melissa gesing, resigned from her position as president of the iowa federation of republican women through a post on her blog tuesday. gesing writes: "i cannot in good conscience lead this organization or look at myself do not take a stand against the racism, sexism, and hate that donald j. trump continues to promote." the iowa federation of republican women says the group will keep supporting trump. "although those comments eleven years ago were offensive - i do not believe he is degrading to women now " gesing declined an interview. she says she is still a republican and will support other republican candidates, just not trump. a video posted to social media of a fight between iowa city west students the video shows a group of girls punching two students repeatedly near the school during the school day. the video was posted online, but was deleted soon after. zee brown, the mother of kayah hicks, saved the video from social media. she says her daughter is now too scared to go to school, and says the school is not doing enough to stop it. but school leaders say they do have policies in pl

melissa gesing of the iowa federation of republican women has resigned. she says she can no longer support donald trump. to work hard for other republican candidates but cannot fulfill the mission of electing republicans at all levels of government with trump as the nominee. he has demonstrated very well that he doesn't believe in women's safety, in women's equality and women's rights. the group says it stands by trump despite gesing's resignation. they believe trump will hold up elected. republican senator joni ernst says she supports the g-o-p -- but not donald trump's comments. (comments affect republicans) a few republican party leaders abandoned trump last week -- when a two-thousand five video was leaked -- of trump making sexist comments towards women. trump apologized for his comments -- and chalked it up to locker room talk. senator ernst is the only female republican senator who didn't drop her endorsement for trump -- instead -- saying this. ( senator joni ernst - (r) iowa republican ticket, the republican party." at last check -- nebraska repu

melissa gesing of the iowa federation of republican women has resigned. she says she can no longer support donald trump. this week -- she said she plans to work hard for other republican candidates but cannot fulfill the mission of election republicans at all levels of government with trump as the nominee. he has demonstrated very well that he doesn't believe in women's safety, in women's equality and women's rights. the group says it stands by trump despite gesing's resignation. they believe trump will hold up their conservative values if elected. early voters are casting their ballots now -- so they won't have to wait in line on election day. in black hawk county -- more than 12-thousand voters are registered to cast their ballots absentee. back in 20-12 -- there the smaller turnout -- voters seem anxious to tell us who "i just don't like the way it's hillary." you can learn how to register early on our website at kwwl dot com. breaking overnight... the pentagon says the u-s military has launched airstrikes in yemen this morning. this follows two incide

melissa gesing, resigned from her position as president of the iowa federation of republican women through a post on her blog tuesday. gesing writes: "i cannot in good conscience lead this organization or look at myself in the mirror each morning if i do not take a stand against the racism, sexism, and hate that donald j. trump continues to promote." the iowa federation of republican women says the trump. "although those comments eleven years ago were offensive - i do not believe he is degrading to women now " gesing declined an interview. she says she is still a republican and will support other republican candidates, just not trump. a video posted to social media of a fight between iowa city west students has one parent saying enough is enough. the video shows a group of girls punching two students repeatedly near the school during the school day. the video was but was deleted soon after. zee brown, the mother of kayah hicks, saved the video from social media. she says her daughter is now too scared to go to school, and says the school is not doing enough to stop it. but school leaders s

the head of an iowa republican women's group is stepping down because melissa gesing, resigned from her position as president of the iowa federation of republican women through a post on her blog tuesday. gesing writes: "i cannot in good conscience lead this organization or look at myself in the mirror each morning if i do not take a stand against the racism, sexism, and hate that donald j. trump continues to promote." the iowa federation of republican women says the group will keep supporting trump. "although those comments eleven years ago were offensive - i do not believe he is degrading to wo gesing declined an interview. she says she is still a republican and will support other republican candidates, just not trump. now time for our morning mugshot. the old creamery theater in amana opens a new show today called nana's naughty knickers. the play is about a young woman who moves in with her grandma only to find out her grandma is running a lingerie business for seniors. the comedy play starts today with shows on wednesdays, thursdays, and sundays at 2 p-m. then p-m until november 6t

melissa gesing says trump's lewd comments are the reason national president released a statement monday affirming the organization stood behind trump despite condemning his comments.in her resignation letter, gesing said quote "i cannot in good conscience lead this organization." one in every six adults has experienced sexual violence... violence...so for them, the term "sexual assault" is more than just a phrase used in the political realm...it hits close to home. home.local survivor's advocates ask the public to be careful when talking about sexual assault.in the corridor -- the rape victims program reports seeing more people who have felt ?triggered over the past week with the recent political headlines.. adam 14:56:34 "we can get into sometimes politically or socially, arguments about whether it fits in a locker room or whether it fits anywhere at all and i think it's important to have those dialogues but also important to hold a respectful space." space."if you need to talk to someone -- the rape victim advocacy program says please reach out.we have their cbs 2 iowa dot com. democr

melissa gesing of the iowa federation of republican women has resigned. she says she can no longer support donald trump. this week -- she said she plans to work hard for other republican candidates but cannot fulfill the mission of electing republicans at all levels of government with trump as the nominee. here's reaction from an iowa democrat. he has demonstrated very well that he doesn't believe in women's safety, in women's equality and women's rights. trump despite gesing's resignation. they believe trump will hold up their conservative values if elected. now, let's go to eileen with a >>> back now, 7:30 on a thursday morning. the 13th day of october, 2016. we're throwing it back to the '70s with the beegees staying alive. the reason is that the legendary barry studio in a little while to perform for us in our 8:30 half hour. >> i'm so excited. >> it will be cool. really good. by the way, let's get a check of the headlines. the first headline is a musical audio headline. >> ? how does it feel? ?? >> bob dylan has won the nobel prize for literature. th

melissa gesing, resigned from her position as president of the iowa federation of republican women through a post on her blog tuesday. gesing writes: "i cannot in good conscience lead ths myself in the mirror each morning if i do not take a stand against the racism, sexism, and hate that donald j. trump continues to promote." the iowa federation of republican women says the group will keep supporting trump. today, former president bill clinton will make two more stops on his iowa bus tour to support hillary clinton. the 42nd president will be at cornell college in mount vernon at 1 p.m. doors to that event open at noon. he will also be making a stop in davenport tonight. a look at your first alert temperatures are the main story with areas along and north of highway 20 generally getting down to around 32 degrees. elsewhere, readings are generally 34-38 degrees, which is cool enough for a few pockets of frost to develop. a hard freeze did not occur last night in any major metro area. today, plan on lots of sunshine and highs rebounding back to the upper 50s. the wind will be very light out