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fine on collins road. 39 iowa city washington and winds out of the south four to 8 miles per hour. wind gusts much didn't than the last few days. 40 the highs. full forecast including a-okay weather. right now an investigation is underway into a fire in southest southwest cedar rapids it happened earlier this morning at the shamrock complex. weweknow there are injuries. news reporter stephanie johnson has coverage from there. >> reporter: hey, kelly right now the fire's out but as you cacasee behind me fire crews e still out here on the scene. now, it broke out just after 9:00 this morning. fire crews responded to the fire at one of the buildings on jacqueline drive southwest s. police tell me
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hospital. the american red cross is also here on the scene. will contitie to follow thisis story and bring you mr. details them. watch our facebook page twitter and website for the latest dates. rapids. stephanie johnson. the suspect on a shooting spree across california, michigan will appear in court for the firsrstime. justin dalton is expected to be rained today. police did not say what they believe motivated him to target his victims saturdayaynight. heheas working as a driver for uber during the time of the shooting. he killed six people. he picked up at least one passenger during the alleged shootings. the state is now going over the charges. >> we'll be reviewing the pilice reports from the shiff's office, california department of public safety and d
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i any out of that review will come six counts of murder, felony assault with intent to commit murder and any charges of false felony firearm. >> uber confirms he was one of their drivers but can't confirm whether he was working saturday night. new at noon a judge set to decide whether a lawsuit brought by families of the victims in the sandy hook elementary school massacre can go forward. mile per hour families andy school teacher who souses shot and survived are suing companies that make the rifle used by the gunman. 20 children and six adults were killed in the attack in december of 2012. the suit is most recent test of a 2005 law to hold gun makers liable for crimes. since the passage of the act nearly every such lawsuit has been dismiss. new developments today in the case against bill cosby. despite attempts to black a scheduled deposition for his
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last night the meeting can proceed. cosby's attorney filed an emergency motion on the ground she doesn't have anything relevant to say about the alleged defamation case related to the allegagaons of sexual assault. that happened dex aid ago. the attorneys airing our the deposition's only being done to harass and embarrass her. the u.s. supreme court is back in session the first time after the sudden death of justice antonin scalia. the high court is hearing oral argument just as a political firestorm continues over who should nominate his successor. president obama said he has every right to make that nomination. many republicans say obama is a lame duck president and be up to the next president to make the nomination. soso have vowed to block any nomination by president barack obama. right now at cedar rapids
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fee structure for a modern utility that could impact businesses. the current water system base -- the thank you proposal is considering to raise that base on how much ea on property conconsists of what they have like parking lots, and roof tops. this model encourages business and individuals to lower their annual fees. it will also create a flat rate based on a business property. currently the decides of the lot increases tt rate. federal officials conclude their search for a young chicago boy. he may be uneastern iowa. chicago police say edwards and two other gang members shot d killed 9-year-r-d boy as revenge for a shooting by a rival dang. if anyone has information about edwards call the number on the screen right there. there's a $5000 reward for formation leading totoan arrest.
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months, as president of the university says the meeting is open to the public and questions won't be pre- screened.the town hall runs from four to six tomorrow at the pomerantz center. also in johnson county, coralville city leaders want your suggestions on signs. the coralville business community and the publbl is invited to talk about the rules for commercial signs and bill- boards.that meeting will be held tomorrow, from noon to one at west bank.the city will present proposed changes.the review process is expected to take several months. gas prices have been at rock bottom prices for months, but now they're going up just a bit. bit.gas buddy says average gas buddy averages says the average price in the state is up $.08 during the past week. the state wide average in iowa sits at $1.74. slightly higher than the national average. some midwest refineries are reduce the output because of the low crude oil prices. if you would like to find the lowest prices go to
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gauge under the community tab. this weekend included major presidentiti contests in soutut carolina and nevada. and now candidates are starting to do the math and add up the delegate can't. donald trump picked up 50 delegates in south carolina saturday night. he now leads the pack. trump hopes to win nevada when voters head to polling sites this week. hillary clinton won in nevada saturday. she's looking toward the democratic pririry in south carolina. candidate on all sides are getting focused. >> we won. are we going to win georgia? [cheers and applause] >> wewedent believe that the so- called entry polls are particularly accurate. if you look at the where we pominated, there's a lot of idence we did very, very well with every group of voter.
