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finally friday morning. >> let's see how r weathehe is looking for this weekend. what g gng on. >> it looks mild, barm, work on your suntan. may be our producers can get a car wash. >> you called him out. >> i think everyone's calling him out >> you should be the 7th car in line. rve's headed to the car wash todada if not today,omorrow and sunday. here's the numbers. 28 degrees. upper 30s. low 40s with afternoon. let us so quickly -- the cedar rapids sky cam offering up relatively cloudy conditions this morning. however, those things will clear as we look 29 right now. tempererures on board.

staying calm you want to. we start to warm things up pretty nicely. satellite and radar. cloudy skies out there now but we will peel back the cloud cover throughout the morning and inin the afternoon. the minute of iowa's 99 are cloudy. that's where we see things turn nicer. 42 the high today. let's go to school on this finally friday. we find temps pretty close to where they are now. stay there. the weekend warm up comes your way in just a little bit. new this morning several firefighters responded to a fire overnight in rural iowa county. our crew on the scene overnight said an spire barn was burned to the ground. >> it was on y avenue. many surrounded agencies were on the scene. we'll bring you any updates. all of the latest information. deputy was shot. shot.a standoff between the

has just ended. the suspect died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.that happened in north charleston.the deputy was shot when a suspect she was trying to arrest began fighting her.the deputy went into surgery earlrlr this rning and is in stable condition. cbs 2 news has the latest on a developing story out of kansas this morning. morning.where four people are dead -- including a gunman -- after a series of shootings. shootings.it all happened in the hesston area, which is about 35 miles north of wichita wichitafollowing those shootings, and after the gunman, cedric ford, was killed, police was killed, police surrounded ford's mobile home late last night. neighbors called police when they heard music blaring from the mobile home.at first officers believed someone *was inside, but when they finally made entry, they didn't find anyone.authorities are not releasing whahathey did find. 14 others were injured in the shooitngs, and 10 of the victims are still in critical condition.authorities say there were four shooting

excel industries, were the guguan worked.one of ford's co-workers said he was shocked. "were there any incidcations that this would happen?""no. no. never would have thought in a million years & nicest gentleman. i even, prior to work today, he talked to me as we were walking in to clock in today." today.""mululple employees who worked their described the work environment as a large family.a nearby medical center was forced into a lockdown. excel industries decided to stst closed into nextweek. now a cbs 2 news update on the devastating severe weather that hit the southern and eastern portion of the united states earlier in the week. week.the national weather service is now saying a tornado that carved d path through central virginia was an e-f-3 twister that had winds speeds of up to 165 miles per hour. was on the ground for 13 miles -- killed one person and damaged more than 100 homes.the weather service says as many as 13

earlier in the week -- one of tornadoes hit louisiana earlier in the week. one of those was alsls an ef-3. two people were killed in that storm. >> when a sexual assault occurs rape kits are an porm tool to identy suspects and bring them to justice. now the iowa attorney general's office is looking to eliminate a backlog of untested kits. they cano untested for many reasons often because the victim doesn't want to pursue charges. the kit use dna evidence that's put in a national database. blimenting the backlog could help -- they are currently working to complete surveys to inventory all untested kits. his client has a mental disorder. he's charged with first-degree murder and sexual assault and his layer -- put on hold.

randomly accused i act -- in september. the public defender assigned the to case says she doesn't understa the charges against her. >> spend two years in prison. a jj handed down the sentence thursday. this is a case cbs 2 news has been following for several years now. a jury convicted him of conspiracy and fraud last year. the company would sell -- falsified passenger labels on beef and sold it knowing it wasn't town standards. >> held in houston just days before supertuesday next week. might have been five candidates on stage but spotlight was really on the top three con terpsd and they came out swinging. trump druch was in the cross competitors. those two are trying to gain ground on the billionaire who's won the past three primaries and caucuses. often. >> i know you're garsed.

