authorities are still trying to figure out this morning...why a truck crashed into a central iowa walmart.

two others were sent to the hospital - including the driver..it happened in pella - authorities tell us that an older man was behind the wheel of a pickup truck when it slammed into the building's entrance.police there say the truck was traveling at a high rate of speed and they do wheel of a pickup when it slammed into the building's entrance. the truck was traveling at a high rate of speed and they do believe the crash was an accident. post police chief says everyone was rattled by what happened. >>we had a people were being asked to stay away from the scene. >> new details this morning on a deadly standoff in tacoma, washington. a man who shot and killed a veteran police officer was using children as shields.

to two separate chills that were being held for the officers. reginald gutiirrez had been working for the police department for 17 years. a memorial fund has been set up through wells fargo bank. >>we love our police officers and we know that every day when they go to work there's a chance that they may not come home. unfortunately, that happened last evening. please pray for us. help us to, is always resilient. and i want to send a message far and wide that we love, respect and value our officers. >>the suspect has not been named but did have multiple weapons in the house and an extensive criminal record. today marks the one-year anniversary since the san bernardino terror attack.

carried out the attack will shot and killed. a brief memorial service will also be held later today. since last month's election, there have been calls for recounts to the presidential race. jill stein raised funds have multiple recounts on those ballots. that's where we find stephanie johnson. >>in several states they are recounting votes. today people in pennsylvania will head to the polls again. in wisconsin, pennsylvania and michigan. wisconsin started the recount on thursday, and it was counted by hand and by machine. she said the votes were not consistent. right now, they have to accomplish a recount before december 13 which is the devil -- federal deadline. thus for congress will step in and a decision for the state,

their difficulties. stein says americans need a piece of mind about our voting system and an election going forward and that's why they believe this is important. this is costing taxpayers millions in tax dollars. and that's the latest from the breaking news desk. we are now 50 days away from donald trump moving into the white house and the president-elect has now officially kicked off his the three last night he spoke in ohio and a thousand jobs at the plant - but some jobs will still move to mexico. "i just want to let all of the other companies know that we're going to do great things for business. there's no reason for them to leave anymore. because your taxes are going to be at the very, very low end. and your unnecessary regulations are going to be gone.we need regulations for safety and environment and things. but

that he wants to lower the business tax in the united states from 35-percent to only 15-percent. when donald trump takes office, he will face a serious showdown with dozens of cities across the country.a number of mayors in major cities refuse to follow federal law -- or pass their own -- when it comes to allowing illegal immigrants to stay without fear of deportation.on the campaign trail, president - elect trump promised to cut federal funding to cities that don't follow federal law.for new york city, that could mean the loss of 10-billion dollars. "i think there'll be a lot of political pressure for these law which to new york city could mean the loss of $10 million. >> i think there will be a lot do to cities that fail to comply.instead, they might turn to republican governors -- like greg abbott in texas -- who can push state laws banning the practice of sanctuary cities. besides city leaders -- several centers for higher

undocumented students in the u-s.cbs 2 news reporter steffi lee shows us why --officials at drake university say it's the right thing to do. take pkg:at drake university - the mission is to help students build successful lives. chief administration officer venessa macro says that's why taking every step to ensure that remains a promise - is crucial.sot: venessa macro, chief venison macro says that's why taking every step to ensure that remains a promise is crucial. >>we will do student's. president. harding martin sent this email to campus declaring university a century for undocumented members. he says the university remains committed to protecting immigrants from unfair deportation, investigation or other intimidation on their

without fear of deportation. >>campuses and schools are a special place that they won't go for enforcement activity. one thing that we want to do is that continues to be the case. >>they pressed for the university administration. >> i think this is also a new topic for some folks, talking about how the lives of and future undocumented students will come to this. >>reminds their own community that drake is a place that will serve and protect all people. that goes against everything that we represent as an institution. drake university says that the legal clinic will host a

