fire in destar rapids. weather wise, mother nature giving us a little bit of sunshine. let's take a look at the numbers, it's been cool, low 60s this morning but now we are warming in to the upper 790s, -- 70s. 77 degrees with sunshine. 78 in water who. 76 did he butte. 77 iowa city. our dewpoints a bit more noticeable upper lower 70s. winds out of the south 5-15, breezy today. we are going to start seeing clouds settling into the forecast later this afternoon ahead of scattered shower chances this evening. heaviest of rains in the north earn part of the viewing area, we get a break tomorrow midway. those lock to bring heavier showers south of highway 20.

36-48 hours. 82 today. 999 at 6:00. -- >> kel low. thanks, justin today mark the first day of school for students in cedar republican i hads and the grand opening of a new school. cbs 2 stephanie johnson is live at magnet school, how is it going today? >> reporter: it's going very well, kel low. beautiful day and students are in their classroom learning on the first day you imagine the ex crime as officials cut the ribbon today. as you take a look at our video you can see the excitement on their faces. a student at the academy he spoke about the significance of being a loader -- leader. dr. brad enforced the message, saying the school is shaping today's students into

school in the community school district. principal brandon has worked here four years, he wants to create a learning environment for growth and opportunity for students. >> this is one example what we want to do, in the past it would have been me up speaking, let's give this over to our kids and they can do this. >> reporter: and leadership academy magnet school day. day.covering the corridor in cedar rapids, stephanie johnson, cbs 2 news. cedar rapids' first magnet school is johnson steam academy.the school focuses on so called stem topics, includeing science and math. math.it's part of a statewide push for making science and math education a priority in schools.and the stem

students and teachers joined priority in schools. the stem initiatives seem to be working, joining the governor to breakdown a new report from the stem advisory council. showing iowa students in a state science and technology programs are scoring higher than students who are not. >> sat test takers this year at a 55 cliff, that is up from 49% four years ago. and our being seen among african american and hispanic students. >> the new report shows more females are joining stem fields when they move on to college. thousands of students are out around about for the first day of school, corridor police are asking drivers to be on the

between parked cars and they'll cross the street at locations other than crosswalks. >> and police say this is one day where you might just want to avoid the school zones if you can. website cbs -2 iowa dot com.we have a page set up with all that information for you on the coming school year. one person is one person is now dead, dead,after an early-morning house fire in cedar rapids.the after an fire in cedar rapids, the fire started just before 2:00 this morning on a avenue northwest. fire officials tell cbs 2 news a neighbor used a ladder to help rescue a woman from a home. she was taken to the hospital and expected to be okay. firefighters rescued a man who was also inside. he was pronounced dead at the hospital. fire officials say grease in a pot left on the stove is what started the fire.

monday afternoon house fire. firefighters responded to a home near first avenue and 21ststreet northeast in cedar rapids just before 3:00 4r5 yesterday afternoon, crews arrived they -- 3:00 4r5 yesterday afternoon. crews arrived they seen flames. president obama visit willing louisiana to take a look at the damage. the president landed in baton rouge cleanup is under way but it's expected to take months and the recovery will take even longer. widespread flooding is now blamed for at least 13 deaths, and the flooding damaged or destroyed 60,000 homes. more than 106,000 people have registered for emergency federal aide. hillary clinton is now facing more struggles surrounding her e-mails. a federal judge ordered a state department to review 15,000

the fbi found the e-mails during the investigation of clinton's private server. clinton tried to make light of the new order while appearing on jimmy kimmel saying she released 30,000 plus e-mails so what is a few more. on the other side of the race, republican nominee trump will depart undocumented immigrants, now he is saying the first thing he is do is get rid of all the bad ones. he says as for everyone else he plans on going through the process, trump is struggle to go win over support from hispanics and african americans. in des moines it locks like weather might have cause add drop in attendance in the iowa state fair, the 11 day fair was 1.03 million, 86,000 fewer people.

and extra hot and humid days weren't right for going to the fair. coming up on the cbs 2 news at noon, unique way superstar brittny spears is helping the louisiana flooding victims. mother nature has rain in the old forecast tonight and through the day tomorrow as we head to break, it's take a lock. 80s today, muggy, too.

i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. how do we make the economy work for everyone? hillary clinton's plan starts here... by making big corporations and those at the top finally pay their fair share in taxes. and those companies that move overseas? she'd charge them an exit tax. then she'd use that money to make the largest investment in creating good paying jobs since world war ii. you can read the plan here. i'm patty judge, and if you don't think washington has changed chuck grassley, try and ask him. the senate is broken. why are you leading all the obstruction? if you get your way and defund planned parenthood,

ine because your medicare plan passes, how do i afford that? are you even listening? i approved this message because, chuck, you've stopped working for iowa. lake delhi is back - thanks to a wet summer in north east iowa.this is vi welcome back, thanks to a wet summer in northeast iowa, video of cbs 2 news viewer sent us of water going over the new dam. chief meteorologist jerry swail the region has seen twice the amount of main. cbs 2 news has been tracking the progress of rebuilding the

2010. crews started filling the lake when construction finished in

britney spears...is now helping out her home state of louisiana. shes teamed up with american red cross and crowd star here, prytanea spears is will go to those affected by flood victims. every 10-dollar donation is a chance to win

meet her in person.fun note here: spears' appearance on the vma stage will be her first performance there in nine years.the show will air on august 28. still ahead on the cbs 2 news at noon, an up close look how the driverless uber cars wo.