>> you're the only person that's been fined for hiring people to work on your projects illegally. >> i i the only one that's's hired people. you don't have the endorsement of one republican senator and you work with these people. >> senator cruz -- >> you should be ashamed if yourself. >> if you want to be liked in washington that's not a good attribute foror a president. >> dr. ben carson and john kasich also took the stage last night. most polls show them well behind the top three. on super tuesdayayearly 600 grabs. the two democratic candidates get ready for their last contest before super tuesday. democratic voters from south carolina hit the polls tomorrow. watch for all the latest nurse and results. you can also find them on cbs2iowa.com. >> tracking the latest details on the dramatic surrounding the open seat on the united states supreme court. the newest name thrown into the

nevada governor told the white house he doesn't want to be considered right now. the judiciary committee led by charles grassley says it will not hold hearings. and as the supreme court battle intensifies senate grassley might be dealing some heat. cbs 2 news is thousand learning former lieutenent governor is thinking about challenging him in november. judge made two successful runs as secretary of agricultural before serving as lieutenant governor over chet culver. she told the des moines rectangler is that -- this year. it's 6:08. happy friday to you. it's 29 degrees. >> still to come on cbs 2 this morning the latest quoments for one -- became famous for yelling at student journalists.

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main weather- your plalaer shows what's ahead for the next hours- now a live look outside courtesy of our weatherfirst skycam- temperatures around the area will be warmer with clearing todaytaking a look at regional temperatures we see are going to warm heading into the weekend- the regional satellite/radar is featuring clearing skies today- let's move ahead in time by taking a look at the midwest surface map - moving into a closer view with our 'predictor' forecast we plenty of sunshine this afternoon- today's forecast bring us clearing & warmer wewehe > ves us greatouple of days h he in our weather first forecast.

this morning. we'll just continue to push them off stage right and as we clear out, it'll be a great day. wiwis stay calm today and tonight. winds will pick up tomorrow out of the west and south. and yes, southwest winds are the warming winds and as they strengngen our temps will respond in time. >> 41 in waterloo. tomorrow's temps we're going to adad about 166 degrees to these numbers. so we go from the 40s today to the upper 50s tomorrow. we open the door to that warmer weather. 58 sunshine. 42 tomorroww night. and again, today's's high will -- becoming the low tomorrow night. upper 50s for the day. clouds will build through the afternoon. we'll look at a rain chance out there. on into monday we go. 53. we do cool down. not even here yet. not even on mainland yet. low is just developing off the

moves in to our forecast by tuesday. brings some rain. looks like some snow mix with that fouesday. low 30s for wednesday and thursday. next friday and saturury, back to the 40s we go. mid and upper temperatures expected there. our 8 to 14 day outlook on average we'reabove normal. we do dip just a little bit below normal. but on the whole you look at the entire outlook. things will be primarilybove normal.. they remain below normal despite that rain chance for tuesday on into wednesday. we'll get the newest maps and see what the first few weeks of march have in store and we'll do thathen we get together on the news at noon. let's get back over to kevin and kelly. >> thanks. nearly 2 million people are expected to be diagnosed with cancerhis year. another 6,000 will die from this disease. >> to help fund a research five for the fight is

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- it's now we're taking a look at your_______ your_______ this week, some girls across eastern iowa were missing something that's normally part of their every day lives. lives.and they wanted everyone to know about it, so using the hashtag "gussy down" they declared their freedom on twitter. i talked with the young lady behind this movement movementin today's beyond the books. books. it was a little bit awkward a felt kinda naked felt a little shyer a little more reserved. these girls all have one thing in common. common. a couple people asked

can you even tell? tell?t feels nice. nice. none of them are wearing makeup. it's part of a week long pledge called hashtag gussy down. promotes the notion that women should have the option to wear makeup it shouldnt be an expectation of them. them. amelia is an iowa big student and has helped continue the gussy down tradition that was started in 2014 through the success she project. she wants to help change the expectation that women have to wear makeup. women in the biz field feel its not professional to not wear makeup to work. and we want them to know they still can. if youre dressing professionaly theres nothing wrong with wearning no make up. up. more than 400 women and *men took the gussy down pledge this week. which just means they promise to go the whole weekekithout wearing any makeup. makeup. people wondering do you wear makeup yourself? the answer is no. but anyone can pledge wether or not you wear makeup. makeup. theres nothing wrong