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endorsement of nevada senator dean -- heller. new york city polili want an apology from beon safety police believe her halftime show at the super bowl this year created hostility for police. critics say she was paying tribute to the black panthersrs movement with her new single formation. some officers called for a boycott saying they will not provide security at her concert. cleaning up after the stronger storm evererecorded in the southern hem is fear. tropical cyclone winston passed winds of 180 miles per hour. at least six have died. flat englewood trees and knock outpour. forecasts are new concerned abcut landslides. a nationwide plea for help. when crew head to the hospital do you expect cleanliness?
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places. the health scare causing concern today. >> our sunday was m md. our weekeky, of course, very mild. can we maintain the weather? we'll start the week warm i'll
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after the break. welcome back.i'm joined by justin roberts here in the weather center and, justin, a beautiful saturday, but now things are returning back to normal... normal... main weather- your planner shows what's ahead for the next hours- now a live temperatures on saturday were still greaeawe even have more warm weather. let's take a look at the headlines. cases you see them page cloudy skies peeks of sunshine. but certainly nothing too major. those temperatures will stay comfortatae. for us. that being said all those factors in mind take a looking at numbers. temperatures of about 40 this afternoon.n.
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heading in towards the 30s this evening. right now cedar rapids we see primarily cloudy skies also see a bit of that sunshine trying to poke through om time to time. 38degrees right now. winds out the southeast we told you they would turn direction. feels like 34. on the board 36 in waterloo. running low 40s in washington. temperatures currently are above normal right where they should be at this time of year look around the state, and it's pretty close together. look how much snow is left on the ground and things have @ certainly started to melt off. have done so because of that nice warm weather we had the last few days. see a little snow back up to spencer. shady spots. most thought snow has melted off our eastern iowa landscape and going to look at much
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40 this afternoon. 35 minneapolis. 49 kansas city. so all around us all around nice mild weather building in. plenty of cloud cover out there still thanks in part to a very north. >> that low will continue to move closer. the majority of the moisture goes north of us. we'll be just as warm tomorrow. 50s and 60s. however we think you'll enjoy the mid-40s in the forecast for tomorrow. herding into tuesday, looks like might be a little clearing in the morning time but notice the clclds, call it partly to mostly cloudy tomorrow. small moisture chance in northern parts of the state for tomorrow. later morning and afternoon. about a 10% chance nothing major. today mainly cloudy sky calm, 38 waterloo. and we see 38 in dubuque for the day.
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out other south at 4-8. mostly cloudy tonight seasonal night low 30s. the day tomorrow we told you just a little bit warmer thanks to the warm front. wind start out southeast but a weak cold front moves through tomorrow night. as thth happens that's where we seep that little 10% moisture chance that's also were we see the winds turn tour the north, still fair amount of cloud cover and temperatures in the upper 30s to low 40s. mid-30s for sunday. the last day of tech at 39 degrees but the first couple days of march which look calm and piled with temperatures in the lower 40s next tuesday and wednesday. >> sounds good. so from entertainment and social media news taylor swift
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help her fellow female singer kesha. she donated $250,000 for any financial needs that she might need. friday she lost a court fight with her producer who she claims drugged and a raped her. a new york judge refused to release her from her contract. and lady gaga, all on social media talking about this. in support of kesha. so all of those female singers coming together on line. >> interesting. >> it will be interesting to see how that turns out if she's able to get out of her contract. >> those are pretty big allegations. >> the appropriate folks take those appropriately serious. >> right, exactly. coming up on the news at noon coffee lovers another reason for you to drink coffee. new study found it could be another health benefit. we'll be right back. cbs-2 news connects with the corridor.call us with your story tips at 1-800-222-kganor email us at news at
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coffee lovers...here's another
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welcome back. coffee lovers here's another cue to keep up. researches say two cups a day could help your liver. it can cut your chance for developing liver problems related to alcohol specificallyly cicihosis by 44%. alcoholism is the second most common cause of that condition in the u.s. experts warn it will never balance out all the goingtive effects of excess alcohol. well, if you're a starbucks rewards member this one's for you. the company's tightening the rules on their ogram. right now each purchase earns u star and after 12 stars you got a drink. customers will earn a certain number of stars based on the dollar pact of their purchase and need 125 stars to get a free item. the spokesperson didn't provide a reason but it's notment to weaken the program.
