>> on cbs 2 news 10 at 10:00, we'll break down the crime ends and take a look back at last year. dora miller, cbs news. >> thank you. violence in cedar rapids was high on the list of topics scussed today in the city about a month now.the program launched last year in an effort to target high-violence areas of the city to provide supporormayor ron corbett also took time to highlight some areas of success, including the expansion of the city's med quarter and arts district along third street.corbett is contininng to ask residents to get involved. "if you make the call to get involved, people will cheer for you. why? becse you made the right call and if you do, it will help make the state of our city even stronger." stronger."the city is also waiting for federal funding to

protection after it was approved last year.because of the delay in funding, the project is ving lower on the city's priority list. many women are starting to take self defense classes and get their concealed carry permits, in an effort to protect themselves and their families.coming up tonigig on the cbs 2 news ten at ten, a special report on how not to be a victim in the first place. some steps you canake today to change your position from a target to a woman with power. power.that's tonight on the cbs 2 news ten at ten. taking a live look outside now, another eloudy day across the area, buwe're not complaining about the mild temperatures.meteorologist rebecca kopelman is here. here.she's in for chief meteorologist terry swails

iowa's medicaid privatization plan now appears to be a sure thing after federal officials gave the green light. light.roll-out begins april

the green light. >> rollout begins april 1s. that's not sitting well for many who took their voices to the capital today. here's kevin berry. >> up here state senators are trying to create new legislation to provide oversight for the medicaid privatization plan. >> i have a total of four kids, and all of them have some type of special knead. >> medicare covers cost for most of her household. then, just a few weeks before managed care plan was originally supposed to take effect at the start of the year, the nightmare scenario became the reality. >> thank you for being a patient. we're no longer accepting your insurance as far as medicaid goes. >> it was from the eye doctor who takes care of her son, troy. one of the only doctors in the state who works for a lot of

that's when she started scrambling because there's more at stake. >> my daughter was born with a soft cleft palate. >> so he she's in -- so she's in speech. >> since she was 10 months old. it keeps her on target. for the first time she got a break from the therapy, but now she may not be able to start it back up again because of the changing state of medicaid in iowa. >> i do not know because of all these changes if the therapist continues with medicaid or not, weapon the eye doctor isn't taking any medicaid all. >> he's come oututof private life to fight for the 550,000 aye ayens who depend on medicaid. he said the oversight like the one being worked on in the senate could help but it's s up totohe governor's officicto see if it's a success or failure. >> i want to see every year from here foard, i want to

saved, where we saved it, the pros and cons. i want a full and complete account for the impact that this is going to happen. >> teresa says the original plan went ahead on january 1st, she would have been way behind. now with some of the delays, she has a chance to do what she needs to do to keep what her family needs. >> meantime, the governor is continuing to stand behind medicaid privatization. he says the program will cut costs and d improve for patients. they have for the past two decades.they say patients will have greater access to a robust provider network. as we head deeper into tax season tonight, the state attorney general wants everyone to be aware of a scam that's growing. growing.the office actually produced this video to warn n iowans.investigators say

are calling people to tell them they owe thousands in back taxes.they tell victims to withdraw the money, put it on a pre-paid debit card and then call back for the card information and steal the money. " just to remember the irs is not going to cl you about a debt, if you hyear from them via mail thats one thing but theyre not going to call you and insist upon you paying them that day its not the irs we recomment people hang up. " tonight on cbs2 news ten at ten we'll take a closer look at a tax scam that's going on right now in the corridor and what you can do to avoid being a uictim. victim.that's tonight at ten.. the issue of blocking any nomination by president barack obama to the supreme court doesn't seem to matter much to senator chuck grassley. grassley.today, he defended the republican party's refusal to consider a nominee. grassley, of course, is a powerful voice in the process

judiciary committee.in fact, grsley is being accused of stonewalling white house requests for him to meet with the president.grassley denied the allegation, but says he continues to stand by his decision to block a nominee. "does it become and issue about who he nominates absolutely not it's an issue about the process and this is anopportunity for the people to have a voice in the choosing of the next supreme court jusice." jusice."some of grassley's colleagues on the democratic side have accused him of being obstructive for being the first judiciary chairman to refuse a supreme court nomination hearing. new tonight at six, six,a utility rate hike could soon be a reality r cedar rapids residents.the city council voted last night to o consider raising franchise fees with midamerican and alliant energy, as well as linn county r-e-c.the city they considered raising franchise fees with mid

the city says it's facing reduced revenue from having the system shut down by the state. that issue is currently being appealed. ththcity is facing less revenue because of lower commercial property taxes. >> gender neutral bathrooms are now the norm at a des moines high school. it's something that's gotten a lot of attention on our facebook page since we posted it early afternoon. roosevelt high school has two bathrooms with signs that say all gender. the bathrooms are being opened as a way to accommodate students and staff who are transgender. >> we have a responsibility as the adults in this building to make sure our students feel included, feel safe, feel accepted. i've actually felt ashamed we haven't done this before. >> most students say they appreciate the idea. some say they think it will take a little it of time to get used to. >> a young cedar rapids theater

which is opening this weekend- weekend-and why this company is a success story in the corridor. "i'll find out where this highway takes me."revival theatre company's production of "violet" will >> revival theater companies production will make you tap your toes and laugh all night. the broadway musical follows a story of a d%11girl's cross country journey to seek healing from a tell evangelist after a childhood accident left a scar on her face. it's a beautiful story about acceptance and inner beauty. >> the thing about this piece is the discovery about inner beauty. it's not about our imperfections on the outside as it is who we are on the the inside.