there's nothing wrong with being a male and supporting females in their struggle for equality. >> i don't think there's anything wrong -- if you wear it for right reason. >> women. >> it's society portraying it in a way that's a confessty thatakes -- cororpt in a way. >> naturally there are mixed reactions to the pledge. >> some people are very posive and very supportive. some people are afraid because they don't thihi they can go anywhere without makeup on. >> theyed a mitted it did feel weird to not wear makeup but one -- >> it's easier in the morning to get ready.. it was almost t lieving kind of not having to worry about it. >> as a woman who has to wear makeup every day for work, totally agree, girls. >> -- or -- visit our website. cbs 2 iowa.com. a lot of fun. and a very interesting topic to think about.

>> well and especially for people who are in a high school setting and any school setting. so many stressors outside. it taiks a lot of guts. >> it does. it's's 6:22 right now and goooo morning to you in marion. >> the latest information about just how many people get behind the wheel and aren't quite ready to drive safely. warming weather is on the way. take a look at your friday outlook. 39 at noon. 42 this afternoon. we'll peak at the end of the week in life as spokesbox is great. people love me for saving them over hf a grand when they switch to progressive. so i'm dabbling in new ventures.

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moving into a closer view with our 'predictor' forecast we see clearing skies today we got to predictor and show you there. we see the clearing sky for the late morning intoo the afternoon. clearing sky tonight as well. sunny skies for our saturday. here's the forecast. 40s today. 50s tomorrow. sunday and monday. there's going to be a few spots where we get into the 60s for the 50s. storm system brings a little rain,ics -- keep a watchful eye on that. just putting it on the -- plan accordingly for something tuesday andndhen low 30s wednesday and thursday. next half hour take a look at the 10-day trend an what's happening around the u.s. of a. >> here's some of -- cedar rapids city lead ors are working on plans for the next big development downwnwn. theyeyant someone to put up a building that includes

street view. it takes place next monday. >> in -- the first and only traffic signals are in the works. four lights will go in at the intersection of may be street and highway 1 thanks to $115,000 in traffic safety fund from the iowa d.o.t. and totally cost is more than $130,000. >> university of iowa is taking sustain tobility the next level some staff -- harvesting campus. a type offal grass. this perennial can grow 13 feet and live 30 years. the grass is used by the university as a renewable energy source to produce power, vice president joe biden is using the academy awards this weekend to bring a serious message.the white house says he and his wife will attend the awards sunday and introduce lady gaga.then he'll make a call for sexual assault awareness. awareness.lady gaga will perform "til it happens to you"... nominated for best original song from the cnn films documentary "the hunting ground."this film explored

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out there this morning. i'm kelly -- happy friday. >> we've hit the last half hour of the last show of the week. so let's take a check of the forecast f. boyfriend you head out to work. some pretty nice temperatures. >> this is my last friday morning until next friday. >> until we get the next friday. until next friday. it's our last friday in february though. >> think about that. the new month starts next a a we'llen notice -- our february ends nice less than warmly but march starts cool. we see traffic moving by east and west on i-380 this morning. let's go elsewhere across the plain we called -- and we'll start in the north. where those temperatures around delaware chance -- 28 oelwein.

and the statewide sat satellite radar. clouds will move out of the forecast as the day turns into midday and afternoon. 39 at lunchtime. 42 this afternoon. check in o o the drive and walk to school this morning. 30 and still jacket weather. we'll have some clouds. and a superb weekend. can't wait to tell you about it. we'll give you the full forecast coming up. >> thanks, justin. as you said we're looking tbard to the temperatures this week. >> many cars are still coved with all t tt nasty sament, dirt and -- from the winter and so now we check in with cbs 2 news reporter stephanie johnson. she's outside right now one -- some of the worst conditions. good morning. >> yes, kevin. our producers car is in the worst -- one of the worst conditions. one car that's even worse. it's our engineer car.

