their operations need to be in 3 or 4 years. " " everybody's been kind of predicting this for the last several years. " and even during a down year - the governor is looking at farm practices to improve water quality - that could impact the bottom line. line." we need legislation and we need laws but we also need to make sure we're an agricultural state and we need to make sure e don't kill the golden goose if you will. "

working in the ag industry told us - they're concerned enough back to back record crops could leave farmers with corn selling low three dollars a bushell.covering the corridor in hiawatha, matt hammill fox 28 news. the state board of regents is also competing for it's fair share of funding.the board representing iowa's three state universities is asking for 20-million dollars in additional funding.but the governor is setting aside an increase of only eight-million. democrats want lawmakers to approve more mmey for education,n,ut republican say it is getting hard to stretch an already tight budget. it's safe to say that minimum wage workers alsoould like to see bump. johnson county raised it's mimum wage in november and by next year, it'll be 10-10 an hour.now, *linn county is considering its own minimum wage boost. boost.according to the iowa

more than 18-ousand people in linn county earn less than 10-10 an hour.and more than half of the workers under that wage are single mothers who work full time.county supervisor brt oleson says raising the minimumuwage would help boost the county's economy, decrease employee turnover and reduce food insecurity rates. "i think it'smportant to get the pupuic scussion started but do it in a thoughtful reasonable, measured approach." approach."supervisor oleson wants to create a group of small business owners, city leaders and workers to talk about ising the minimum wage. cbs 2 news is learning new details about an officer- involved shooting. shooting.linn county attorney jerry vander sanden says two cedar rapids police officers will *not face charges for lling a suspect in october. october.21-year-old jonathan gossman died when officers lucas jones and bryson garringer shot at him a combined 25 times. times.officers were conducting a drug investigatioiowhen gossman ran from them after a

says gossman pointed a loaded gun at one of the officers. that's when they opened fire. an autopsy revealed gossman had meth in his system w wn he was shototnd killed. the 2016 race for the white house has featured a lot of talk about guns and who should and shouldn't have them. in a story you will see only on cbs 2 news, political reporter kevin barry explainsnsow a leading candidate frames the issue. the back and forth between republican and democratic front runners has gotten so contensious -- at now -- hillary clinton is using the tone ofofhe republblan party as a reason to vote for her. her. because the ststes are so gh, voters need to zero in right now and try to imagine if we ended up with donald trump being sworn in as prident, ted cruz being sworn in as president what would that mean for our country, what would that mean for our standing in the world that same feeling is surrounding the domestic

republicans like mike huckabee say the added measures are just as bad as the proross by which the president put them in.the catch is that the order generally just pushes more resources towards enforcing laws already on the books. books.what the president's doing g saying look, if yoyore in the business of selling guns, you need to do a background check and we need to put more resources into making sure the background check works.cliton says there's a focus on gun shows -- because that's here many illegal sales have been happening since background checks are stopping people from getting guns elsewhere. still -- the n-r-a at one gun show in cedar rapids passed out fruit loops -- saying ththe were the only y n show loopholes that they knew of. clinton says with tens of thousands of people dying every year from gun violence -- it's not funny. funny.guns can't be sacrocant. we have to combine our concece for the second amendment with our concern for human life. life.this is also an issue where the clinton campaign is drivng the point home that hillary has been consistent on her gun stance while ssders

bill -- that mandated background checks on gun purchases.kevin barry, cbs 2 news ten at ten. senator bernie sanders recently olled 5-points ahead of clinton in iowa.and now, the latest des moines register poll shows 25-percent of iowa republicans are backing texas senator ted cruz.donald trump gained 22-2-percent support. that's still within the margin of error, making this race a statistical dead heat. now ten at ten continues with a look at tonight's other stories across the corridor. in hiaiatha,big changes are coming to the intersection of north center point and robins roads.the city wants to improve the intersection so it condemned the nearby pour sports and papa's sports bars. they areeing orced out through h eminent domain laws.a date for a final closure of the two bars has not been set. in marion, ramsey's wine bistro is open once again. tonight's grand re-pening marked the ee of an expansion project on seventh avenue.the

music venue and enough room for private parties.besides the extra space, ramsey's now features additional food selections for patrons. that is cbs 2 news ten at ten -- the corridor's top stories and tomorrow's weather first forecast in the first ten minutes. minutes.still to come...learning lessons with letters. letters.w one local grououis getting a better perspective on a massive humanitarian crisis.

marco rubio. he ran for senate saying he opposed amnesty... then he flipped, and worked with liberal chuck schumer to co-author the path to citizenship bill. he threatened to vote against it. and then voted f f it. he supported his own dream act and then he abandoned it.

just another washington politician you can't trust. jeb bush. he's a leader, so you always know where he stands. right to rise usa

coming up tomorrow on cbs 2 this morning.the powerball jackpot prize is at a record high, right now more than a billion dollars. dollars.find out if a winner has claimed the massive prize, or if it will keep growing into the weekend.that's

next on c-b-s two news... news...the response iowa's senior senator is giving to last night's state of the

