influenza... harris-vaccines received a six- million dollar contract for producing 48 million doses of the vaccine over a two-year period. it is the only receive a contract.. the illness impacted almost 32-million birds here in iowa. amanda: in the number morning... a lawusit in wisconsin could have a major impact on gun control in the u-s... a jury has found a gun store liable for the sale of a weapon used to shoot two milwaukee police officers. the suit claimed the sale was approved despite a number of irregularities....i ncluding the buyer being underage. the store has been ordered to pay six million dollars to the officers, but is appealing the decision. elias: the third thing you need to know before you walk out the door... elias: fifteen members of a pro- confederate flag group have been indicted by a georgia grand jury. the indictment claims the group violated georgia's street gang terrorism and prevention act and made terroristic threats. in july, they drove around a community while displaying the flag, even stopping near a home having a child's birthday party. the group then clashed with

an iowa based company is picking up a 6 million dollar contract to help fight avian influenza harris-vaccines, headquartered in ames, announced they've been awardedea contract by the u-s-d-a to stockpile a vaccine for th bird flu the contract will see harris- vaccines produce the vaccine for two years and create a total of 48 million doses, 25 millioof which will be made in the first 45 days of the contract. 31 million birds in iowa were affected by the avian flu last year tim: the businesses of the united center in downtown sioux city once again joined forces to bring awareness to the united way of siouxland's mission, while having a little fun at the same time. 3...2...1... egg smashing they've agaged to takekeart in a "tonight show" style game of egg roulette. as these companies wrap up their united way campaigns for the year, the leaders of these organizations have agreed to add this extra incentive for employees considering donations to the united way of siouxland and its many partner agencies. four teams of employees competed in a mini office olympics to earn eggs for their executives.

influenza... harris-vaccines received a six- million dollar contract for producing 48 million doses of the vaccine over a two-year period. it is the only company to receive a contract.. this year alone, the illness impacted almost 32-million birds here in iowa. elias: a lawusit in wisconsin could have a major impact on gun control in the u-s... a jury has found a gun store liable for the sale of a weapon used to shoot two milwaukee the suit claimed the sale was approved despite a number of irregularities....i ncluding the buyer being underage. the store has been ordered to pay six million dollars to the officers, but is appealing the decision. elias: fifteen members of a pro- confederate flag group have been indicted by a georgia grand jury. the indictment claims the group violated georgia's street gang terrorism and prevention act and made terroristic threats. in july, they drove around a community while displaying the flag, even stopping near a home having a child's birthday party. the group then clashed with people at the party. elias: meterologist sam schreier is keeping a close watch on the c

jessica rae: up a 6 million dollar contract to help fight avian influenza harris-vaccines, headquartered in ames, announced they've been awarded a contract by the u-s-d-a to stockpile a vaccine for the bird flu the contract will see harris- vaccines produce the vaccine for two years and create a total of 48 million doses, 25 million of which will be made in the first 45 days of the contract. 31 million birds in iowa were affected by the avian flu last year jessica rae: from the meat counter to the dairy aisle. businesses at the united center in downtown sioux city are bringing awareness to the united way of siouxland's mission, one egg at a time. 3...2...1... egg smashing the business center hosted an egg roulette yesterday. several weeks ago tenant managers added extra incentive for employees making a donation to the united way of siouxland. four teams of employees competed in a mini office olympics earning eggs for their executives. the business leaders found out the hard way whether the eggs are hard boiled or raw. "so doing this today was alot of fun, we raised some money for the uni

elias: the u-s-d-a has awarded a six- million dollar contract to harris-vaccines to begin stockpiling a vaccine for avian influenza... the vaccine producer has its headquarters in ames....and will produce 48 million doses over two years. twenty-five million of the doses are to be produced withing the first 45 days of the contract. the outbreak that hit iowa earlier this year impacted almost 32 million birds...which lead to depopulation and sterilization of farms in 18 counties.. elias: an iowa congressman looks to revamp the funding system to benefit rural schools. second district representative dave loebsack says it's important to create a system that creates tax incentives to get the top teachers to work out in the rural districts. he's been touring a number of schools in his district to see how the schools like the plan. other elements in the plan...expanding access to grants for digital and after school opportunities. " you have to put " you have to put resources into education. it's not a sufficient condition for success, but it's certainly necessary, and that's what i hear all the time from these folks." eli

influenza vaccine. he thought you could make a vaccine that would take care of all different types of influenza but he was blocked repeatedly by senior scientists. in 1947 when harry weaver who was a talent scout for the national foundation for infantile paralysis invited him to join him on the attack on polio he readily joint that effort. >> it is interesting because there are some names you have already mentions that are recurring names throughout the biography. and there are lots of very fascinating characters in the book, little many biographies included. i picked five. let's go through those five, described a little bit for the audience who they were, how they fit into this story of the polio vaccine and begin with terry weaver. >> harry weaver worked for the national foundation for infantile paralysis. and had an eye for talent and he saw this young researcher, not full of himself, and what the march of times when did. >> that never happens. >> he was really instrumental, in getting him into that group who was working on the polio vaccine. gary weaver wanted to see things move along, they had appointed a group of senior scientists in the field of polio, advi