this is just so dirty and you know keeping your car clean is not only important for while you're riding on the street but good for your car's maintenance. now, during the winter months salt can rust part of your vehicle. it can rot awawa thear frame and other partings. cars can do -- cost my more in autorepairs. they recommend getting an under body car wash from small corners of your car. they rem watching your car at least every ten days. >> can actually -- rot away suspension components rust bolts. when we go to take it a art it doesn't come apart quite as easy. now, if you can't -- if you can't go to the car wash that's probably a lot and even a lot for me but this is why it's the engineer car. he took it earlier this month. now when you see like a little

kind of building up, that's a sign for you to go to the car washnd g g it cleaned. so, covering the chance corridor. cbs 2. guys, back to you. >> thank you, nearly all americans gamble behind the wheel at some . aaaa says 87% of drivers engage in at least one risky behavior behind the wheel at one . last month. that includes things like driving while distracted. more than 35,000 americans were killed in crashes last year. a cedar rapids woman is recoing from a crash after a deer caused her to crash her vehicle in marion. the lynn county sheriff's office says she was driving west when she tried to avoid hitting a deer. she lost control and rolled over. he was taken to st. lukes hospital but is expected

>> another local fast food reas -- a customer catches an employee rant on video. at pop you know -- after a customer posted this video to social media and it went viral. in this video you can hear an employee say they drop food opt floor and it gets eaten anyway am person claiming to be the manager at popeyes say the employee was not talking about serving that food to customers. he was referring to people who work there and eat the food. the health department says that should never happen. >> first step is to let the restaurant know that -- give them the opportunity to correct it. >> the full video on our website but we do warn you there's some explicit language. in a statement to cbs 2 news popeyes says that thank customers for reporting the issue. again. and this story has alot of people talking right now on our facebook page.you can join the discussion, to just for

apple filed a court motion calling on a federal judge to throout an order -- >> calling on a federal judge to throw out the order forcing that company to help the fbi access encrypted data on san bern -- this is not just about one isolated iphone and that if they're forced to create software it would put every iphone user at risk. they all filed briefs ins case supporting that position. attorneys for apple and the federal government are due in court march 22nd. at the same time, iowa lawmakers are working to protect the privacy of cell phone customers in the hawkeye state. the house anonynyusly passed a resolution adding new rules on how they can search and seize. it will -- only with a warrant. once it's approved the measure would be put to vote ners 2018. >> we want to know what you --

your privacy? you can take part in a poll on our iowa-dot-com. new this morning, the u-s has launched a new campaign of cyber-attacks against isis militants.it's a targeted effort to erode the group's abilities to use social media and the internet to recruit fighters.u-s officials say it mostly includes efforts to prevent the group from distributing propaganda and videos online. the university of missouri professor caught trying to intimidate @ournalists during a campus protest is now out of a job. job.the university's board of curators voted to fire melissa click.she was an assistant professor of communications and was video-taped last fall trying to get rid of a video journalist who was trying to shoot video of a protest about racism at the univerity.she has since been charged with third-degree assault. the c-d-c has released new information on how effective this season's flu vaccine is. is.and d far, it's rking pretty well.the c-d-c says if you got the flu shot, it cut your chances of getting the bug, by 60-percent. percent.bug, by 60-percent. percent.that makes it one of

vaccines in recent years.by comparison, last season's flu shot only reduced flu risk by just 20-percent.experts also note that it's still not too late to get a flu shot if you haven't gotten one yet. the warming temperatates are making for a busy time in johnson county park and recreation departments. departments.coralville is spending one and a half million dollars on trails -- bocce ball courts and shelters for the youth sports park.both iowa city and north liberty will also spend more than a million dollars on improvements.iowa city's biggest project will be a playground for mercer park. north liberty's parkrklans clude a splash pad -- shelter -- trails -- parking and a playground.the're scheduled to be finished in the summer. it's and right now in it's degrees. degrees.there's still more cbs 2 this morning to come.but first let's take a look at what we're working on for fox 28 morning live. live.there's a new controversy over donald trump in iowa.why it has more to do with basketball and sportsmanship than politics.