some schools have pledged signed a pledge of solidarity. and, the university of iowa is getting high praise for its website. the disability -- website topped at a presentation of a school the ranking is quite an improvement because in 2009 it showed a university of iowa nearly in last place. hundreds of employees at transamerica are losing their - and 800-jobs will be eliminated nationwide.as we first reported in august - transamerica is working to sell its edgewood road campus and move 13-hundred employees to its financial park on c- street southwest. it's and right now in it's degrees.still to come - the surprising numbers on the

its uncertain future.in your cbs 2 weather first forecast we

good morning. it's 6:11 am and it chilly out there today. it's been the cmos couple of days which is fitting as we head into december out of november, and now it's december 2 which is hard to believe. that will keep temperatures

in fact, we will probably only move about three or 40 areawide because of those clouds. starting off at 34 into rapid and olwein, 32 into cora and feels even colder with just a little bit of wind. as we start into the weekend, we do have some changes coming. as we get into next week, some even bigger changes. there is the chance for some light or even iq writing snow this weekend with a week storm of the snow makes it to eastern iowa, very cold air will move in and temperatures will be

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coming up next - the hottest tech toys on your kids wish list this shopping season. we think church is more than a place to go at christmastime. we think church can happen anywhere and anytime. we think church can happen when gifts change lives a world away. when giving your time, gives someone new hope. when opening hearts, inspires joy. and when we remember where it all began. that's finding the true meaning of christmas.

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on your friday morning. if you are looking for something to do for saturday there's the fire and ice festival for 2016. there's a tree lighting ceremony, who trucks, and if you are looking for something to do there, that is the fire and ice festival tomorrow. this holiday season, toys are blending salsa with technology to modernize some classics. take a look at the hottest tech toys on this s >>if you loved super mario brothers on the original nintendo, this is a blast from the past. the console is preloaded with classic games including super mario brothers, back then, zelda and donkey kong. the memory game simon it's a tech up trade with the simon air which retails for $20. instead of touching the colored

hands and use gestures like swiping to match the light pattern. the hot wheels ai racing system uses artificial intelligence and sensors to guide cars around a special track. racers program controllers for different skill levels and came home to kuwaiti hands-free auto drive. the $40 play-doh touch shape to live studio let's just put their clay crti virtual game. kids mold the dell and then take a picture with the play to touch app to create a virtual world. they can then add more shapes and colors to transform the scene. tap into your inner jedi with the spirit forced band. it allows you to drive the

poking mine -- pokimon go type game. is a really cool toys but half of those it would not be able to operate. i put a link to our website on tran06.com. still to come, the christmas tradition that continues here in the core door. i'm still thinking about those toys, what happened to arby's, dora?[laughter] temperatures are on the cool side. i will let you know when we see some pics of sunshine and when it gets even colder, coming up

today will be pretty similar to yesterday, temperatures will stay 6:23 am on this friday morning. it will be similar to thursday, and missing out of the ordinary. we have the clouds overhead and maybe a few areas of drizzle, but it's fading weather quickly. just keep the clouds around too much of the day today. later on this evening we could even see some clearing of skies. the predictor is showing all clear saturday morning and i think we also have some clouds out there. it's pretty hard to get rid of them right now but that will allow for some colder temperatures. thereafter on saturday, the clouds move back in and we actually have the chance for some snow, some of which could accumulate in spots and could add up tweaked 1 inch. temperatures on sunday will start to warm up above freezing, so anything that does accumulate will melt away. we have the chance for some

then things really chain. i'm keeping an eye on a stronger system could bring some snow to the southwest and then temperatures could be cooling down. today you can get your christmas present. had to lindale mall and that string mall how will be there all day, every day, up until christmas eve. after you get your giftwrapped, why not celebrate christmas early russian mark marion's christmas in the park will be there like lighting the peace tree and there will be a peppermint walk shopping event. it's also important to get the kids reading when they are

time. that help students who are struggling keep their skills intact until they get back to class. researchers say it won't accelerate their reading, maybe because of the difficulty finding high school teachers for those programs. we also know santa claus can be found at the mall during those times, and santa claus got a makeover at one mall in check it out, this hipster santa can be found at pioneer play small. bun.this is is second year at

