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look ahead to the next few days coming up in the seven day forecast in about ten minutes. wikileaks dropped another batch of packed e-mails from hillary clinton's campaign manager. causing another headache for the democratic nominee. in the meantime, donald trump is sounding the alarm on what he is calling a rigged election. the latest from the white house. >> the latest cbs news poll shows hillary clinton with a nine-point lead over donald trump in a non- four-way race pick up from four points two clinton's server to unclassified, as part of a "quid pro quo" between the fbi official and under-secretary of state, patrick kennedy. in exchange, the employee said "state would reciprocate by allowing the fbi to place more agents in countries where they are presently forbidden.the
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agents in countries where they are presently forbidden. the state department says nothing happened. >> any assertion that this was somehow tit-for-tat or a quid pro quo exchange in that manner does frankly is insulting. >> this is worse than watergate. >> this is felony corruption. under secretary kennedy. >> donald trump is far behind clinton among female voters. his numbers are down since several women have come forward claiming he sexually assaulted them. >> melania trump told cnn that her husband is the victim of a liberal conspiracy to cost him the election. >> it was nbc. it was access hollywood. it was left-wing media. >> donald trump and clinton face-off in their final debate tomorrow night in las vegas. cbs news, the white house.
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>> donald trump has two we want to get your thoughts on the state of the nation in our question of the day.what's your greatest fear for the country?the economy - terrorism - crime - government corruption - climate change - or race relationsto weigh in click the question of the day link on our website - cbs 2 or race relations? just weigh in on our website, cbs2iowa.com. let us be sure to join us for a live town hall after tomorrow's debate. you can watch your voice, your future on our website, cbs2iowa.com. or on our digital channel thursday night at 6:00. iowa governor terry branstad says he agrees with donald trump about a rigged election. terry branstad says there is media bias against trump and it does not give voters a complete picture of the different candidates. he says media bias and voter fraud are one in the same. and that they trust voters to
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>> the secretary of state disagrees with the governor saying republicans and democrats work together to make sure every vote is fair. >> we have the checks and balances. we work on a bipartisan basis. our office, as well as the local county offices are open to anyone who sees any potential problems. >> the secretary says that since iowans vote with paper ballots, there is virtually no chan hacking of the election. president obama is welcoming the italian prime minister to the white house. the prime minister arrived a few hours ago in preparation for a state dinner tonight. the white house famed chef will serve up a dining experience for the history books. my's event will be the last
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perform. after dinner, giorgio armani is expected to be on hand. iraqi troops near mosul are clearing religious recaptured from isis. this is the beginning of a massive offensive. holly williams reports from just outside mosul, iraq. >> the battle for mosul started east of the city. when kurdish fighters went house to house yesterday hunting down a handful of steven leath says -- they showed us the tunnels that isis built to defend itself. and the u.s. coalition airstrike that destroyed them. the colonel told us the extremist fought to the death. >> do you think isis has dug tunnels underneath mosul as well? >> he told us that suicide car bombs and tunnels are how isis
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>> these used to be farming communities. but the residents let isis two years ago -- but the residents fled from here two years ago. isis is preventing them from leaving this area, using them as humans see -- human shields. some are managing to get out. >> the kurdish fighters -- say this will be much more many expected to take months. holly williams, cbs news, outside mosul. >> experts say those troops are ahead of schedule now. an international meeting about mosul is set for thursday and paris. a cedar falls man is charged with attempted murder after police say he stabbed two people yesterday afternoon. this was at university avenue studios. police got to the scene just
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and found two victims that have been stabbed. 62-year-old jeffery miller and 47-year-old denice bennett were both taken to the hospital with multiple stab wounds. officers arrested 28-year-old adam jacobsen who is now charged with two counts of attempted murder. an 18-year-old university of iowa student faces charges for falsely reporting an active shooter on campus. police arrested harrison to morris after the scare saturday night. police said he sent a text message to a friend saying there was residence hall. the friend then told police. when officers arrived and evacuated the building, he sent another text saying it was a joke. he is charged with filing a false report. the director of the iowa flood center is coming to cedar rapids today to help make sure people like you are better prepared for a flood. the flood center set up a website setting up features like flood alerts and virtual
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flood center, representatives from the national weather center will also be on hand today to discuss the importance of everyone being ready for flooding. >> we expect this to be something that we will be dealing with on a more regular basis. and how can we get ahead of the game of it -- a bit and help provide people with the information they >> the event starts about one -- about two hours from now at the cedar rapids downtown library. if you want to go, it is free. one of the university of iowa's biggest comebacks after the flood of 2008 will go on display for all to explore. today cbs2 is getting a sneak peek inside. right now officials are giving our crew a tour of the new music building. that is happening right now. flooding eight years ago forced students and faculty out of the
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construction, the new space welcomes students this fall. the public dedication ceremony will begin at 4:00 friday afternoon. coming up on cbs2 news at noon, we have a warmer than usual week. where in the country is looking at record-breaking heat. not a bad day today. still above normal for our forecast. seventy today. tonight, 46. year normally says 61.