song dedicated to reducing violence in the hawkeye state. meet the artist behind the song, and the e lice cheif who's thankful for the lyrics. all that and more on fox 28 chief who's thankful for the lyrics. all that and more. eastern iowa only local news at 7 a.m. >> the weekend forecast is nice and mild. take a look. i will meet you on the other

on for the next few days. main weather- your planner shows what's ahead for the next hours- now a live look outside courtesy of our weatherfirst skycam- temperatures around the area will be warmer with clearing today- taking a look at regional temperatures we see are going to warm heading into the weekend- the regional

clearing skies today- let's move ahead ininime by taking a look at the midwest surface map - moving into a closer view with our 'predictor' forecast we plenty of sunshine this afternoon- today's forecast bring us clearing & warmer weather- tonight's forecast will be clear & calm- tomorrow will feature sunshi, breezy & mild weather- - r 7 day forecast has generally warming weather for the weekend here's a look at some of

on this showers for late sunday night. predictor? bring the high through the forecast. and if that gets closer to us, the clouds just kind of scatter. the old cockroach turn on the light trick. more sunshine to us. and we'llave a g gat looking weekend. just a brief look at predictor here as those clouds continue to move out. clear skies this afternoon. -esque on into the overnight and through the day totorrow and sununy. >> 3 3 oelwein. 43 iowa sit. again clouds this morning but clearing this afteoon. it will be calm west wind. tonight's forecast mostly clear

a calm night. notice the wind turning to south 5:00 to0:00 many warmer air in. upper 20s to low 30s. that southwest winds picks up a bit. sunny with a that breeze out of the south. just pushing the temp higher. 57 in waterloo. cedar rapids high, iowa sit and manchester all knocking on the door of the 60s as we head to saturday and we'll do it again sunday too. 57 degrees there. just a small chance of a shower late sunday night. staying in the 50s monday and another storm system will move our way. with cooler weather tuesday. scatteredded showers with snow mixed it and colder for wednesday, thursday however rebounding nicely as the trend gets warmer for next weekend with upper 40s. saturdayaynd mid to upper 40s for next sunday. guys? >> thanks, justin. taking a look at some of the stop toirs right now. next big development downtown. they're holding a meeting for

west of the paramount theatre. they want someone to put up a building at least five stories tall, that includes parking and has an appealing street view.that meeting is taking place next monday. inolon -- the town's first and only trafafc signals are in the works.four lights will go in at the intersection of main street and highway one thanks to115-thousand dollars in traffic safety funds from the iowa d-o-t.the total cost is more than 230-thousand dollars. the university of iowa is taking sustainability to the next level.even though it's still winter, some local farmers and u-i staff were harvesting miscanthus, a type of tall grass.this perennial can grow as tall as 13 feet and can live for 30 years.the grass is used by the university as a renewable- energy source to produce power, heat and cooling on campus. good morning, it's on this morning, and if you're in it's degrees.just ahead...we're updating the mjst important stories for your friday morning.

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from the mobile home..at first officers believed someone *was inside, but when they finally made entry, they didn't find anyone.authorities are not releasing what they did find. 14 others were injured in the shooitngs, and 10 of the victims are still in critical condition.authorities say there were four shooting locations, and one was`at excel industries, were the gunman worked.one of ford's co-workeke said he was shocked. "were there any incidcations that this would happen?""no. no. never would have thought in a million years & nicest never would have thought in a million years this guy would have -- nicest gentlemen. even prior to work today, he taught m -- as we were walking in this afternoon. >> the employees described the work environment as the large family. a nearby medical center was forced into a lockdown. excel industries decided to stay closed into next week. >> now a cbs 2 news update on the devastating

southern and eastern portion of the united states hard. the national weather service is saying a tornado thatatarved a path through central virginia was an ef-3 twitter. it was on the -- twister. it was on the ground for 1 mile and killed -- manufacturer than a hundred homes. as many as 13 tornadoes hit the louisiana earlier in the week. one of those was also an ef-3. two people were killed in that story. >> what a sexual a aault -- rape -- to help identify suspects and bring them to the justice. they're looking to eliminate a backlog of untested kits. these kilts can go untested for many republicans. they don't want to -- sexual assault vicicm advocacas say eliminating the backlog could help catch reap offend ersz. iowa law enforcement agencies

