very frustrating and it puts innocent citizens at risk." risk." . extremely disheartening, frustrating puts innocence citizens at risk. the warning from police, and thieves getting easy access to the property. we have to break through the gridlock. the final fights in the presidential election. rain is expected to return to eastern iowa in the next 24 hours some of the amounts could be heavy we'll have more on that in your forecast. the new effort pushing more iowans to higher education. >> now, the corridor's top stories and tomorrow's forecast in the first 10 minutes this is cbs 2 news, 10 at 10. corridor police officers are working hard to make sure thieves aren't winding up with the keys to your property. violent crime is falling but one trend has local police shaking their heads. good evening.

miller is live in cedar rapids tonight, with the message police are trying to send. you think you're safe just leaving your car in your driveway...it is your property...but the easiest way to become a victim is giving a criminal easy access.more than half of auto thefts this year have been because of keys left in the car...but if the car was broken into -- and not stolen -- something more dangerous was taken from it. it.this year, there have been 18 firearms two of them were, get this, a-k 47s.just three days ago, someone had a gun stolen from their car that was parked at their home. two days ago someone had stolen from their car 2014, 2015, there were more 20 guns stolen this year we're approaching that figure. it comes down to commonsense and not taking iowa nights too far. >> it certainly goes against

again, a firearm is a lethal weapon it is by no means similar to a laptop computer or cell phone or other items that are frequently stolen from vehicles, it is a deadly weapon. >> the moral of the story police are asking people to lock their car doors just by pressing that little button and hearing that sound and keeping valuables out of your vehicle. now it will start getting cold here soon, warming up your car is something a lot of people do, but police say way to get your car taken easily, you might not be the one driving away from it. a woman will spend nearly 4 years behind bars for her role in the accidental killing of a 14-year-old girl. robin merchant pleaded guilty to providing a firearm to a prohibited person. , she gave teen a rifle knowing he was using marijuana in february 2015 a friend of that

it struck 14-year-old emma redlinger who later died. >> a student getting off a springville school bus was taken to the hospital after a car slammed into the back of the bus, happened around 4:00 near stone road along highway 151 the lynn county sheriff's office tells fox 28 and 2 news the student was treated for minor injuries the driver of the car was also taken to the hospital with life threatening injuries. our chief meteorologist is joining us right now, i know you're talking about rain, but considering what the alternative would be this late in october, that's a critical thing. >> you're getting that time of year when you have to start thinking about it a little bit, this will be all rain no issues there a pretty healthy rain too. 45 degrees is our temperature as the clouds begin to show up out to the west of us, our wind is out of the east at 7 miles per hour this storm system is actually getting its act together well to the west of us now but low pressure will move across the midwest in the next

some time later tomorrow afternoon and in some spots it is likely to be heavy tomorrow night. here is our models depiction where the heavier rains will fall, you can see further north the better the chances of seeing the larger amounts north of highway 30 most areas are in line for an inch of rain near the minnesota border, could be 2 inches before it all comes to an end tomorrow we start the day dry but cool about 40 degrees and eventually the rain commences late in the afternoon or towards the evening hours tomorrow night. we'll have more on that in just a few minutes. cbs 2 news 10 at 10 continues with more of the corridors top stories health insurance premiums under the affordable care act are expected to skyrocket next year, premiums for mid-level

many doubts still plague the aca as open enrollment approaches. arguements to voters. voters.at the same time, cbs 2 news political reporter kevin barry explains how howdown ballot candidates are trying to shape the political make up of congress. in 2014 -- democrats lost their majority in the senate -- and one of the biggest tasks for the party is to try and take it back. back.iowa senator chuck grassley is on the other side of that fight -- after he judiciary committee when republicans took over.he says all this talk about democrats taking the white house -- and senate is premature. "24 republicans up, only 10 democrat seats up so we've been working real hard for a year but we're going to maintain control of the united states senate -- maybe by a tighter margin.." margin.."but a lot of people are looking to ohio senator

moderate republican in a swing state -- in an election cycle where outsiders are doing best. iowa senator joni ernst says that's a sign that republicans can make out better than most peopel think. "because he has demonstrated the hard work for his constitutents, they recognize that and they want him to the hard work for his constituents they recognize that and want them to return to the united states senate that's exactly what the senator was saying was people will provide for their constituents. this week on iowa in focus we sit down with someone on the other side of the isle it is a democrat fighting in the house of representatives to try to get northeast iowa back blue again after congressman rob blum was elected in 2014 you can watch that sunday morning at 10:30 here on cbs 2, cbs 2

