keota mayor tony cansler says his town faces a financial crisis with epa regulations and their town's water streams.sot: mayor cansler 04:44:1111the dnr contacacd us saying we werent in standard or in compliance and changes were going to have to be made."nat pop crowd at's one of many problems they facacin the heartland. keota sociology's project to bring presidential candidates to their high school - already put these concerns on the campaign trail.on tuesday - it was democrat martin o'malley's turn.nat pop o'malleystudents say they want the next president to promise dollars will be divided into the right programs.sot: man adam, senior/04:28:06 maybe something like ap courses that dont offefe i mean they're available to us but our school doesn't offer them.sot: abby schulte 04:33:20 we dont have a science teacher to teach chemistry.freshman brianna duwa wants to study nursing after graduating - but shakes her head at how lab time doesn't exist.sot: brianna duwa 04:35:12 "i like to learn with a teacher showingnge what 04:36:36 " it's just interesting because the reason i took physics

right now on fox 28 news -- bringing the candidate to keota. keota. i mean this is all of our hard work paying off today. hear from the students bringing politics into their school. also tonight, word, that a deadly attack in afghanistan claims the lives of six servicemen and women, including one with ties to iowa. iowa.iowa's new private medicaid system won't roll out in january.why that's creating a major headache for thousands of parents trying to make sure their kids are covered. covered.and we continue our christmas in the corridor series with a popular viewer request. request. " hi everybody " " we'll tell you about this tiny town with plenty of holiday spirit. spirit. but we begin tonight with the feud between two presidential front runners, who haven't even won a primary yet. yet.democrat hillary clinton came to eastern iowa today, fulfilling a promise to a group of high schoolers.more on that in a moment. moment.tonight's vote 20-16 coverage starts with where began.during saturday night's debate, clinton said isis was using donald trump's com

while thatatcomment was hanging in the air -- clinton was in keota high school when one girl asked her about what she would do about bullying. "occasionally i've heard people talking behind my back about not wanting to be near me because i have asthma. i mean people it's not contageous.that was really braveand look -- you are look at someone who has said about me and i am well aware of the fact that it's really easy to do that. you just s s it and send d around the world. that was all going on while both campaigns are going toe to toe through the media.the trump campaign demanded that clinton apologize for sayin that isis is using videos of donald trump to recruit new members.the clinton campaign response doesn't mince any words. words.they say: "hell no. hillary clinton will not be apologizing to dold trump for correctly pointing out how his hateful rhrhoric only helps isis recruit more terrorists." first thing monday morning -- south carolina senator lindsey graham got out of the fray -- announcing that he'be suspending his campaign.he said even though he wasn't polling well -- he wa

into hashtag keota got hillary. in keota, steffi lee, cbs 2 news. on the g-o-p side, donald trump's lead over ted cruz is shrinking.a quinnipiac poll released today shows trump is still ahead but by only four- percentage points.florida senator marco rubio rounds out the top three with 12-percent support. the university also asked voters if they would be happy to have donald trump in the white house.50-percent of those polled said they would be embarrassed to have trump as president, 23-percent said they would be proud. now ten at ten continues with a look at tonight's other stories across the corridor. in marion, police are investigating a knife attack, allegedly by this man, 50-year old david merrifield. the it happened at about 12-30 this morning on grand avenue.a female victim was taken to the hospital with a neck wound. she is expected to be ok. merrifield is charged with domestic assault and willful injury and remains in the linn county jail. right now in iowa city, mediacom is threatning legal action against t

in keota, steffi lee, cbs 2 news. secretary of agriculture tom vilsack and his wife christie spoke before clinton took the stage.the former iowa governor praised thththree students for aggressively campaigning to secure clinton's visit, saying generations to get involved in iowa's political scene.he said *he supports clinton for her stances on helping people with mental illness and substance abuse.christie vilsack reflected on her time as an educator and a mother, and said she also believes clinton will be a great public servant. on t t g-o-p side, donald trump's lead over ted cruz is shrinking.a quinnipiac poll released today shows trump is only ahead by four-percentage points.florida senator marco rubio ounds out theheop three with 12-percent support. the university also asked voters if they would be happy to have donald trump in the white house.50-percent of those polled said they would be embarrassed to have trump as a president, 23-percent said they would be proud. for more political headlines, be sure to tune in

keota mayor tonyny cansnsr says his town faces a financial crisis with epa regulations and their town's water streams.sot: mayor cansler 04:44:11 "the dnr contacted us saying we werent in standard or in compliance and chanans were g gng to have to be made."nat pop crowd that's one of many problems they face in the heartland. keota sociology's project to brbrg presidential candidates to their high school - already put these concerns on the campaign trail.on tuesday - it was democrat martin o'malley's turn.nat pop o'malleystudents say thth want the next president to promise dollars will be divided into the right programs.sot: megan adam, senior/04:28:05 maybe something like ap courses that we dont offer. i mean they're available to us but our school doesn't offer them.sot: abby schulte 04:33:20 we dont have a science teacher to teach chemistry.freshman brianna duwa wants to study nursing after graduating - but shakes her head at how lab time with a teacher showing me what to do so that kind of scares me yessot: tyler verstrate 04:36:36 " it's just interesting because the reason i took phy