to complete surveys to inventory all untestedd kit sphwhrs. a -- a woman and beating her to death says his client has a mental disorder. charged with first-degree murder and sexual assault. his lower is asking to have the criminal proceedings put on hold until the court can hold a competency hearing. he -- the public defendede assigned to the case said he doesn't understand the charge against him. >> the founder of -- will spend two years in prison. a general handed down the sentence thursday. this is a case cbs 2 news has been following for several years now. experience and fraud last year. the company which sells -- falsified pacacging labels and sold it knowing it wasn't up to the standards. >> just days before super tuesday next week. five candidates on staple with spotlight really on

they all came out swinging. front runner was in the cross hairs for his two closest c cpetitors. those two are trying to gain ground. the attacks came early and often. >> i know you're embarrassed. i know you're embarrassed but keep swipging. >> you're the only person that's been find for hiring people to work on -- >> i'm the only one to hire people. you don't have the endorsement of one republican senator and you w wk with theses people. >> donald if you want to be liked if washington that's not a good attribute for a president. >> dr. ben car on -- also took the stage last night. most polls show themm well behind those top three on super tuesday nearly 600 delegate gats will be up for grabs. nearly 60 will be award in the two kraid -- get ready for theirir last contest before super tuesday. democratic vote ners south

be sure to watch the cbs 2 news weekend newscast and check out cbs2iowa.com for all the latest nurse and results. >> tracking the latest detail on the drama surrounding the open seat on the united states supreme court. the you new -- he's not interested. nevada governor brian sandoval says he doesn't want to be considered right now. they believe it was did issue to consider the president's suggestion. >> the judiciary committee led by iowa senator charles grassley says it will not hold hearings. as the supreme court battle intensifies senator assley might be feeling some seat. cbs 2 is now learning former lieutenant governor patty judge is thinking about challenging him in november. judge made two successful runs as secretary of agricultural before serving as lieutenant govern under chet culver.

senator deserving a strong challenge this year. it's 6:53 right now. if you're waking up it's 29 degrees. >> the top three stories you need to know about to start your friday morning. email us at news at cbs2iowa.comor connect with us

now here are the three stories you need to know to start your weekend. weekend.a standoff between the suspected shooter and officers ended earlier this morning. the suspect died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. it happened in north charleston.the deputy was shot when she was trying to arrest the suspect.she wewe into surgery earlier this morning and is in stable condition. several eastern iowa firefighters in stable condition. >> several eastern iowa firefighters responded to a fire overnight in rural iowa county.

said an entire barn was burned to the ground. it was just held -- many surrounding agencies were on the scene and we'll bring you any updates throughout the show. also back here for the cbs 2 news at noon. >> and this new -- a gnaw campaign of cyber attacksks against isis militants. it's a targeted effort to e voad the ability to use social media and the internet to recruit fighters. u.s. officials say mostly includes effort to prevent the group from distributing propaganda and video -- >>ing loog forward to this great weekend. >> especially if you own a car wash. it's time to get everything scrubbed clean. 29 right now in cedar rapids. 30 iowa city. clouds this morning however those clouds will move out ofhe picture. mainly sunny at noon. 39 and plenty of sunshine this afternoon. 42 degrees. there's the satellite and the radar and there we see that cloud cover out there this morning.

there go the clouds. into the afternoon. clear skies tonight. sunny, breezy but very mild. for saturday and sunday our winds tomorrow and sunday about 10 to 20. not ridiculous. >> there are the upper 30 toss lower 40s. get out and enjoy it. make plans to enjoy the weekend as well. those upper 50s. rain with some snow tuesday and we'll just a bit cooler for wednesday and ththsday but some good news. we're back to the mid and upper 40s for next weekend. the first full weekend in march. >> have a wonderful weekend. enjoy this great weather.

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captioning funded by cbs good mornini. it is friday, february 2 2h, 2016. welcome to "cbs this morning." marco rubio and ted cruz tear into donald trump in the final debate before super tuesday. could this be a turning point? a gunman storms a kansas factory, killing coworkers. victims describe the chaos as they tried to run from the bullets. and spike lee is in studio 57. we will talk about the oscars backlash and creating change in hollywood. we begin this morning with a look at today's "eye opener." your world in 90 seconds. seen the guy pull up and hopped out with ak-47 and fired a few shots outside before he went in, and then ducked down and went into the building.