mandate astart that at the cedar falls wal-mart. and i'll let you know about that later. that will be on the 12th and ally on the 19th. we've been working with wal-mart and the salvation army and we know they do a fantastic job letting people be outside. and it wasn't the boys and girls club of cedar valley, someone misrepresented you and that's unfortunate. does that really hurt people in trusting, do you understand, in their legitimate donations they make to you? >> it does a little bit. i think people know no contact us and people who stand in froront of store, they should ask questions. it's raising awareness for everybody, it's not just boys and girls club, but it's an awareness of everybody to double-check your facts before you give money. but wal-mart is doing something nice for us, for cedar valley christmas, purchasing a block of tickets and favoriting them back to us. and donating them back to us. >> ron: the executive director of the boys and girls club of cedar valley, thank you very much. have a great cedar valley no >> announcer: : e following is a paid adver

first up: amanda goodman, saturday at the cedar falls wal-mart from two until six. i'll be in cedar rapids december fifth. ron steele will be in dubuque on the 12th. and ally crutcher will be in coralville on the 19th. this is a holiday all about giving thanks. we went to some eastern iowa schools to learn what kids are thankful for -- here's just a family. im thankful for books. toys.. im thankful for the pilgrims... im playstation. the boy who said playstation also said he's thankful for his family. this just goes to show that sometimes kids are the best teachers. its we're wrapping up today in iowa with the forecast from storm track seven meteorologist kyle kiel next. it's called a rigged economy, and this is how it works. most new wealth flows to the top 1%. it's a system held in place by corrupt politics where wall street banks and billionaires buy elections. my campaign is powered by over a million small contributions, people like you who want to fight back. the truth is you can't change a corrupt system by taking its money. i'm bernie sanders. i approve this

she'll be at the cedar falls wal- mart this weekend..go say hello to her today..maybe bring her some hot chocolate out there. and then jerry gallagher will be in cedar rapids december fifth. ron steele will be in dubuque on the 12th. and ally crutcher will be in coralville on the 19th. coming up on today in iowa... santa..ditches his sleigh for a surfboard...find out why, after he must have gotten over there pretty fast after he was in cedar falls last night... the big guy rode the waves instead of his sleigh into cocoa beach... weaving his way through the water -- then waving children over to hand out candy canes... more than 3- hundred surfing santas are expected to shred the waves on christmas eve... it won't be as breezy today, but we will stay cooler than normal with mostly sunny skies in the area tomorrow night into monday morning before changing to snow monday afternoon and continue into tuesday. amounts will depend on the track. thanks for joining us this morning. we hope to see you back here tomorrow morning. our next newscast is tonight at 6. until then, enjoy your day. - r

first up: amanda goodman, she's at the cedar falls wal-mart on saturday from two until six. i'll be in cedar rapids december fifth. ron steele will be in dubuque on the 12th. and ally crutcher will be in coralville on the 19th. for many iowa children, life is a daily struggle. some children, through no fault of their own, live lives which are often chaotic, very uncertain and quite lonely. but kwwl's ron steele shows us how iowa families continue to step up to save kids. two-year old emerson, whose life began without giving her much of a prison right away." like hundreds of other iowa children, emerson went to live with an iowa foster family. "she immediately fell in love with them. michelle becker is an iowa lawyer and child advocate who grew up in gilbertville.. she is emerson's guardian ad litem....that's the person who protects iowa kids in court. "it really struck me how much of that choas we didn't know about. i invested in this along "mom consented to the termination of parental rights. she had given up, becasue she had moved on to another relationship. and, decided t

wal-mart on 29th avenue southwest. students in cedar rapids will soon have a new magnet school. the district is opening kenwood leadership academy magnet school next fall. the magnet school will be on e-avenue northeast.children will be admitted base on a lottery system. one corridor student is about to go on an amazing journey - after being handpicked to take part in a special parade. parade.cbs 2 news reporter marissa scott joins me live to share why you'll want to tune in on turkey day.marissa? marissa?karen, we can all admit we love waking up to one big parade every thanksgiving. well, this year you don't want to miss it because one senior from linn-marr high school will be marching in the macy's thanksgiving day parade. parade. melanie sullivan, like a lot of us, grew up watching the macy's thanksgiving day parade. parade. "every thanksgiving i'm like turn on the tv! i want to watch the parade!"but little did she know, one day she would get the opportunity to play in the parade and be on national television. television. "i started practicing my solo and said 'i'm going to do this."she submitted an audio clip of her playing the flute on youtube and