150 congressional candidates including his party's nominee for iowa's first district the president said quote, monica vernon has the vision and commonsense to work with everyone and build the kinds of coalitions of democrats and republicans it is going to take in congress to get things done and move our country forward. democrats hope as the president's poll numbers rise he can help candidates with the chance to win, vernon is trying to unseat republican rob blum. in tonight's beyond the podium the road through the biggest battlegrounds, cbs 2 news scott thuman is on the train tour where the final fights are taking place in what be most vital to a victory, taking you along for the ride. here in philadelphia pennsylvania, with a preview of our own version of a whistle stop tour, back to the days that presidential candidates used to crisscross the country to campaign on a train.

philadelphia will be our starting point for this east coast swing and in a state where hillary clinton and donald trump may as well be residents, they've been neck and neck here for months so take a look where we'll be taking you. starting in the critical state of pennsylvania with stops in the purple virginia, hotly contested north carolina and possibly in play a bit now, georgia and finally, florida. the state that may surpass them all in terms of spending and candidate visits it electoral votes up for grabs and history of election mayhem. along the way we'll tell you what could make or break the candidatesy in these final days hold up they compare now to four years ago and there is a reason we and the candidates are spending so much time in them, they are target-rich, the podium coverage.from philadelphia, i'm scott

day... are you voting for the presidential candidate you like or against the candidate presidential candidate you like or against the candidate you dislike? to answer, just look for the question of the day button on our website cbs2iowa.com. 10 at 10 continues with a look at the stories across the corridor, rockwell colins is preparing to make a biggest purchase in the 30 year history, over the weekend the company announced plans to acquire be aerospace for6. world's largest manufacture of plane seats he announced 400 to 600 job cuts worldwide, half of the work force is located in the cedar rapids metro. a lawsuit over the hire of university of iowa president bruce herald can now move forward. as cbs 2 news first reported in june a retired administrator claims the process violated open meetings laws because four

herald in july. saying it does not fall under open records rules because the majority of the board didn't take part of the meetings. it is unclear when the case will go to trial. researchers at the university of iowa are looking for a way to stop cancer. a one of a kind lab provides and stores samples for tens of thousands of researchers around the world. the lab is giving researchers new information about how tumors form and changing the direction of cancer research. they are also gti use antibodies to fight tumors in mice which could give way to human trials. there is a new effort underway to get more iowans to ape tend college or get additional training after earning their high school diploma. the goal of the ready iowa alliance is to get 70% of all iowans advance training or college degrees in less than 10 years, they same this is critical to ensure iowans have better career opportunities, iowa work force development

students. >> iowa from all walks of life will have the opportunity to be involved in this exciting mission. dozens of iowans apply to th alliance and we welcome theopinions. they hope to release a strategic plan by this time next year. the corridor's top stories and tomorrow's weather forecast in the first 10 minutes. still to come against domestic violence. we'll show you how one iowan isn't giving up her fight even though previous years have proved it is an up hill battle. you see that impressive storm there just west of seattle, under care about that because it is going to impact your lives here in the next 24 hours as it brings rain and possibly heavy rain to parts of eastern iowa we'll be back to lay it all out in your forecast

from i-pads to t-v screens - children are now consuming more media from an early age. tomorrow on cbs 2 this morning - find out what the newest guidelines are for screen-time among the different . welcome back we are here with our chief meteorologist terry swails, you've got interesting news about some swirls that are coming our way is what it looks like. you were telling me you were tired of this good weather. >> it is about time. definitely going to happen that storm you talked about is well out in the pacific northwest right now, already clouds are starting to punch into eastern

pretty decent rain event tomorrow, especially tomorrow night for the moment, though, things are still quiet here in eastern iowa after a cool day saw a high temperature of 59 degrees now back down to 45 shouldn't go down too much more as the clouds arrive after midnight that will bring us the rain we're expecting tomorrow here is a look at current temps a lot of spots in that range at 43-46 degrees, it is 43 charles city, decora, in tama, they have a temperature of 46 degrees, as they go to the radar we're still not showing any signs of rain yet but some rain is beginning to develop out over the plain states and late tonight into tomorrow morning that will start advancing into western iowa and tomorrow afternoon. rain is one thing we haven't seen too much of this october after a soggy september this month has been pretty dry,

are the deficits and you could see around waterloo you're an inch and a half below where you should be on your rainfall with .38 so far this october that's going to change you can see the clouds coming in from the west that's the first signs of our storms that's showers approaching north western iowa those will be increasing in coverage as go through the day tomorrow. on our predicter, we'll start to see the clouds midnight finally around 6:00 tomorrow morning they are starting to thicken especially in our northern counties as we go through the morning hours tomorrow you could start to see the clouds converging over eastern iowa and later on inspect day, we'll see the first sign of showers between 4 and 6:00 in the afternoon then as we go through the night tomorrow you could see the rain over spreads the area as the whole system advances off to the east by 6:00 in the morning the heaviest precipitation will start to move out we'll have lingering showers around at