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it's not uncommon for autistic kids to flap their hands. and so when i saw that, that was completely disqualifying. than party. my son max can't live in trump world. so i'm crossing party lines and voting for hillary. i don't always agree with her, but she's reasonable. and she's smart. she can work with people to solve problems. i want to be able to tell my kids that i did the right thing when it really mattered. i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. it's troubling.
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t. and blum tried to defund planned parenthood, even though women depend on it for critical care, like cancer screenings. i was diagnosed with breast cancer, and i know it was early detection that made a difference. it's not a political issue. it's about caring about all of our people here in this country. i'm monica vernon, and i approve this message. it may be fall - but summer is still hanging on.much of the eastern half of the country could see some record-high temperatures this week.more than 40 cities are looking at potentially it may be fall. but summer does not want to let go. still hanging onto much of the eastern half of the country. could see record high temperatures this week. forty cities are looking at potentially record-breaking heat. today or tomorrow, new york
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justin, we were close to a record yesterday at cedar rapids. it was 85. >> the record -- it was one degree away from the record. >> any other places around the area? >> iowa city, 88. no record is kept unfortunately there. dubuque got up to 82. the record this is the graphics from yesterday's heat. a very mild day. normally, lower-60s this time of year. yesterday, we got up to 85. today, above normal. a high of 70. record is 88 on this date in october. hard to believe. but yes, a very mild air day continuing. showing you the headlines. mostly sunny skies. calm when charles -- calm
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cooling weather over the next few days. let's look at the numbers. this afternoon, 70. sixty-one at 6:00 this evening. later tonight, 59 degrees. right now, in cedar rapids, sunshine. not much in the way of cloud cover at all. looking north, 67. wind out of the northwest at 13. the humidity, 59%. none of the byproducts of the cooler north air -- is the dry air that follows in. on the board, 66 in dubuque. monticello, waterloo, 65. the wind is north and west at 5- 15 miles per hour. around the state currently, 68 in des moines. in decorah, 63. that is where they are this far. sixty-seven in northeast iowa. davenport, 72. burlington, 74. we had cloud cover this morning. it has since moved away.
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you have a couple lows and a couple cold fronts we are entertaining this week. the first of which passed through last night and this morning. now dry air settles in. we will watch dry weather clouds moving in late wednesday night and through the day thursday. a dry rest of the day today. no concerns weather wise on the way home. nothing to be worried about. other than making sure you have all the fingerprints off the sunglasses. the morning tomorrow, clouds settle back into the forecast. partly sunny day wednesday. late wednesday night, you will see a little more cloud cover here into thursday. maybe a little drizzle. certainly nothing more than that. those clouds move out and we are right back to sunshine thursday late morning. and cooler. so upper 60s and 70s today. not as warm. still mild. mostly sunny. west wind at 5-15 gusting up to
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south. tomorrow, featuring upper 60s. down to 46 tomorrow night. just a small chance of drizzle late wednesday night and into thursday morning. 57 degrees is the high thursday. friday, 58. saturday, 64. sunday, 66. more 60s on monday with sunshine. the temperature trend stays in the 60s. above normal through next tuesday, wednesday and thursday. >> the kind of week where you don't have to turn on the air conditioning or the heater. you can keep the windows open at night and day. >> close for the air conditioner. >> it was 80 in the house. we knew it would cool down. got back on this morning, and the houses back to 71 degrees. >> perfect. still ahead on the cbs2
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driving less. but what they are still doing behind the wheel has a lot of
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teens say they are texting less when they are behind the wheel -- but young drivers still haven't stopped using their phones for other teenagers say they are texting less when they are behind the wheel which is great. but young drivers still have not stopped using phones for other things. we explained.