they even drove up to coralville to ask clinton to cce to keota during ananvent last month. she told them she'd come down, and today she "our town only has a 1,000 people, and in my mfmory we've never had a presidential candidate here before and now we've hadadhree, one of them being secretary clinton, and i think it's amazing that we've had this opportunity and it's just pretty great." no surprise much of clinton's speech centered around education as well as her ncerns about student debt for those w w go on to college. tonight at six we'll let you know what these semester. in iowa city, mark carlson, kcrg tv nine news. hillary clinton is holding a town hall meeting in fairfield right now. this is a live look at the event. former iowa governor tovilsack is there with her. later tonight, the former secretary of state will hold what her campaign calls a "thank you" event at a united steelworkers facility in bettendorf. hillary clinton says she wants cure for alzheimer's disease in the next tee years. she's proposing a two billion dollar annual effort to reach that goal that wo

information on keota hopes for hillary--a twitter campaign launched in effort to bring the presidential candidate to the small rural town.it started in a sociology class of three students. students.former senator rick santorum already visited the school earlier this school year.and at a coralville event in november, clinton gave them a verbal commitment to sit. now, they're awaiting her official apaparance - and their school is getting more attention for what they're fighting for. for.cbs 2 news reporter steffi lee explains the issues sparking the passion. passion. proud history may be lost as school say budget cuts and the shift to online classes hurt the quality of education and they're only facing more cuts. wanted to heardemocratic presidential candidate martin o'malley's ideas in response to their town. "it's going to put 3 million on us that we're going to put on the citizens." keota mayor tony cansler says his town facecea financial crisis with epa regulations "the dnr contacted us saying we rent in standard or in compliance and changes were going to have to be made." that's one

they used the hashtag-keota hopes for hillary -- which turned into keota-got-which turned into keota-got-hillary tuesday.the students wanted to hear her plan to improve small ral school districts -- like theirs.clinton was pretty critical of f vernor terry branstad. "when you have a district doing a good job, it seems counterproductive to impose clinton attacked governor branstad's one-time education funding veto earlier this year. she also spoke about cutting student debt -- raising the minimum wage and building up small businesses. joining clinton in keota was u- s agricucuure secretary and former iowa governor tom vilsack.he praised the students for getting involved in politics.vilsack had already endorsed clinton for president -- because of her policies helping people fighting mental ililess and substance abuse. a new cnn- o-r-c poll released just this morning -- it shows exactly the opposite.this national poll shows trump has 39-percent -- wwch doubles ted cruz's 18-percent.behind those two -- ben carson and marco rubio are tied at 10- percent. a western iowa pilot is celebrating his birthd

as a rereonse to keota sociology. take vo:keota sociology is a class of three students dedicated to making sure the next president has a plan for rural schools.(abby schulte, started the course wwting letters to presidential candidates.it's been a bipartisan effort to engage the town with the candidates so they stay informed.one driving factor - is the worry about the lack of school nding.sot: abby schuhue 04043:20 chemistry i ia class a lot of people need for college and we dont have a chemistry.sot: megan adam, senior/04:28:05 maybe something like ap courses that we dononoffer. i mean hey're available to us but our school doesn't offer them.steffi: coming up on the cbs 2 news at six, we'll explain another issue the town faces and o'malley's responses to the town.in keota, steffi lee, cbs 2 news, live at five. "here's a live look in cedar rapids - interstate 380 in the distance behind those christmas lights. terry will have your final santa knows how to connect with children all over the world. so it should come as n

and former secretary of state hillary clinton // cheering // " that was the scene earlier today at keota high school. months of hard work by a sociology class paid off.the students launched a twitter campaign called "keota hopes for hillary".and, today, they got their wish. wish.cbs 2 news reporter steffi lee was there and shows usow this was a day the rural town will never forget. forget. the three high school ladies who started keota hopes for hillary say having the former secretary of state speaking to a standing room only crowd in this gym - was the best gift they could've received. received.clinton entered with the three students and said she couldn't turn down their persistence to bring her to their rural high school.on the topic that sparked this event, clinton hit governor terry education funding hard.she says she supports schools like keota high - that work hard to exceed expecations.clinton also says she wants to fix mental health treatment and wants to invest $2 billion a year in alzheimer's research. she says if the nation invests this much for 10 years - it could maybe cure

