average for this time of year. temperatures will continue to rise today to the mid to upper 20s with some light snow and flurries in our northern counties. even though it's the middle of winter, road construction is taking over parts of the corridor. corridor.cbs 2 news reporter

nowto explain some of the work happening right now in cedar rapids. rapids.kelly, i'm here at first avenue, where there is more road construction going on as we speak. speak.although construction is a problem for most drivers, the city of cedar rapids has tried to make it as painless as possible.right now, the public works department has managed to keep at least one lane open in the north and southbound lanes of first avenue.city crews are doing their best to minimize interfering with local businesses by not blocking off businesses with construction. now this road construction is important because the city is replacing the sanitary pipe that was ruined by the floods in 2008.i spoke with people from cedar rapids public works about traffic flow and why all of this construction is necessary right now. "we're trying to eliminate as much impact on the traveling public as much as possible by reducing lanes and not closing roads."

make major improvements to a major sanitary sewer for the city of cedar rapids the sanitary sewer covers a majority of the flow on the east side of the river for the city of cedar rapids." rapids." now they also say they are trying to complete each road project as quickly as possible. as for first avenue, all lanes should be back open lanes should be back open by monday. iowa has now received nearly 97-million dollars in federal funds for water quality and flood problems in key water- shed areas.today governor branstad and other state leaders are expected to meet to talk about the money.the governor also recently announced a four-point-seven billion dollar water quality plan for the state.the grant money comes from the u.s .department of housing and urban development. there are new developments in the case, of a man who killed himself in front of the jackson county board of supervisors.

and a now former member are suing the estate of francis "gus" glaser for emotional distress.glaser, a former maqouketa city manager, shot himself after first shooting at the jackson county assessor in september 20-14.this all happened while a board meeting was wrapping up at the county courthouse.a trial scheduling conference for the lawsuits takes place tuesday. now a cbs 2 news follow up to a police shooting death in burlington last year. year.the iowa public information board is now seeking a lawyer to prosecute three agencies for violating open records laws in the case. case.the iowa department of public safety, the des moines county attorney's office and the burlington police department are all named in complaints for not releasing the full police video and other records in the death of autumn steele. steele.last january - a burlington police officer shot and killed steele while responding to a domestic dispute.the officer was not charged and remained on the job. corridor voters have a lot to

"your voice, your future: the iowa impact" town hall event in iowa city. city.cbs 2 brought together both state party chairs and two political science professors to talk about the state of the iowa caucuses. caucuses.part of the conversation had to do how other states have said they want to be first in the nation - but our party chairs say that comes with not only the responsibility to vet candidates, but also all the political mail and nasty ads that go with it. but iowa is also the perfect size where candidates can get a lot of face time - one on one with candidates the parties say that makes all the difference. if we started with california, or if we started with new york, we'd start with about three or four candidates, that either had national name recognition or super pacs that had hundreds of millions of dollars. if we really believe what we're telling our kids in a junior high government class that you can become president some day, you got to start in a place like iowa. iowa.i think this is a great place that we have here to do this, we take it very seriously, as jeff said, it's

right rural versus urban, it really has very interested citizens and i think we do a very good job of it. if you weren't able to watch it last night, we have the full event available to watch on our newly revamped website cbs2 iowa dot com. this weekend several presidential candidates will be in eastern iowa.there are only ten days until the iowa caucuses.tomorrow - republican ted cruz will make a handful of stops.democrat martin o'malley will be in coralville. sunday - hillary clinton will be in marion and north liberty. her democratic rival bernie sanders will stop in independence.and sunday rick santorum will visit robins. at the iowa capitol... capitol...iowa educational leaders are now warning governor branstad about school funding. funding.the governor left out funding for summer reading programs in his annual budget plan.on thursday - school leaders told the governor that will have disasterous results next may when up-to eight- thousand third graders are held back because of poor reading skills.the des moines register reports the governor plans to ask for that funding