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turkey have detained four more suspects as the investigation into yesterday's suicide bombing contues. continues.at least 10 people, mostly tourists, were killed when a suicide bomber attacked a site near the historic blue mosque in istanbul, today, the turkish prime minister visited the attack site.he says a militant loyal to isis carried out the attack.authorities say

country from syria and was not tracked by turkish security. turkey joined the u.s.-led fight against t isis last year. president obama's state of the union address last night touched on a number of topics, both foreign and domestiiowa senator chuck gssley says he was disappointed with the commander in chiefef comments on isis. isis. "he's a very sincere person, i think though in a lot of cases he's just plain wrong. i kind of feel that he poo pooed the dangers of terrorism." terrorism."the president was in ebraska today touting his vision for the future.e's heduled to be in louisiana tomorrow. teachingteenagers life lessons can be hard...but one corridor high school has accepted the challenge.seniors at linn-mar high school volunteered to takekeart in a project that extends across the world. world.cbs 2 news reporter dora miller joins us with more on the project that some students say changed tir lives.

quired for this project... but students did have to open their hearts -- and their notepads -- to communicate with people whose lives are very different than theirs. theirs. for years, syrians have had to live on edge...and mr. swaney -- an a-p government teacher -- has taught his students about it. it. "on our end, we're learning so much about the realities of what people are going through there.""but there's nothing like first-hand experience to really drive home a lesson. lesson. "putting a face and actual words to what's actually happening over there manizes it."so for 10 months, these students stepped into the life of a syrian refugee -- in the form of a pen-pal program. program. many thanks for your letter. letter. i live in the zaatari camp, but my friends statad in syria syriai have a year old brother, a year old sister and a 9 year old sister. sister. i'm excited to hear from yououagain too. yyr friend, wea'amaround 150

-- sent back by teenage refugees... refugees... "to have the handwritten letter sent all the way from across the countrtr that feeeeng is somemeing i can't describe." "i didn't really think people all the way across the world had many similarities with me, so then when i started talking to her, i realized that we re more similar than i thoughgh"aside from the storors... stories... "he had a little camera that he could take pictures with and he loved that."it became educational for the refugees leaing to speak english... english... "if they do get out of the camps and they go to europe or america, then they need to learn how to speak it." and for the american teenagers who now say life just doesn't seem so bad anymore. anymore. "most of the people in this program come from middleleclass, maybe upper class families that just had a tough run of luck." luck." "the small world you've been living in for 18 years, is not just what it is." is.""it did help to teach me to put yself in their shoes." the seniors will be going to

their social media information to their pen pals in hop they'll keep in touch.dora miller, cbs 2 news ten at ten. and coming up in sports -- the panthers panthersneeding a road win in the worst way -- could they hold on at indiana state --

2. she's always stood strong... ...to get the job done. hillary clinton. she stood up to china... ...and spoke out ononomen's rights... ...went toe to toe with russia on human rights. the drug and insurance companies spent millions against her... ...but hillary didn't quit until eight million children got health care. i've never been called a quitter and i won't quit on you. she's got what it takes to do the toughest job in the world. i'm hillary clintoand i approve thisessage. who's the rel now? no way.

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it's not the u-n-i panthers -- it's the u-n-i jekyll a a hydes -- sometimes on the basketball court the guys play great -- take against iowa state or north carolina for instance -- and then sometimes the panthets look -- not so great u-n-i trying to win back to back games for the first time since november -- taking on indiana stateand they got off to a great start -- wes wasphun -- takes it hard to the rack for two plus 1 -- he finished with 16 points and 4 4 boardsand bennett koch -- was a beast down low -- koch tied a career high with 18 points -- the panthers led by 7 at the breakbut the second half belonged to the sycamores and brenton scott -- who dropped in a cool 30 points -- panthers lose 72 to 60. playing on the road requires tremendous ecution... tremendous attention to detail... and you've got to do it the entire time... and right now we haven't been able to do it consistently enough to find one on the road... junior college hoops --

the eagles were scorchin' the nets from the start... josh bartlett spots up from deep.. and starts this one the right way... 3-0 kirkwood.. then it was hunter rhodes getting a good look at the rim... and he knocks down the triple... kirkwood wins 100 to 59 the final. . bluder's bunch is in the middle of a brutal strecht -- 5 big 10 games in a span of 12 days -- with three of them on the road -- the good news for their tired legs and sore arms -- they're taking on the badgers a team iowa has beaten 15 straight times -- hawks looking to make it 16and to say they flew out of the gates would be an understatment -- ally disterhoft dials long distance and connects fromom deep -- iowa led by 16 in the third quarterthe badgers would claw back -- but disterhoft -- not leaving the kohl center without a "w" -- the drive to the cup for 2 of her team high 18 points --and then whitney jennings - -breaks wisconsin down on the driblle -- she added in 11 -- iowa wins 57 to 54. back to johnson hall --

d-macc's 7 game nning streak... in the third... eagles up big... and they keep their foot on the gas... ariana dampier finishes in transition then in the fourth... caitlin sudduth lets it fly from long range.... she gets the roll for 3 of her team high 16 -- kirkwood wins 72 -- 57. stay with c-b-s two -terry has one last look at your forecast after the

then he flipped, and worked with liberal chuck schumer to co-author the path to citizenship bill. he threatened to vote agaiait it. and then voted for it. he supported his own dream act and then he abandoned it. marco rubio. just another washington politician you can't trust. jeb bush. he's a leader, so you always know where he stands. right to rise usa

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acquired more wealth in two years an the bottom 1010million people combined. i'm bernie sanders, and i approve this message. my plan -- make wall street banks and the ultra-rich pay their fair share of taxes, provide living wag for working peopop, ensure equal pay for women. the middle class will continue to disappear unless we level the playing field.