hillala clinton was back in eastern iowa today, and she paid a visit to keota high school. this visit comes after students started a letter campaign to get presidential candidates to come to their school. martin o'malley and rick santotom have already visited. kcrg-tv9's iowa city bureau chief mark carlson mark, did they ever expect they would get someone like hillary clinton to come to their school? the students say they never expected this idea to invite candidates to their school to take off so quickly. but they say they started the semester with a philosophy, to dream big. and that's worked out for them. please welcome keota high school students abby shulte, kylea tinnes, megan adam and hillary clinton. abby shulte, kylea tinnes and megan adam are the only three students in their sociology class. so at the start of the school year their teacher, schuyler snakenberg, told them the class would focus less on tests and quizzes and more on projects and the community. "i decided i was going to challenge my students to come up with something that was going to improve our commu

they used the ashtag-keota hopes for hillary -- which turned into keota-got-hillary tuesday.the students wanted to hear her plan to improve small rural school districts -- like theirs.inton was pretty critical of governor terry branstad. "when you have a district doing a good job, it seems counterproductive to impose clinton attacked governor branstad's one-time education funding veto earlier this year. she also spoke about cutting student debt -- raising the minimum wage and building up small businesses. joining clinton in keota was u- s agriculture secretary and former iowa governor tom vilsack.he praised the students for getting involved in politics.vilsack had already endorsed clinton for president -- because of her policies helping people fighting mental illness and substance abuse. bernie sanders is wrapping up a three day tour in the hawkeye state today.this is video from a campaign stop in council bluffs last night.he's making a visit in nearby red oak later this afternoon.the latest cbs news poll shows sanders trailing bjust 5 percentage points with likely caucus goers in iowa.

udents in keota managed to get 20-16 democratic presidential front-runner hillary clinton to speak at their school. clinton's visit comes as republican front-runner donald t tmp explains what he e really meant when he against her. u-s postal service workers are delivering more packages. workers in cedar rapids deliver 10 thousand a day on the northeast side alone. and a marion senior living home lights up the night. it's a living there. you're watching kcrg-tv9. now, source, this is kcrg-tv9 news morningews. first, meteorologis t kaj o'mara has your first alert forecast, kaj... today will l an active weather day with light fog, drizzle, showers, and even some thunderstorm s all in the game plan. we are still on track for widespread 0.50" to 0.75" amounts, however, any storms that materialize could boost this in isolated areas. as for temperatures....plan on 40s for waterloo and 50s for dubuque, cedar rapids, and iowa city. this system may generate a brief period of mixed precipitation this evening, but it seems the ground will be too warm/wet for any impact. we are still quiet for chr

he spoke to a crowd of students on tuesday.the keota sociology class that's reaching out to candidates say they want the next president to make sure there is enough funding in education, espeicailly in rural towns. chemistry is a class a lot of people need for college and we dont have a science teacher to teach chemistry. chemistry. maybe something like ap courses that we dont offer. i mean they're available to us but our school doesn't offer them. them.students say they're facing more budget cuts and have lost several resources - such as technology devices. the iowa caucuses are just months away, and there's new technology this presidential cycle, to get more people involved. involved.the iowa democratic party is creating a virtual caucus location, callll a tele- caucus, intended for military members serving out-of-state and iowans living abroad.it will take place the same evening when the caucuses are held.more information on to register can be found on cbs two iowa dot com. the u-s postal service and carriers like u-ps and fed - ex expect a record christmas season as they ship milli

and even answered questions about the syrian refugee crisis.the keota sociology class that's reaching out to candidates say they want the next president to help rural towns. chemistry is a class a lot of people need for college and we dont have a science teacher to teach chemistry. chemistry. maybe something like ap courses that we dont offer. i mean they're available to us but our school doesn't offer them. them.students say they're facing more budget cuts and have lost several resources - such as technology devices. tele-caucus is the new buzzword coming to this presidential election cycle. cycle.the iowa demomoatic party is creating a virtual caucus location intended for those in the military serving out-of-state, as well as for iowans living abroad.it will take place the evening of february first, the same time heading to their caucus locations.more information on requirements as well as a link to register can be found on cbs two iowa dodocom. that is cbs 2 news ten at ten -- the corridor's top stories and tomorrow's weather first forecast in the first ten minutes. minutes.but we

they used the hashtag-keota hopes for hillary -- which turned into keota-got-hillary tuesday.the students wanted to heararer plan to improve small rural school districts -- like theirs.clinton was pretty branstad. "when you have a district doing a good job, it seems counterproductive to impose financial burdens on it," clinton attacked governor branstad's one-time education funding veto earlier thiyear. she also spoke about c cting student debt -- raising the minimum wage and building up small businesses. joining clinton in keota was u- s agriculture secretary and former iowa governor tom vilsack.he praised the studentstsor getting involved in politics.vilsack had already endorsed clinton for president -- because of her policies helping people fighting mental illness and substance abuse. bernie sanders is wrapping up hawkeye state today.this is video from a campaign stop in council bluffs last night.he's making a visit in nearby red oak later this afternoon.the latest cbs news po shows sanders trailing by just 5 percentage points with likely caucus goers in iowa. on the g-o-p side -- dona