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uber is now putting ?self- driving? vehicles on the fast track. . welcome back. uber is putting self driving vehicles on the fast track. ?passenger? cars.john blackstone takes us for a test . drive. (vo)at 55 miles an hour, with no one behind the wheel, otto has tested its technology on closed roads.for test runs like the one we took on a busy freewaya&(sot)(matt) (driver)

that, the truck is driving itself.(matt) currently driving itself.a&a safety driver sits behind the wheel just in case, lior ron is cofounder of otto. (sot- lior ron/"otto" co-founder)(jb) your goal here is to build equipment that can be put onto any truck, // to make any truck a self-driving truck? (lr) correct.the announcement last week that uber is buying otto for an estimated $680 million dollars gives the ride sharing giant access to otto's advanced technology.(sot- lior ron/"otto" co-founder) "that will allow us to really get to that future sooner t later." that future is arriving in pittsburg where uber is introducing a fleet of new cars equipped to drive themselves. for now those uber cars will have a safety driver. but millions of uber drivers around the world may be seeing a future where they are no longer needed.(sot-karl brauer/senior analyst, kelley blue book)"i think self- driving technology will be similar to cell phone technology of the last ten years. meaning, it's going to show up quickly and change things dramatically (on cam:

francisco)truck drivers may have more job security.otto's self-driving trucks are designed to operate only on highways.truckers will still be needed for everything off the highway.john blackstone, cbs news, san francisco. uber isn't the only company developing self-driving cars. it's competitor lyft is working with general motors on self-driving taxis.google, ford and most other major car companies are also pursuing the technology. coming up on the cbs 2 news at noon, the new numbers that show which famous business man is the richest actress is the highest paid

best buy shares are surging today, after the retailer said sales jumped we're back, best boy shares are surging today after the retailer said sales jumped in the last quarter. the biggest gains are from

trackers and home theaters. sales of entertainment products plunged. verizon is number one when categories, including speed, data, reliability, and text performance in all 50 states. root metrics found a-t-and-t was second, followed by sprint, then t-mobile. the worldwide hacking collective 'anonymous' has gotten a lot more attention - -after launching numerous campaigns to take down terrorists online.our new chatted with john chase, a former hacker who worked with anonymous.he told us americans aren't as safe online as they might think, and terrorism on the dark web will only get worse from here. as saw online as you might think. terrorism will only get worse from here. >> it's unbelievable. i think, you know, the majority of americans think they are well protected, that companies that give their information to,

place, they themselves have protected themselves with varying passwords, but, it's a joke. almost every single one of those things you can do to protect yourself online there the government is trying to unravel it. so, it's just going to get more complicate, there's going to be more crime there, more terrorism and it's definitely not getting better any time soon." soon."to watch more of circa's interview with an former hacker for anonymous check out circa-dot-com. bill gates is now worth 90- billion dolls. real-time rankings from bloomberg's billionaire index. it tracks the daily ranking of the world's richest people. bloomberg says gates' net worth is up 6-point-2 billion dollars so far this year.on the other hand, forbes tracks how much the rich ?give? -- and bill gates comes in at number two, giving away 31- point-5 billion dollars in his lifetime. jennifer lawrence was just listed as the highest paid actress in the world, according to forbes. 1.5 -- $35.1 million in his

highest paid actress making $46 million before taxes over the year. fors said lawrence got an impressive piece of the box office of the third and final instants, this is lawrence's second year in a row, second on the list is actress melissa mccarthy who made 33 million in the ghost busters remake. justin has weather for us coming up, first take a look at

i'm hillary clinton and i approve this ge. letterman:"has a line of clothing, now where were these made?" trump: "these were made, i don't know where they're made. but they were made someplace. but they're great. it's ties, shirts, cufflinks, everything sold at macy's and they're doing great.? letterman: ?where are the shirts made?? off-camera voice: ?bangladesh.? letterman: ?bangladesh.? trump: ?well, it's good. we employ people in bangladesh." letterman: ?ties? where are the ties made?" they have to work, too. these are beautiful ties. they are great ties. the ties are made in where? china? off-camera voice: ?china.? letterman: ?the ties are made in china."

happy first day of school to many of you!some students in fort worth welcome back, it's the first day 6 school for many families today, students in new with a no homework policy. she says students will only be sent home with work that they didn't finish during the school day.young says research has been unable to prove that homework improves performance, so she wants instead for students to focus on things

succeed like eating dinner as a family, reading together, playing outside and getting to

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