country. >> she's written music for fun home. >> it's a great collaboration thatay because we really find strings. you know, we feel that. >> this theater allows the audience to be close to the actors, so they feel like part of the play. the set allows the the actors to move quickly so they change the feel and look of each scene during the play. two years ago the company announced their first audition. now they're planning for the first five years and hopes to highlight the talent right here in the corridor. >> we're a sucks is-- successorly because we're five years later and still going strong. >> it's exciting. we're rounding out our second season already. it seems like yesterday. >> marissa scott, cbs 4 news. >> see famiar faces in the group. the show runs through sunday. you can buy tickets online or at the door.

next at 6:00, in the line of destruction, powerful storms ripping through parts of the south and the east. new developments on the damage they're leaving behind. rebecca? >> well, it's been calm here across eastern iowa6 it's going to stay that way. in fact, a pretty good looking weekend in store. temperatures are going to be warming up into the 50s. i will let you know what you

comingng tonight in virginia, three people are dead after a line of powerful storms rips

that state earlier this afternoon. those tragedies mean the death toll now stand at 6:00 afafr two people were killed overnight at an rv park in louisiana. dozens of others are injured in these storms. tonight the storms are continuing their push up the east coast with millions of people again at risk. locally more clouds today but overall calm conditions. >> meteorologist rebecca coleman. >> it's calm. it's going to remain calm over the next couple of days, really not going to be making too much noise with any weather systems over the next seven days. we're going to break it down here. for now we have clouds and temperatures in the mid-30s across the area. clouds are staying in overhead. just to theast is a storm system that's been producing these strong storms along the east coast. also bringing snow across the great lakes region.

right now are in the mid to upper 30s. now that the sun has set and these temperatures are falling low the freezing mark. winds are helping usher in the colder air. they're gogog to stay elevated around 15-20 miles per hour. we could have gusts as high as 30 miles per hour throughout the night. and through tomorrow. your hour-by-hour forecast showing temperatures falling through the 30s into the mimito upper 20s across the area. clouds are going to stick around through the morning hours. and then we'll start to see some clearing tomorrow. what we can expect moving forward is near average temperatures, so where they should be this time of year, the mid to upper 30s. we'll have a mild, enjoyable week up ahead with spring like temperatures returning. the system is just returning to the east. that's what's producing the clouds in our area and the winds. eats ranging from snow, a mix to strong thunderstorms

the east coast through last night and today. it will be exiting over the next couple of hohos. once it does, the clouds will clear from our area. we'll see clear skies over the weekend. they will continue to kick, even at 1:00 in the afternoon. it w wl be a bibibreezy. temperatures will still be in the 30s and some changes are coming for this weekend. let's get through tonight and tomorrow. teeratures in the mid to upper 20s. cloudy, breezy and slightly cooler than last night. as we head into tomorrow. still not bad. temperures above that freezing mark in the mid to upper 30s. we'll have grgrually earing ies. we'll see more sunshine. the sunshine will continue through the rest of this week and into the weekend. check this out, though, 40 degrees friday. 54.

then temperatures start to slightly decrease as we head into next week. we have a slight chance for sunday. we have anher storm system about this time xt week. we can focus on those nice looking numbers. >> it looks like we're missing everything that everybody else is getting thiyear. seems like ce have a black hole over eastern iowa and everything is just kind of missing us we get the sun and warmth and the rest are getting bitter conditions. >> looks likekeowa is looking to take a big w tonight. >> wisconsin has won the last five, but iowa really needs this one coming up in sports,

stop. over in cedar falls -- northern iowa has found their man -- in the search is over. northern iowa has found their man in david harris to be the school's athletic director. he was introduced this afternoon. he comes from iowa state where he was the senior associate director. before that he was at uw madison. far harris, the message he's bringing is simple. beexcellent.t.

everything we do all the time on the field off the field doing things the right way. we want to win championships. we want to be successful. our student athletes come here because they believe we can help them get to a better place. >> now, not even three momohs after being fired, paul rose has found a new gig. he's headed to arkansas to join the razorback staff as a defensive back coach. every game from here on out is huge for the hawks. you can add revenge factors. how do the hawkeyes stop the streak? slow down hayes.

as it sounds. he can do it all. >> he's a real difficult ver. hehe a rrific ball handler. he gets to the free throw line and he can make threes. those type of guys are tough to guard. he can post you but also pop out off the post and go one on one off the dribble, similar to cominski in that respect. >> in ththfirst meeting, the panthers blew a lead and ended up losing by 14. it was like jekyll was playing in the 1st half and hyde suiter up for the 2nd half. this panther team is not playing like the panther teaea did befofo. >> thihiis not the same team. i don't think there's any doubt about that. the confidence the guys are

wyatt, bennett, they have another month under their belt and they're playing with confidence. now our group, we've had seven, ght guys at have played pretty well together for a stretch now. >> also senior night and the badgers, a huge game tonight.

and rebecca is back in before we go, we want to talk to rebecca. evening low, not too bad. >> it's going to get cool, going to be just below t

about 10 degrees above average or average low temperature typically in the teens. compared to that, this is not bad at all. the winds are going to pick up between 10, 20 miles per hour. gusts can get as high as 30. we'll have the clouds overhead. they will stay overhead through part of the day tomorrow. we'll see sunshine. temperatures will stay below 40 degrees. as we get toward the weekend, check it out. spring like temperatures return, and then we start to drop off ever so slightly as we geinto next week. >> thank you so much for watching cbs 2 news at 6:00. >> we hope there has to be a way. carry the centimeter, divide by 3.14 something something something... [ beeping, whirring ] great caesar salad!

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