in keota, steffi lee, fox 28 news. the students from keota sociology say they want to launch another twitter campaign soon - with the hahatag students-saving- schools.the goal is to bring state leaders into the conversation. this is computer science education week and to promte the subject, the cedar rapids school district is s partnering th imagination iowa to teach code. code.throughout this week, hundreds of students from several schools have the opportunity to participate in what's called hour of code. organizers say while coding is easy for some, it's a challenge for others. nevertheless, the language of computer science is an all-around important topic. "so it looks like a game and it loooo like it's just fun but the reality is there is a lot of learning happening. so you can see the code that's being written and really dots."the students are alal getting the opportunity to go on tours of local businesses and receive guidance for their college planning. fox 28 news has learned that radio personality bob bruce is

the frontrunner among democrats *is planning a trip to keota after a viral campaign convinced her to visit. hillary clinton will stop at keota high school on december 22nd after three students in a sociology class lauched a social media campaign to bring her to town.the class has also had visits from martin o'malley and rick santorumm for more political headlines, tune into iowa in focus sunday morning at 10-30, only on cbs 2. the university of iowa will now get rid of its "isis" acronym for its student information website .the school has recieved numerous complaints about the name of its student services website after the emergence of the isis terrorist group.the u-i portal, with a name change, that will combine that system with its email service. as *threats of terrorism continue around the globe, and here in the u-s, hate crimes against muslims are becoming more frequent.today - college students in the corridor had an open discussion about islamophobia. islamophobia.cbs 2 news reporter stephanie johnson spent the day on the campus of cornell college and has more. stephanie? islamo

they even drove u to coralville to ask clinton to come to keota duringngn eveve last month. she tololthem she'd come down, and yesterday she made good on that promise. "our town only has a 1,000 people, and in my memory we've never had a presidential candidate here before and now we've had three, one of themem had this opportunity and it's just pretty great." much of clinton's speech centered around education as well as her concerns about student debt for those who go on to college. clinton isn't backing down from her comment about how isis uses videos of trump to recruit terrorists.he also said yesterday that claims from republican candidates, including trump, about how muslims are dangerous are shameful. she said someone who could be running the country shouldn't talk like that. johnson county is showing that it supports the muslims in its community. the board of supervisors passed a proclamation yesterday. it ys the thousands of muslims living in the county have made it a great place to live, learn, and work. this comes in response to politicians and others making negativ

clinton will make stops in keota, fairfield and burlington. sanders will be in western iowa, making stops in storm lake and council bluffs. this is the last week for the johnson county salvation army's bell ringers. they are trying to reach a goal of 325 thousand dollars. small communities across the county are trying to help with that goal minus the ringers. solon has its first red kettle this year. . has raised more than two hundred dollars, which is a lot for a single location kettle. now, one last look at this morning's weather, kaj... plan on clouds to hang on thisis morning, followed by partial clearing this afternoon. afternoon highs will range from the upper 30s north to lower 40s south. plan on more clouds to come in tonight, leading to another good rain chance out rain will be around most of the day on wednesday common, with isolated three quarter inch amounts. christmas eve and christmas day continue to look quiet, with chances of rain still on track k r this weekend. rainin remain in question and we'll continue to monitor the weeke

three high school students running the twitter campaign keota hopes for hillary were recently promised a visit by the democratic presidential candidate. today - clinton's long-awaited appearance at their rural high school drew hundreds of people not only from keota, but from surrounding small tow. towns.cbs 2 news reporter steffi lee was there. there. just for reference purposes -

keota high school students --megan adam... abby schulte... and kylea tinnes asked clinton during previous iowa visits to come to their school as part of a sociology class project. they started writing letters asking multiple candidates to speak at their school... but after having the opportunity to (hillary clinton/democratic presidential cannidate) "they wereeat another event, holding (abby schulte/keota high school student) "when we started community, state and nation, so we wanted presidential candidates to coem to our townwnand talk abbt their plans for doing so. so we all wrote to different candidates. we really wanted to be bipartisan, so we wanted to invite democrats and republicans." clinton is the first candidate to respond to the three students. the girls say one of the best things about the the process of bringing clinton to their school was the support from their town... even from registered republicans. political advertising spending now topping 111 million dollars so far this year -- much higher than it was at this point four ye

democrat hillary clinton will be in keota, fairfield, and bettendorf tomorrow. and democrat bernie sanders will wrap up a three day swing with a final event in council bluffs on wednesday. there are no campaign stops currently scheduled from christmas eve through saturday. a republican presidential candidate is trying to show off his sense of humor... imagine the greatest christmas stories told by the senator who once read green eggs and ham from the senate floor. twas the night shutdown and all through the house not a bill was stirring not even to fund a mouse. ted cruz hasn't appeared on "saturday night live" yet... but his campaign produced a parody commercial that aired in iowa during the show this weekend. it takes jabs at various rivals and moments in politics. donald trump hosted the show last month... while democratic frontrunner hillary clinton appeared in a sketch in october. christmas has come early at the gas pump this year... "triple a" says the national average for a gallon of gas is down to two dollars. it also says the more than two thirds of sta