year's legislative session. which means that money won't be available this summer. right now - there are 110- thousand iowa children living in poverty.that's according to new data from the child and family policy center. center.the report also found the teen birth rate in iowa has dropped more than 42 percent. percent.and since 2000, deaths among children in iowa have also dropped more than 20-percent. percent.the organization uses 20 indicators to track child well-being in iowa.we've posted the entire report on our website cbs-two-iowa-dot- com. the johnson county crisis center needs your help! help!they're now looking for volunteers for their crisis chat line and food bank.if you're interested in helping out - you can download an application at the crisis center website.the deadline to apply is monday, february eighth. the iowa d-o-t is now testing a new tool that could one day warn drivers when there's ice on the road. road.the "pat-eye" is a small solar powered sensor that has lights that flash blue when temperatures are under 32-

moisture in the air.the iowa d-o-t is currently testing two of the devices in ames.but officials say the tools still have work to be done, and are giving feedback with the "pat-eye's" developers.the iowa d-o-t is the first in the u.s. to test the device. bicyclists from iowa and all across the country are eagerly waiting for a big annoucement tomorrow night. night.that's when we'll learn the overnight stops for this years ragbrai!every year - ragbrai officials make the annoucnement during a big party in des moines.but you don't have to be there to find out the big reveal.the announcement will be streamed live on ragbrai's website starting at 8-30.this year's ragbrai goes from july 24th to the 30th.you'll remember last summer - overnight stops were held in cedar falls, hiawatha, and coralville. coming up on the cbs 2 news at noon - we check in with the east coast.the latest on the massive winter storm system

coast. east coast. coast. announcer: 3 republican governors. but which governor won national praise for tough leadership handling nine hurricanes? which governor made his state number one in job creation? which governor led the fight to stop obamacare expansion in his state? and which governor laid out a tough plan to destroy isis months before the paris attacks? jeb bush. right to rise usa is responsible

right now - more than 75- million people are in the path of a massive winter storm system that's making its way up the east coast.the nation's capitol is expected to bear the brunt of the storm, which could cause billions in damage. the blizzard is expected to dump around of 30-inches of snow in parts of the mid- atlantic.those are conditions that region hasn't seen in nearly 90-years, which is why officials are doing everything they can to prepare. "we see this as a major storm it has life and death implications and all the residents of the district of columbia should treat it that way." way."to the north in new jersey - officials are expecting icy storm surges as high as eight feet.this morning - the sytstem worked

u.s. where it caused headaches in north carolina and arkansas. a lot of flights have been cancelled or delayed because of this weather..around five- thousand flights for today and tomorrow have been cancelled. flight-aware-dot com says more than a thousand flights have been delayed.so far - there have been no cancellations or delays at the eastern iowa airport.

this is not a magic trick...this man can stick things to his head. head.not just his head but he says things just stick to his whole body.one doctor told him it's because of his abnormally high body temperature. he is always at 100 degrees and that somehow turns his skin into a total body suction cup. he says he figured out the trick when he was at a baseball game one day.he tried to catch a home run ball and when all the action was over he couldn't find his drink and after people started laughing at him he realized it was stuck to the back of his head!he's won

still ahead on the cbs 2 news at noon - the reason a judge has given the axe to a lawsuit

a university of virginia student has been arrested in north korea for what are being called "hostile" acts.tina kraus has the latest. latest. ats up....nk tv (announcement /then facebook photo)north korean state media announced the arrest of us student otto warmbier - and said he is accused of plotting to destroy north korean unity. (pre-built graphic quotes)the report said the university of virginia undergraduate (graphic) "was arrested while perpetrating a hostile act against the democratic peoples republic of korea after entering it under the guise of a tourist." ...and that he "was under the manipulation of the us government."(facebook photo) warmbier was in north korea for a 5-day trip earlier this month and was detained at pyongyang's airport before he boarded a flight back to china. (file - n korea parades)(ebu) the arrest comes as washington and its allies are pushing hard to slap tougher sanctions on the country for its recent