it's right now it's degrees in up next - why new overtime rules that were suppose to take effect this week - probably take effect at all. [ tower pinging ] [ whistling ] we've got a problem, friend. half off any smartphone for anyone who switches? what's the problem? the naughty list shouldn't get deals! yeah, but anyone who switches gets half off of any smartphone. even these? yeah, any smartphone. call the big guy! [ bell dings ] santa? no, jingles. [ knuckles crack ] [ spits ] ooo. ouch. [ neck cracks ]

right now on cbs 2 this morning...why social media might be misleading you about potential storms in the right now, why social media might be misleading you about potential storms in the midwest. and, what information could be

el overtime pay for millions of americans. wildfires continue in tennessee. i'm stephanie johnson with the latest on that. and here's a look at diagnosed southwest. we have not heard of any crashes or disturbances right now in the roadways. that's good news this friday morning. thank you for joining us, i'm do weather first forecast with rebecca koppelman. >> good morning. it is cold but not as cold as it could be. >>i am a baby, though because i'm from georgia. enjoy from florida. >>right, when we look at where we should be starting this year, it should be in the low

the clouds of stick around which will keep temperatures pretty steady through the afternoon. not releasing any precipitation out there right now. anything that was out there early this morning will be fading away. temperatures are starting off the middle 30s this morning, 34 and schema in cedar rapids, and a 32 near charles city. but temperatures will only move three or 40 later on today because of the persistent cloud cover. and then maybe the fourth sent that we might get a claims of the sunshine which is something we then temperatures start to fall. by 8 o'clock we will be at 33 which is cooler than we are right now. we are warming backup and it will be going on. the weather will get your way until later on saturday night. right now at 631 at 6:31 am,

interstate 80 near the coral ridge mall. and, plenty of cloud cover out there and we won't be seeing too much. all green on the map along interstate 380, and, also along highway 30. everything is working just fine if you are heading out the east. we could talk about when we will see some snow here and some of which could even a chilly late. it shows a computer model, and something like that will

it's bad enough when a a few inches has a sliding into ditches and cleaning out the grocery stores. now in a facebook and twitter world, they are posting maps and warnings. >>chief meteorologist terry swales says clearly the court or can see some heavy snow, but people are copying. lo facebook. >>a a 43 inch dump of snow which is crazy. >>he says yesterday's model for 3 feet plus in minnesota, and that's less than 1 inch there.

>>national weather service andy irvine says they never talk snow totals more than a day or two out. storms just changed to play fast. >> we rarely have snowstorms that exceed 6 inches and anyone spot. if your local trusted sources are not talking about that snow storm, chances are you shouldn't be listening to information. they are trying to determine if that is a credible source. that's matt hamill reporting. if a professional is giving context to the wild snowflake models, they can be fun to look at. it's been five days since welfare broke out in tennessee. stephanie johnson is at the

latest. and now it looks a little bit like this. just tarnished. now all the places around, all the resorts around it have been evacuated and it looks like people are trying to pick up the pieces to their lives there. 11 people have died and many are missing. the fire started on monday and gatlinburg is a popular tourist attraction, like i said. and dollywood is located there. resort was parton has promised all the families affected $1000 each month until they are good enough to get back on their own feet. the fire department is still working to put out the fire in that area. that's latest from the breaking news desk. the airline in charge of the

permanently suspended. just before the flight went down a crew member on board told air traffic controllers that the plane was in the electric failure and ran out of fuel. on its victory tour last night president. elect donald trump made a big announcement on its cabinet election. >>we are going to appoint mad dog matus as our secretary of defense. james mattis is a retired marine general at decorated veteran and is a known critic of the current administration's policy of iran. he retired in 2014 after serving as the commander of the us central command. trump also announced that he's narrowed his choice for the supreme nominee down to roughly 3 or four candidate. justice antonin scalia died in february and since then there has been only eight supreme court justices. trump says he will announce his take very soon.