today.the former secretary of state is making good on a promise to visit keota high school.students used social media to get the candidate to bring her message to the keokuk county school.cbs 2 news will have complete coverage of clinton's visit. bernie sanders is also campaigning in iowa.he will wrap a three-day swing through a follow up to an unfortunate story in northwest iowa. iowa.we know now spencer standout wrestler austin roberts died of natural causes. roberts collapsed during a wrestling match on saturday. his body is now being sent to the state medical examiner for more testing.now his teammates are grieving over the sudden death of a great friend. "i can't really describe the gap in my heart that i have. there's not a lot of guys that can make me laugh like he did. or push me the way he did. he'll always be my practice partner. he'll always be my workout buddy. and i know he'll be at every one of our meets cheering us on." on."the wrestling team wanted to thank everyone who has supported them -- especially the people who donated to a go-fund-me-page -- raising more than 40-th

and reiterated it during a town hall in keota. but she offered no concrete examples to back it up... she's terrible. donald trump is on video and isis is using him on the video to recruit. and it turned out to be a lie, she's a liar. trump is now demanding an apology from clinton.. but her campaign says that's not going to happen. clinton's democratic rival is bernie sanders has just two stops scheduled throughout the day. the first is in red oak at 10 a-m.. for a meeting in the "red coach inn." then at noon... he heads to council bluffs for a meeting at "barley's" earlier this month... a des moines city council woman cast the deciding vote in support of her measure to extend the city's tax abatement program. and she did it despite concerns of a perceived conflict of interest... christine hensley's extension allowed projects outside of targeted areas to qualify for tax abatements. the potential conflict of interest... hensley works for "midwest housing equity group... a syndication firm that buys and reinvests tax credits for deve

keota high school officials say the presidential candidate will be at the school next tuesday. the visit comes after keota high school students wrote letters to each presidential candidate. we first told you about their project back in september. at the time, the students' goal was to get at least one candidate to visit their school. o'malley will be the 2nd candidate and first democrat to pay them a visit. visited the school in october. governor terry branstad says there is no reason to delay plans to s sft iowa's memecaid operation to private management. this comes after a judge recommended the state throw out one of four contracts awarded to companans to run the program. the goveveor says the state always planned to have between two and four companies running the program. but he says the state has not decided how to move forward. the iowa medicaid program is set to shift to private management starting january 1st. today is giving tuesday. and nonprofit organizations in linn county are joining the effort. gems of hope executive director norah hammmmd says she and other local

he spoke to a crowd of students on tuesday.the keota sociology class that's reaching out to candidates say they want the next president to make sure there are enough funding in education, espeicailly in rural towns. chemistry is a class a lot of people need for college and we dont have a science teacher to teach chemistry. chemistry. maybe something like ap courses that we dont offer. i mean they're available to us but our school doesn't offer them. them.students say they're facing more budget cuts and have lost several resources - such as technology devices. the iowa caucuses are just technology this presidential cycle, to get more people involved. involved.the iowa democratic party is creating a virtual caucus location, called a tele- caucus, intended for military members serving out-of-state and iowans living abroad.it will take place the same evening when the caucuses are held.more information on requirements as well as a link to register can be found on cbs two iowa dot com. the u-s postal service and carriers like u-ps and fed - ex expect a record christmas season as they ship mi

be back in eastern iowa tomorrow.the former secretary of state is making good on a promise to visit keota high school.three students used social media to get the candidate to bring her message to the keokuk county school.cbs 2 news will have complete coverage of clinton's visit.bernie sanders is also campaigning in iowa.e will wrap a three-day swing through the state on wednesday. one more person died on iowa's roads over the weekend. weekend.right now the number in iowa stands at 306. 306.the d-o-t is driving that number home for drivers across the state with it's message monday.they use the clever and whitty messages to remind drivers aaut distracted driving.the state patrol says traffic can double and even triple around the holidays. "when you are out there and everything is going great and you've had the best day of your life, it can change in a fraction of a second if you're not paying attention, if you're not prepared." prepared."right now, the d-o-t says the numbers are slightly lower than last ar and they are doing everything thecan improve safetet the road to the therose bowl sta

