in washington, i'm jeff barnd. a bill designed to fix the veterans crisis line unanimously passed a house vote. vote.but iowa congressman david young, a sponsor of the bill, says there is a lot of work to turn the bill into law. the third district legislation is stalled in the senate.today, he hosted a roundtable discussion with local veterans and mental health professionals.young says he wants the senate to send the bill to president obama, sooner rather than later. it simply says to the veterans affairs administration - you have to develop quality choices, and quality protocol to ensure the veterans crisis develop assurances and protocolsto ensure the crisis line is answered. >>> if signed into law he wants and see what congress can do to help. >>> coming up in sports the hawkeye baseball team representing more than iowa in august they'll be competing for why are you checking your credit score? ange that much, do they? really? i'll take it. sir, your credit... -is great right? when was the last time you checked?

posts.fox 28 news national correspondent jeff barnd details the concern in tonight's safe and secure repor. report. pentagon officials say at least 45 afghan troops undergoing military training like this in the u.s.a& have been reported absent without leave or "awol" since november 2014. ?possibly? to stay in the u.s. illegallya& ?some? of those missing underwent the u.s. elite ranger schoola& which raises some critical questions."is there a network? a sleeper cell developing here .. of people that we've trained in varied and sophisticated ways of using lethal force. are they going the current vetting process includes assurances that foreign troops being trained here are ?not? tied to extremists or militant groupsa&"some of them may have passed the vetting militant groups. >> some of them may have passed the vetting process but they may not have been part of the vetting process that indicate they were going to do everything to do here. >> pentagon sources of the 45 who went awol, 32 have been apprehended and have been arrested, jailed remaining 13 remain unknown. >> it concerns me th

in washingtona& im jeff barnd reporting. today at kirkwood community college, they illustrated the scope of suicide. suicide.students placed 11- hundred white of the student services building.they represent the 11-hundred students who take their own lives in the u-s each year.suicide is now the leading cause of death among college students.the kirkwood chapter of a group called 'active minds' also wrote messages including 'you are not alone.' "i feel like a lot of people who struggle with mental illness or depression, kind've feel like they're the only one going through it but really you're not. if you talk to somebody about it. i bet you going through it. a family member. anybody you talk to is going to know someone who's having the same issues or similar issues to you." you."the group is also teaching students about warning signs and how help others who are feeling suicidal. . next on the fox 28 news at nine -- --customer revolt.the anger and the apology after eastern iowa alliant customers get a shocking bill in the mail.

city.in tonight's safe and secure report - national correspondent jeff barnd examines if this may hurt hinder efforts in the country. country. the pentagon says the 600+ u-s troops will deploy in the next few weeks to help eradicate isis forces from the city of mosul. some experts say this is a ?great? sign iraqi troops aim to retake this city of 2- million peoplea& which has been controlled by isis for 2- yearsa& ?far? too long to some expertsa&/sot - intv?jim phillips-barnd/phillips - 1:01 "the administration has shown a breathtaking lack of urgency and has dragged its feet on deploying u-s forces and john s. graph/the number of ?isis? fighters in mosula& ranges from 3 to 5-thousand. currently there are more than 46-hundred u.s. soldiers in iraq. (4,647) . advising and providing logistics to iraqi forces a& which is estimated to be roughly 25-thousand strong. /sot - intv?jim phillips-barnd/phillips - 5:23 "in mosul, they should be >> in mosul they should be capable over time of liberating that city from isis. >> mosul has several oil refineries which finances the islamic state. they

jeff barnd, abc7 news. michelle: times are changing when it comes to what children want to dress up as. superheros are the number one costume choice. it's the first time in 11 years princesses haven't been at the top of the list. other popular costumes, animals, or "star wars." americans are expected to spend more than $3 billion on costumes. jonathan: wow! michelle: then you think about the dog costumes. jonathan: what is gus going as this year? steve: a dinosaur. he hates it. my goodness. michelle: shocker there. jonathan: putting boots on bo, no, that won't fly. steve: gets the boots and everything. the bad news we have showers on the way. but not for the end of the week. look at the live camera. from weather bug, hyatt regency. forecast for this evening is in the 50's. mainly clear skies. a little bit chilly out there and breezy at times. don't forget we have a frost advisory off to west of us. grant, hardy, shenandoah and page county. nothing for t fine. tomorrow upper 50's to around 60. a little below

