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recall you need to know about. another life lost. we started the day with showers and thunderstorms. the storms are gone but we are dealing with drizzle and cloud cover. we had a break between 5:00 and 7:00 and now we're climbing to the 50s. for the most part heavy rain gone and later -- just very light showers. northeast iowa heavy drizzle. in cedar rapids cloudy and foggy and right now 52 degrees with a cloudy sky. look at waterloo 29, 47 dubuque, and 50 monticello. winds turning to the north and west. the lowest passing right through iowa. winds out of the northwest will bring cooler air this afternoon. we will drop to the 40s tonight and a slightly cooler day
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skies this afternoon. 49 tonight and breezy and cool and i will let you know when we turn things around in our right now crews are working on a new round of inspections on a total of four bridges - the driving right now crews are working on a new round of inspections on a total of four forcing some lane closures.an earlier inspection found all structures safe to use - but the city wants to make sure there's no long-term maintenance the address sooner rather than later.the lanes should be back open by the end of the day. we want to clear up some confusion now surrounding the cleanup of flood 2016 - community organizers are now working to get rid of the last of the leftover sandbags that helped protect businesses. businesses.earlier this week a report came out claiming area businesses could be fined for leaving sandbags out.but economic leaders say those
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have no intention of issuing any fines.two free drop off sites for businesses remain open through the end of the not the case and the reports are false and they have no intention of issuing any fines. free drop off site remain open and they will be until the end of the day today. >> we want to look like we are open for business and it is business as usual and so there is a push to get the last of things cleaned up entire community really looking great. >> the drop off sites are in kingston village between 2nd and 3rd avenue southwest under the i 3d overpass and the other between cargo and quaker oats near the old alliant powerplant site. check out our website cbs2iowa.com right now you cannot tell but there were racial slurs etched into his street in downtown cedar rapids.
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these images. the city immediately removed them. the viewer who asked to remain anonymous says the graffiti has been there for about a year tomorrow and "cbs2 news" this morning we are going to review the city history and people will weigh in on their thoughts. the university of iowa has filed a lawsuit blaming a contractor for damaging an old capitol building. you will lighthearted -- hired newsom construction to improve the capital that was damaged. they received $1.6 billion for their work on the gold dome amongst other things back in 2004 picked the lawsuit on this month says you will by officials found problems with the construction, including water leaks and would deterioration and that they have refused to fix the problems.
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they should be finished by december iowa national guard members will not have to pay back enlistment bonuses. thousands of troops in california were being ordered by the gone to give bonuses back with interest. now "cbs2 news" has learned that the secretary of defense is stopping the efforts to collect that money. it is all due to bureaucratic errors made one decade ago when the guard offered mold -- more money, loan forgiveness and benefits to reenlist. the iowa public affairs officer said as far as he knows that problem was only specific to california national guard and will not affect iowa card members at all. landmark tool district planning major danger -- changes to help with overcrowding. the district plans to build a new middle school for fifth through 7th grade.
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graders will attend the high school school officials tells cbs two news think this is the most fiscally responsible plan. >> we expect the plan to give us 26 schools in our elementary school. we expected to ease capacity in the middle schools and also ease capacity and i school. >> it will only take one-three years before the changes will start. neighbors buying -- looking for a minimum wage- ---celebrated. la to continue with the raise many workers will be plate -- paid at least $10.10 starting january 1st. more than one dozen people spoke up at the meeting all in favor of raising the minimum wage. centers for worker justice say this is success for workers in the city here is news. it is exciting all of us here in spring of next year five
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this is the first five guys location in the area. the burger joint has handmade burgers and fresh cut fries every day. the guests can create their own burgers and choose their own toppings and when it comes to milkshakes they can claim their own once too. look for mick's -- mix and like in an oreo and the five guys will open near jared the gallery of jewelry aflutter. we now know the details on hillary clinton's campaign stop in cedar rapids the democratic nominee for president will hold a rally outside nouveau city market just after 1:00 p.m. friday afternoon. doors open at 1115 and please rsvp online. go to our website cbs2iowa.com michelle quan is on the campaign trail. she is in iowa city and
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they will be there in 20 minutes to encourage early voting. voters can cast their vote what -- devote all this week. yesterday he campaigned for hillary clinton in the morning -- des moines gop v.p. nominee mike pence will be in town tomorrow. trump has been in florida for the past few days and today he will be in north carolina the republican nominee and hillary clinton and president barack obama about the latest secretary of state - even though publicly - he says he didn't know. (donald trump/(r) presidential nominee) "as you may remember, president obama claimed to have no knowledge of hillary clintons illegal email server. this guy, he's as bad as she is" is."bad as she is." is."trump also criticized the presidents health-care law-- the affordable care act.