no asking them. they are starting to engage party building activities in rural iowa and supporting people that are out there and will iowa are interested in strong public schools, who are interested in quality to thinking water. >>immigrant say they are fearful for people in all diversities and the future of healthcare. right now at seven democrats are running for chair of the state party. the obama administration is now challenging a federal judge's decision to block a new federal rule that would have opened up about 4 million americans for overtime pay. the change would have allowed everyone making $40,000 per year to be eligible for that pay. a federal judge granted a temporary and that injunction blocking the changes part of several lawsuits. employers have already made changes to their payrolls. "although many employers probably felt a sense of

those that had already made some of the changes especially if they had already increased some of their employees salaries to kind of avert having to pay overtime then it's difficult to reverse what they had already put in place."the fate of the increase still depends on how that judge rules in those lawsuits.but,the future is especially uncertain since the incoming trump administration has already threatened to scrap the plan. a growing number of americans continue to sign up for the affordable care act -- despite the uncertaty future.donald trump vowed to repeal the law during his campaign.but so far, more than two million consumers have selected plans since open enrollment began last month.a new poll shows only one in four americans actually want trump to entirely repeal the health care law. the current administration now says it supports requiring women to register for the military draft.right now -- women can volunteer to serve -- but aren't forced to sign up for the draft .all adult men must register when they turn 18.it would ultimately

for the final time -- president obama and his family officially lit the national christmas tree last night.the tree is located just south of the white house.the celebration included a concert with kelly clarkson, marc anthony and garth brooks.the lighting of the tree has been a washington tradition for more than 90 years! a corridor christmas tradition has been renewed in mount vernon.last night was the 26-th annual magical night.cbs 2 news reporter matt lange shows us how one resident and a new committee e their part to make sure these nights keep getting more magical. "flip the switch"joe jennison - director of main street & marketing mount vernon & lisbon development group - there's a lot of creative people in town that work together to put this on. joe jennison knows it takes a special town to keep a holiday tradition like this alive. "it's a joy to walk down the street each and every day and this time of year especially." one reason for that, is the handiwork of tim kelley, a former walt disney imagineer who's ideas are in windows all over main street "it's called the cat in the christmas tree."

bear in the high wire and it just rides back and forth." kelley and group of citizens have constructed eight animatronics over the years to add to the towns holiday lore. tim kelley - former imagineer for walt disney - "a group of middle schoolers that i got together with, this is their concept."every display has its own unique story. "it started with finding a goofy looking chicken in a store so i bought the chicken and then i tried to decide what would be fun to do with a stuffed chicken. and things like this just evolve i don't know!"some have their own unique birthplace"made it in california, and shipped it i made a machine that makes it go round and round and spin." but regardless their story, they all bring joy.it's just a very friendly environment, that's good, its really nice to see people that you care about having fun tim and the sub-committee that he started this year added two new animatronics to their total.he's hoping now that he

for many years to come. it's and right now in it's 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.we head into the kitchen to cook up a delightful dinner sure to inspire you as you prepare your holiday meals. plus, our garden expert joins us to tell us how to pick out and care for an iconic holiday item. that's coming up fox 28 morning live, eastern iowa's only local news at 7 a-m. in your cbs 2 weather first

the butterburger is made of just three cuts of fresh midwest beef. nothing more, nothing less. so we got the sirloin, the chuck and the plate. no fillers; that's it. all prized cuts, all well-marbled for richness and flavor. this is where those three wonderful cuts of beef come together. you can just tell that blend is working in there. and we sear them, and that seals in the juices of the burger. it doesn't get any better than that.

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friday morning. taking a look at satellite and radar, and all these files will keep temperatures pretty steady through the afternoon, just like it was yesterday and the day before. right now, we are starting off with temperatures close to the freezing mark. the fallen down to 32 in all wine and the koran. and in washington, temperatures are just moving out a and, we will start to see some changes. or actually the chance for some accumulative snow saturday night. but i am keeping my eye on a stronger storm midweek. that's very low confidence forecast, and a strong winter storm is moving through parts of the midwest. now regardless of that storm bring snow to eastern iowa, and