. >> reporter: there are 4 weeks jeff barnd reporting. that brings us to our question of the day.will last night's debate affect the way you vote in november?to cast - click the question link on the homepage of cbs-2-iowa-dot- com. trump's comments are making waves right here in eastern iowa.tonight at 10 - why one educator says the words set a bad example for children in the corridor. corridor.we're working on that right now for cbs 2 news ten at 10. former bill clinton will be returning to iowa.clinton is going on a campaign tour drumming up support for his wife.he'll make stops in waterloo and cedar rapids.if events - you do need to he will stop in waterloo, -- waterloo and cedar rapids. if you want to attend, you need to rsvp on the clinton website. that information is on our website, cbs2iowa.com as the election cycle drags on, uncertainty is climbing in the business industry. according to the wall street journal, only 2500 s&p 500 companies are releasing earnings for september. that is the lowest number offices try to navigate the e

. >> in washington i'm jeff barnd 28 news. >> authorities believe a body found today near horton appears authorities say an investigation of the scene strongly suggests the are of 76-year-old cloris mehmen.a farmer found the body about a half a mile from the woman's home.an autopsy is now scheduled to confirm her identification.mehmen suffers from dementia, and had wandered away before but had been quickly found. cutting congestion in the corridor -- that's one goal of a new program called 'corridor rides.' rides.'users simply long on to corridor rides dot com and pick between matching with a for groups of about seven people.a designated driver takes the vehicle home with them each night.riders decide their schedule as a group and pay a small monthly fare. 13;53;15;27 "if you already have say six other friends if you want to utilize it you all register and you all say you friends want to utilize a you all register and you create a vanpool. if you are one person who's interested in participating in the vanpool to register and vanpool vendor will create a vanpool community for you. >> vanp

jeff barnd, "congress is supposed to pass 12 appropriations bills to fund various components of government - like the military, homeland securitya&even to fund congress itself. the fiscal year runs from october 1st through the end of congress itself. the fiscal year began runs through the end of session. while many say the process is partisanship, the former congressman points to the end of budget year marks. >> the way to negotiate is put something in an appropriations bill that a member needs it may be messy that's the political process is supposed to work. >> even though low makers are supposed to be in, they believe the process may work better compared to earlier this year. >> lame duck members free to build conscious according to political pressures. >>> in washington, fox 28 news. >>> a bill designs to fix the veterans crisis line unanimously passed a house vote but iowa congressman david young a sponsor of the bill says there is a lot of work to do to turn the bill into law, the third district representative says the legislation is stalled in the senate today he hosted a round table

fox28 national correspondent jeff barnd talks to experts tonight's safe and secure report. what a mac the pentagon says the 600+ us troops will deploy in the next week to help eradicate isis focuses from the city of mosul. some experts say this is a good sign iraqi troops retake the city of people. it's far too long for experts. >> the administration has shown a breathtaking lack of urgency and drag its feet on deploying >> the number of isis fighters in mosul ranges from 3 to 5000. there are more than 4600 soldiers in iraq advising and writing logistics to iraqi forces. liberating that city from isis. 5:28mosul has several oil refineries nearby, financing the islamic state. the city has several highways and rail links to baghdad and syriaaisis uses to transport soldiers and totals and weapons. a rocket forces me to reclaim muzzles airport to protect the northern part of iraq. >> the most important reason for retaking the city according to experts is that mosul serves as a major footprint prices in his attempt to establish a for the caliphate and you destroy isis. >> they s