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coming up on the news at noon virtual reality is one step closer to going mainstream. the new gadgets being showed off this week that are wowing everybody. chideo-dot-com to bring you new >> joey started after her son was diagnosed with a type of cancer. >> we wanted to start conner to be the voice for childhood cancer. >> kids for cancer e in the movement because even your pocket change can make a difference. >> the named team conner but we're fighting for the thousand thousands of conors. it goes towards better treatment options. rent a coins for kids with cancer fundraiser at your school. learn more at coins for kids with cancer.org. >> the more i stood up and spoke up and d said you know, you will not treat me this way, the
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lot of controrsy in recent welcome back. one company y s just seeing a lot of controversy is back in the news, again. jill wagner reports in today's money watch. >> reporter: lumber liquidators stock prices plungingthis morning after the cdc says it underestimated the heather rigs of the flooring 60 minutes reported last march that they sold flooring made in ina. the cdc says s ople exposed to the flooring are three times more likely to get cancer than they previously thought. >> here's something we haven't said in a while gas prize are going up. aaa says the national average for a gallon of gas rose last week as the price crude oil >> . >> samsung taking a big move in n the world of virtual reality. with a new camera. that's the head set developed with facebook's oculus.//and
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cars? jerry seinfeld is putting 16 of his rare porsches on the auction block. seinfeld said he's never considered himself a collector... and he's selling the cars so other can enjoy them like he has.they're worth about 32 million dollars.and that's your cbs moneywatch report. for more follow me on twitter at jill wagner cbs. at the nyse, i'm jill wagner. justin has your weather to go next...but first here's a look
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markets. // car racing noises // //nearly fifty racers hit the gas sunday at hawkeye . nearly 50 racers hit the gas sunday at hawk eye downs for the spca rallycross event. they had to bring their own car pay the registration fee and golf the track was muddy and, of urse, that probably made it even more fun. >> by the way the cars who were out there the tow truck did just arrive. >> it's a lot of mud everywhere. >> yes. >> kind just notice on my drive back here tour the station, the west side of edgewood road across from the lit pond there completely flood because of all
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so down by the bus barn and stuff where it usually floods. the good news is we stay above normal temperature wives. actually well above normal in the middle west and precipitation is below normal so there's the good news. we're dry and we're warmer. there's your picte, 40 degrees today. 44 tomorrow. 10% chance of moisture for tuesday. upper 30s wednesday, thursday, and friday. 40s for saturday. we have latest coming up on the news at 5:00.
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morning. life as spokesbox is great. people love me for saving them over half a grand when they switch to progressive. so i'm dabbling in new ventures. it was board-game night with the dalai lama. great guy. terrible player. go paperless don't stress, girl i got the discounts that you need it's a balancing act, but i got to give the people what they want -- more box. any words for the critics? what canan say? critties gonna neg. [ applause ] the what?! [ laughs ] >> brooke: i do not want your husband, katie. >> katie: he's the love of your life, brooke. of course you want him! >> brooke: have i made one move on bill? >> katie: you're here in my home, meeting secretly with my husband. in my home, brooke. >> bill: brooke did not arrange
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i did. >> katie: you lied to me. >> bill: i told you i had a meeting outside the office, and i did. a meeting about you with your concerned about. >> katie: i told you. you don't have to be concerned about me. >> bill: katie... we have a problem. >> katie: the only problem we have is brooke. >> rick: give me a hand with this? >> ridge: the piure of mother stays. >> rick: i'm looking for a little bit of support here. >> ridge: what do you want him to do? turn his back on his wife? >> eric: all right. stop this. both of you. >> rick: i let ridge take the portrait down for the cocktail party. the party's over. it's time f/r it to go back up on the wall. >> ridge: you let me take it down? no, no, no. it was time e r this one to go , and now it stays u u >> rick: this is insulting. it's just wrong. i need you to stand with me on

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