nuclear test.tina kraus, cbs news. the china-based tour company warmbier was traveling with confirms he has been in custody since the second of january and says his family has been informed. at least 20 people are now dead after a terrorist group attacked a beach in somalia. somalia.al-shabab is claiming responsibility for the assault. it all started when a car bomb went off near a popular restaurant in mogadishu.after the explosion - gunmen opened fire on the beach, which once stood as a symbol of hope in the militant-torn nation.the somali prime minister is vowing to bring the attackers to justice, calling the attack "barbaric". a man in washington state has turned himself in after accidently shooting a woman in a movie theater.the man says he dropped his weapon, and it went off during a screening of "13 hours" last night.the woman was rushed to the hospital, and at last check was in stable condition.

will not move forward. forward.the defemation case, which was filed in october, has been tossed out by a pennsylvania judge.it was by a woman, who also claims she was sexualy assaulted by the comedic actor.the judge ruled statements by cosby and his lawyer did not support her defemation claims by state law. cosby last month was charged in pennsylvania for an alleged sexual assault that happened in 2004.he denies any wrong-doing. coming up on the cbs 2 news at noon - why a major bank c-e-o getting a pay raise is proving to be controversial. you know the basic bargain of america is if you work hard, and you do your part, you should be able to get ahead and stay ahead. but so many families don't feel like their hard work pays off. that's not the way america is supposed to operate. i want to go to bat for them every single day. get incomes rising... get equal pay for women...

so people can actually get ahead. hillary clinton, she has what it takes to get things done. i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. (donkey sound) (elephant sound) there's a big difference between making noise, (tapping sound) and making sense. (elephant sound) (donkey sound) when it comes to social security,

our next president needs a real plan to keep social security strong. (elephant noise) hey candidates. enough talk. give us a plan. george: my family's lived on this farm for three generations. the bakken pipeline would pump dirty crude oil across iowa. patti: the fact that bernie sanders stands up against the pipeline is one of the reasons we support him. george: bernie sanders didn't hesitate to say no to the big oil companies. patti: bernie knows that if we don't act, we threaten the climate and the health of our children. bernie sanders understands that. patti: bernie sanders has the guts to just stand up for what he believes in. sanders: i'm bernie sanders and i approve this message. we're still two weeks away from super bowl 50.but this weekend - we find out who will be battling in the bay. bay.you can catch the a-f-c championship sunday right here on cbs 2.the patriots head to denver to take on the broncos.

05.and then later sunday over on fox 28 - the arizona cardinals travel to carolina to take on the panthers in the n-f-c championship.that game starts at 5-40. 5-40.it all leads up to super bowl 50 on february 7th in santa clara, california - right here on cbs 2. and just in time for this week's play off action - facebook has a new app that will add to the experience. experience.facebook sports stadium will allow users to access all facebook content related to a sport event in one place.that includes live scores, stats and play- by-play. the product will even inlcude posts from friends and their comments on the game. britax is now recalling 71- thousand baby car seats because of faulty handles. handles.the models involved are the britax "b-safe 35" and "b-safe 35 elite," which have handles that can crack or break.customers with these models should stop carrying the seat by handle until it

repair kit.britax says it's still safe to use the car seats when secured in a vehicle or on a stroller. the top guy at the nation's largest bank is getting his first pay raise in two years. years.j-p morgan chase c-e-o jamie dimon was paid 27- million dollars in 20-15. that's up from his 20-million dollar salary the two years prior.sharelholders for the bank are not happy with dimon's raise.they voted against it at their annual shareholders meeting. movie fans are paying more when they head to the theater. theater.that's according to the national association of theater owners.right now - the average movie ticket price is eight-dollars and 70-cents. that's 40-cents higher than this time a year ago. large-format screenings and block-buster hits like the new star wars and jurrasic park movies are reasons for the increase. rebecca has your weather to go next...but first here's a look

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