/keota high school student) "when we started wanted to invite democrats and republicans." clinton is the first candidate to respond to the three students. democratic candidate bernie sanders also campaigning in iowa this week. today he wraps up a three-day swing through our state with stops in western iowa. the vermont senator will be back in iowa again for three days political advertising spending now topping 111 million dollars so far this year -- much higher than it was at this point four years ago -- when it was at 35-million. according to ad tracking data from nbc news -- a third of that spending coming from jeb bush and his allies the smallest advertiser thus far happens to be the republican front- runner donald trump . now a kwwl follow-up. liam young--the 2-year old who has lost his fingers and toes due to a medical mystery--gets to liam's dad chris says he's made good enough progress, the hospital allowed him to go home for about a week. he opened presents surrounded by a number of loved ones. young says they weren't even sure liam would make it to christmas, so h

she'll start off with a town hall at keota high school at 12:15 this afternoon. then, clinton is going to fairfield to hold another town hall event there at 4:45. finally, she will finish off the day with a volunteer thank-you event in bettendorf. that will be at 7:15 tonight. second in the polls, senator bernie sanders is also campaigning in iowa. he's on the other side of the state with visits in storm lake, carroll, and council bluffs. this is video from sanders' event yesterday in sioux city. iowa, trying to boost low poll numbers. today he is stopping in new hampton, cresco, osage, northwood and forest city. yesterday, huckabee stopped at the kava house ca in swisher to answer qyestions from supporters. the fororr arkansas governor says he is not worried about the upcoming caucus and primaries, even though he's near the bottom of the pack. "you know if i thought it was over i would go home put my feet up and get back to living a nice comfortable life instead of trudging hrough the ow and going out there and spending all of january in some of the coldest weat

be back in eastern iowa tomorrow.the former secretary of state is making good on a promise to visit keota high school.three high school students used social media to get the candidate to bring her message to the keokuk county school. cbs 2 news will have complete coverage of her visit tomorrow. bernie sanders is also campaigning in iowa.he will wrap a three-day swing through the state on wednesday. a new monument is being built to honor eastern iowa's heroes. heroes.the purple heart memorial will be built in the front of the eastern iowa veterans park near kingston stadium.as of right now, one-point-eight-million americans have received purple hearts.it is just one way of honoring men and women who have made incredible sacrifices defending our country. "these are men and women going back to 1782, that have earned just such an honor to work on this with these guys and gals, and i'm excited for them. " "the monument will be dedicated memorial day next year.if you would like to donate to the monument fund, we have all the information you need on cbs 2 iowa dot com. congressman dave loebsack

totod police he was now to decision 2016 coverage: democratic frontrunner hillary clinton visiting keota high school today...thanks to the students three high school students used social media, in- person pleas, and t-shirts to grab clinton's the efforts were successful as she just finished up visiting the town of about a thousand people. clinton focused on education, immigration, and economy. bernie sanders is also in iowa today--and he continues to take some heat over a data breach. it's one of the topics he breen. in your opinion, what's the worse offense, that your failed to protect it in the first place?" "it's both, said sen. bernie vendor had done their job properll." the staffer responsible for the breach has been fired. two others were suspended. and, to hillary clinton and his supporters. "it's not the way we do a campaign," sanders said. but, sanders said the dnc's move to then suspend the campaign's access to their own voter information was wrong. "there are a number of people in the dnc that think that the sanders has now called for an independent investigation of data breac

one in keota, then fairfield and finally a thank you event with her volunteers in bettendorf. eric: former president jimmy carter says his 28-year-old grandson died in his sleep early this morning. -- early yesterday morning. the former president broke the news at his church in plains georgia as he taught sunday school. the church's minister says jeremy carter had not been feeling well. his heart stopped while he took a nap. elizabeth: france flight scare. an emergency landing today after reports of a suspicious device. what officials say it turned out to be. eric: and he has gone from warming the bench to lighting up the scoreboard. hawkeye's best kept secret. praised as one of america's best mayors who governed as a pragmatist. bernie sanders passed more amendments in a republican congress than any other member. cracked the gridlock with john mccain to strengthen veterans' healthcare. bernie sanders. a consistent, principled, and effective leader. building a future to believe in. >> this is iowa's news leader. this is kcci 8 news this morning with eric hanson, elizabeth klin

in keota today clinton stuck to her claim that video of donald trump is being used to help isis recruit soldiers... hillary clinton: you know, people around the world pay close attention to our elections. and if you go on arabic television, as we have, and you look what is being blasted out with video of mr. trump being translated into arabic, 'no muslims coming to the united states,' other kinds of derogatory, defamatory statements, it is playing into the hands of the violent jihadists clinton made the same claim during saturday's debate... but was unable to back it up with video evidence. does show images of barack obama... george bush... and bill clinton. the next republican presidential debate could be the most important one... fox news is hosting the debate.. and it will take place in des moines on january 28th.. .three days before the caucuses. fox is yet to say what criteria candidates must meet to take part.. or if it will be split into two debates because of the large field of candidates. it will be hosted by bret baier and megyn kelly. kelly tangled with donald trump during th