way this system is tracking, looks like it will come towards south eastern iowa the further north you go in our viewing area the heavier amounts will be if you get north of highway 30, looks like you have an excellent chance of seeing an inch of rain if you get up near the far north near the minnesota boardser some spots could see as much as 2 inches of rain depending upon the exact track these may go up or down, it is the northern counties that will see the tonight's forecast has clouds on the increase after midnight and low temperatures that will be in the range around 35 to 40 degrees from north to south and tonight's winds will be out of the east at 5 to 10 then for tomorrow the clouds increase during the morning hours even more we could see a few showers as early as afternoon but mainly in the north it looks like temperatures up that way will struggle to get out of the 40s, 50 in decora, 55 in cedar

few thunderstorms are expected those will push out of here during the morning hours on wednesday, we'll stay cool on thursday but the sun will come back friday looks to be another excellent day we start the weekend around 70 and then our next front arrives on saturday doesn't look like it should produce much in the way of rain but will cool the temperatures down once again by the end of the weekend. next on cbs 2 news the fight to strengthen iowa's domestic violence laws why one iowan isn't giving up on the up

judge? judge? judge? judge? grassley? here! he's always here.

for years now, supporters of tougher domestic violence . for years now supporters of tougher domestic violence penalties have advanced in iowa. one supporter is not giving up. stephie lee has her story on the capitol. >> in year's allison shared her story of surviving domestic violence through public service announcement videos. >> he knocked me unconscious twice. she hoped it would get legislatures to listen up. >> definitely been a slow pace, i feel like we crawl to get progress made. >> but aiming to protect victims didn't pass last session would have required mandatory minimum sentences for repeat offenders and allison

>> what allison is asking for is something governor terry branstad has supported before. >> we are going to continue to focus on this, sometimes it takes more than one year, this is a critical issue. >> of course we'll be pushing for the governor's legislation, dating violence, being considered domestic violence is one of our big priorities. another priority is the assessment protocol, developed in maryland it is an interactive qu during domestic violence calls. >> they can gauge whether the offender is escalating towards homicide. >> high risk offenders would have to wear a gps monitoring device during court processing. >> victims know best. we know our situations what's needed in order to protect us what would have helped us in those situations for survivors. cbs 2 news. the iowa coalition against domestic violence says minimum

would discourage victims from reaching help. this would focus on providing more economic support. tonight in sports, regional valley ball in springville where the orioles made it look easy, next in sports us call us and e-mail us at cbs2iowa.com

the state volleyball tournament starts in just two weeks - . the state valley ball tournament starts in two weeks and springville hopes to be there but first, they have to get through regionals the orioles hosted cedar valley christian tonight, they won the first set and in the second set the fun continued. too tall up front riley minister is in the springville point, a little oriole offense, teed up for alissa yeager, later it is yeager again this time from the other side of the net but the result is the same a spike a point and a spring hill win three sets to 0. for uni it is the game of the year every year, north dakota state is a true dynasty they are coming to cedar falls on saturday these

year the panthers played them close but the bison won both times on their way to winning a fifth consecutive national championship. last time these met up in cedar falls was in 2014, uni pulled the upset, mark farly needs a win to push towards the play off need to be almost perfect to beat out the bison. >> top to bottom they are a really good football team, when you get that confidence they could do some things they in the game until the end, they believe they can win, it has to be a battle until the last play anytime you play a team like this. >> it's been the same story in iowa state's last three football games they were close even leading at times against baylor, oklahoma state, and back to the drawing board for matt campbell and the cyclones - they have five games remaining - four of them at home - so the schedule breaks

they might be able to turn this season around... just be able to capitalize on drives - if we get the ball on the plus side of the 50 - we've got to score - no matter what the case is - and be able to withstand long drives - and keep the defense off the field is and be able to withstand drives and keep the defense off the field. >> we talked about the process it takes to be successful and those are things that we have to master before anything else can happen and i think we made good growth how we've approachedthings how our kids have played we have to continue that. >> it was a good day for desmond king, named one of 16 semi finalists for the award that goes to the best defensive back in college football and a quarter finalist for the impact trophy. so far this season, king has 26 tackles and an interception return for a touch down. in women's hoops news, iowa senior was named to the pre-

and 5.5 rebounds per game last year, she enters her final season 11 on the hawkeyes career scoring list that's a

this morning - from i-pads to t-v . coming up thunderstorm on cbs 2 this morning from ipads to tv screens children are now consuming more media at an early age. see the newest guidelines for screen time among the different age groups that and more starting at 5:00 this morning on cbs 2 this morning. looking for weather aren't you? >> yes we are.

to be the best, there is going to be a lot of clouds around later on i expect showers to develop those will increase tomorrow night that's when we think the heavier rains will fall and up in our northern counties, especially north of highway 30, one to maybe 2- inches of rain will be a possibility that's a pretty good soaker for this late in the year. there you go. >> 55 ought to do it for the high. >> thank you so much for watching cbs 2 news at 10:00,

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