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texting behind the wheel and it is clear. they are getting the message that it is dangerous. >> do you text and drive? >> no. >> a new study conducted by liberty mutual insurance found that teenagers don't feel the same way about apps. the study found that nearly 70% of teenagers surveyed admitted to using apps when driving. nearly 80% believe they are not distracted. >> researcher at liberty mutual and took 17-year-old samantha garcia for a spin on a test track to show her how distracting it can be. >> the most common apps used by teenagers are music and navigation. our cameras clearly show how the navigation app repeatedly pulls her eyes away from the road. >> it can have a profound impact on the ability to respond.
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doing it. it definitely takes my eyes off the road. i'm not going exactly straight. >> i felt like i was not looking at the road. >> it is not just inexperienced drivers. adults are also easily asked -- easily distracted. >> often times you don't look up long enough to get an idea of what you are doing. >> experts say parents should encourage teenagers to program navigation apps before they start driving. still coming up on the cbs2 news at noon, do you love the supernatural? the real dracula castle. "free [wah-di-kay] junior's "free hugs" project has garnered nearlyone hundred fifty million views online - truly one of the feel-good storiesof the year!but what you might not know about ken is the charitable work he does
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i'm chuck grassley, and i approve this message.
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and fought for our country in world war ii. but, he never got his medals and he tried for years. dad knew his time was near. out of options, he finally called senator grassley's office. they got dad his medals. just before he passed.
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cost of living rose at its fastest pace in five months last month. month.the labor department says the consumer price index ticked up point-three and business news, the cost of living rows at the fastest pace in five months last month. the labor department says the consumer price index picked up .3%, due to partly higher energy cost jumped nearly 3% last month. over the past six months, inflation is up 2.2%. netflix shares are soaring after better than expected earnings the last quarter. netflix says it added more than 3.5 million international subscribers even though an increase happened with its monthly fee. the streaming service is getting a major boost. it seems people like pizza with movies. obviously. as domino's pizza is also delivering the profits. the
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quarter. dominoes is a leader when it comes to technology with customers able to place orders on facebook messenger and twitter. also through the apple watch or text message by using a pizza mod. someday, although sudie modi is will be useful does all the food pictures will be useful. and airbnb is offering a spooky speak over -- sleepover. the winner will get to sleep in two velvet lined coffins at dracula's castle in romania. yes. the first time since 1948 that anyone has slept there. you can sleep in a coffin for to enter the contest, contestants must write a short passage on what they would say if they came face to face with the real count dracula. justin has a final look at the cbs2 forecast next. first, take a look at the
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the nominations for the rock and roll hall of fame's class of 20-17 are in.this year's
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pearl jam, tupac, the nominations for the rock 'n roll hall of fame's class of 2017 art and this year's list includes, among others, pearl jam, the electric light orchestra, jane's addiction, janet jackson, journey, shaka con, steppenwolf. fans will have a chance to vote from now until december 6. the top vote getters will -- will be announced and inducted next april. >> definitely journey. >> i cannot believe they are not there already. >> or steppenwolf. >> they are the best ever. >> don't stop believing. yes let's take a look at the weather. not a bad day. a nice folstein right now, 67 degrees. sixty-five in waterloo. not a bad couple of days.
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i spent many years as a nuclear missile launch officer. if the president gave the order we had to launch the missiles, that would be it. i prayed that call would never come. [ radio chatter ] self control may be all that keeps these missiles from firing. [ sirens blearing ] i would bomb the [ beep] out of them. i want to be unpredictable. i love war. the thought of donald trump with nuclear weapons scares me to death. it should scare everyone. it's troubling. congressman blum actually co-sponsored a bill that could make it legal for a woman to be fired just for being pregnant. and blum tried to defund planned parenthood, even though women depend on it for critical care, like cancer screenings. i was diagnosed with breast cancer, and i know it was early detection that made a difference. it's not a political issue.
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? >> ridge: hey, dad. we came for a visit. your family's here. >> rick: no, no, don't bother getting up. i came to you. [ light laughter ] >> pam: it is so great having you back with us, eric. our prayers were answered. [ monitor beeping ] >> eric: br-brooke. >> brooke: is it possible you could be even more handsome? >> eric: [ coughing ] >> ridge: all right. take it easy. r.j.'s here. >> r.j.: hey, granddad. you gave us a scare. you know that? i love you.

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