today.we are taking a live look from inside keota high school.that's where hillary clinton will appear in just about ten minutes.keota high students used a social media campaign to bring the democratic front-runner to their school.cbs 2 news will have more from clinton's visit tonight on the cbs 2 news live at@five. quinnipiac university has come out with its lalast national poll for both races.for democrats - clinton remains in the lead over bernie sanders 31-point advantage for clinton is up from 18-points earlier this month.martin o'malley is third in the democratic race with six-percent support. it's a much tighter race over the republican side. side.donald trump is still the front-t-nner, but ted cruz is only four-points behind.that's with-in the four-point- four-percent margin of error, meaning the g-o-p race is virtually tied.three weeks ago,o,uinnipiac university had cruz in third place, and 11- points behind trump.marco rubio and ben carson are the only other republican candidates with double-digit support. an up-coming republican debate in des moines will happen just days bef

democrat hillary clinton will be in keota, fairfield, and bettendorf tomorrow. and democrat bernie sanders will wrap up a three day swing with a final event in council bluffs on wednesday. there are no campaign stops currently scheduled from christmas eve through saturday. a republican presidential candidate is trying to show off sense of humor... imagine the greatest christmas stories told by the senator who once read green eggs and ham from the senate floor. twas the night before the shutdown and all through the house not a bill was stirring not even to fund a mouse. ted cruz hasn't appeared on "saturday night live" yet... but his campaign produced a parody commercial to air in iowa during the show this weekend. it takes jabs at various rivals and moments in politics. donald trump hosted the show last month... while democratic frontrunner hillary clinton appeared in a sketch in october. it may have looked like hillary night live" this weekend... hello hillary hello amy poehler repeated her iconic impression of clinton while acting as the show's co host. tina f

planned, all in western iowa, secretary of state hillary clinton is scheduled for tuesday visits to keota, fairfield and bettendorf. the cbs/you gov poll of iowa democrats, released today, showed clinton with a lead but only by 5 points - 50 to 45 - over sanders a mild sunday breaks out after the harsh winds earlier this weekend. meteorologist chris havely joins us with the first alert forecast. back to you. attorneys for a man accused of killing his daughter in dubuque are questioning the attorneys for a man accused of killing his daughter in dubuque are questioning the confession he made to police. 62-year-old robert stern faces a 1st -degree murder charge. police say he admitted to shooting his daughter multiple times with multiple guns in june. his lawyers argued friday in court for a motion to suppress the confession. they said he was not fit to waive his miranda rights when police interviewed him after the shooting. that's because of his physical, mental and emotional condition at the time. prosecutors are determining whether to file charges in the death of a waterloo girl. the wate

hillary clinton is following suit, she's also touring iowa near the holidays today clinton was in keota where she spoke critically on comments made by trump. but it wasnt all business. clinton bragged about her expecting daughter chelsea and how she's excited d r the new baby (hillary clinton/(d) presidential candidate) i'm going to be a grandparent again. i have to tell you. it's like the best news for me. it's the best club i've ever been in. in a quinnipiac poll released this morning, democrat, hillary clinton leads bernie sanders 61 percent to 30.that marks her highest national support in any poll since early november. jenna: in that same quinnipiac university poll fifty percent of american voters say they would be embarrassed if donald trump were president, according to a new . but it doesn't sese to be slowing trump's lead that trump has 28 percent support. sen. ted cruz is gaining on him and now has 24 percent trump told his supporters that the other candidates wish they didn't have to compete against him. ask jeb bush if he enjoys running against trump, seriously ask him. in all

democrat hillary clinton will be in keota, fairfield, and bettendorf tomorrow. and democrat bernie sanders will wrap up a three day swing with a final event in council bluffs on wednesday. there are no campaign stops currently scheduled from christmas eve through saturday. presidential candidate ted cruz is trying to show off his sense of humor... imagine the greatest christmas stories told by the senator who once read green eggs and ham from the senate floor. twas the night before the house not a bill was stirring not even to fund a mouse. and ted cruz is trying to show off his sense of humor... he hasn't appeared on saturday night live yet... but his campaign produced a parody commercial that aired in iowa during the show this weekend. it takes jabs at various rivals and moments in politics. donald trump hosted the show last month... while democratic frontrunner hillary clinton appeared in a sketch in october. a young girl's hard work is making a difference... and she does it one hair bow at a time... coming up... how these hand crafted hair bows give back...

she campaigned in fairfield and keota in southeastern iowa today with u.s. secretary of agriculture tom vilsack. clinton's plan would fund research, expand medicare to cover care-planning, and push congress to reauthorize grants for local initiatives to protect patients who wander from their homes. 5 million americans have been diagnosed with alzheimer's and that number is expected to triple in the next 3 decades. >> this disease, the amount of deaths are going up. the other major diseases, their cause of death are actually decreasing. we need to see that happen with alzheimer's as well. this is a horrible disease with, at this no end in sight. increase funding for health research. she says she'll come up with the $2 billion by closing tax loopholes but she didn't specify which ones. funeral services will be held tomorrow for longtime madrid high school football coach randy hinkel, who died suddenly on sunday. he was 58-years-old. hinkel's visitation is tomorrow from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. at the madrid junior/senior high school. the funeral service immediately f