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for many consumers next year. trump says his first focus in office - would be to repeal the law. several groups in iowa are working together to try and make it easier for some felons - to get their voting rights ba. back.a new coalition announced plans for new legislation and a new constitutional amendment. the bill would automatically restore those rights for non-violent felons - once they completed their sentence.it would not factor in outstanding court costs - something does not agree with. sot: terry branstad 06:27:25 individual who commits a felony can get their rights back -- serve the time to pay the governor does not agree with. >> no one can earn their right back and i find the documents every day. to say it should be automatic and you get it without meeting back - but some have criticized the process as
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nearly decapitating and killing his uncle and stabbing his aunt to death. he raged on facebook live. steve shaw spoke with experts to analyze the bizarre ramp. >> what's up, y'all, this is rail. see? that the gun. that's the real deal. this ain't a joke and this ain't a prank. dr. howard kurtz/criminologist "in this case it's pretty clear he's up there and he's not coming down. that could suggest that he's taking some drugs some kind of amphetamine. that's what i'm thinking. right and that's pretty dangerous.""sis i love you and thank you for believing in me. everything that was said it was all a set up."kurtz says vance is acting out of rage or acute denial after being accused of sexually assaulting a minor. "if he was really shot, uh either he as bled out or is in
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police lieutenant and long-time defense attorney irven box says if vance turns up alive... an insanity defense will likely be unsuccessful.irven box/defense attorney"everything on this video he made, he's driving a car, he's facebooking...r efusing to answer his phone sounds like his sister is calling, he sounds like he's competent. he may be enraged., but as i said his competency level is very high because...what his next moves because he is multiple -- he is multitasking and planning out his next step. >> that was steve shaw reporting. the worst possible case scenario is vance is hold up somewhere with other captives and could go on another murderous spree he is on the loose. coming up at noon. can you guess how long it would take to close the gender pay
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sometimes, maybe it's worth listening to a politician. take congressman rod blum. on social security, blum doesn't just back the republican special interest agenda-- he's campaigning on it. for years, he's pressed to privatize social security, risking seniors' guaranteed benefits on the stock market. and blum supported benefit cuts by voting to raise social security's retirement age. so if you care about a secure retirement,
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the largest auto recall of all time - just gotten even the largest auto recall of all time just got bigger. toyota is recalling 5.8 million vehicles around the world because of takata's exploding airbag. there are at least including one last month including hundreds and hundreds of injuries globally. the total number of vehicles million of those vehicles are in the u-s. a new report finds that the global gender pay gap will not be closed for another 170 gender pay gap will not be closed -- forget this, another 170 years if current trends continue.
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to where it was back in 2008 after peaking in 2013 it has gone backwards. the report shows no country actually fully closed the overall gender gap but the closest are iceland, finland, norway and sweden and rwanda. we ranked 46 with 72% closure. yemen is last in the 144 countries ranked in the study has a goat - and says "theo called me... we're all cool now."it's in reference to the "curse of the billy goat" - when a pet goat and his owner were denied entry to wrigley field the last time a world series was played there. chicago lost the rest of the games in the series and had never returned.theo ep-stien - works in the cubs front office - put this current team together - and already won a world series with the boston
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tonight, trick-or-treating kicks off early if you'd like to team up with a partner in blue. iowa city and coralville police departments will be handing out candy at several locations. kids are invited to dress in their favorite costumes and learn that officers ?aren't scary. also tonight, it's the last chance to jump on the harvest hayrack. ushers ferry will be host to several spooky activities tonight including hayrack rides, hot cocoa around the creating crafts. all are several spooky activities including hayrack ride, tacos and crafts. all are welcome between 5:00 and 8:00 children are $5 in teens and adults are $5. kids can make a splash following by attending the spooky swim pool party from 630 to 830 five-14 can enjoy participating in they will receive a bag of treats. it is $6 at the door and however
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accepted for this party. when you are finished swimming you can go to the halloween dance at the northwest of rec center from 7:00 a.m. -- from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. wear your best costume. admission $5 at the door. halloween is just a few days away so we do have a fun contest to help you get into the speedy spirit it's about a pumpkin carving contest and facebook page and it will be forecast next...but first here's a look at today's market.
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? >> r.j.: mom is gonna marry spencer today. i mean, you have to stop her. you can't let this happen. >> ridge: your mother is an adult, r.j. >> r.j.: you know this is a mistake. you've stopped her before. when you guys went to dubai -- >> ridge: abu dhabi. a lot has changed since then. >> r.j b he wasn't right for her then, and he's not right for her now. >> ridge: there's more to it, son. >> r.j.: like what? you and mom love each other. if there's a way you can make this work... you just can't let her do this, dad. >> ridge: your mom and i have a plan. [ birds chirping ] >> donna: dad is crazy. no matter how many pictures
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