iowa, we are going to have very, very cold air behind it. late next week we will have an arctic blasts with very frigid temperatures coming our way. to get you through this afternoon, we get your clouds and overhead and we will start to see some clearing of later on this evening, and, the predictor here is showing some clear skies. i think it will take a lot to get the skies completely clear, but i think we will see some clearing and.b saturday. regardless, temperatures will be colder than the last few nights. 23 in postville, 25 and al qaeda are and manchester. down to the south, cedar rapids and monticello. colder if you get out there early saturday and temperatures will rise through the day. we will have some sunshine early on in the day and then

back. this is midnight on sunday. so saturday night through sunday, temperatures start to fall below freezing, and that's no will likely continue up until about saturday morning, or sunday morning at daybreak. there is the potential for some of that snow to actually accumulate and most of the commission will actually occur along higher elevations and grassy services but there could be some spots that receive about this is the first system that will come through. check out these blues and purples. that will stay around through the week on monday. a little bit of a bump in temperatures and then really cold air indicated by this penguin, and that pink in the upper level of the atmosphere will be moving in late

regardless of this, if we get heavy snow or any snow at all, your he cold air is on the way. but for now, temperatures are close to where they should be. the chance for snow late saturday through sunday, then we dry out and, a chance for snow on wednesday and then, here it comes. low temperatures at 16 and high temperatures thursday afternoon at just a we are down near johnson county which has recently reopened and everything seems to be moving along quite nicely. the sun is just starting to come up and once again, those clouds are out here today. everything is in the green and i'm just checking some of our

activity and everything is moving along just fine across the entirety of the area this morning. >>inc. you, rebecca. 6:48 am and if you are in

good morning. it is 6:50 am on this beautiful friday morning. we are looking at interstate 80 and boyson road we are looking at interstate 80 and boyson road, northeast. lots of people on the roads right now, and we should have some pretty decent travel time if you are headed to work today. a deadly standoff that

the man who shot and killed a veteran police officer was using to children as shields during the hours long confrontation hundreds of people held out and reginald gutierrez who went by jake was a man killed in the line of duty. he had been working for the two, police department for 17 years. we love our police officers and we know that every day when they go w chance to come home. unfortunately, that happened last evening. please pray for us and help us stay united. tacoma is always resilient. >> the suspect has not been named yet, but did have multiple weapons in the house and an extensive criminal

anniversary since the san bernardino terror attack that left 24 people dead and two others hurt. the husband and wife who carried out the attack were shot and killed. that's when the first 911 call was made. a brief memorial service will also be held later today. we are now 50 days away from donald trump moving into the white house and president-elect has kicked off his victory tour. the exact location is notet carrier.trump brokered a deal with the company to keep about a thousand jobs at the plant - but some jobs will still move to mexico. "i just want to let all of the other companies know that we're going to do great things for business. there's no reason for them to leave anymore. because your taxes are going to be at the very, very low end. and your unnecessary regulations are going to be gone.we need regulations for safety and environment and things. but most of the regulations are

business tax in the united states from 35-percent to only 15-percent. the university of iowa is getting high praise for its website.it's been named first in the nation for how accessible it is to people with disabilities.the website topped at list of 140-american universities at a presentation at a school in illinois.the number one ranking is quite an improvement.in 2009 - a previous assessment showed university of iowa nearly last. developing this morning - hundreds of employees transamerica are losing their jobs.the company tells us it plans to cut 120-jobs from it's workforce in cedar rapids - and 800-jobs will be eliminated nationwide.as we first reported in august - transamerica is working to sell its edgewood road campus and move 13-hundred employees to its financial park on c- street southwest. it's now right now it's degrees in when we come back, we'll take a look at the three stories you'll need to know on this

here are the three stories you need to know to start your friday morning.authorities are still trying to figure why a truck crashed into a central iowa are the three stories you need to know to start off your friday morning. authorities are still trying to figure out why a truck crash into a central iowa warmer. three people were killed and two others were sent to the hospital including the driver. it happened in pella, or an older man was behind the wheel of a pickup truck and send it to the building's entranc city had to be closed down and evacuated last night due to a gas leak. the ic ugly saloon, taste of china were forced out of their building. alternative -- altoona police chief has now been recommended to be and able decide whether

he's choose -- served as out the mid 20s. thanks rebecca.we'll see you in two minutes...on fox 28 morning

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