sot/hillary clinton in keota, ia (15:10:23 on 12/22) we shouldn't let anybody bully his way into the presidency because that is not who we are as americans! clinton spent christmas with her husband bill and daughter chelsea, celebrating news that another grandchild is on the way. (gfx) "can't think of a better day than one with family, food, and the best gift of all: a new grandchild on the way! merry christmas. -h" hillary tweeted?" nikki: in your world nikki: in eastern china -- rescue teams are working against time to save 18 workers trapped after a mine collapsed. eleven others have reportedly been rescued since the collapse happened on friday. authorities say that further rescue operations will be especially dangerous, due to the risk of another collapse. nikki/2ram: a very fun day for the hawkeyes out in california today... jordan: it doesn't matter if you're a kid or a d-1 football player, a trip to disney world is fun! coming up, the hawks party with mickey and the gang, plus one hawkeye fan gets the best christmas surprise, all that coming up next. "very, very excited to hav

steve: democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton is back in iowa today, campaigning in keota and fairfield with tom vilsack. she has now announced a new effort to cure alzheimer's disease. chief political reporter cynthia fodor is in studio. and cynthia, what would this cost? cynthia: it would cost a lot. clinton is calling for $2 billion a year to prevent, treat and discover a cure for alzhimer's, parkinson's disease and dementia. her plan would fund research, expand medicare to cover to reauthorize grants for local initiatives to protect patients who wander from their homes. five million americans have been diagnosed with alzheimer's, and that's expected to triple in the next 3 decades. >> this disease, the amount of deaths are going up,while. -- up each year while the other major diseases, the cause of death are actually decreasing. we need to see that happen with alzheimer's as well. it is an epidemic. this is a horrible disease with no end in sight. cynthia: clinton's plan is part of a larger effort to increase funding for health research. she says she'll come up with th

the democratic frontrunner is making good on a promise to visit keota high school. hillary clinton will be stumping at the scscol on december 22nd.this comes after three sociology students launched a twitter campaign to bring cliton to their community. the class has also had visits from martin o'malley and rick santorumm for r re political headlines, watch iowa in focus.it airs sunday morning at 10:30, only on cbs 2. now ten at ten continues with a look at tonight's other stories across the corridor. in the cedar rapids flood zone which has been set on fire three times, will soon be torn down.authorities were called to the home on "l" street at about 2-45 this morning.when they arrivevethe back of the house and porch were on fire. the home has been boarded up since 20-14 due to unsanitary conditions, and the city says the owner hasn't fixed any of the e sues.today, the owner signed a waiver to have the home demolished.there have been more than 40 fires in '08. in north liberty, liberty,the community pantry received a huge donation ofof nearly two-thousand pounds of

she has a town hall at keota high school in the morning then heads to fairfield and bettendorf. fellow democrat bernie sanders also in iowa. he has several events planned in northwest iowa. a presidential candidate you've probably never heard of has moved to west des moines to start campaigning and many of , his new neighbors are not happy about it. rocky de la fuenta, a wealthy california businessman, has rented a home in turnberry estates. neighbors are upset about the huge signs on semi trailers, a bus, and r.v., now parked at the property, in violation of zoning rules. we reached de la fuente by phone. he says the truck and bus will be moving around the state to advertise for him. students in nashua, new hampshire will be back in school tomorrow. email threats against students and staff members close the school today. tonight, officials say they were not credible. students should expect increased security tomorrow and wednesday. bisexual men will be able to donate blood. the fda has lifted it's more than 30-year-ban. they will be allowed to donate as long as they've abstaine

talking about the future of technology in the united states.on tuesday -- martin o'malley is going to keota high school. it's a small -- rural school that has been reaching out to a bunch of presidential candidates to come visit them. make sure to come back next week...to get the clear facts cus. >> cbs sports, your home for the nfl andthursday night football," s.e.c. football and the masters, the pga championship and pga tour, march madness and the cbs sports and you home for super bowl 50.

before the official announcement later tonight, clinton spoke in keota, where she commented on the news of her daughter chelsea expecting another child. "i'm going to be a grandparent again. it's like the best news for me. it's the best club i've been in. " jack: in her stops earlier today, clinton was accompanied by ag secretary tom vilsack and his wife christie. the vilsacks endorsed clinton for president in late summer. clinton's announcement on alzheimers research makes her the first presidential candidate to focus on that issue this campaign cycle. jack: bernie sanders spoke to several hundred people today in storm lake, caroll, and harlan, with an upcoming stop in council bluffs tonight. sanders' campaign sent out a release today saying they're already advertising in nevada. it's a signal that they think they'll be in the campaign long term. also be back in iowa next week to make six final stops before the new year. jack: the first republican debate to be held in iowa before the caucus will happen at the iowa events center in des moines. fox news will host the debate, with the sam